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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 5.10
সৃষ্ট্যাদিক সেবা,—তাঁর আজ্ঞার পালন ।
‘শেষ’–রূপে করে কৃষ্ণের বিবিধ সেবন ॥ ১০ ॥
sṛṣṭy-ādika sevā, — tāṅra ājñāra pālana
‘śeṣa’-rūpe kare kṛṣṇera vividha sevana
He executes the orders of Lord Kṛṣṇa in the work of creation, and in the form of Lord Śeṣa He serves Kṛṣṇa in various ways.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Balarāma is Kṛṣṇa’s first expansion and the original Saṅkarṣaṇa. He expands as Mahā-saṅkarṣaṇa, Kāraṇābdhiśāyī, Garbhodakaśāyī, Kṣīrodakaśāyī and Śeṣa.
The first four forms are responsible for the cosmic manifestations, while Śeṣa performs personal service to the Lord. Śeṣa is called Ananta, or unlimited, because He performs an unlimited variety of services.
Śrī Balarāma is the servitor Godhead who serves Lord Kṛṣṇa in all affairs of existence and knowledge. Lord Nityānanda Prabhu is that same servitor Godhead and serves Lord Gaurāṅga by constant association.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Shelter and wonder. The glory of Nityānanda reveals the intimate support behind the descent.
The mood of Ādi 5 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:
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the absolute Personality of Godhead, and His first expansion in a form for pastimes is Śrī Balarāma. Beyond the limitation of this material world is the spiritual sky, paravyoma, which has many spiritual planets, the supreme of which is called Kṛṣṇaloka.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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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: “serves”, “service”
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: “association”
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How does Balarāma’s unlimited variety of services deepen your understanding of serving Kṛṣṇa?
Write down Balarāma’s five forms, marking the first four as responsible for cosmic manifestations and Śeṣa for personal service.
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