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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.47
সর্বাশ্রয়, সর্বাদ্ভুত, ঐশ্বর্য অপার ।
‘অনন্ত’ কহিতে নারে মহিমা যাঁহার ॥ ৪৭ ॥
sarvāśraya, sarvādbhuta, aiśvarya apāra
‘ananta’ kahite nāre mahimā yāṅhāra
He [Saṅkarṣaṇa] is the shelter of everything. He is wonderful in every respect, and His opulences are infinite. Even Ananta cannot describe His glory.
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Saṅkarṣaṇa is the shelter of everything.
He is wonderful in every respect, and His opulences are infinite.
Even Ananta cannot describe His glory.
Shelter and wonder. The glory of Nityānanda reveals the intimate support behind the descent.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The Personality of Godhead known as Śrī Balarāma in Kṛṣṇaloka is the original Saṅkarṣaṇa (attracting Deity), and from this Saṅkarṣaṇa expands another Saṅkarṣaṇa, called Mahā-saṅkarṣaṇa, who resides in one of the Vaikuṇṭha planets. By His internal potency, Mahā-saṅkarṣaṇa maintains the transcendental existence of all the planets in the spiritual sky, where all the living beings are eternally liberated souls.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
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