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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 5.57
মায়াশক্তি রহে কারণাব্ধির বাহিরে ।
কারণ–সমুদ্র মায়া পরশিতে নারে ॥ ৫৭ ॥
māyā-śakti rahe kāraṇābdhira bāhire
kāraṇa-samudra māyā paraśite nāre
Māyā-śakti resides outside the Kāraṇa Ocean. Māyā cannot touch its waters.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Māyā-śakti resides outside the Kāraṇa Ocean.
Māyā cannot touch the waters of that ocean.
The verse distinguishes māyā’s place outside the ocean from the waters she cannot touch.
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:
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this verse teach you about the limits of māyā’s reach?
Repeat the statement “Māyā cannot touch its waters,” remembering that it refers to the Kāraṇa Ocean.
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