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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.138
বৃহদ্বস্তু ‘ব্রহ্ম’ কহি—‘শ্রীভগবান্’ ।
ষড়্বিধৈশ্বর্যপূর্ণ, পরতত্ত্বধাম ॥ ১৩৮ ॥
bṛhad-vastu ‘brahma’ kahi — ‘śrī-bhagavān’
ṣaḍ-vidhaiśvarya-pūrṇa, para-tattva-dhāma
“Brahman, who is greater than the greatest, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is full in six opulences, and therefore He is the reservoir of ultimate truth and absolute knowledge.
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The Absolute Truth is understood in three phases: impersonal Brahman, localized Paramātmā and ultimately the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Impersonal Brahman and localized Paramātmā are expansions of the potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
He is complete in wealth, fame, strength, beauty, knowledge and renunciation. Possessing these six opulences, He is the ultimate truth in absolute knowledge.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing His six opulences deepen my understanding of the Supreme Personality of Godhead?
Write down the six opulences and reflect on His completeness in each.
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