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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.51
বৈকুণ্ঠ–বাহিরে যেই জ্যোতির্ময় ধাম ।
তাহার বাহিরে ‘কারণার্ণব’ নাম ॥ ৫১ ॥
vaikuṇṭha-bāhire yei jyotir-maya dhāma
tāhāra bāhire ‘kāraṇārṇava’ nāma
Outside the Vaikuṇṭha planets is the impersonal Brahman effulgence, and beyond that effulgence is the Kāraṇa Ocean, or Causal Ocean.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The impersonal Brahman effulgence is the outer space of the Vaikuṇṭha planets in the spiritual sky.
Beyond that effulgence is the Kāraṇa Ocean, or Causal Ocean. It lies between the material and spiritual skies.
Material nature is a by-product of this Causal Ocean.
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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this description help you understand the position of material nature?
Write a short outline showing Vaikuṇṭha, the Brahman effulgence, and the Causal Ocean in the order described.
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