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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.52
বৈকুণ্ঠ বেড়িয়া এক আছে জলনিধি ।
অনন্ত, অপার—তার নাহিক অবধি ॥ ৫২ ॥
vaikuṇṭha beḍiyā eka āche jala-nidhi
ananta, apāra — tāra nāhika avadhi
Surrounding Vaikuṇṭha is a mass of water that is endless, unfathomed and unlimited.
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A mass of water surrounds Vaikuṇṭha.
This surrounding water is endless and unlimited.
The water is described as unfathomed.
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:
On each Vaikuṇṭha planet a four-handed Nārāyaṇa, expanded from the first quadruple manifestation, is present. 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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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