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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.107
তবে আত্মা বেচি’ করে ঋণের শোধন ।
এত ভাবি’ আচার্য করেন আরাধন ॥ ১০৭ ॥
tabe ātmā veci’ kare ṛṇera śodhana
eta bhāvi’ ācārya karena ārādhana
“Thus the Lord liquidates the debt by offering Himself to the devotee.” Considering in this way, the Ācārya began worshiping the Lord.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
A leaf, flower, fruit or some water offered with devotion very much pleases Lord Kṛṣṇa. Even the poorest devotee can make such a simple offering.
Kṛṣṇa is so pleased by devotional service that He offers Himself to His devotee in exchange.
Knowing this, Śrīla Advaita Ācārya decided to call Kṛṣṇa to descend by worshiping Him with tulasī leaves and Ganges water.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Ādi 3.107 quotesBG 9.26
As the Lord says in the Bhagavad-gītā (9.26), a leaf, a flower, a fruit or some water (patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyam), when offered with devotion, very much pleases Him.
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Compassion and urgency. The holy name is offered for the age; divine love moves outward toward others.
The mood of Ādi 3 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:
Offering tulasī leaves and Ganges water, He cried for the Lord’s appearance. The Lord, being satisfied by His pure devotees, descends to satisfy them.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
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”, “offered”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you give more attention to devotion than to the material value of your offering?
Offer Kṛṣṇa a little water, a flower or a fruit with devotion today.
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