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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 6.95
পৃথিবী ধরেন যেই শেষ–সঙ্কর্ষণ ।
কায়ব্যূহ করি’ করেন কৃষ্ণের সেবন ॥ ৯৫ ॥
pṛthivī dharena yei śeṣa-saṅkarṣaṇa
kāya-vyūha kari’ karena kṛṣṇera sevana
Śeṣa Saṅkarṣaṇa, who holds all the planets on His heads, expands Himself in different bodies to render service to Lord Kṛṣṇa.
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Śeṣa Saṅkarṣaṇa holds all the planets on His heads.
He expands Himself in different bodies.
The purpose of these expansions is to render service to Lord Kṛṣṇa.
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does Śeṣa Saṅkarṣaṇa’s example help you appreciate service to Lord Kṛṣṇa?
Today, pause before one act of service and remember that serving Lord Kṛṣṇa is the purpose described here.
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