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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.67
অগণ্য, অনন্ত যত অণ্ড–সন্নিবেশ ।
ততরূপে পুরুষ করে সবাতে প্রকাশ ॥ ৬৭ ॥
agaṇya, ananta yata aṇḍa-sanniveśa
tata-rūpe puruṣa kare sabāte prakāśa
The puruṣa enters each and every one of the countless universes. He manifests Himself in as many separate forms as there are universes.
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The universes are countless.
The puruṣa enters each and every universe.
He manifests Himself in as many separate forms as there are universes.
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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