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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.72
অদ্বৈত, নিত্যানন্দ—চৈতন্যের দুই অঙ্গ ।
অঙ্গের অবয়বগণ কহিয়ে উপাঙ্গ ॥ ৭২ ॥
advaita, nityānanda — caitanyera dui aṅga
aṅgera avayava-gaṇa kahiye upāṅga
Śrī Advaita Prabhu and Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu are both plenary portions of Lord Caitanya. Thus They are the limbs [aṅgas] of His body. The parts of these two limbs are called the upāṅgas.
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Śrī Advaita Prabhu and Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu are both plenary portions of Lord Caitanya.
They are therefore described as the limbs, or aṅgas, of His body.
The parts of these two limbs are called the upāṅgas.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The Vedas and Purāṇas foretell the appearance of Lord Caitanya, but still He is sometimes called, significantly, the concealed descent of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Advaita Ācārya was a contemporary of Lord Caitanya’s father.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
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