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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 1.61
ঈশ্বরস্বরূপ ভক্ত তাঁর অধিষ্ঠান ।
ভক্তের হৃদয়ে কৃষ্ণের সতত বিশ্রাম ॥ ৬১ ॥
īśvara-svarūpa bhakta tāṅra adhiṣṭhāna
bhaktera hṛdaye kṛṣṇera satata viśrāma
A pure devotee constantly engaged in the loving service of the Lord is identical with the Lord, who is always seated in his heart.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is all-powerful and possesses inconceivable energies. The devotee is one of His energies, never the energetic source, who is always the Supreme Lord.
The Lord’s energies are related to Him for eternal service. By the grace of Kṛṣṇa and the spiritual master, a conditioned soul can uncover the aptitude to serve the Absolute Truth.
The Lord then reveals Himself within the devotee’s heart. Kṛṣṇa is seated in every living entity’s heart, but only a devotee realizes this fact.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Reverence and gratitude. The narrator takes shelter of the guru-paramparā; receptivity begins with humility.
The mood of Ādi 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
They are identical because both of them are phenomenal manifestations of the Supreme Truth. Next described are the devotees, who are divided into two classes, namely, the apprentices and the graduates.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 1
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”, “serve”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “pure devotee”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “grace”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does understanding yourself as the Lord’s energy shape your desire to serve Him?
Before one act of devotional service today, pause to ask for the grace of Kṛṣṇa and the spiritual master.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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