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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 2.29
ইহোঁত দ্বিভুজ, তিঁহো ধরে চারি হাত ।
ইহোঁ বেণু ধরে, তিঁহো চক্রাদিক সাথ ॥ ২৯ ॥
iṅhota dvi-bhuja, tiṅho dhare cāri hātha
iṅho veṇu dhare, tiṅho cakrādika sātha
This Personality of Godhead [Śrī Kṛṣṇa] has two hands and holds a flute, whereas the other [Nārāyaṇa] has four hands, with conch, wheel, mace and lotus.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa has two hands and holds a flute.
Nārāyaṇa has four hands, holding a conch, wheel, mace and lotus.
They are the same person manifested differently. The purport compares this to a high court judge differently situated in his office and at home.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the example of the judge help me understand these different manifestations?
Recall the features of Kṛṣṇa and Nārāyaṇa described here, remembering that They are the same person.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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