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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 2.80
‘এতে’–শব্দে অবতারের আগে অনুবাদ ।
‘পুরুষের অংশ’ পাছে বিধেয়–সংবাদ ॥ ৮০ ॥
‘ete’-śabde avatārera āge anuvāda
‘puruṣera aṁśa’ pāche vidheya-saṁvāda
“First the word ‘ete’ [‘these’] establishes the subject [the incarnations]. Then ‘plenary portions of the puruṣa-avatāras’ follows as the predicate.
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The word ‘ete’ means ‘these’ and establishes the subject.
The subject is the incarnations.
‘Plenary portions of the puruṣa-avatāras’ follows as the predicate, stating their relationship.
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 puruṣa-avatāras are also explained in this connection. 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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 2
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In this verse: “relationship”
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How does identifying ‘ete’ as the subject help me follow what is stated next?
Write the sentence structure in two parts: ‘ete’—the incarnations; then ‘plenary portions of the puruṣa-avatāras’—the predicate.
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