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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 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas
Madhya 25.128Madhya 25.130

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.129

সর্বভূতেষু যঃ পশ্যেদ্ভগবদ্ভাবমাত্মনঃ ।

ভূতানি ভগবত্যাত্মন্যেষ ভাগবতোত্তমঃ ॥ ১২৯ ॥

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 Kṛṣṇa Within Everything

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    Such a devotee always sees the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the cause of all causes.

  3. 3

    The advanced devotee understands that all things are situated in Him.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 25.129 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

Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.

The mood of Madhya 25 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

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

He asked Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu about devotional service in terms of the Vedānta-sūtra, and the Lord told him about devotional service that is approved by great personalities who know the Vedānta-sūtra. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then pointed out that Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the proper commentary on the Vedānta-sūtra.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sarva-bhūteṣuin all objects (in matter, spirit, or combinations of matter and spirit)
  2. yaḥanyone who
  3. paśyetsees
  4. bhagavat-bhāvamthe capacity 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 Kṛṣṇa change the way you see your surroundings?

Practice

Pause once today to look at your surroundings and remember that all things are situated in Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todaySeeing Kṛṣṇa Within EverythingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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