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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 2.19
অনন্ত স্ফটিকে যৈছে এক সূর্য ভাসে ।
তৈছে জীবে গোবিন্দের অংশ প্রকাশে ॥ ১৯ ॥
ananta sphaṭike yaiche eka sūrya bhāse
taiche jīve govindera aṁśa prakāśe
As the one sun appears reflected in countless jewels, so Govinda manifests Himself [as Paramātmā] in the hearts of all living beings.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Like one sun reflected in countless jewels, Govinda appears as the Supersoul in everyone’s heart. He remains eternally present in Goloka Vṛndāvana.
The living entity and the Supersoul are compared to two birds in one tree. The Supersoul engages the living being in work according to past deeds but remains uninvolved in that work.
When the living being leaves fruitive work and serves the Lord, knowing His supremacy, he is freed from all designations. In that pure state, he enters Vaikuṇṭha.
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:
This chapter explains that Lord Caitanya is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa Himself. 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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 2
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “serves”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What would change if I approached an action as service to the Lord rather than as a way to gain a result?
Choose one small act of service today and do it without seeking praise or personal reward.
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