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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.18
রাজা কহে, — আমি তোমার দাসের অনুদাস ।
ভৃত্যের ভৃত্য কর, — এই মোর আশ ॥ ১৮ ॥
rājā kahe, — āmi tomāra dāsera anudāsa
bhṛtyera bhṛtya kara, — ei mora āśa
The King replied, “My Lord, I am the most obedient servant of Your servants. It is my ambition that You will accept me as the servant of Your servants.”
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The King identified himself as the most obedient servant of the Lord’s servants. His ambition was to be accepted in that position.
The greatest achievement for a devotee is to become a servant of the servants of the Lord, rather than desiring to serve the Lord directly.
Prahlāda Mahārāja, Dhruva Mahārāja and Kholāvecā Śrīdhara desired this service rather than material blessings. Being the servant of the Lord’s servants is the highest benediction one can desire.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
The mood of Madhya 14 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:
The Lord, in His ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, immediately embraced the King and thus bestowed mercy upon him. When there was an offering of prasādam in the garden, Lord Caitanya also partook of it.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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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: “servant”, “service”, “serve”
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: “blessings”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I value serving the Lord’s servants more than gaining material benefits?
Offer one small act of help to a devotee today, with the wish to serve.
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