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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 2.51
হিরণ্যগর্ভের আত্মা গর্ভোদকশায়ী ।
ব্যষ্টিজীব–অন্তর্যামী ক্ষীরোদকশায়ী ॥ ৫১ ॥
hiraṇya-garbhera ātmā garbhodaka-śāyī
vyaṣṭi-jīva-antaryāmī kṣīrodaka-śāyī
“Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu is the Supersoul of the aggregate of living entities, and Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu is the Supersoul of each individual living being.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu is the Supersoul of the aggregate of living entities.
Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu is the Supersoul of each individual living being.
The verse distinguishes living entities collectively from each living being individually.
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:
Mahā-Viṣṇu is the reservoir of all conditioned souls, but, as confirmed in the authoritative scriptures, Lord Kṛṣṇa is the ultimate fountainhead, the source of numerous plenary expansions, including Nārāyaṇa, who is generally accepted by Māyāvādī philosophers to be the Absolute Truth. The Lord’s manifestation of prābhava and vaibhava expansions, as well as partial incarnations and incarnations with delegated powers, are also explained.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.
What does it mean to you that each individual living being has the Supersoul?
Make two short notes pairing each named form of Viṣṇu with His role as Supersoul.
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