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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 2.16
সেই গোবিন্দ ভজি আমি, তেহোঁ মোর পতি ।
তাঁহার প্রসাদে মোর হয় সৃষ্টিশক্তি ॥ ১৬ ॥
sei govinda bhaji āmi, tehoṅ mora pati
tāṅhāra prasāde mora haya sṛṣṭi-śakti
“I worship Govinda. He is my Lord. Only by His grace am I empowered to create the universe.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Govinda is worshiped as the Lord whose grace empowers the speaker to create the universe.
As the sun spreads heat and light, Govinda spreads His different potencies everywhere. His unlimited potencies are nondifferent from Him.
The all-pervasive Brahman is the all-pervasive Govinda, yet impersonal Brahman depends upon Govinda. This is the real conception of absolute knowledge.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Ādi 2.16 quotesBG 14.27
The Bhagavad-gītā (14.27) clearly mentions that the impersonal Brahman is dependent upon Govinda.
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
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.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “grace”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “depends”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can the sun’s heat and light help you understand Govinda’s relationship with His potencies?
Offer a brief prayer to Govinda today, acknowledging dependence on His grace.
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