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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 2.12
তাঁহার অঙ্গের শুদ্ধ কিরণ–মণ্ডল ।
উপনিষৎ কহে তাঁরে ব্রহ্ম সুনির্মল ॥ ১২ ॥
tāṅhāra aṅgera śuddha kiraṇa-maṇḍala
upaniṣat kahe tāṅre brahma sunirmala
What the Upaniṣads call the transcendental, impersonal Brahman is the realm of the glowing effulgence of the same Supreme Person.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Upaniṣads describe transcendental, impersonal Brahman.
This Brahman is the realm of the glowing effulgence of the same Supreme Person.
The Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad gives information about the bodily effulgence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Therefore, the Brahman effulgence is the bodily luster of Lord Caitanya, and the localized Supersoul situated in the heart of every living entity is His partial representation. The puruṣa-avatāras are also explained in this connection.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 2
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does understanding Brahman as the Supreme Person’s effulgence shape your view of the Absolute?
Read the translation slowly and identify the source of the glowing effulgence.
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