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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.17
উত্তম হঞা রাজা করে তুচ্ছ সেবন ।
অতএব জগন্নাথের কৃপার ভাজন ॥ ১৭ ॥
uttama hañā rājā kare tuccha sevana
ataeva jagannāthera kṛpāra bhājana
Although the King was the most exalted respectable person, still he accepted menial service for the Lord; he therefore became a suitable candidate for receiving the Lord’s mercy.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The King was the most exalted respectable person, yet he accepted menial service for the Lord.
His high position did not keep him from doing humble work.
By accepting this service, he became a suitable candidate for receiving the Lord’s mercy.
Public ecstasy with inward longing. The festival’s collective joy carries the profound Vraja mood of meeting and separation.
The mood of Madhya 13 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:
At that time, King Pratāparudra took a broom with a golden handle and began to cleanse the road. Lord Jagannātha took permission from the goddess of fortune and then started in the car for the Guṇḍicā temple.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
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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”
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: “mercy”
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humble”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Does concern for my position ever keep me from accepting humble service?
Accept one small, humble task in service to the Lord today.
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