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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 5.119
পঞ্চাশৎকোটি–যোজন পৃথিবী–বিস্তার ।
যাঁর একফণে রহে সর্ষপ–আকার ॥ ১১৯ ॥
pañcāśat-koṭi-yojana pṛthivī-vistāra
yāṅra eka-phaṇe rahe sarṣapa-ākāra
The universe, which measures five hundred million yojanas in diameter, rests on one of His hoods like a mustard seed.
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The universe measures five hundred million yojanas in diameter, yet rests on one of His hoods like a mustard seed.
The Lord of Śvetadvīpa expands Himself as Śeṣa Nāga, who sustains all the planets upon His innumerable spiritual hoods.
The purport describes the scientists’ law of gravity as a partial explanation of Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa’s energy. The name “Saṅkarṣaṇa” has an etymological relationship to the idea of gravity.
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The purport of CC Ādi 5.119 quotesSB 5.17.21
There is a reference to Śeṣa Nāga in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (5.17.21), where it is said:
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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:
She is empowered to make the cosmic manifestation by the glance of Mahā-Viṣṇu. Therefore the material energy is not the original cause of the material manifestation.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “relationship”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the mustard-seed comparison shape your understanding of Śeṣa Nāga’s power?
Write one sentence explaining what the comparison of the universe to a mustard seed teaches you.
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