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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.315
স্বরূপ — ঐশ্বর্যপূর্ণ, কৃষ্ণসম প্রায় ।
কৃষ্ণ অংশী, তেঁহো অংশ, বেদে হেন গায় ॥ ৩১৫ ॥
svarūpa — aiśvarya-pūrṇa, kṛṣṇa-sama prāya
kṛṣṇa aṁśī, teṅho aṁśa, vede hena gāya
“Lord Viṣṇu is in the category of svāṁśa because He has opulences almost equal to Kṛṣṇa’s. Kṛṣṇa is the original person, and Lord Viṣṇu is His personal expansion. This is the verdict of all Vedic literatures.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Viṣṇu belongs to the category of svāṁśa, Kṛṣṇa’s personal expansion. Kṛṣṇa is the original person and the source of all incarnations.
Lord Viṣṇu directs the mode of goodness but always remains beyond the jurisdiction of the modes of material nature.
The translation describes Viṣṇu’s opulences as almost equal to Kṛṣṇa’s. The purport explains that, in power, Viṣṇu is as powerful as Kṛṣṇa because He possesses all the opulences.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
While discussing the Absolute Truth, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Lord analyzed Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān, as well as the expansions of the Lord called svayaṁ-rūpa, tad-ekātma and āveśa, which are divided into various branches known as vaibhava and prābhava. Thus the Lord described the many forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.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 understanding Viṣṇu as Kṛṣṇa’s personal expansion deepen my appreciation of His power?
Write a short definition of svāṁśa using the words “Kṛṣṇa’s personal expansion.”
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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