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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.185
‘আত্মারাম’ পর্যন্ত করে ঈশ্বর ভজন ।
ঐছে অচিন্ত্য ভগবানের গুণগণ ॥ ১৮৫ ॥
‘ātmārāma’ paryanta kare īśvara bhajana
aiche acintya bhagavānera guṇa-gaṇa
“Even the self-satisfied sages perform devotional service to the Supreme Lord. Such are the transcendental qualities of the Lord. They are full of inconceivable spiritual potency.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Even sages who are self-satisfied perform devotional service to the Supreme Lord.
Their service reveals the attraction of the Lord’s transcendental qualities.
Those qualities are full of inconceivable spiritual potency.
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:
It is also accepted that the Absolute Truth has His transcendental, blissful, eternal form. According to the Vedas, the Lord and the living entity are equal in quality but different quantitatively.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: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the service of self-satisfied sages teach me about the attraction of the Lord’s qualities?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the statement that even self-satisfied sages serve the Supreme Lord.
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