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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 2.98
অংশ–শক্ত্যাবেশরূপে দ্বিবিধাবতার ।
বাল্য পৌগণ্ড ধর্ম দুই ত’ প্রকার ॥ ৯৮ ॥
aṁśa-śaktyāveśa-rūpe dvi-vidhāvatāra
bālya paugaṇḍa dharma dui ta’ prakāra
“His incarnations are of two kinds, namely partial and empowered. He appears in two ages — childhood and boyhood.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The vilāsa forms are six in number. Incarnations are of two varieties: śakty-āveśa (empowered) and aṁśāveśa (partial).
These incarnations also belong to the categories of prābhava and vaibhava manifestations.
Childhood and boyhood are special features of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, but His permanent feature is His eternal adolescent form. The original Personality of Godhead is always worshiped in this form.
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:
Lord Kṛṣṇa’s ages of boyhood and youth are discussed, and it is explained that His age at the beginning of youth is His eternal form. The spiritual sky contains innumerable spiritual planets, the Vaikuṇṭhas, which are manifestations of the Supreme Lord’s internal energy.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.
What does this teaching help you understand about Kṛṣṇa’s permanent form?
Write one sentence distinguishing Kṛṣṇa’s childhood and boyhood features from His eternal adolescent form.
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