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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 6.76
আনের কি কথা, বলদেব মহাশয় ।
যাঁর ভাব—শুদ্ধসখ্য–বাৎসল্যাদিময় ॥ ৭৬ ॥
ānera ki kathā, baladeva mahāśaya
yāṅra bhāva — śuddha-sakhya-vātsalyādi-maya
What to speak of others, even Lord Baladeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is full of emotions like pure friendship and paternal love.
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Lord Baladeva is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and Kṛṣṇa’s worshipable elder brother. Yet He acts as Kṛṣṇa’s eternal servitor, with emotions of pure friendship and paternal love.
The catur-vyūha expansions presiding over the Vaikuṇṭha planets are direct expansions from Baladeva. Everyone in the spiritual sky considers himself a servant of the Lord; no one can supersede Kṛṣṇa or demand service from Him.
The more a person serves Kṛṣṇa, the more important he is; absence of that service invites material contamination. Developing pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness immediately develops one’s eternal servitorship to Kṛṣṇa.
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:
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.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: “service”, “serves”, “servant”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “absence”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How would measuring importance by service change what you seek today?
Set aside a few minutes today to read about Kṛṣṇa with the intention of developing your attitude of service.
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