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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.31
ব্রহ্মসাযুজ্য–মুক্তের তাহা নাহি গতি ।
বৈকুণ্ঠ–বাহিরে হয় তা’ সবার স্থিতি ॥ ৩১ ॥
brahma-sāyujya-muktera tāhā nāhi gati
vaikuṇṭha-bāhire haya tā’-sabāra sthiti
Those who attain brahma-sāyujya liberation cannot gain entrance into Vaikuṇṭha; their residence is outside the Vaikuṇṭha planets.
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The verse describes those who attain brahma-sāyujya liberation.
They cannot gain entrance into Vaikuṇṭha.
Their residence is outside the Vaikuṇṭha planets.
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:
Outside of the Vaikuṇṭha planets is the impersonal manifestation of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, which is known as Brahmaloka. On the other side of Brahmaloka is the spiritual kāraṇa-samudra, or Causal Ocean.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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What distinction does this verse make between attaining brahma-sāyujya and entering Vaikuṇṭha?
Write one sentence noting where those who attain brahma-sāyujya reside.
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