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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 6.24
ঈশ্বরের ‘অঙ্গ’ অংশ—চিদানন্দময় ।
মায়ার সম্বন্ধ নাহি’ এই শ্লোকে কয় ॥ ২৪ ॥
īśvarera ‘aṅga’ aṁśa — cid-ānanda-maya
māyāra sambandha nāhi’ ei śloke kaya
This verse describes that the limbs and plenary portions of the Lord are all spiritual; They have no relationship with the material energy.
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The limbs of the Lord are all spiritual.
His plenary portions are also entirely spiritual.
These limbs and plenary portions have no relationship with the material energy.
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “relationship”
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