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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.115
তবে অবতরি’ করে জগৎ পালন ।
অনন্ত বৈভব তাঁর নাহিক গণন ॥ ১১৫ ॥
tabe avatari’ kare jagat pālana
ananta vaibhava tāṅra nāhika gaṇana
He then descends to maintain the material world. His unlimited opulences cannot be counted.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
He descends to maintain the material world.
His descent has the purpose of sustaining the world.
His opulences are unlimited and cannot be counted.
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:
But material nature is inert in that she has no independent power to do anything. She is empowered to make the cosmic manifestation by the glance of Mahā-Viṣṇu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does remembering His unlimited opulences deepen your appreciation of His care for the world?
Read the translation slowly, then spend a moment reflecting on His work of maintaining the world.
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