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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 6.104
শাস্ত্রের সিদ্ধান্ত এই,—বিজ্ঞের অনুভব ।
মূঢ়লোক নাহি জানে ভাবের বৈভব ॥ ১০৪ ॥
śāstrera siddhānta ei, — vijñera anubhava
mūḍha-loka nāhi jāne bhāvera vaibhava
This conclusion of the revealed scriptures is also the realization of experienced devotees. Fools and rascals, however, cannot understand the opulences of devotional emotions.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Even sārūpya liberation, in which one has a spiritual form exactly like Viṣṇu, does not enable one to relish the loving exchanges of Kṛṣṇa’s personal associates.
In loving relationships with Kṛṣṇa, devotees sometimes forget their own identities. Sometimes they think themselves one with Him and yet relish still greater transcendental mellow.
People generally try to become masters of everything, forgetting the sweetness of serving the Lord. One who is actually advanced in spiritual understanding accepts His service without hesitation.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
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: “service”, “serving”
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: “mellow”, “relationships”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Where does my desire to be master make me hesitate to serve the Lord?
Notice one desire to control everything today, and pause to reflect instead on accepting service to the Lord.
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