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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 6.19
নিজ সৃষ্টিশক্তি প্রভু সঞ্চারে প্রধানে ।
ঈশ্বরের শক্ত্যে তবে হয়ে ত’ নির্মাণে ॥ ১৯ ॥
nija sṛṣṭi-śakti prabhu sañcāre pradhāne
īśvarera śaktye tabe haye ta’ nirmāṇe
The Lord infuses the material ingredients with His own creative potency. Then, by the power of the Lord, creation takes place.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord infuses the material ingredients with His own creative potency.
Creation takes place after the material ingredients receive that potency.
The power that brings about creation belongs to the Lord.
Devotional appeal. The glory of Advaita frames service as the deepest form of greatness.
The mood of Ādi 6 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:
It is said that material nature has two features, namely the material cause and the efficient cause. The efficient causal activities are caused by Mahā-Viṣṇu, and the material causal activities are caused by another form of Mahā-Viṣṇu, known as Advaita.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 6
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this verse help me recognize the Lord’s power in creation?
Look at something in the world around you and pause to remember that creation takes place by the Lord’s power.
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