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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.251
এই পট্টডোরীতে হয় ‘শেষ’-অধিষ্ঠান ।
দশ-মূর্তি হঞা যেঁহো সেবে ভগবান্ ॥ ২৫১ ॥
ei paṭṭa-ḍorīte haya ‘śeṣa’-adhiṣṭhāna
daśa-mūrti hañā yeṅho seve bhagavān
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then informed Rāmānanda Vasu and Satyarāja Khān that this rope was the abode of Lord Śeṣa, who expands Himself into ten forms and serves the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu informed Rāmānanda Vasu and Satyarāja Khān that the rope was the abode of Lord Śeṣa.
Lord Śeṣa expands Himself into ten forms.
In these forms, He serves the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
During that time, there was much talk about the pastimes of the gopīs. When the ratha was again being drawn and the chanting resumed, two devotees from Kulīna-grāma — Rāmānanda Vasu and Satyarāja Khān — were requested to bring silk ropes every year for the Ratha-yātrā ceremony.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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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: “serves”
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