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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.56
মহৎস্রষ্টা পুরুষ, তিঁহো জগৎ–কারণ ।
আদ্য–অবতার করে মায়ায় ঈক্ষণ ॥ ৫৬ ॥
mahat-sraṣṭā puruṣa, tiṅho jagat-kāraṇa
ādya-avatāra kare māyāya īkṣaṇa
He is known as the first puruṣa, the creator of the total material energy. He, the cause of the universes, the first incarnation, casts His glance over māyā.
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He is known as the first puruṣa and the first incarnation.
He creates the total material energy and is the cause of the universes.
He casts His glance over māyā.
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:
As the source of the material elements, the material energy is known as pradhāna, and as the source of the manifestations of the material energy it is known as māyā. But material nature is inert in that she has no independent power to do anything.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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Write one sentence recalling the first puruṣa as the creator of the total material energy.
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