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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.108
পূর্বজন্মে ছিলা তুমি জগৎ–আশ্রয় ।
পরিপূর্ণ ভগবান্–সর্বৈশ্বর্যময় ॥ ১০৮ ॥
pūrva janme chilā tumi jagat-āśraya
paripūrṇa bhagavān — sarvaiśvaryamaya
“My dear sir, in Your previous birth You were the shelter of all creation, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, full of all opulences.
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The speaker respectfully addresses the Lord as “My dear sir.”
He identifies the Lord in His previous birth as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the shelter of all creation.
He describes the Supreme Personality of Godhead as full of all opulences.
Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
But if we accept the inconceivable energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we can understand that everything is possible. There is no need of mundane arguments in this connection, because mundane arguments are meaningless in regard to inconceivable potency.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “shelter”
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What does it mean to you that the Supreme Lord is the shelter of all creation?
Read the translation slowly and reflect for a moment on the words “the shelter of all creation.”
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