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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.108
দশম শ্লোকের অর্থ কৈল বিবরণ ।
একাদশ শ্লোকের অর্থ শুন দিয়া মন ॥ ১০৮ ॥
daśama ślokera artha kaila vivaraṇa
ekādaśa ślokera artha śuna diyā mana
I have thus explained the tenth verse. Now please listen to the meaning of the eleventh verse with all your mind.
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The explanation of the tenth verse is now complete.
The author next introduces the meaning of the eleventh verse.
He asks the reader to listen with all the mind.
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
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