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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.54
চিন্ময়–জল সেই পরম কারণ ।
যার এক কণা গঙ্গা পতিতপাবন ॥ ৫৪ ॥
cinmaya-jala sei parama kāraṇa
yāra eka kaṇā gaṅgā patita-pāvana
The water of the Kāraṇa Ocean, which is the original cause, is therefore spiritual. The sacred Ganges, which is but a drop of it, purifies the fallen souls.
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The Kāraṇa Ocean is described as the original cause, and its water is spiritual.
The sacred Ganges is but a drop of that water.
The Ganges purifies the fallen souls.
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:
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. The influence of the material energy is conspicuous there by its absence.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “fallen”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the purifying power of even a drop of this water suggest to you?
Take a moment today to remember the sacred Ganges and its power to purify fallen souls.
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