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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 5: The Glories Of Lord Nityānanda Balarāma
Ādi 5.78Ādi 5.80

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.79

এতে চাংশকলাঃ পুংসঃ কৃষ্ণস্তু ভগবান্‌ স্বয়ম্ ।

ইন্দ্রারি–ব্যাকুলং লোকং মৃড়য়ন্তি যুগে যুগে ॥ ৭৯ ॥

ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ

kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam

indrāri-vyākulaṁ lokaṁ

mṛḍayanti yuge yuge

Translation

“All these incarnations of Godhead are either plenary portions or parts of the plenary portions of the puruṣa-avatāras. But Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. In every age He protects the world through His different features when the world is disturbed by the enemies of Indra.”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Is the Supreme Personality Himself

  1. 1

    The incarnations described are either plenary portions or parts of the plenary portions of the puruṣa-avatāras.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself.

  3. 3

    In every age, He protects the world through His different features when it is disturbed by the enemies of Indra.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Ādi 5: The Glories Of Lord Nityānanda Balarāma

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

In that abode the Personality of Godhead expands Himself into four plenary portions — Kṛṣṇa, Balarāma, Pradyumna (the transcendental Cupid) and Aniruddha. They are known as the original quadruple forms.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. eteall these
  2. caalso
  3. aṁśa-kalāḥpart or part of the part
  4. puṁsaḥof the Supreme Person
  5. kṛṣṇaḥ tubut Lord Kṛṣṇa
  6. bhagavānthe original Personality of Godhead
  7. svayamHimself
  8. indra-arithe demons
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this verse clarify the distinction between Kṛṣṇa Himself and the incarnations described?

Practice

Read the translation aloud once, pausing at the statement that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Is the Supreme Personality HimselfThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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