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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 6: The Glories of Śrī Advaita Ācārya

Ādi 6.43 Ādi 6.45

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 6.44

কৃষ্ণদাস–অভিমানে যে আনন্দসিন্ধু ।

কোটী–ব্রহ্মসুখ নহে তার এক বিন্দু ॥ ৪৪ ॥

kṛṣṇa-dāsa-abhimāne ye ānanda-sindhu

koṭī-brahma-sukha nahe tāra eka bindu

Translation

The conception of servitude to Śrī Kṛṣṇa generates such an ocean of joy in the soul that even the joy of oneness with the Absolute, if multiplied ten million times, could not compare to a drop of it.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Service Brings an Ocean of Joy

1
The conception of servitude to Śrī Kṛṣṇa generates an ocean of joy in the soul.
2
Even the joy of oneness with the Absolute, multiplied ten million times, cannot compare to a drop of that joy.
3
The verse places the joy of serving Śrī Kṛṣṇa far above the joy of oneness with the Absolute.

How it feels

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

Ādi 6: The Glories of Śrī Advaita Ācārya

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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

kṛṣṇa-dāsa-abhimāneunder this impression of being a servant of Kṛṣṇa
yethat
ānanda-sindhuocean of transcendental bliss
koṭī-brahma-sukhaten million times the transcendental bliss of becoming one with the Absolute
nahenot
tāraof the ocean of transcendental bliss
ekaone
bindudrop

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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: “servitude”
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: “serving”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this comparison shape your understanding of the joy of serving Śrī Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Spend one minute reflecting on the phrase “an ocean of joy” as a description of service to Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayService Brings an Ocean of JoyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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