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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.69
পুনরপি শ্বাস যবে প্রবেশে অন্তরে ।
শ্বাস–সহ ব্রহ্মাণ্ড পৈশে পুরুষ–শরীরে ॥ ৬৯ ॥
punarapi śvāsa yabe praveśe antare
śvāsa-saha brahmāṇḍa paiśe puruṣa-śarīre
Thereafter, when He inhales, all the universes again enter His body.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
When the Lord inhales, all the universes again enter His body. As Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, He impregnates material nature by His glance.
The particles of spirit in His glance appear in different species of life according to their individual karma from the previous cosmic manifestation.
Through His partial representation, the Lord creates innumerable universes and enters each as Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. His contact with māyā is explained through a comparison between air and the sky.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Mahā-Viṣṇu places His glance over the material energy, and by a reflection of His transcendental body He amalgamates Himself within the material elements. As the source of the material elements, the material energy is known as pradhāna, and as the source of the manifestations of the material energy it is known as māyā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the creation, entry and return of the universes teach me about their dependence on the Lord?
Write one sentence recalling that all the universes return into the Lord’s body when He inhales.
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