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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.187
দুইজনে প্রেমাবেশে করেন ক্রন্দনে ।
প্রভু-গুণে ভৃত্য বিকল, প্রভু ভৃত্য-গুণে ॥ ১৮৭ ॥
dui-jane premāveśe karena krandane
prabhu-guṇe bhṛtya vikala, prabhu bhṛtya-guṇe
Then both the Lord and His servant began to cry in ecstatic love. Indeed, the Lord was transformed by the qualities of His servant, and the servant was transformed by the qualities of his master.
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The Lord and His servant cried in ecstatic love. Each was transformed by the transcendental qualities of the other.
The purport rejects the Māyāvādī claim that the living entity and the Supreme Lord are equal. The Lord is always the master, and the living entity is always the servant.
The servant of the Lord is the heart of the Lord, and the Lord is the heart of the servant. Their loving closeness does not erase the distinction between master and servant.
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The purport of CC Madhya 11.187 quotesBG 4.11
This is also explained by Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad-gītā (4.11):
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Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.
The mood of Madhya 11 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:
After this, the Lord began performing saṅkīrtana, dividing all the devotees into four groups. After saṅkīrtana, all the devotees left for their residential quarters.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “transformed”
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: “ecstatic love”
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: “servant”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you understand closeness to the Lord while remaining His servant?
Pause today to reflect on this statement: the Lord is always the master, and the living entity is always the servant.
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