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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 6.99
জ্যেষ্ঠ–ভাবে অংশীতে হয় প্রভু–জ্ঞান ।
কনিষ্ঠ–ভাবে আপনাতে ভক্ত–অভিমান ॥ ৯৯ ॥
jyeṣṭha-bhāve aṁśīte haya prabhu-jñāna
kaniṣṭha-bhāve āpanāte bhakta-abhimāna
The source of all incarnations has the emotions of a superior when He considers Himself the master, and He has the emotions of an inferior when He considers Himself a devotee.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
A part is included within the whole. The Lord is the whole, and the devotee is the part or fractional part.
There are gradations among devotees. A greater devotee is called prabhu, and a lesser devotee is called bhakta.
Kṛṣṇa is the supreme whole, and Baladeva and all Viṣṇu incarnations are His fractions. Kṛṣṇa is conscious of His superior position, while all Viṣṇu incarnations are conscious of Their positions as devotees.
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:
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.
How does the relationship of whole and part help you understand the devotee’s position?
Take a quiet moment to reflect on the statement that the Lord is the whole and the devotee is the part.
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