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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.299
সখ্য, দাস্য,—দুই ভাব সহজ তাঁহার ।
কভু প্রভু করেন তাঁরে গুরু–ব্যবহার ॥ ২৯৯ ॥
sakhya, dāsya, — dui bhāva sahaja tāṅhāra
kabhu prabhu karena tāṅre guru-vyavahāra
His natural emotions were always on the platform of fraternity and servitude, but the Lord sometimes treated Him as His spiritual master.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
His natural emotions were always on the platform of fraternity, or friendship.
Servitude was also a constant part of His natural emotions.
The Lord sometimes treated Him as His spiritual master.
Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
The mood of Ādi 17 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:
Śrī Advaita Prabhu exhibits the ecstasy of both fraternity and servitude. All the Lord’s other associates, situated in their original love, engage in the service of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “servitude”, “fraternity”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What strikes you about the contrast between His mood of service and the Lord’s treatment of Him?
Reread the translation and note the distinction between “always” and “sometimes.”
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