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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 6.102
ন তথা মে প্রিয়তম আত্মযোনির্ন শঙ্করঃ
ন চ সঙ্কর্ষণো ন শ্রীর্নৈবাত্মা চ যথা ভবান্ ॥ ১০২ ॥
na tathā me priya-tama
ātma-yonir na śaṅkaraḥ
na ca saṅkarṣaṇo na śrīr
naivātmā ca yathā bhavān
“O Uddhava! Neither Brahmā, nor Śaṅkara, nor Saṅkarṣaṇa, nor Lakṣmī, nor even My own self is as dear to Me as you.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord directly addresses Uddhava and declares how dear he is to Him.
Neither Brahmā, Śaṅkara, Saṅkarṣaṇa, nor Lakṣmī is as dear to Him as Uddhava.
Even His own self is not as dear to Him as Uddhava. The purport identifies this declaration as a text from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this declaration reveal to you about the depth of the Lord’s affection for Uddhava?
Read the declaration aloud once, pausing at the words “nor even My own self.”
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