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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 2: Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
Ādi 2.98Ādi 2.100

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 2.99

কিশোরস্বরূপ কৃষ্ণ স্বয়ং অবতারী ।

ক্রীড়া করে এই ছয়–রূপে বিশ্ব ভরি’ ॥ ৯৯ ॥

kiśora-svarūpa kṛṣṇa svayaṁ avatārī

krīḍā kare ei chaya-rūpe viśva bhari’

Translation

“The Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is eternally an adolescent, is the primeval Lord, the source of all incarnations. He expands Himself in these six categories of forms to establish His supremacy throughout the universe.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Is the Source of All Incarnations

  1. 1

    The Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa is eternally an adolescent.

  2. 2

    He is the primeval Lord and the source of all incarnations.

  3. 3

    He expands Himself in six categories of forms to establish His supremacy throughout the universe.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Ādi 2: Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

This chapter explains that Lord Caitanya is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa Himself. Therefore, the Brahman effulgence is the bodily luster of Lord Caitanya, and the localized Supersoul situated in the heart of every living entity is His partial representation.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kiśora-svarūpawhose real nature is that of an adolescent
  2. kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
  3. svayamHimself
  4. avatārīthe source of all incarnations
  5. krīḍā kareHe plays
  6. eithese
  7. chaya-rūpein six forms
  8. viśvathe universes
  9. bhari’maintaining
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does knowing Kṛṣṇa as the source of all incarnations shape your understanding of Him?

Practice

Read the translation slowly, pausing to reflect on the words “the source of all incarnations.”

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Is the Source of All IncarnationsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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