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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 5.53
বৈকুণ্ঠের পৃথিব্যাদি সকল চিন্ময় ।
মায়িক ভূতের তথি জন্ম নাহি হয় ॥ ৫৩ ॥
vaikuṇṭhera pṛthivy-ādi sakala cinmaya
māyika bhūtera tathi janma nāhi haya
The earth, water, fire, air and ether of Vaikuṇṭha are all spiritual. Material elements are not found there.
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Earth and water in Vaikuṇṭha are spiritual.
Fire, air and ether in Vaikuṇṭha are also spiritual.
Material elements are not found in Vaikuṇṭha.
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:
Below Kṛṣṇaloka in the spiritual sky are the Vaikuṇṭha planets. On each Vaikuṇṭha planet a four-handed Nārāyaṇa, expanded from the first quadruple manifestation, is present.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Does calling these elements spiritual change how you think of Vaikuṇṭha?
List the five elements named in the verse, and write beside them: “In Vaikuṇṭha, all are spiritual.”
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