Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 6.16
Viṣṇu and Advaita: Two Causes of Creation
“Lord Viṣṇu Himself is the efficient [nimitta] cause of the material world, and Nārāyaṇa in the form of Śrī Advaita is the material cause [upādāna].”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Viṣṇu Himself is the efficient cause of the material world.
- Nārāyaṇa in the form of Śrī Advaita is the material cause.
- The verse calls the efficient cause nimitta and the material cause upādāna.
Try this today
Make two short notes: “nimitta — Lord Viṣṇu” and “upādāna — Nārāyaṇa in the form of Śrī Advaita.”
Ask yourself
Can you distinguish the roles assigned here to Lord Viṣṇu and Śrī Advaita?
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.