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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 2.28
সেই নারায়ণ কৃষ্ণের স্বরূপ–অভেদ ।
একই বিগ্রহ, কিন্তু আকার–বিভেদ ॥ ২৮ ॥
sei nārāyaṇa kṛṣṇera svarūpa-abheda
eka-i vigraha, kintu ākāra-vibheda
Nārāyaṇa and Śrī Kṛṣṇa are the same Personality of Godhead, but although They are identical, Their bodily features are different.
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Nārāyaṇa and Śrī Kṛṣṇa are the same Personality of Godhead.
Although They are identical, Their bodily features are different.
Their different bodily features do not mean They are different Personalities of Godhead.
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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Can I hold together Their identity as one Personality and Their different bodily features?
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