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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.189
অহং সর্বস্য প্রভবো মত্তঃ সর্বং প্রবর্ততে ।
ইতি মত্বা ভজন্তে মাং বুধা ভাবসমন্বিতাঃ ॥ ১৮৯ ॥
ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo
mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate
iti matvā bhajante māṁ
budhā bhāva-samanvitāḥ
“ ‘I [Kṛṣṇa] am the original source of everything. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My service with love and devotion.’
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Kṛṣṇa declares that He is the original source of everything.
Everything emanates from Him; the wise understand this perfectly.
Their understanding leads them to engage in His service with love and devotion.
The purport of CC Madhya 24.189 quotesBG 10.8
This is a quotation from the Bhagavad-gītā (10.8).
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Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.
The mood of Madhya 24 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:
He then concluded that different classes of transcendentalists ( jñānīs, karmīs, yogīs ) utilize this verse according to their own interpretation, but if they would give up this process and surrender to Kṛṣṇa, as indicated by the verse itself, they would be able to comprehend the real meaning of the verse.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does seeing Kṛṣṇa as the source of everything encourage me to serve Him with love?
Before one act of devotional service today, remember that everything comes from Kṛṣṇa.
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