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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 3: The External Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Ādi 3.68Ādi 3.70

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.69

নারায়ণস্ত্বং ন হি সর্বদেহিনা–

মাত্মাস্যধীশাখিললোকসাক্ষী ।

নারায়ণোঽঙ্গং নরভূজলায়না–

ত্তচ্চাপি সত্যং ন তবৈব মায়া ॥ ৬৯ ॥

nārāyaṇas tvaṁ na hi sarva-dehinām

ātmāsy adhīśākhila-loka-sākṣī

nārāyaṇo ’ṅgaṁ nara-bhū-jalāyanāt

tac cāpi satyaṁ na tavaiva māyā

Translation

“O Lord of lords, You are the seer of all creation. You are indeed everyone’s dearest life. Are You not, therefore, my father, Nārāyaṇa? ‘Nārāyaṇa’ refers to one whose abode is in the water born from Nara [Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu], and that Nārāyaṇa is Your plenary portion. All Your plenary portions are transcendental. They are absolute and are not creations of māyā.”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord’s Plenary Portions Are Transcendental

  1. 1

    Brahmā addresses Lord Kṛṣṇa as the Lord of lords, the seer of all creation, and everyone’s dearest life.

  2. 2

    “Nārāyaṇa” refers to one whose abode is in the water born from Nara, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. That Nārāyaṇa is the Lord’s plenary portion.

  3. 3

    All the Lord’s plenary portions are transcendental and absolute. They are not creations of māyā.

Key points from the purport
  • This text was spoken to Lord Kṛṣṇa by Brahmā in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.14.14).

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Ādi 3.69 quotesSB 10.14.14

This text was spoken to Lord Kṛṣṇa by Brahmā in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.14.14).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Compassion and urgency. The holy name is offered for the age; divine love moves outward toward others.

The mood of Ādi 3 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 3: The External Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

Lord Kṛṣṇa therefore personally appeared, with His plenary portions, as Lord Caitanya. As stated in this chapter, it was for this purpose that Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared personally in Navadvīpa in the form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. nārāyaṇaḥLord Nārāyaṇa
  2. tvamYou
  3. nanot
  4. hicertainly
  5. sarvaall
  6. dehināmof the embodied beings
  7. ātmāthe Supersoul
  8. asiYou are
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does it mean to you to address the Lord as everyone’s dearest life?

Practice

Pause today and prayerfully reflect on the words “You are indeed everyone’s dearest life.”

Live this todayThe Lord’s Plenary Portions Are TranscendentalThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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