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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 6.43
সেই অভিমান–সুখে আপনা পাসরে ।
‘কৃষ্ণদাস’ হও—জীবে উপদেশ করে ॥ ৪৩ ॥
sei abhimāna-sukhe āpanā pāsare
‘kṛṣṇa-dāsa’ hao — jīve upadeśa kare
He forgets Himself in the joy of that conception and teaches all living entities, “You are servants of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.”
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Devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is so ecstatic that even the Lord Himself plays the part of a devotee.
Forgetting Himself to be the Supreme, He personally teaches the whole world how to render service.
In the joy of service, He teaches all living entities, “You are servants of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.”
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:
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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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: “servants”, “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the Lord’s own example help you understand the value of devotional service?
Read aloud once today: “You are servants of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.” Pause to consider what this means for you.
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