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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.60
কৃষ্ণশক্ত্যে প্রকৃতি হয় গৌণ কারণ ।
অগ্নিশক্ত্যে লৌহ যৈছে করয়ে জারণ ॥ ৬০ ॥
kṛṣṇa-śaktye prakṛti haya gauṇa kāraṇa
agni-śaktye lauha yaiche karaye jāraṇa
Thus prakṛti, by the energy of Lord Kṛṣṇa, becomes the secondary cause, just as iron becomes red-hot by the energy of fire.
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Prakṛti becomes the secondary cause of the material world.
It becomes this secondary cause by the energy of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
The comparison is to iron becoming red-hot by the energy of fire.
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:
Therefore the material energy is not the original cause of the material manifestation. Rather, the transcendental glance of Mahā-Viṣṇu over material nature produces that cosmic manifestation.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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How does the example of red-hot iron clarify prakṛti’s dependence on Kṛṣṇa?
Explain the iron-and-fire comparison in one sentence, noting where the iron receives its energy.
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