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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.73
অংশের অংশ যেই, ‘কলা’ তার নাম ।
গোবিন্দের প্রতিমূর্তি শ্রীবলরাম ॥ ৭৩ ॥
aṁśera aṁśa yei, ‘kalā’ tāra nāma
govindera pratimūrti śrī-balarāma
A part of a part of a whole is called a kalā. Śrī Balarāma is the counterform of Lord Govinda.
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The verse describes a part of a part of a whole.
Such a part is called a kalā.
Śrī Balarāma is the counterform of Lord Govinda.
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:
The Personality of Godhead known as Śrī Balarāma in Kṛṣṇaloka is the original Saṅkarṣaṇa (attracting Deity), and from this Saṅkarṣaṇa expands another Saṅkarṣaṇa, called Mahā-saṅkarṣaṇa, who resides in one of the Vaikuṇṭha planets. By His internal potency, Mahā-saṅkarṣaṇa maintains the transcendental existence of all the planets in the spiritual sky, where all the living beings are eternally liberated souls.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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