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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 6.72

দ্বারকাতে রুক্মিণ্যাদি যতেক মহিষী ।

তাঁহারাও আপনাকে মানে কৃষ্ণদাসী ॥ ৭২ ॥

dvārakāte rukmiṇy-ādi yateka mahiṣī

tāṅhārāo āpanāke māne kṛṣṇa-dāsī

Translation

In Dvārakā-dhāma, all the queens, headed by Rukmiṇī, also consider themselves maidservants of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Queens Consider Themselves Maidservants

  1. 1

    In Dvārakā-dhāma, all the queens consider themselves maidservants of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    Rukmiṇī heads these queens and shares this understanding of service.

  3. 3

    Their position as queens does not replace their conception of themselves as Kṛṣṇa’s maidservants.

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:

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. dvārakātein Dvārakā-dhāma
  2. rukmiṇī-ādiheaded by Rukmiṇī
  3. yatekaall of them
  4. mahiṣīthe queens
  5. tāṅhārāoall of them also
  6. āpanākethemselves
  7. māneconsider
  8. kṛṣṇa-dāsīmaidservants of Kṛṣṇa
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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: “service”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might seeing yourself as a servant shape your attitude toward your position?

Practice

Pause today and reflect for one minute on serving Lord Kṛṣṇa rather than on your own position.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Queens Consider Themselves MaidservantsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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