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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.156
শ্রীচৈতন্য—সেই কৃষ্ণ, নিত্যানন্দ—রাম ।
নিত্যানন্দ পূর্ণ করে চৈতন্যের কাম ॥ ১৫৬ ॥
śrī-caitanya — sei kṛṣṇa, nityānanda — rāma
nityānanda pūrṇa kare caitanyera kāma
Lord Caitanya is the same Lord Kṛṣṇa, and Lord Nityānanda is Lord Balarāma. Lord Nityānanda fulfills all of Lord Caitanya’s desires.
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Lord Caitanya is the same Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Lord Nityānanda is Lord Balarāma.
Lord Nityānanda fulfills all of Lord Caitanya’s desires.
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:
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
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