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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 10.96
‘সেবা’ লাগি’ কোটি ‘অপরাধ’ নাহি গণি ।
স্ব-নিমিত্ত ‘অপরাধাভাসে’ ভয় মানি ।।” ৯৬ ॥ ৯৬ ॥
‘sevā’ lāgi’ koṭi ‘aparādha’ nāhi gaṇi
sva-nimitta ‘aparādhābhāse’ bhaya māni”
“I would not mind committing hundreds and thousands of offenses for the service of the Lord, but I greatly fear committing even a glimpse of an offense for my own self.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Govinda would not mind committing hundreds and thousands of offenses for the Lord’s service.
Yet he greatly feared even a glimpse of an offense committed for himself.
The distinction in his thinking was whether an action served the Lord or his own interests.
Tender service. Food prepared and carried with love becomes a medium of intimate exchange.
The mood of Antya 10 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:
From the character of Govinda it is to be learned that we may sometimes commit offenses for the service of the Lord, but not for sense gratification. Govinda induced the Lord to eat all the food delivered by the devotees of Bengal for His service.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 10
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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”, “served”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When might personal advantage influence what you call service?
Examine one planned act of service and set aside one expectation of personal benefit.
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