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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.55

সেই ত’ কারণার্ণবে সেই সঙ্কর্ষণ ।

আপনার এক অংশে করেন শয়ন ॥ ৫৫ ॥

sei ta’ kāraṇārṇave sei saṅkarṣaṇa

āpanāra eka aṁśe karena śayana

Translation

In that ocean lies a plenary portion of Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa’s Plenary Portion Lies in the Ocean

  1. 1

    The verse describes a portion of Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa.

  2. 2

    This portion is specifically described as plenary.

  3. 3

    This plenary portion lies in that ocean.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Ādi 5: The Glories Of Lord Nityānanda Balarāma

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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. seithat
  2. ta’certainly
  3. kāraṇa-arṇavein the ocean of cause, or Causal Ocean
  4. seithat
  5. saṅkarṣaṇaLord Saṅkarṣaṇa
  6. āpanāraof His own
  7. ekaone
  8. aṁśeby the part
  9. karena śayanalies down
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which details help you remember the relationship and position described here?

Practice

Read the verse aloud once, noting whose portion is described and where He lies.

Live this todayLord Saṅkarṣaṇa’s Plenary Portion Lies in the OceanThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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