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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 6.20
অদ্বৈতরূপে করে শক্তি–সঞ্চারণ ।
অতএব অদ্বৈত হয়েন মুখ্য কারণ ॥ ২০ ॥
advaita-rūpe kare śakti-sañcāraṇa
ataeva advaita hayena mukhya kāraṇa
In the form of Advaita He infuses the material ingredients with creative energy. Therefore, Advaita is the original cause of creation.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
In the form of Advaita, the Lord infuses the material ingredients with creative energy.
The creative energy in those ingredients comes from Him.
Therefore, Advaita is the original cause of creation.
Devotional appeal. The glory of Advaita frames service as the deepest form of greatness.
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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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