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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.142
সেই সর্ববেদের ‘অভিধেয়’ নাম ।
সাধনভক্তি হৈতে হয় প্রেমের উদ্গম ॥ ১৪২ ॥
sei sarva-vedera ‘abhidheya’ nāma
sādhana-bhakti haite haya premera udgama
“By practicing this regulated devotional service under the direction of the spiritual master, certainly one awakens his dormant love of Godhead. This process is called abhidheya.
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Regulated devotional service under the spiritual master’s direction awakens dormant love of Godhead. Beginning with hearing and chanting, this service purifies the impure heart.
The living entity is an eternal servitor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; understanding this relationship is called sambandha. Acting accordingly is abhidheya, leading to prayojana-siddhi, the fulfillment of life’s ultimate goal.
Māyāvādī philosophers wrongly think that everyone is God or equal to God, so they do not understand their relationship with Him. By neglecting the lotus feet of the Lord, they fall again into material activities.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”
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”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chanting”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I act today with the understanding that I am an eternal servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead?
Set aside a few minutes for hearing and chanting, remembering your eternal relationship of service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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