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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 2.40
জীবের ঈশ্বর—পুরুষাদি অবতার ।
তাঁহা সবা হৈতে তোমার ঐশ্বর্য অপার ॥ ৪০ ॥
jīvera īśvara — puruṣādi avatāra
tāṅhā sabā haite tomāra aiśvarya apāra
“The direct Lords of the living beings are the puruṣa incarnations. But Your opulence and power are more exalted than Theirs.
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The puruṣa incarnations are the direct Lords of the living beings.
The Lord addressed possesses opulence more exalted than Theirs.
His power is also more exalted than that of the puruṣa incarnations.
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:
The Lord’s manifestation of prābhava and vaibhava expansions, as well as partial incarnations and incarnations with delegated powers, are also explained. Lord Kṛṣṇa’s ages of boyhood and youth are discussed, and it is explained that His age at the beginning of youth is His eternal form.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 2
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