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  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 5.86Ādi 5.88

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.87

এতদীশনমীশস্য প্রকৃতিস্থোঽপি তদ্‌গুনৈঃ ।

ন যুজ্যতে সদাত্মস্থৈর্যথা বুদ্ধিস্তদাশ্রয়া ॥ ৮৭ ॥

etad īśanam īśasya

prakṛti-stho ’pi tad-guṇaiḥ

na yujyate sadātma-sthair

yathā buddhis tad-āśrayā

Translation

“This is the opulence of the Lord. Although situated within the material nature, He is never affected by the modes of nature. Similarly, those who have surrendered to Him and have fixed their intelligence upon Him are not influenced by the modes of nature.”

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Surrender and Fix Your Intelligence on Him

  1. 1

    The Lord is situated within material nature.

  2. 2

    Yet He is never affected by the modes of nature. This freedom is His opulence.

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    Those who surrender to Him and fix their intelligence upon Him are also not influenced by the modes of nature.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Ādi 5.87 quotesSB 1.11.38

This is a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.11.38).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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:

But material nature is inert in that she has no independent power to do anything. She is empowered to make the cosmic manifestation by the glance of Mahā-Viṣṇu.
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. etatthis is
  2. īśanamopulence
  3. īśasyaof the Lord
  4. prakṛti-sthaḥwithin this material world
  5. apialthough
  6. tat-guṇaiḥby the material qualities
  7. na yujyatenever affected
  8. sadāalways
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “surrendered”, “surrender”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What would fixing your intelligence upon the Lord look like in one decision today?

Practice

Before one decision today, pause to remember the Lord and reflect on how to act in surrender to Him.

Live this todaySurrender and Fix Your Intelligence on HimThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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