Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 6.23
The Lord’s Plenary Portions Are Transcendental
“O Lord of lords, You are the seer of all creation. You are indeed everyone’s dearest life. Are You not, therefore, my father, Nārāyaṇa? ‘Nārāyaṇa’ refers to one whose abode is in the water born from Nara [Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu], and that Nārāyaṇa is Your plenary portion. All Your plenary portions are transcendental. They are absolute and are not creations of māyā.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord of lords is the seer of all creation and everyone’s dearest life. He is addressed as father, Nārāyaṇa.
- “Nārāyaṇa” refers to one whose abode is in the water born from Nara, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. That Nārāyaṇa is a plenary portion of the Lord addressed here.
- All the Lord’s plenary portions are transcendental and absolute. They are not creations of māyā.
Try this today
Read the final two sentences of the translation aloud, remembering that the Lord’s plenary portions are not creations of māyā.
Ask yourself
What does it mean to me to hear the Lord described as everyone’s dearest life?
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.