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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.142
একলে ঈশ্বর কৃষ্ণ, আর সব ভৃত্য ।
যারে যৈছে নাচায়, সে তৈছে করে নৃত্য ॥ ১৪২ ॥
ekale īśvara kṛṣṇa, āra saba bhṛtya
yāre yaiche nācāya, se taiche kare nṛtya
Lord Kṛṣṇa alone is the supreme controller, and all others are His servants. They dance as He makes them do so.
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Lord Kṛṣṇa alone is the supreme controller.
All others are His servants.
They dance as He makes them do so, under His control.
Quoted in the purport ofSB 3.28.22
In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Ādi 5.142) it is said, ekale īśvara kṛṣṇa, ara saba bhṛtya: the Supreme Lord is Kṛṣṇa, and everyone else, including Lord Śiva and Lord Brahmā — not to mention other demigods — is a servant of Kṛṣṇa.
Quoted in the purport ofSB 4.27.27
In Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Ādi 5.142) it is said: Actually the supreme controller is the Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, and everyone is His servant.
Quoted in the purport ofSB 4.30.38
The actual fact is, ekale īśvara kṛṣṇa, āra saba bhṛtya: “The only supreme master is Kṛṣṇa, and all others are His devotees or servants.”
Quoted in the purport ofSB 5.18.19
yāre yaiche nācāya, se taiche kare nṛtya. Kṛṣṇa is the original master or husband of everyone, and all other living entities, having taken the form of so-called husbands, or wives, are dancing according to His desire.
Quoted in the purport ofSB 6.12.10
This is confirmed in Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Ādi 5.142): “Lord Kṛṣṇa alone is the supreme controller, and all others are His servants.
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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:
Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu also has His own Vaikuṇṭha planet in every universe, where He lives as the Supersoul or supreme controller of the universe. Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu reclines in the midst of the watery portion of the universe and generates the first living creature of the universe, Brahmā.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: “servants”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does seeing yourself as Kṛṣṇa’s servant mean to you?
Before one task today, pause and remember: Lord Kṛṣṇa is the controller, and I am His servant.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
Quoted in 19 lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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