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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.144
তার মধ্যে ‘স্থাবর’, ‘জঙ্গম’ — দুই ভেদ ।
জঙ্গমে তির্যক্-জল-স্থলচর-বিভেদ ॥ ১৪৪ ॥
tāra madhye ‘sthāvara’, ‘jaṅgama’ — dui bheda
jaṅgame tiryak-jala-sthalacara-vibheda
“The unlimited living entities can be divided into two divisions — those that can move and those that cannot move. Among living entities that can move, there are birds, aquatics and animals.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu divides living entities into those that move and those that cannot move. The purport includes trees, plants and stones among bodies in which the soul is present.
The same spiritual spark is present in moving living entities such as birds, aquatics and animals. Their bodies allow them to fly, swim or walk.
Material bodies are composed of earth, water, air, fire and ether. The purport teaches that living entities exist under different conditions throughout the universe, not only on this planet.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 19.144 quotesBG 2.24
As stated in the Bhagavad-gītā (2.24):
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Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
The mood of Madhya 19 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:
Kavirāja Gosvāmī then extensively describes the living condition of Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana at Vṛndāvana. During the ten days at Prayāga, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was instructed by the Lord, who gave him the basic principles of the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might recognizing the spiritual spark change the way I regard beings with bodies unlike mine?
Observe a plant and a moving animal today, reflecting on the teaching that the same spiritual spark is present in both.
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