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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 2.71
পূর্বপক্ষ কহে—তোমার ভাল ত’ ব্যাখ্যান ।
পরব্যোম–নারায়ণ স্বয়ং–ভগবান্ ॥ ৭১ ॥
pūrva-pakṣa kahe — tomāra bhāla ta’ vyākhyāna
paravyoma-nārāyaṇa svayaṁ-bhagavān
An opponent may say, “This is your interpretation, but actually the Supreme Lord is Nārāyaṇa, who is in the transcendental realm.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The verse introduces what an opponent may say.
The opponent challenges the preceding explanation as an interpretation.
The opponent claims that Nārāyaṇa, who is in the transcendental realm, is the Supreme Lord. This is the objection being presented.
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:
The spiritual sky contains innumerable spiritual planets, the Vaikuṇṭhas, which are manifestations of the Supreme Lord’s internal energy. Innumerable material universes are similarly exhibited by His external energy, and the living entities are manifested by His marginal energy.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.
Am I distinguishing the opponent’s claim from the teaching being challenged?
Mark this verse as an opponent’s objection in your notes.
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