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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 2.50
সেই তিন জলশায়ী সর্ব–অন্তর্যামী ।
ব্রহ্মাণ্ডবৃন্দের আত্মা যে পুরুষ–নামী ॥ ৫০ ॥
sei tina jala-śāyī sarva-antaryāmī
brahmāṇḍa-vṛndera ātmā ye puruṣa-nāmī
“These three Viṣṇus lying in the water are the Supersoul of everything. The Supersoul of all the universes is known as the first puruṣa.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The three Viṣṇus are described as lying in the water.
These three Viṣṇus are the Supersoul of everything.
The Supersoul of all the universes is known as the first puruṣa.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the phrase “all the universes” help you appreciate about the Supersoul?
Read the translation slowly, then repeat the description of the first puruṣa in your own words.
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