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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 6.77
তেঁহো আপনাকে করেন দাস–ভাবনা ।
কৃষ্ণদাস–ভাব বিনু আছে কোন জনা ॥ ৭৭ ॥
teṅho āpanāke karena dāsa-bhāvanā
kṛṣṇa-dāsa-bhāva vinu āche kona janā
He also considers Himself a servant of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Indeed, who is there who does not have this conception of being a servant of Lord Kṛṣṇa?
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He also considers Himself a servant of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
The verse presents servitorship as a conception of oneself, not merely an outward action.
Its question emphasizes that this understanding of being Kṛṣṇa’s servant is shared by everyone.
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: “servant”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What would it mean for you to think of yourself as a servant of Lord Kṛṣṇa?
Before one activity today, pause and reflect: “I am a servant of Lord Kṛṣṇa.”
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