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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.215
হিন্দুর ঈশ্বর বড় যেই নারায়ণ ।
সেই তুমি হও,—হেন লয় মোর মন ॥ ২১৫ ॥
hindura īśvara baḍa yei nārāyaṇa
sei tumi hao, — hena laya mora mana
“I know that Nārāyaṇa is the Supreme God of the Hindus, and I think that You are the same Nārāyaṇa. This I feel within my mind.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker acknowledges Nārāyaṇa as the Supreme God of the Hindus.
He expresses his belief that the Lord before him is that same Nārāyaṇa.
He describes this recognition as something he feels within his mind.
Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
The mood of Ādi 17 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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about this heartfelt recognition of the Lord?
Pause today over the words “the same Nārāyaṇa” and reflect on the recognition they express.
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