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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.104
বিষ্ণুরূপ হঞা করে জগৎ পালনে ।
গুণাতীত–বিষ্ণু স্পর্শ নাহি মায়া–গুণে ॥ ১০৪ ॥
viṣṇu-rūpa hañā kare jagat pālane
guṇātīta-viṣṇu sparśa nāhi māyā-guṇe
And as Lord Viṣṇu He maintains the entire world. Lord Viṣṇu, being beyond all material attributes, has no touch with the material qualities.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
As Lord Viṣṇu, He maintains the entire world. Though He presides over the material quality of goodness, He is never affected by it.
He directs the quality of goodness simply by His supreme will. All living entities can derive all good fortune from the Lord simply by His will.
The same Viṣṇu expands Himself as Brahmā and Śiva to direct the different qualities.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Beyond the limitation of this material world is the spiritual sky, paravyoma, which has many spiritual planets, the supreme of which is called Kṛṣṇaloka. Kṛṣṇaloka, the abode of Kṛṣṇa, has three divisions, which are known as Dvārakā, Mathurā and Gokula.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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How is directing the quality of goodness different from being affected by it?
Write a brief reminder today: Lord Viṣṇu directs material goodness but is never affected by it.
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