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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.68
পুরুষ–নাসাতে যবে বাহিরায় শ্বাস ।
নিশ্বাস সহিতে হয় ব্রহ্মাণ্ড–প্রকাশ ॥ ৬৮ ॥
puruṣa-nāsāte yabe bāhirāya śvāsa
niśvāsa sahite haya brahmāṇḍa-prakāśa
When the puruṣa exhales, the universes are manifested with each outward breath.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The puruṣa exhales.
The universes are manifested with His outward breath.
This manifestation occurs with each outward breath.
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.
How does this description broaden my sense of the puruṣa’s greatness?
Pause today to reflect on the statement that universes manifest with each outward breath of the puruṣa.
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