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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.46

যাঁহা হৈতে বিশ্বোৎপত্তি, যাঁহাতে প্রলয় ।

সেই পুরুষের সঙ্কর্ষণ সমাশ্রয় ॥ ৪৬ ॥

yāṅhā haite viśvotpatti, yāṅhāte pralaya

sei puruṣera saṅkarṣaṇa samāśraya

Translation

Saṅkarṣaṇa is the original shelter of the puruṣa, from whom this world is created and in whom it is dissolved.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Saṅkarṣaṇa Is the Shelter of the Puruṣa

  1. 1

    Saṅkarṣaṇa is the original shelter of the puruṣa.

  2. 2

    This world is created from the puruṣa.

  3. 3

    This world is also dissolved in the puruṣa.

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 the Causal Ocean is Mahā-Viṣṇu, the original puruṣa expansion from Saṅkarṣaṇa. Mahā-Viṣṇu places His glance over the material energy, and by a reflection of His transcendental body He amalgamates Himself within the material elements.
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. yāṅhā haitefrom whom
  2. viśva-utpattithe creation of the material cosmic manifestation
  3. yāṅhātein whom
  4. pralayamerging
  5. sei puruṣeraof that Supreme Personality of Godhead
  6. saṅkarṣaṇaSaṅkarṣaṇa
  7. samāśrayathe original shelter
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “shelter”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this verse connect Saṅkarṣaṇa, the puruṣa, and this world?

Practice

Write one sentence describing the puruṣa’s relationship to Saṅkarṣaṇa and to this world.

Live this todaySaṅkarṣaṇa Is the Shelter of the PuruṣaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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