Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.13.51
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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ātma-ādi-stamba-paryantaiḥ
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from Brahmā to a tuft of grass
Compound: ātma (= Brahmā as ātma-bhū) + ādi (etc.) + stamba (tuft, clump of grass) + paryanta (up to, ending with). The full hierarchy of created beings, top to bottom. Gauḍīyas treasure this scale-claim: every grade of life worships Bhagavān when seen rightly.
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cara-acaraiḥ
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both moving and nonmoving
Compound: cara (moving) + acara (nonmoving). The standard Vedic taxonomic split — animals on one side, plants and stones on the other. Both worship. Gauḍīyas read this as warrant for the standing Vaiṣṇava view that even rocks and rivers in Vraja are participants in līlā.
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nṛtya-gīta-ādi-aneka-arhaiḥ
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with many means of worship like dance and song
Compound: nṛtya (dance) + gīta (song) + ādi (etc.) + aneka (many) + arha (suitable means). Dance and song are placed at the head — Gauḍīyas note: kīrtana (gīta) and nṛtya are the Caitanya-line's exact prescribed sevā.
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mūrti-madbhiḥ
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having taken (their) forms
Compound: mūrti (form) + mat (possessing). Even abstract principles take forms to worship. Gauḍīyas read this as the personalist insistence: in Bhagavān's presence, even abstractions personify themselves into worshipers.
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upāsitāḥ
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(who) were being worshiped
Past passive participle of upa-√ās (to sit near, worship). The verb upa-ās is the classical Vaiṣṇava word for worship — to sit near. Gauḍīyas treasure it: upāsana is proximity, not abstraction.
Innumerable living entities are engaged in different types of worship of the Supreme, according to their abilities and karma, but everyone is engaged ( jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya-kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’ ); there is no one who is not serving. Therefore the mahā-bhāgavata, the topmost devotee, sees everyone as being engaged in the service of Kṛṣṇa; only himself does he see as not engaged. We have to elevate ourselves from a lower position to a higher position, and the topmost position is that of direct service in Vṛndāvana. But everyone is engaged in service. Denial of the service of the Lord is māyā. ekale īśvara kṛṣṇa, āra saba bhṛtya yāre yaiche nācāya, se taiche kare nṛtya “Only Kṛṣṇa is the supreme master, and all others are His servants. As Kṛṣṇa desires, everyone dances according to His tune.” (Cc. Ādi 5.142) There are two kinds of living entities — the moving and the nonmoving. Trees, for example, stand in one place, whereas ants move. Brahmā saw that all of them, down to the smallest creatures, had assumed different forms and were accordingly engaged in the service of Lord Viṣṇu. One receives a form according to the way one worships the Lord. In the material world, the body one receives is guided by the demigods. This is sometimes referred to as the influence of the stars. As indicated in Bhagavad-gītā (3.27) by the words prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni, according to the laws of nature one is controlled by the demigods. All living entities are serving Kṛṣṇa in different ways, but when they are Kṛṣṇa conscious, their service is fully manifest. As a flower in the bud gradually fructifies and yields its desired aroma and beauty, so when a living entity comes to the platform of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the beauty of his real form comes into full blossom. That is the ultimate beauty and the ultimate fulfillment of desire.
He saw them being worshipped by all beings beginning from himself (atma) down to the grass, using many items (naikarhaih).
These forms were worshipped by the presiding deities of all beings, using many items such as singing and dancing, each according to their qualification and ingredients of worship (pṛthak pṛthak). This indicates that each of the boys and calves was actually the lord of one universe. Tāvanty eva jaganty abhūḥ: you appeared as an equal number of complete universes. (SB 10.14.18)
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Brahmā sees not just Viṣṇus but the entire ladder of being — from himself at the top to a single tuft of grass at the bottom — all taking forms and worshiping these Viṣṇu-mūrtis with dance and song. Existence is revealed as a chorus, with Bhagavān at the center and every grade of life pouring its proper sevā inward.
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Source: vedabase.io