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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.143
এই মত চৈতন্যগোসাঞি একলে ঈশ্বর ।
আর সব পারিষদ, কেহ বা কিঙ্কর ॥ ১৪৩ ॥
ei mata caitanya-gosāñi ekale īśvara
āra saba pāriṣada, keha vā kiṅkara
Thus Lord Caitanya is also the only controller. All others are His associates or servants.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Caitanya is also the only controller.
All others are His associates or servants.
Their relationship with Him is that of association or service, not independent control.
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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “associates”, “association”
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”, “service”
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: “relationship”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might remembering Lord Caitanya as the controller shape your attitude toward service?
Read the translation slowly and reflect for a moment on serving Lord Caitanya.
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