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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 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya
Madhya 8.274Madhya 8.276

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.275

সর্বভূতেষু যঃ পশ্যেদ্ভগবদ্ভাবমাত্মনঃ ।

ভূতানি ভগবত্যাত্মন্যেষ ভাগবতোত্তমঃ ॥ ২৭৫ ॥

sarva-bhūteṣu yaḥ paśyed

bhagavad-bhāvam ātmanaḥ

bhūtāni bhagavaty ātmany

eṣa bhāgavatottamaḥ

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “ ‘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.’

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

All Things Are Situated in Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    Such a person 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.

How it feels

Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.

The mood of Madhya 8 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

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

Gradually Rāmānanda Rāya could understand the position of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exhibited His real form, Rāmānanda Rāya fell unconscious. After some days, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Rāmānanda Rāya to retire from government service and come to Jagannātha Purī.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sarva-bhūteṣuin all objects (in matter, spirit and combinations of matter and spirit)
  2. yaḥanyone who
  3. paśyetsees
  4. bhagavat-bhāvamthe ability 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”

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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 affect your outlook today?

Practice

Pause once today to remember Śrī Kṛṣṇa as the soul of souls and the cause of all causes.

Live this todayAll Things Are Situated in KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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