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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.272
সেই পুরুষ মায়া-পানে করে অবধান ।
প্রকৃতি ক্ষোভিত করি’ করে বীর্যের আধান ॥ ২৭২ ॥
sei puruṣa māyā-pāne kare avadhāna
prakṛti kṣobhita kari’ kare vīryera ādhāna
“When the Supreme Personality of Godhead glances over the material energy, she becomes agitated. At that time, the Lord injects the original semen of the living entities.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead glances over the material energy, and she becomes agitated.
At that time, the Lord injects the original semen of the living entities.
Kṛṣṇa says, “I am the original seed of all existences.” The purport presents this as confirmation of the Lord’s role.
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 20.272 quotesBG 7.10
In the Bhagavad-gītā (7.10), Kṛṣṇa says, bījaṁ māṁ sarva-bhūtānām: “I am the original seed of all existences.”
The purport of CC Madhya 20.272 quotesBG 14.4
This is also confirmed in another verse in the Bhagavad-gītā (14.4):
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
The mood of Madhya 20 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:
Thus the Lord described the many forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He also described the incarnations of God within the material world, incarnations such as the puruṣa-avatāras, manvantara-avatāras, guṇa-avatāras and śaktyāveśa-avatāras.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does Kṛṣṇa’s statement help you understand the origin of living beings?
Pause today to reflect on Kṛṣṇa’s words: “I am the original seed of all existences.”
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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