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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 2.18
আত্মান্তর্যামী যাঁরে যোগশাস্ত্রে কয় ।
সেহ গোবিন্দের অংশ বিভূতি যে হয় ॥ ১৮ ॥
ātmāntaryāmī yāṅre yoga-śāstre kaya
seha govindera aṁśa vibhūti ye haya
He who is described in the yoga-śāstras as the indwelling Supersoul [ātmā antar-yāmī] is also a plenary portion of Govinda’s personal expansion.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The indwelling Supersoul is a plenary portion of Govinda’s personal expansion.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is joyful by nature, and His pastimes are completely transcendental. His body, form and existence are unlimited.
His puruṣa-avatāras create the material world and direct material energy and conditioned souls. Understanding these three expansions takes knowledge beyond the twenty-four material elements.
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
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