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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.112
সকল জীবের তিঁহো হয়ে অন্তর্যামী ।
জগৎ–পালক তিঁহো জগতের স্বামী ॥ ১১২ ॥
sakala jīvera tiṅho haye antaryāmī
jagat-pālaka tiṅho jagatera svāmī
He is the Supersoul of all living entities. He maintains this material world, and He is its Lord.
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The Lord is the Supersoul of all living entities. He maintains the material world and is its Lord.
The purport describes Viṣṇuloka above Rudraloka as inaccessible to any mortal living being. It also describes Mahā-Viṣṇuloka, where Lord Brahmā and other demigods sometimes meet Lord Viṣṇu.
In the ocean of milk, the Lord sits with His consort, Lakṣmījī, on a throne of Śeṣa. The transcendentally beautiful island of Śvetadvīpa is decorated with desire trees to please Lord Viṣṇu and His consort.
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The purport of CC Ādi 5.112 quotesSB 11.15.18
There are references to Śvetadvīpa in the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Mahābhārata and Padma Purāṇa, and there is the following reference in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.15.18).
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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:
Mahā-Viṣṇu again enters every universe as the reservoir of all living entities, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. From Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu expands Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, the Supersoul of every living entity.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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How does remembering the Lord as both Supersoul and maintainer affect your view of the world?
Spend one quiet minute recalling the three descriptions in the translation: Supersoul, maintainer and Lord.
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