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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 6.89
তাঁর অবতার এক শ্রীসঙ্কর্ষণ ।
ভক্ত বলি’ অভিমান করে সর্বক্ষণ ॥ ৮৯ ॥
tāṅra avatāra eka śrī-saṅkarṣaṇa
bhakta bali’ abhimāna kare sarva-kṣaṇa
Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa, who is one of His incarnations, always considers Himself a devotee.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa is described as one of His incarnations.
Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa considers Himself a devotee.
He always holds this understanding of Himself.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can you learn from Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa always considering Himself a devotee?
Take a quiet moment today to reflect on what it means to consider yourself a devotee.
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