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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.63
ঘটের নিমিত্ত–হেতু যৈছে কুম্ভকার ।
তৈছে জগতের কর্তা—পুরুষাবতার ॥ ৬৩ ॥
ghaṭera nimitta-hetu yaiche kumbhakāra
taiche jagatera kartā — puruṣāvatāra
Just as the original cause of an earthen pot is the potter, so the creator of the material world is the first puruṣa incarnation [Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī Viṣṇu].
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The potter is the original cause of an earthen pot.
Similarly, the material world has a creator.
That creator is the first puruṣa incarnation, Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī Viṣṇu.
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:
In the Causal Ocean is Mahā-Viṣṇu, the original puruṣa expansion from Saṅkarṣaṇa. Mahā-Viṣṇu places His glance over the material energy, and by a reflection of His transcendental body He amalgamates Himself within the material elements.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the potter’s role help you understand about the creator of the material world?
Write the comparison in two lines: the potter creates the earthen pot; Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī Viṣṇu creates the material world.
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