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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.154
সেই অংশ লঞা জ্যেষ্ঠ–কনিষ্ঠাভিমান ।
অংশাংশি–রূপে শাস্ত্রে করয়ে ব্যাখ্যান ॥ ১৫৪ ॥
sei aṁśa lañā jyeṣṭha-kaniṣṭhābhimāna
aṁśāṁśi-rūpe śāstre karaye vyākhyāna
Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma present Themselves as younger brother and elder brother, but in the scriptures They are described as the original Supreme Personality of Godhead and His expansion.
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Kṛṣṇa presents Himself as the younger brother.
Balarāma presents Himself as the elder brother.
The scriptures describe Kṛṣṇa as the original Supreme Personality of Godhead and Balarāma as His expansion.
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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How does Their scriptural identity deepen your appreciation of Their relationship as brothers?
Read the translation and briefly recall both Their brotherly roles and Their divine identities.
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