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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.14
এক মহাপ্রভু, আর প্রভু দুইজন ।
দুই প্রভু সেবে মহাপ্রভুর চরণ ॥ ১৪ ॥
eka mahāprabhu, āra prabhu duijana
dui prabhu seve mahāprabhura caraṇa
One of Them is Mahāprabhu, and the other two are prabhus. These two prabhus serve the lotus feet of Mahāprabhu.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu and Śrī Advaita Prabhu belong to the same Viṣṇu category. Nevertheless, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is accepted as the Supreme.
The other two prabhus engage in His transcendental loving service. They teach ordinary living entities that everyone is subordinate to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Kṛṣṇa is the only supreme master, and all others engage in His service. Even among His servitors, one must distinguish viṣṇu-tattva from jīva-tattva.
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The purport of CC Ādi 7.14 quotesCC Ādi 5.142
In another place in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Ādi 5.142) it is said, ekale īśvara kṛṣṇa, āra saba bhṛtya: the only supreme master is Kṛṣṇa, and all others, both viṣṇu-tattva and jīva-tattva, engage in the service of the Lord.
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Collective delight. The Pañca-tattva gives divine love a relational and communal form.
The mood of Ādi 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Learn the words of the verse.
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: “serve”, “service”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lotus feet”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the loving service of the two prabhus help you understand your own position?
Take a quiet moment today to acknowledge Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the Supreme and yourself as His servant.
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