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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.3
এই ষট্শ্লোকে কহিল কৃষ্ণচৈতন্য–মহিমা ।
পঞ্চশ্লোকে কহি নিত্যানন্দতত্ত্ব–সীমা ॥ ৩ ॥
ei ṣaṭ-śloke kahila kṛṣṇa-caitanya-mahimā
pañca-śloke kahi nityānanda-tattva-sīmā
I have described the glory of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya in six verses. Now, in five verses I shall describe the glory of Lord Nityānanda.
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The author has described the glory of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya in six verses.
He now turns to describing the glory of Lord Nityānanda.
He announces that this description will be given in five verses.
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:
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the absolute Personality of Godhead, and His first expansion in a form for pastimes is Śrī Balarāma. Beyond the limitation of this material world is the spiritual sky, paravyoma, which has many spiritual planets, the supreme of which is called Kṛṣṇaloka.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I ready to give careful attention to the description of Lord Nityānanda’s glory?
Before continuing your reading, pause and note that the author is now turning to Lord Nityānanda’s glory.
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