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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.118
সহস্র বিস্তীর্ণ যাঁর ফণার মণ্ডল ।
সূর্য জিনি’ মণিগণ করে ঝলমল ॥ ১১৮ ॥
sahasra vistīrṇa yāṅra phaṇāra maṇḍala
sūrya jini’ maṇi-gaṇa kare jhala-mala
His thousands of extended hoods are adorned with dazzling jewels surpassing the sun.
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He has thousands of extended hoods.
His hoods are adorned with dazzling jewels.
The brilliance of these jewels surpasses the sun.
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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What inspires wonder in you about this description of His jeweled hoods?
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