1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min
Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.107
হেন নারায়ণ,—যাঁর অংশের অংশ ।
সেই প্রভু নিত্যানন্দ—সর্ব–অবতংস ॥ ১০৭ ॥
hena nārāyaṇa, — yāṅra aṁśera aṁśa
sei prabhu nityānanda — sarva-avataṁsa
That Lord Nārāyaṇa is a part of a plenary part of Lord Nityānanda Balarāma, who is the source of all incarnations.
Read this verse on Vedabase.ioThis verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.
Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Nityānanda Balarāma is the source of all incarnations.
Lord Nārāyaṇa is a part of a plenary part of Lord Nityānanda Balarāma.
The translation describes Lord Nārāyaṇa’s relationship to the source of all incarnations.
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:
As the source of the material elements, the material energy is known as pradhāna, and as the source of the manifestations of the material energy it is known as māyā. But material nature is inert in that she has no independent power to do anything.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “relationship”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this description deepen your understanding of Lord Nityānanda Balarāma?
Read the translation slowly and recall Lord Nityānanda Balarāma as the source of all incarnations.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
Ask Caitanya CaritamrtaHave a question about CC Ādi 5.107? Get an answer from the verses themselves.