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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 2.85
নারায়ণ অংশী যেই স্বয়ং–ভগবান্ ।
তেঁহ শ্রীকৃষ্ণ—ঐছে করিত ব্যাখ্যান ॥ ৮৫ ॥
nārāyaṇa aṁśī yei svayaṁ-bhagavān
teṅha śrī-kṛṣṇa — aiche karita vyākhyāna
“Thus he would have said, ‘Nārāyaṇa, the source of all incarnations, is the original Personality of Godhead. He has appeared as Śrī Kṛṣṇa.’
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The words “would have said” introduce an imagined alternative statement.
In that alternative, Nārāyaṇa would be called the source of all incarnations and the original Personality of Godhead.
The alternative would then describe Him as having appeared as Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
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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