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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.150
রামের চরিত্র সব,—দুঃখের কারণ ।
স্বতন্ত্র লীলায় দুঃখ সহেন লক্ষ্মণ ॥ ১৫০ ॥
rāmera caritra saba, — duḥkhera kāraṇa
svatantra līlāya duḥkha sahena lakṣmaṇa
The activities of Lord Rāma were full of suffering, but Lakṣmaṇa, of His own accord, tolerated that suffering.
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The activities of Lord Rāma were full of suffering.
Lakṣmaṇa tolerated that suffering.
He did so of His own accord; His tolerance was willing.
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:
Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu also has His own Vaikuṇṭha planet in every universe, where He lives as the Supersoul or supreme controller of the universe. Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu reclines in the midst of the watery portion of the universe and generates the first living creature of the universe, Brahmā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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