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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 2.13
চর্মচক্ষে দেখে যৈছে সূর্য নির্বিশেষ ।
জ্ঞানমার্গে লৈতে নারে কৃষ্ণের বিশেষ ॥ ১৩ ॥
carma-cakṣe dekhe yaiche sūrya nirviśeṣa
jñāna-mārge laite nāre kṛṣṇera viśeṣa
As with the naked eye one cannot know the sun except as a glowing substance, merely by philosophical speculation one cannot understand Lord Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental varieties.
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To the naked eye, the sun appears as a glowing substance.
This limited view of the sun illustrates the limits of philosophical speculation.
Merely by philosophical speculation, one cannot understand Lord Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental varieties.
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
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Write a brief reminder today: “Speculation alone cannot reveal Lord Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental varieties.”
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