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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.39
সিদ্ধলোকস্তু তমসঃ পারে যত্র বসন্তি হি ।
সিদ্ধা ব্রহ্মসুখে মগ্না দৈত্যাশ্চ হরিণা হতাঃ ॥ ৩৯ ॥
siddha-lokas tu tamasaḥ
pāre yatra vasanti hi
siddhā brahma-sukhe magnā
daityāś ca hariṇā hatāḥ
“Beyond the region of ignorance [the material cosmic manifestation] lies the realm of Siddhaloka. The Siddhas reside there, absorbed in the bliss of Brahman. Demons killed by the Lord also attain that realm.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Tamas means darkness, and the material world is dark. Beyond the material atmosphere lies the luminous spiritual sky, whose impersonal effulgence is called Siddhaloka.
The Siddhas reside there, absorbed in the bliss of Brahman. Māyāvādī philosophers seeking to merge with the Lord’s body also enter that effulgence.
Demoniac persons killed by Kṛṣṇa, such as Kaṁsa and Śiśupāla, enter that realm. Yogīs attaining oneness through meditation according to the Patañjali yoga system also reach Siddhaloka.
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:
Beyond the limitation of this material world is the spiritual sky, paravyoma, which has many spiritual planets, the supreme of which is called Kṛṣṇaloka. Kṛṣṇaloka, the abode of Kṛṣṇa, has three divisions, which are known as Dvārakā, Mathurā and Gokula.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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What distinction does this verse make between the material world and Siddhaloka?
Make a two-line note contrasting material darkness with the luminous realm of Siddhaloka.
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