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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 5.34
সূর্যমণ্ডল যেন বাহিরে নির্বিশেষ ।
ভিতরে সূর্যের রথ–আদি সবিশেষ ॥ ৩৪ ॥
sūrya-maṇḍala yena bāhire nirviśeṣa
bhitare sūryera ratha-ādi saviśeṣa
It is like the homogeneous effulgence around the sun. But inside the sun are the chariots, horses and other opulences of the sun-god.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Outside Vaikuṇṭha, the abode of Kṛṣṇa, shines the brahmajyoti, the effulgence of Kṛṣṇa’s bodily rays.
This spiritual region is called Siddhaloka or Brahmaloka. Impersonalists merge into its effulgence when they achieve liberation.
The effulgence is spiritual but contains no manifestations of spiritual activities or variety. Like sunshine surrounding the sun, it is distinct from the variety within.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
They are known as the original quadruple forms. In Kṛṣṇaloka is a transcendental place known as Śvetadvīpa or Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the example of the sun and sunshine help you understand spiritual light and spiritual variety?
Write one sentence distinguishing the brahmajyoti from the spiritual variety within Kṛṣṇa’s abode.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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