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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 6.42
চৈতন্যগোসাঞিকে আচার্য করে ‘প্রভু’–জ্ঞান ।
আপনাকে করেন তাঁর ‘দাস’–অভিমান ॥ ৪২ ॥
caitanya-gosāñike ācārya kare ‘prabhu’-jñāna
āpanāke karena tāṅra ‘dāsa’-abhimāna
Śrī Advaita Ācārya, however, considers Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu His master, and He thinks of Himself as a servant of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Śrī Advaita Ācārya considers Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu His master.
He thinks of Himself as a servant of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
The purport introduces Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu to explain the superexcellent quality of devotional service.
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
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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: “servant”, “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can you learn from Śrī Advaita Ācārya’s willingness to regard Himself as a servant?
Take a quiet moment today to reflect on serving Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu rather than seeking to be served.
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