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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 2: Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
Ādi 2.103Ādi 2.105

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 2.104

এমত স্বরূপগণ, আর তিন শক্তি ।

সবার আশ্রয় কৃষ্ণ, কৃষ্ণে সবার স্থিতি ॥ ১০৪ ॥

e-mata svarūpa-gaṇa, āra tina śakti

sabhāra āśraya kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇe sabhāra sthiti

Translation

“These are the principal manifestations and expansions of the Personality of Godhead and His three energies. They are all emanations from Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Transcendence. They have their existence in Him.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

All Manifestations Have Their Existence in Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    The manifestations and expansions described belong to the Personality of Godhead and His three energies.

  2. 2

    They are all emanations from Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Transcendence.

  3. 3

    They all have their existence in Him.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Ādi 2: Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Lord Caitanya is directly the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, as the evidence of authoritative scriptures proves. This chapter stresses that a devotee who wishes to advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness must have knowledge of Kṛṣṇa’s personal form, His three principal energies, His pastimes and the relationship of the living entities with Him.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 2
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. e-matain this way
  2. svarūpa-gaṇapersonal forms
  3. āraand
  4. tinathree
  5. śaktienergies
  6. sabhāraof the whole assembly
  7. āśrayathe shelter
  8. kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does seeing Kṛṣṇa as both their source and the basis of their existence deepen your understanding of these manifestations?

Practice

Write this summary and reflect on it: “All these manifestations come from Śrī Kṛṣṇa and have their existence in Him.”

Live this todayAll Manifestations Have Their Existence in KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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