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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 6.63
কৃষ্ণসঙ্গে যুদ্ধ করে, স্কন্ধে আরোহণ ।
তারা দাস্যভাবে করে চরণ–সেবন ॥ ৬৩ ॥
kṛṣṇa-saṅge yuddha kare, skandhe ārohaṇa
tārā dāsya-bhāve kare caraṇa-sevana
Although they fight with Him and climb upon His shoulders, they worship His lotus feet in a spirit of servitude.
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Kṛṣṇa’s friends fight with Him in their close companionship.
They also climb upon His shoulders.
Despite this familiarity, they worship His lotus feet in a spirit of servitude.
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:
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. That Advaita, the superintendent of the cosmic manifestation, has descended in the form of Advaita Ācārya to associate with Lord Caitanya.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.
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”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lotus feet”
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How does this verse help me see closeness and service together?
Read the verse twice, noticing first the friends’ closeness and then their spirit of servitude.
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