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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 6.78
সহস্র–বদনে যেঁহো শেষ–সঙ্কর্ষণ ।
দশ দেহ ধরি’ করে কৃষ্ণের সেবন ॥ ৭৮ ॥
sahasra-vadane yeṅho śeṣa-saṅkarṣaṇa
daśa deha dhari’ kare kṛṣṇera sevana
He who is Śeṣa, Saṅkarṣaṇa, with His thousands of mouths, serves Śrī Kṛṣṇa by assuming ten forms.
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The verse identifies Śeṣa as Saṅkarṣaṇa.
Śeṣa has thousands of mouths and serves Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
He assumes ten forms for that service.
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: “serves”, “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does assuming different forms for service invite you to consider about your own willingness to serve?
Write down one small way you can use an ability you have in service to Śrī Kṛṣṇa today.
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