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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 2: Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
Ādi 2.66Ādi 2.68

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 2.67

এতে চাংশকলাঃ পুংসঃ কৃষ্ণস্তু ভগবান্‌ স্বয়ম্‌ ।

ইন্দ্রারি–ব্যাকুলং লোকং মৃড়য়ন্তি যুগে যুগে ॥ ৬৭ ॥

ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ

kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam

indrāri-vyākulaṁ lokaṁ

mṛḍayanti yuge yuge

Translation

“All these incarnations of Godhead are either plenary portions or parts of the plenary portions of the puruṣa-avatāras. But Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. In every age He protects the world through His different features when the world is disturbed by the enemies of Indra.”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Is the Original Personality of Godhead

  1. 1

    Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead, the supreme cause of all causes. He is not an avatāra of Viṣṇu or Nārāyaṇa.

  2. 2

    Incarnations such as Śrī Rāma, Nṛsiṁha and Varāha belong to the Viṣṇu group. They are plenary portions or portions of plenary portions of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    In every age, Kṛṣṇa protects the world through His different features when it is disturbed by the enemies of Indra.

Key points from the purport
  • This statement of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.3.28) definitely negates the concept that Śrī Kṛṣṇa is an avatāra of Viṣṇu or Nārāyaṇa.
  • This verse clearly indicates that incarnations of the Personality of Godhead such as Śrī Rāma, Nṛsiṁha and Varāha all undoubtedly belong to the Viṣṇu group, but all of Them are either plenary portions or portions of plenary portions of the original Personality of Godhead, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Ādi 2.67 quotesSB 1.3.28

This statement of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.3.28) definitely negates the concept that Śrī Kṛṣṇa is an avatāra of Viṣṇu or Nārāyaṇa.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Ādi 2: Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. etethese
  2. caand
  3. aṁśaplenary portions
  4. kalāḥparts of plenary portions
  5. puṁsaḥof the puruṣa-avatāras
  6. kṛṣṇaḥLord Kṛṣṇa
  7. tubut
  8. bhagavānthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this teaching clarify about Kṛṣṇa’s relationship with the incarnations?

Practice

Read aloud the statement that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, and pause to reflect on its meaning.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Is the Original Personality of GodheadThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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