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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 2.115
কেহো কহে, পরব্যোমে নারায়ণ হরি ।
সকল সম্ভবে কৃষ্ণে, যাতে অবতারী ॥ ১১৫ ॥
keho kahe, para-vyome nārāyaṇa hari
sakala sambhave kṛṣṇe, yāte avatārī
Some call Him Hari, or the Nārāyaṇa of the transcendental world. Everything is possible in Kṛṣṇa, for He is the primeval Lord.
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Some call Kṛṣṇa Hari.
Others call Him the Nārāyaṇa of the transcendental world.
Everything is possible in Kṛṣṇa, for He is the primeval 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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Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “hari”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the description “primeval Lord” help me understand about Kṛṣṇa?
Pause today to reflect on the statement that everything is possible in Kṛṣṇa.
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