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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 2.101
চিচ্ছক্তি, স্বরূপশক্তি, অন্তরঙ্গা নাম ।
তাহার বৈভব অনন্ত বৈকুণ্ঠাদি ধাম ॥ ১০১ ॥
cic-chakti, svarūpa-śakti, antaraṅgā nāma
tāhāra vaibhava ananta vaikuṇṭhādi dhāma
“The cit-śakti, which is also called svarūpa-śakti or antaraṅga-śakti, displays many varied manifestations. It sustains the kingdom of God and its paraphernalia.
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Cit-śakti is also called svarūpa-śakti or antaraṅga-śakti.
This energy displays many varied manifestations.
It sustains the kingdom of God and its paraphernalia.
Revelatory awe. The identity of Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa is established; wonder becomes theological confidence.
The mood of Ādi 2 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:
The spiritual sky contains innumerable spiritual planets, the Vaikuṇṭhas, which are manifestations of the Supreme Lord’s internal energy. Innumerable material universes are similarly exhibited by His external energy, and the living entities are manifested by His marginal energy.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 2
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about an energy that sustains the kingdom of God?
Write the three names of this energy together and note what it sustains.
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