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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.125
সেই ত’ অনন্ত, যাঁর কহি এক কলা ।
হেন প্রভু নিত্যানন্দ, কে জানে তাঁর খেলা ॥ ১২৫ ॥
sei ta’ ananta, yāṅra kahi eka kalā
hena prabhu nityānanda, ke jāne tāṅra khelā
That person of whom Lord Ananta is a kalā, or part of a plenary part, is Lord Nityānanda Prabhu. Who, therefore, can know the pastimes of Lord Nityānanda?
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Lord Ananta is a kalā of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu.
Here, kalā means a part of a plenary part.
The verse asks who can know Lord Nityānanda’s pastimes, inviting humility before His greatness.
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:
Therefore Nityānanda Prabhu is the original Saṅkarṣaṇa, and Mahā-saṅkarṣaṇa and His expansions as the puruṣas in the universes are plenary expansions of Nityānanda Prabhu. In this chapter the author has described the history of his leaving home for a personal pilgrimage to Vṛndāvana and his achieving all success there.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humility”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might this verse encourage humility in your study of Lord Nityānanda?
Read the verse again, pausing at its closing question rather than assuming you fully understand His pastimes.
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