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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 3.69Ādi 3.71

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.70

জলশায়ী অন্তর্যামী যেই নারায়ণ ।

সেহো তোমার অংশ, তুমি মূল নারায়ণ ॥ ৭০ ॥

jala-śāyī antar-yāmī yei nārāyaṇa

seho tomāra aṁśa, tumi mūla nārāyaṇa

Translation

The manifestation of the Nārāyaṇa who predominates in everyone’s heart, as well as the Nārāyaṇa who lives in the waters [Kāraṇa, Garbha and Kṣīra], is Your plenary portion. You are therefore the original Nārāyaṇa.

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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.

The Original Nārāyaṇa

  1. 1

    The Nārāyaṇa who predominates in everyone’s heart is a plenary portion of the Lord being addressed.

  2. 2

    The Nārāyaṇa who lives in the waters—Kāraṇa, Garbha and Kṣīra—is also His plenary portion.

  3. 3

    The verse therefore addresses the Lord as the original Nārāyaṇa.

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. jala-śāyīlying in the water
  2. antaḥ-yāmīindwelling Supersoul
  3. yeiHe who
  4. nārāyaṇaLord Nārāyaṇa
  5. sehoHe
  6. tomāraYour
  7. aṁśaplenary portion
  8. tumiYou
  9. mūlaoriginal
  10. nārāyaṇaNārāyaṇa
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does remembering Nārāyaṇa’s presence in everyone’s heart affect your outlook?

Practice

Before one interaction today, pause to remember that Nārāyaṇa predominates in that person’s heart.

Live this todayThe Original NārāyaṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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