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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.106
হিরণ্যগর্ভ, অন্তর্যামী, জগৎ–কারণ ।
যাঁর অংশ করি’ করে বিরাট–কল্পন ॥ ১০৬ ॥
hiraṇya-garbha, antaryāmī, jagat-kāraṇa
yāṅra aṁśa kari’ kare virāṭa-kalpana
He is the Supersoul, Hiraṇyagarbha, the cause of the material world. The universal form is conceived as His expansion.
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He is the Supersoul, Hiraṇyagarbha.
He is the cause of the material world.
The universal form is conceived as His expansion.
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:
Therefore the material energy is not the original cause of the material manifestation. Rather, the transcendental glance of Mahā-Viṣṇu over material nature produces that cosmic manifestation.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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How does seeing the universal form as His expansion shape your understanding of the material world?
Read the translation aloud once, noting the Supersoul, the cause of the material world and the universal form.
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