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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 2.39
অতএব তুমি হও মূল নারায়ণ ।
এই এক হেতু, শুন দ্বিতীয় কারণ ॥ ৩৯ ॥
ataeva tumi hao mūla nārāyaṇa
ei eka hetu, śuna dvitīya kāraṇa
“You are therefore the original Nārāyaṇa. This is one reason; please listen as I state the second.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker concludes that the Lord addressed is the original Nārāyaṇa.
He identifies the explanation already given as one reason for this conclusion.
He asks the Lord to listen as he presents a second reason.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I taking time to understand the reasons behind this conclusion?
Read the declaration “You are therefore the original Nārāyaṇa” slowly, noticing that it is a conclusion supported by reasons.
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