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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 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 6.68Ādi 6.71

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Ādi 6.69-70

তাঁ–সবার কথা রহু,—শ্রীমতী রাধিকা ।

সবা হৈতে সকলাংশে পরম–অধিকা ॥ ৬৯ ॥

তেঁহো যাঁর দাসী হৈঞা সেবেন চরণ ।

যাঁর প্রেমগুণে কৃষ্ণ বদ্ধ অনুক্ষণ ॥ ৭০ ॥

tāṅ-sabāra kathā rahu, — śrīmatī rādhikā

sabā haite sakalāṁśe parama-adhikā

Translation

What to speak of the other gopīs, even Śrī Rādhikā, who in every respect is the most elevated of them all and who has bound Śrī Kṛṣṇa forever by Her loving attributes, serves His feet as His maidservant.

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

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Highest Love Remains Devoted to Service

  1. 1

    Śrī Rādhikā is in every respect the most elevated of all the gopīs.

  2. 2

    Her loving attributes have bound Śrī Kṛṣṇa forever.

  3. 3

    Even She serves His feet as His maidservant. Her supreme position in love is accompanied by service.

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

Further reading

Ādi 6: The Glories of Śrī Advaita Ācārya

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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tāṅ-sabāraof the gopīs
  2. kathātalk
  3. rahulet alone
  4. śrīmatī rādhikāŚrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
  5. sabā haitethan all of them
  6. sakala-aṁśein every respect
  7. parama-adhikāhighly elevated
  8. teṅhoShe also
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Key ideas in this verse

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: “serves”, “service”

  • Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose

    The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “rādhikā”

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “gopīs”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does Śrī Rādhikā’s service shape my understanding of the highest love?

Practice

Write down the phrase “serves His feet as His maidservant” and reflect briefly on whom it describes.

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