Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 2.84
The Reversed Claim Requires a Reversed Statement
“Had Kṛṣṇa been the plenary portion and Nārāyaṇa the primeval Lord, the statement of Sūta Gosvāmī would have been reversed.
What the purport teaches
- The verse considers the hypothetical claim that Kṛṣṇa is the plenary portion and Nārāyaṇa the primeval Lord.
- If that were so, Sūta Gosvāmī’s statement would have been reversed.
- The verse presents this reversal as a hypothetical condition, not as its conclusion.
Try this today
Reread the verse and mark “Had” and “would have” to recognize its conditional reasoning.
Ask yourself
Am I carefully distinguishing the hypothetical claim from what the statement actually establishes?
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.