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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 5: The Glories Of Lord Nityānanda Balarāma
Ādi 4.277Ādi 5.2

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.1

বন্দেঽনন্তাদ্ভুতৈশ্বর্যং শ্রীনিত্যানন্দমীশ্বরম্‌ ।

যস্যেচ্ছয়া তৎস্বরূপমজ্ঞেনাপি নিরূপ্যতে ॥ ১ ॥

vande ’nantādbhutaiśvaryaṁ

śrī-nityānandam īśvaram

yasyecchayā tat-svarūpam

ajñenāpi nirūpyate

Translation

Let me offer my obeisances to Lord Śrī Nityānanda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose opulence is wonderful and unlimited. By His will, even a fool can understand His identity.

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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.

Understanding Lord Nityānanda by His Will

  1. 1

    The author offers obeisances to Lord Śrī Nityānanda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    Lord Nityānanda’s opulence is wonderful and unlimited.

  3. 3

    By His will, even a fool can understand His identity.

How it feels

Shelter and wonder. The glory of Nityānanda reveals the intimate support behind the descent.

The mood of Ādi 5 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 5: The Glories Of Lord Nityānanda Balarāma

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

Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the absolute Personality of Godhead, and His first expansion in a form for pastimes is Śrī Balarāma. Beyond the limitation of this material world is the spiritual sky, paravyoma, which has many spiritual planets, the supreme of which is called Kṛṣṇaloka.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. vandelet me offer my obeisances
  2. anantaunlimited
  3. adbhutaand wonderful
  4. aiśvaryamwhose opulence
  5. śrī-nityānandamunto Lord Nityānanda
  6. īśvaramthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
  7. yasyawhose
  8. icchayāby the will
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does knowing that understanding depends on Lord Nityānanda’s will encourage humility in me?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer of obeisance to Lord Śrī Nityānanda, asking to understand His identity.

Live this todayUnderstanding Lord Nityānanda by His WillThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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