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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.103
সেই পদ্মনালে হৈল চৌদ্দভুবন ।
তেঁহো ব্রহ্মা হঞা সৃষ্টি করিল সৃজন ॥ ১০৩ ॥
sei padma-nāle haila caudda-bhuvana
teṅho brahmā hañā sṛṣṭi karila sṛjana
Within the stem of that lotus were the fourteen worlds. Thus the Supreme Lord, as Brahmā, created the entire creation.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The lotus had a stem containing the fourteen worlds.
The Supreme Lord acted as Brahmā.
As Brahmā, He created the entire creation.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu reclines in the midst of the watery portion of the universe and generates the first living creature of the universe, Brahmā. The imaginary universal form is a partial manifestation of Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this verse connect the entire creation with the Supreme Lord?
Pause today to recall this teaching: the Supreme Lord, as Brahmā, created the entire creation.
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