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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.41
এইমত ভক্তভাব করি’ অঙ্গীকার ।
আপনি আচরি’ ভক্তি করিল প্রচার ॥ ৪১ ॥
ei-mata bhakta-bhāva kari’ aṅgīkāra
āpani ācari’ bhakti karila pracāra
In this way, assuming the sentiment of a devotee, He preached devotional service while practicing it Himself.
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Assuming the sentiment of a devotee, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught devotional service while practicing it Himself.
His mission was not to invent a religious system but to distribute love of Godhead to everyone—the highest achievement of human life. Anyone who accepts God as the Supreme can chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and become a lover of God.
Such munificent distribution of devotional service is possible only for Kṛṣṇa Himself. Therefore Lord Caitanya is Kṛṣṇa, the most magnanimous.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Quoted in the purport ofCC Ādi 9.51
He says, āpani ācari’ bhakti karila pracāra. One must first act himself and then teach.
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Profound longing. Kṛṣṇa desires to taste Rādhā’s love, His own sweetness as She sees it, and Her joy.
The mood of Ādi 4 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:
The subject of those loving transactions is the Lord Himself, and Rādhārāṇī is the object. Thus the subject, the Lord, wanted to relish the loving mellow in the position of the object, Rādhārāṇī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “magnanimous”, “distribute”, “to everyone”
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”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I approaching God mainly for supplies, or seeking to become a lover of God?
Spend a few minutes chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa today with the intention of developing love of Godhead.
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