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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 2.84
কৃষ্ণ যদি অংশ হৈত, অংশী নারায়ণ ।
তবে বিপরীত হৈত সূতের বচন ॥ ৮৪ ॥
kṛṣṇa yadi aṁśa haita, aṁśī nārāyaṇa
tabe viparīta haita sūtera vacana
“Had Kṛṣṇa been the plenary portion and Nārāyaṇa the primeval Lord, the statement of Sūta Gosvāmī would have been reversed.
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The verse considers the hypothetical claim that Kṛṣṇa is the plenary portion and Nārāyaṇa the primeval Lord.
If that were so, Sūta Gosvāmī’s statement would have been reversed.
The verse presents this reversal as a hypothetical condition, not as its conclusion.
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
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