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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.115
প্রাকৃত করিয়া মানে বিষ্ণু–কলেবর ।
বিষ্ণুনিন্দা আর নাহি ইহার উপর ॥ ১১৫ ॥
prākṛta kariyā māne viṣṇu-kalevara
viṣṇu-nindā āra nāhi ihāra upara
“One who considers the transcendental body of Lord Viṣṇu to be made of material nature is the greatest offender at the lotus feet of the Lord. There is no greater blasphemy against the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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To consider Lord Viṣṇu’s transcendental body a product of material nature is a grave offense at His lotus feet.
The material energy that creates the cosmic manifestation is Lord Viṣṇu’s energy. Its existence does not mean that He has no separate personal existence.
Māyā is controlled by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; He is not covered by it. Since material energy emanates from Him, He cannot be its product.
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The purport of CC Ādi 7.115 quotesBG 7.14
In the Bhagavad-gītā (7.14) Kṛṣṇa refers to mama māyā (“My energy”).
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Collective delight. The Pañca-tattva gives divine love a relational and communal form.
The mood of Ādi 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “lotus feet”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Why is it important to distinguish the Lord from the material energy He controls?
Write one sentence in your own words explaining why Lord Viṣṇu cannot be a product of material energy.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it · quoted in 3 more lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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