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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 6.22
সেই নারায়ণের মুখ্য অঙ্গ,—অদ্বৈত ।
‘অঙ্গ’–শব্দে অংশ করি’ কহে ভাগবত ॥ ২২ ॥
sei nārāyaṇera mukhya aṅga, — advaita
‘aṅga’-śabde aṁśa kari’ kahe bhāgavata
Śrī Advaita is the principal limb [aṅga] of Nārāyaṇa. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam speaks of “limb” [aṅga] as “a plenary portion” [aṁśa] of the Lord.
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Śrī Advaita is the principal limb of Nārāyaṇa.
The word for “limb” here is aṅga.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam speaks of aṅga as aṁśa, a plenary portion of 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:
The truth of Advaita Ācārya has been described in two verses. It is said that material nature has two features, namely the material cause and the efficient cause.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 6
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How does the meaning “plenary portion” help me understand the word “limb” here?
Write down aṅga and aṁśa with their meanings as given in this verse.
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