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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.96
নিজাঙ্গ–স্বেদজল করিল সৃজন ।
সেই জলে কৈল অর্ধ–ব্রহ্মাণ্ড ভরণ ॥ ৯৬ ॥
nijāṅga-sveda-jala karila sṛjana
sei jale kaila ardha-brahmāṇḍa bharaṇa
Then He created water from the perspiration of His own body and with that water filled half the universe.
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He then created water.
The water came from the perspiration of His own body.
With that water, He filled half the universe.
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:
Mahā-Viṣṇu places His glance over the material energy, and by a reflection of His transcendental body He amalgamates Himself within the material elements. As the source of the material elements, the material energy is known as pradhāna, and as the source of the manifestations of the material energy it is known as māyā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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What strikes you about the source and extent of the water described here?
Write a short summary naming where the water came from and how much of the universe it filled.
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