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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 2.23
পরব্যোমেতে বৈসে নারায়ণ নাম ।
ষড়ৈশ্বর্যপূর্ণ লক্ষ্মীকান্ত ভগবান্ ॥ ২৩ ॥
para-vyomete vaise nārāyaṇa nāma
ṣaḍ-aiśvarya-pūrṇa lakṣmī-kānta bhagavān
Lord Nārāyaṇa, who dominates the transcendental world, is full in six opulences. He is the Personality of Godhead, the Lord of the goddess of fortune.
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Lord Nārāyaṇa dominates the transcendental world.
He is full in six opulences.
He is the Personality of Godhead and the Lord of the goddess of fortune.
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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Which of these descriptions of Lord Nārāyaṇa most helps me appreciate His position?
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