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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.225
‘মমতা’ অধিক, কৃষ্ণে আত্মসম জ্ঞান ।
অতএব সখ্যরসের বশ ভগবান্ ॥ ২২৫ ॥
‘mamatā’ adhika, kṛṣṇe ātma-sama jñāna
ataeva sakhya-rasera vaśa bhagavān
“On the platform of sakhya-rasa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa is controlled by the devotees who are intimate with Him and think themselves equal to Him.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
On the platform of sakhya-rasa, His devotees are intimate with Him and think themselves equal to Him.
Kṛṣṇa is controlled by these intimate devotees.
Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
The mood of Madhya 19 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, a brāhmaṇa scholar named Raghupati Upādhyāya arrived and discussed Kṛṣṇa consciousness with the Lord. Kavirāja Gosvāmī then extensively describes the living condition of Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana at Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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What moves you about Kṛṣṇa being controlled by devotees who are intimate with Him?
Read the translation twice, pausing to reflect on Kṛṣṇa’s relationship with His intimate devotees.
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