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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 5: The Glories Of Lord Nityānanda Balarāma
Ādi 5.35Ādi 5.37

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.36

যদরীণাং প্রিয়াণাঞ্চ প্রাপ্যমেকমিবোদিতম্‌ ।

তদ্‌ব্রহ্মকৃষ্ণয়োরৈক্যাৎ কিরণার্কোপমাজুষোঃ ॥ ৩৬ ॥

yad arīṇāṁ priyāṇāṁ ca

prāpyam ekam ivoditam

tad brahma-kṛṣṇayor aikyāt

kiraṇārkopamā-juṣoḥ

Translation

“Where it has been stated that the Lord’s enemies and devotees attain the same destination, this refers to the ultimate oneness of Brahman and Lord Kṛṣṇa. This may be understood by the example of the sun and the sunshine, in which Brahman is like the sunshine and Kṛṣṇa Himself is like the sun.”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Remembering Kṛṣṇa Removes Sinful Reactions

  1. 1

    The statement that enemies and devotees attain the same destination refers to the ultimate oneness of Brahman and Kṛṣṇa. Brahman is compared to sunshine, and Kṛṣṇa Himself to the sun.

  2. 2

    Hiraṇyakaśipu and Rāvaṇa regarded the Lord as an ordinary living being. Although killed by Him, they did not then attain oneness with His body.

  3. 3

    Śiśupāla frequently uttered Kṛṣṇa’s name and constantly remembered His beautiful features, even in envy. This remembrance removed his sinful reactions, and when Kṛṣṇa killed him, he attained oneness with the Lord’s body.

Key points from the purport
  • Therefore even though he was killed by Rāma, he did not attain sāyujya, or oneness with the body of the Lord.
  • But instead of accepting Lord Rāma as an incarnation of Viṣṇu, Rāvaṇa thought Him an ordinary living being.
  • When killed by the hands of Rāma, therefore, he got the privilege of taking birth as Śiśupāla, who had such immense opulence that he could think himself a competitor to Kṛṣṇa.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Ādi 5: The Glories Of Lord Nityānanda Balarāma

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

In that abode the Personality of Godhead expands Himself into four plenary portions — Kṛṣṇa, Balarāma, Pradyumna (the transcendental Cupid) and Aniruddha. They are known as the original quadruple forms.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. yatthat
  2. arīṇāmof the enemies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  3. priyāṇāmof the devotees, who are very dear to the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  4. caand
  5. prāpyamdestination
  6. ekamone only
  7. ivathus
  8. uditamsaid
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does Śiśupāla’s purification reveal to you about the power of remembering Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Spend one minute uttering Kṛṣṇa’s name attentively and remembering Him.

Live this todayRemembering Kṛṣṇa Removes Sinful ReactionsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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