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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 2.106
স্বয়ং ভগবান কৃষ্ণ, কৃষ্ণ সর্বাশ্রয় ।
পরম ঈশ্বর কৃষ্ণ সর্বশাস্ত্রে কয় ॥ ১০৬ ॥
svayaṁ bhagavān kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa sarvāśraya
parama īśvara kṛṣṇa sarva-śāstre kaya
“Thus the Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the original, primeval Lord, the source of all other expansions. All the revealed scriptures accept Śrī Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Lord.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, is the original, primeval Lord.
He is the source of all other expansions.
All the revealed scriptures accept Śrī Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Lord.
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:
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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