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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 2.86
ভ্রম, প্রমাদ, বিপ্রলিপ্সা, করণাপাটব ।
আর্য–বিজ্ঞবাক্যে নাহি দোষ এই সব ॥ ৮৬ ॥
bhrama, pramāda, vipralipsā, karaṇāpāṭava
ārṣa-vijña-vākye nāhi doṣa ei saba
“Mistakes, illusions, cheating and defective perception do not occur in the sayings of the authoritative sages.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Mistakes, illusions, cheating and defective perception do not occur in the sayings of authoritative sages.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam lists the avatāras, the plenary expansions of the puruṣa, and includes Lord Kṛṣṇa among them. It further explains His specific position as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Lord Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead. Reason and argument establish that His position is always supreme.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Because Lord Kṛṣṇa Caitanya is not different from Lord Kṛṣṇa, He is the cause of all causes; there is no cause beyond Him. He is eternal, and His form is spiritual.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.
How does the further explanation of Kṛṣṇa’s position clarify His inclusion among the avatāras?
Write one sentence summarizing the purport’s conclusion that Lord Kṛṣṇa’s position is always supreme.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
Quoted in 2 lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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