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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 1.81
স্বয়ংরূপ কৃষ্ণের কায়ব্যূহ—তাঁর সম ।
ভ্ক্ত সহিতে হয় তাঁহার আবরণ ॥ ৮১ ॥
svayaṁ-rūpa kṛṣṇera kāya-vyūha — tāṅra sama
bhakta sahite haya tāṅhāra āvaraṇa
The personal associates of the primeval Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, are His devotees, who are identical with Him. He is complete with His entourage of devotees.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa and His various personal expansions are nondifferent in potential power.
These expansions are associated with further, secondary expansions, called servitor expansions or devotees.
The primeval Lord’s personal associates are His devotees, who are identical with Him. He is complete with His entourage of devotees.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Reverence and gratitude. The narrator takes shelter of the guru-paramparā; receptivity begins with humility.
The mood of Ādi 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and His plenary expansions are all in the category of the Lord Himself, the energetic Absolute Truth, whereas His devotees, His eternal associates, are His energies. The energy and energetic are fundamentally one, but since their functions are differently exhibited, they are simultaneously different also.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 1
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “associates”, “associated”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this teaching help me appreciate the Lord’s devotees as His personal associates?
Write down the statement “He is complete with His entourage of devotees” and reflect on it for a moment.
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