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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 22: The Process of Devotional Service
Madhya 22.71Madhya 22.73

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 22.72

সর্বভূতেষু যঃ পশ্যেদ্ভগবদ্ভাবমাত্মনঃ ।

ভূতানি ভগবত্যাত্মন্যেষ ভাগবতোত্তমঃ ॥ ৭২ ॥

sarva-bhūteṣu yaḥ paśyed

bhagavad-bhāvam ātmanaḥ

bhūtāni bhagavaty ātmany

eṣa bhāgavatottamaḥ

Translation

“ ‘A person advanced in devotional service sees within everything the soul of souls, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Consequently he always sees the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the cause of all causes and understands that all things are situated in Him.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Seeing Everything Situated in Śrī Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    A person advanced in devotional service sees Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the soul of souls, within everything.

  2. 2

    He always sees the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the cause of all causes.

  3. 3

    He understands that all things are situated in Him.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 22.72 quotesSB 11.2.45

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.2.45).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Trust and resolution. Devotional practice and association offer a steady path for awakening love.

The mood of Madhya 22 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 22: The Process of Devotional Service

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

If one has firm faith in the words of a great soul, pure devotional service will awaken. In this chapter Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu differentiates between a pure devotee and others.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 22
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sarva-bhūteṣuin all objects (in matter, spirit and combinations of matter and spirit)
  2. yaḥanyone who
  3. paśyetsees
  4. bhagavat-bhāvamthe ability to be engaged in the service of the Lord
  5. ātmanaḥof the supreme spirit soul or the transcendence beyond the material conception of life
  6. bhūtāniall beings
  7. bhagavatiin the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  8. ātmanithe basic principle of all existence
  9. eṣaḥthis
  10. bhāgavata-uttamaḥa person advanced in devotional service
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Key ideas in this verse

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”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might remembering that all things are situated in Śrī Kṛṣṇa change how I see my surroundings?

Practice

Look at something in your surroundings and pause to remember that it is situated in Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todaySeeing Everything Situated in Śrī KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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