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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 2.43
তৃতীয় কারণ শুন শ্রীভগবান্ ।
অনন্ত ব্রহ্মাণ্ড বহু বৈকুণ্ঠাদি ধাম ॥ ৪৩ ॥
tṛtīya kāraṇa śuna śrī-bhagavān
ananta brahmāṇḍa bahu vaikuṇṭhādi dhāma
“O my Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead! Kindly hear my third reason. There are countless universes and fathomless transcendental Vaikuṇṭhas.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord is addressed as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
The speaker respectfully asks the Lord to hear a third reason.
There are countless universes and fathomless transcendental Vaikuṇṭhas.
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
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How does contemplating countless universes and fathomless Vaikuṇṭhas affect your sense of your own understanding?
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