1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min
Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.75
যাঁহাকে ত’ কলা কহি, তিঁহো মহাবিষ্ণু ।
মহাপুরুষাবতারী তেঁহো সর্বজিষ্ণু ॥ ৭৫ ॥
yāṅhāke ta’ kalā kahi, tiṅho mahā-viṣṇu
mahā-puruṣāvatārī teṅho sarva-jiṣṇu
I say that this kalā is Mahā-Viṣṇu. He is the Mahā-puruṣa, who is the source of the other puruṣas and who is all-pervading.
Read this verse on Vedabase.ioThis verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.
Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The kalā described here is Mahā-Viṣṇu.
He is the Mahā-puruṣa and the source of the other puruṣas.
Mahā-Viṣṇu is all-pervading.
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.
What stands out to you about Mahā-Viṣṇu being both all-pervading and the source of the other puruṣas?
Read the translation slowly, then recall the three descriptions of Mahā-Viṣṇu given here.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
Ask Caitanya CaritamrtaHave a question about CC Ādi 5.75? Get an answer from the verses themselves.