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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 6.101
আত্মা হৈতে কৃষ্ণ ভক্তে বড় করি’ মানে ।
ইহাতে বহুত শাস্ত্র–বচন প্রমাণে ॥ ১০১ ॥
ātmā haite kṛṣṇa bhakte baḍa kari’ māne
ihāte bahuta śāstra-vacana pramāṇe
Lord Kṛṣṇa considers His devotees greater than Himself. In this connection the scriptures provide an abundance of evidence.
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Lord Kṛṣṇa considers His devotees greater than Himself.
The scriptures provide evidence for this teaching.
That scriptural evidence is abundant, emphasizing the high position Kṛṣṇa gives His devotees.
Devotional appeal. The glory of Advaita frames service as the deepest form of greatness.
The mood of Ādi 6 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:
That Advaita, the superintendent of the cosmic manifestation, has descended in the form of Advaita Ācārya to associate with Lord Caitanya. When He is addressed as the servitor of Lord Caitanya, His glories are magnified because unless one is invigorated by this mentality of servitorship one cannot understand the mellows derived from devotional service to the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 6
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