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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.65
দূর হৈতে পুরুষ করে মায়াতে অবধান ।
জীবরূপ বীর্য তাতে করেন আধান ॥ ৬৫ ॥
dūra haite puruṣa kare māyāte avadhāna
jīva-rūpa vīrya tāte karena ādhāna
The first puruṣa casts His glance at māyā from a distance, and thus He impregnates her with the seed of life in the form of the living entities.
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The first puruṣa casts His glance at māyā.
He casts this glance from a distance.
Through His glance, He impregnates māyā with the seed of life in the form of the living entities.
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
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What does this description help you appreciate about the power of the first puruṣa’s glance?
Read the translation once more and identify the form in which the seed of life enters māyā.
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