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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 6.38
প্রভুর উপাঙ্গ—শ্রীবাসাদি ভক্তগণ ।
হস্তমুখনেত্র–অঙ্গ চক্রাদ্যস্ত্র–সম ॥ ৩৮ ॥
prabhura upāṅga — śrīvāsādi bhakta-gaṇa
hasta-mukha-netra-aṅga cakrādy-astra-sama
The devotees headed by Śrīvāsa are His smaller limbs. They are like His hands, face and eyes and His disc and other weapons.
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The devotees headed by Śrīvāsa are described as His smaller limbs.
They are like His hands, face and eyes.
They are also like His disc and other weapons.
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:
It is said that material nature has two features, namely the material cause and the efficient cause. The efficient causal activities are caused by Mahā-Viṣṇu, and the material causal activities are caused by another form of Mahā-Viṣṇu, known as Advaita.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 6
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How do these comparisons shape your appreciation of the devotees’ relationship with the Lord?
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