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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.162
‘মায়াধীশ’ ‘মায়াবশ’ — ঈশ্বরে-জীবে ভেদ ।
হেন-জীবে ঈশ্বর-সহ কহ ত’ অভেদ ॥ ১৬২ ॥
‘māyādhīśa’ ‘māyā-vaśa’ — īśvare-jīve bheda
hena-jīve īśvara-saha kaha ta’ abheda
“The Lord is the master of the potencies, and the living entity is the servant of them. That is the difference between the Lord and the living entity. However, you declare that the Lord and the living entities are one and the same.
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The Supreme Personality of Godhead is by nature the master of all potencies.
Living entities are infinitesimal and are always under the influence of the Lord’s potencies.
The Lord is the master of the potencies, while the living entity is their servant. This distinction challenges the claim that the Lord and living entities are one and the same.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
According to the Vedas, the Lord and the living entity are equal in quality but different quantitatively. The real philosophy of the Absolute Truth states that the Lord and His creation are inconceivably and simultaneously one and different.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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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: “servant”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might recognizing your dependence on the Lord’s potencies shape your attitude toward Him?
Spend one quiet minute reflecting on this distinction: the Lord masters all potencies, while you remain under their influence.
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