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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features
Ādi 7.127Ādi 7.129

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.128

‘প্রণব’ সে মহাবাক্য—বেদের নিদান ।

ঈশ্বরস্বরূপ প্রণব সর্ববিশ্ব–ধাম ॥ ১২৮ ॥

‘praṇava’ se mahāvākya — vedera nidāna

īśvara-svarūpa praṇava sarva-viśva-dhāma

Translation

“The Vedic sound vibration oṁkāra, the principal word in the Vedic literatures, is the basis of all Vedic vibrations. Therefore one should accept oṁkāra as the sound representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the reservoir of the cosmic manifestation.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Oṁkāra Represents the Supreme Lord

  1. 1

    Oṁkāra is the principal word in the Vedic literatures.

  2. 2

    It is the basis of all Vedic sound vibrations.

  3. 3

    Oṁkāra should be accepted as the sound representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the reservoir of the cosmic manifestation.

Key points from the purport
  • In the Bhagavad-gītā (8.13) the glories of oṁkāra are described as follows:

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Ādi 7.128 quotesBG 8.13

In the Bhagavad-gītā (8.13) the glories of oṁkāra are described as follows:

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Ādi 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features

Back to this verse in Ādi 7
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. praṇavathe oṁkāra
  2. sethat
  3. mahā-vākyatranscendental sound vibration
  4. vederaof the Vedas
  5. nidānabasic principle
  6. īśvara-svarūpadirect representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  7. praṇavaoṁkāra
  8. sarva-viśvaof all universes
  9. dhāmais the reservoir
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this teaching invite you to understand about oṁkāra?

Practice

Read the translation slowly and write down its three descriptions of oṁkāra.

Live this todayOṁkāra Represents the Supreme LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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