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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 10.143
তাঁহারে আপন-সেবা করাইতে না ষুয়ায় ।
গুরু আজ্ঞা দিয়াছেন, কি করি উপায় ॥ ১৪৩ ॥
tāṅhāre āpana-sevā karāite nā yuyāya
guru ājñā diyāchena, ki kari upāya
“As such, it is not befitting that the guru’s servant should engage in My personal service. Yet My spiritual master has given this order. What shall I do?”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
A guru’s servants or disciples are Godbrothers to one another. They should respect one another as prabhu, or master, and never disrespect a Godbrother.
Govinda had been Īśvara Purī’s personal servant, but Īśvara Purī ordered him to become Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s personal servant.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu considered accepting this service unbefitting, yet His spiritual master had ordered it. He asked Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, an experienced friend, what to do.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Relief and affectionate reunion. Devotees gather as the Lord returns; separation is temporarily relieved.
The mood of Madhya 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:
He accepted the renounced order from Caitanyānanda, but he took the name of Svarūpa. Thus he arrived at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 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”, “servant”, “servants”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I preserve respect for a fellow disciple even when that person serves me?
Reflect on one interaction with a fellow disciple and identify one concrete way to show greater respect.
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