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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 6.85
কেহ মানে, কেহ না মানে, সব তাঁর দাস ।
যে না মানে, তার হয় সেই পাপে নাশ ॥ ৮৫ ॥
keha māne, keha nā māne, saba tāṅra dāsa
ye nā māne, tāra haya sei pāpe nāśa
Some accept Him whereas others do not, yet everyone is His servant. One who does not accept Him, however, will be ruined by his sinful activities.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Service to the Supreme Lord, Lord Caitanya, is the constitutional position of the living entity. Everyone remains His servant, whether or not they accept Him.
Forgetting this position, the living entity is attracted by material enjoyment and tries to become an enjoyer of material resources. Without engagement in the Lord’s service, inauspicious activities encumber him.
When dormant Kṛṣṇa consciousness awakens, one serves the Lord instead of matter. Even while forgetful, one remains the Supreme Lord’s servant, but in an unqualified or contaminated state.
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:
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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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”, “service”, “serves”
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “unqualified”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Where do you notice the desire to enjoy material resources distracting you from service to the Lord?
Set aside one small pursuit of material enjoyment today and use that time to reflect on your position as Lord Caitanya’s servant.
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