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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 2.54
যদ্যপি তিনের মায়া লইয়া ব্যবহার ।
তথাপি তৎস্পর্শ নাহি, সবে মায়া–পার ॥ ৫৪ ॥
yadyapi tinera māyā la-iyā vyavahāra
tathāpi tat-sparśa nāhi, sabhe māyā-pāra
“Although these three features of the Lord deal directly with the material energy, none of Them are touched by it. They are all beyond illusion.
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These three features of the Lord deal directly with the material energy.
Although They deal with it, none of Them are touched by it.
All three are beyond illusion.
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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