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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.9
আপনে করেন কৃষ্ণলীলার সহায় ।
সৃষ্টিলীলা–কার্য করে ধরি’ চারি কায় ॥ ৯ ॥
āpane karena kṛṣṇa-līlāra sahāya
sṛṣṭi-līlā-kārya kare dhari’ cāri kāya
He Himself helps in the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa, and He does the work of creation in four other forms.
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He Himself helps in the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
He also does the work of creation.
He carries out that work in four other forms.
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:
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the absolute Personality of Godhead, and His first expansion in a form for pastimes is Śrī Balarāma. Beyond the limitation of this material world is the spiritual sky, paravyoma, which has many spiritual planets, the supreme of which is called Kṛṣṇaloka.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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What stands out to you about helping Lord Kṛṣṇa both in His pastimes and in creation?
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