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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.117
সেই বিষ্ণু ‘শেষ’–রূপে ধরেন ধরণী ।
কাঁহা আছে মহী, শিরে, হেন নাহি জানি ॥ ১১৭ ॥
sei viṣṇu ‘śeṣa’-rūpe dharena dharaṇī
kāṅhā āche mahī, śire, hena nāhi jāni
That same Lord Viṣṇu, in the form of Lord Śeṣa, holds the planets upon His heads, although He does not know where they are, for He cannot feel their existence upon His heads.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The same Lord Viṣṇu takes the form of Lord Śeṣa.
Lord Śeṣa holds the planets upon His heads.
He cannot feel the planets upon His heads. In this sense, He does not know where they are.
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:
In the Śvetadvīpa within every universe is a Śeṣa form of Godhead who serves Viṣṇu by assuming the form of His umbrella, slippers, couch, pillows, garments, residence, sacred thread, throne and so on. Lord Baladeva in Kṛṣṇaloka is Nityānanda Prabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does His inability to feel the planets suggest to you about His sustaining power?
Pause for a moment today to reflect on Lord Śeṣa holding the planets without feeling their presence.
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