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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 2.15
কোটী কোটী ব্রহ্মাণ্ডে যে ব্রহ্মের বিভূতি ।
সেই ব্রহ্ম গোবিন্দের হয় অঙ্গকান্তি ॥ ১৫ ॥
koṭī koṭī brahmāṇḍe ye brahmera vibhūti
sei brahma govindera haya aṅga-kānti
[Lord Brahmā said:] “The opulences of the impersonal Brahman spread throughout the millions and millions of universes. That Brahman is but the bodily effulgence of Govinda.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Brahmā describes the opulences of impersonal Brahman.
These opulences spread throughout millions and millions of universes.
That vast Brahman is but the bodily effulgence of Govinda.
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.
What does Brahman’s vast reach suggest to you about Govinda, its source?
Pause for a moment today to reflect that the Brahman spread throughout millions of universes is Govinda’s bodily effulgence.
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