Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 13.78
Caitanya and Nitāi Are Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma
“Because Mahā-saṅkarṣaṇa is the ingredient and efficient cause of the cosmic manifestation, He is present in every detail of it. Lord Caitanya therefore called Him His elder brother. The two brothers are known as Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma in the spiritual world, but at the present moment they are Caitanya and Nitāi. Therefore the conclusion is that Nityānanda Prabhu is the original Saṅkarṣaṇa, Baladeva.”
What the purport teaches
- Mahā-saṅkarṣaṇa is the ingredient and efficient cause of the cosmic manifestation. He is therefore present in every detail of it.
- Lord Caitanya called Him His elder brother. The two brothers known as Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma in the spiritual world are now Caitanya and Nitāi.
- The conclusion is that Nityānanda Prabhu is the original Saṅkarṣaṇa, Baladeva.
Try this today
Write down the verse’s identification of Caitanya with Kṛṣṇa and Nityānanda Prabhu with Baladeva.
Ask yourself
How does this verse deepen your understanding of the identities of Caitanya and Nitāi?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.