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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 2.49
কারণাব্ধি–গর্ভোদক–ক্ষীরোদকশায়ী ।
মায়াদ্বারে সৃষ্টি করে, তাতে সব মায়ী ॥ ৪৯ ॥
kāraṇābdhi-garbhodaka-kṣīrodaka-śāyī
māyā-dvāre sṛṣṭi kare, tāte saba māyī
“The Kāraṇodakaśāyī, Garbhodakaśāyī and Kṣīrodakaśāyī forms of Nārāyaṇa all create in cooperation with the material energy. In this way They are attached to māyā.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kāraṇodakaśāyī, Garbhodakaśāyī and Kṣīrodakaśāyī are forms of Nārāyaṇa.
All three create in cooperation with the material energy.
Their cooperation with the material energy is described here as attachment to māyā.
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:
Innumerable material universes are similarly exhibited by His external energy, and the living entities are manifested by His marginal energy. Because Lord Kṛṣṇa Caitanya is not different from Lord Kṛṣṇa, He is the cause of all causes; there is no cause beyond Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 2
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How does this translation describe the three forms’ relationship with māyā?
Write the names of these three forms of Nārāyaṇa and note their shared work of creation.
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