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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.173
জীবের দেহে আত্মবুদ্ধি — সেই মিথ্যা হয় ।
জগৎ যে মিথ্যা নহে, নশ্বরমাত্র হয় ॥ ১৭৩ ॥
jīvera dehe ātma-buddhi — sei mithyā haya
jagat ye mithyā nahe, naśvara-mātra haya
“The theory of illusion can be applied only when the living entity identifies himself with the body. As far as the cosmic manifestation is concerned, it cannot be called false, although it is certainly temporary.
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The living entity is the eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa and, as His part and parcel, is constitutionally pure. Identifying with the gross or subtle material body is false.
The living entity is eternal, unlike the gross and subtle bodies, which are limited by time.
The cosmic manifestation is the Lord’s material energy and is temporary, not false. Treating it as a field for one’s own sense enjoyment is illusory.
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The purport of CC Madhya 6.173 quotesBG 7.4
This is explained by Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad-gītā (7.4):
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Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
The mood of Madhya 6 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:
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.
When do I most readily mistake my temporary body for my eternal self?
Pause once today and reflect: “I am the eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa, not this temporary body.”
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