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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 2.7Ādi 2.9

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 2.8

স্বয়ং ভগবান্‌ কৃষ্ণ, বিষ্ণু–পরতত্ত্ব ।

পূর্ণজ্ঞান পূর্ণানন্দ পরম মহত্ত্ব ॥ ৮ ॥

svayaṁ bhagavān kṛṣṇa, viṣṇu-paratattva

pūrṇa-jñāna pūrṇānanda parama mahattva

Translation

Kṛṣṇa, the original form of the Personality of Godhead, is the summum bonum of the all-pervading Viṣṇu. He is all-perfect knowledge and all-perfect bliss. He is the Supreme Transcendence.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Is the Supreme Transcendence

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa is the original form of the Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    He is the summum bonum, or highest good, of the all-pervading Viṣṇu.

  3. 3

    He is all-perfect knowledge and all-perfect bliss. He is the Supreme Transcendence.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. svayamHimself
  2. bhagavānthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
  3. kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
  4. viṣṇuof all-pervading Viṣṇu
  5. para-tattvathe ultimate truth
  6. pūrṇa-jñānafull knowledge
  7. pūrṇa-ānandafull bliss
  8. paramasupreme
  9. mahattvagreatness
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does knowing Kṛṣṇa as all-perfect knowledge and bliss mean for my spiritual outlook?

Practice

Spend one quiet minute reflecting on Kṛṣṇa as all-perfect knowledge and all-perfect bliss.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Is the Supreme TranscendenceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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