Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 2.112
The Original Lord Includes All His Expansions
“All other incarnations are situated in potential form in the original body of the primeval Lord. Thus according to one’s opinion, one may address Him as any one of the incarnations.”
What the purport teaches
- All other incarnations are situated in potential form in the original body of the primeval Lord.
- Calling the Supreme Lord by a name of one of His plenary expansions is not contradictory. Those expansions exist within the original person.
- Lord Caitanya says He was asleep in the ocean of milk and was awakened by the call of Nāḍā, Śrī Advaita Prabhu. Here He refers to His form as Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu.
Try this today
Write one sentence explaining how the original Lord includes His plenary expansions.
Ask yourself
Why is addressing the original Lord by the name of one of His expansions not contradictory?
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.