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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.129
কেহো কহে, কৃষ্ণ সাক্ষাৎ নরনারায়ণ ।
কেহো কহে, কৃষ্ণ হয় সাক্ষাৎ বামন ॥ ১২৯ ॥
keho kahe, kṛṣṇa sākṣāt nara-nārāyaṇa
keho kahe, kṛṣṇa haya sākṣāt vāmana
Some said that Kṛṣṇa was directly Lord Nara-Nārāyaṇa, and some called Him Lord Vāmanadeva incarnate.
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Some people said that Kṛṣṇa was directly Lord Nara-Nārāyaṇa.
Others called Him Lord Vāmanadeva incarnate.
The verse records these two ways people described Kṛṣṇa.
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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:
On the Vaikuṇṭha planet in every universe is an ocean of milk, and within that ocean is an island called Śvetadvīpa, where Lord Viṣṇu lives. Therefore this chapter describes two Śvetadvīpas — one in the abode of Kṛṣṇa and the other in the ocean of milk in every universe.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.
Can you notice these different descriptions without overlooking either one?
Read both descriptions aloud once, carefully attending to the names Nara-Nārāyaṇa and Vāmanadeva.
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