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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 2.72
তেঁহ আসি’ কৃষ্ণরূপে করেন অবতার ।
এই অর্থ শ্লোকে দেখি কি আর বিচার ॥ ৭২ ॥
teṅha āsi’ kṛṣṇa-rūpe karena avatāra
ei artha śloke dekhi ki āra vicāra
“He [Nārāyaṇa] incarnates as Lord Kṛṣṇa. This is the meaning of the verse as I see it. There is no need for further consideration.”
Read this verse on Vedabase.ioThis verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.
Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The opponent claims that Nārāyaṇa incarnates as Lord Kṛṣṇa.
He presents this as the meaning of the verse as he sees it.
He says there is no need for further consideration, closing his objection.
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.
Do I ever treat my own interpretation as a reason to stop considering a teaching?
Write down the opponent’s claim and label it clearly as his interpretation.
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