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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.80
সেই পুরুষ সৃষ্টি–স্থিতি–প্রলয়ের কর্তা ।
নানা অবতার করে, জগতের ভর্তা ॥ ৮০ ॥
sei puruṣa sṛṣṭi-sthiti-pralayera kartā
nānā avatāra kare, jagatera bhartā
That puruṣa [Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu] is the performer of creation, maintenance and destruction. He manifests Himself in many incarnations, for He is the maintainer of the world.
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Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu is the performer of creation, maintenance and destruction.
He manifests Himself in many incarnations.
He is the maintainer of the world.
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 seeing the puruṣa as the world’s maintainer shape your understanding of His many incarnations?
Take a quiet moment to recall creation, maintenance and destruction as the activities of Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu.
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