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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 2.41
অতএব অধীশ্বর তুমি সর্বপিতা ।
তোমার শক্তিতে তাঁরা জগৎ–রক্ষিতা ॥ ৪১ ॥
ataeva adhīśvara tumi sarva pitā
tomāra śaktite tāṅrā jagat-rakṣitā
“Therefore You are the primeval Lord, the original father of everyone. They [the puruṣas] are protectors of the universes by Your power.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord is the primeval Lord, the original father of everyone.
The puruṣas are protectors of the universes.
Their power to protect comes from the Lord.
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:
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. The puruṣa-avatāras are also explained in this connection.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 knowing that all these protectors depend on the Lord shape your understanding of His care?
Take a quiet moment today to remember the Lord as the original father of everyone.
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