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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.38
নির্বিশেষ–ব্রহ্ম সেই কেবল জ্যোতির্ময় ।
সাযুজ্যের অধিকারী তাঁহা পায় লয় ॥ ৩৮ ॥
nirviśeṣa-brahma sei kevala jyotir-maya
sāyujyera adhikārī tāṅhā pāya laya
That impersonal Brahman effulgence consists only of the effulgent rays of the Lord. Those fit for sāyujya liberation merge into that effulgence.
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The impersonal Brahman effulgence consists of the Lord’s effulgent rays.
This impersonal effulgence consists only of those rays.
Those fit for sāyujya liberation merge into that effulgence.
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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