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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 2.35
ব্রহ্মা বলেন, তুমি কি না হও নারায়ণ ।
তুমি নারায়ণ—শুন তাহার কারণ ॥ ৩৫ ॥
brahmā balena, tumi ki nā hao nārāyaṇa
tumi nārāyaṇa — śuna tāhāra kāraṇa
Brahmā replied, “Are You not Nārāyaṇa? You are certainly Nārāyaṇa. Please listen as I state the proofs.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Brahmā asks Kṛṣṇa, “Are You not Nārāyaṇa?”
He then firmly declares that Kṛṣṇa is certainly Nārāyaṇa.
Brahmā asks Him to listen as he presents the proofs.
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:
Mahā-Viṣṇu is the reservoir of all conditioned souls, but, as confirmed in the authoritative scriptures, Lord Kṛṣṇa is the ultimate fountainhead, the source of numerous plenary expansions, including Nārāyaṇa, who is generally accepted by Māyāvādī philosophers to be the Absolute Truth. The Lord’s manifestation of prābhava and vaibhava expansions, as well as partial incarnations and incarnations with delegated powers, are also explained.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 2
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I willing to listen carefully to the reasons supporting Brahmā's declaration?
Write down Brahmā's declaration, “You are certainly Nārāyaṇa,” and note his intention to explain it with proofs.
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