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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 2.90
তৈছে সব অবতারের কৃষ্ণ সে কারণ ।
আর এক শ্লোক শুন, কুব্যাখ্যা–খণ্ডন ॥ ৯০ ॥
taiche saba avatārera kṛṣṇa se kāraṇa
āra eka śloka śuna, kuvyākhyā-khaṇḍana
“Kṛṣṇa, in the same way, is the cause of all causes and all incarnations. Please hear another verse to defeat all misinterpretations.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kṛṣṇa is the cause of all causes.
Kṛṣṇa is the cause of all incarnations.
The speaker asks the listener to hear another verse to defeat misinterpretations.
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
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