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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.78
অথ পঞ্চগুণা যে স্যুরংশেন গিরিশাদিষু ॥ ৭৮ ॥
atha pañca-guṇā ye syur
aṁśena giriśādiṣu
“ ‘Apart from these fifty qualities, there are five other qualities found in the Supreme Personality of Godhead that are partially present in demigods like Śiva.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Beyond the fifty qualities, five other qualities are found in the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
These five qualities are partially present in demigods like Śiva.
The purport identifies the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu as the source of this verse and the following seven verses.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Theological emotional crescendo. Bhāva, prema, the devotional rasas, and mahābhāva are systematically expounded.
The mood of Madhya 23 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:
There is also a description of the sixty-four transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa and the twenty-five transcendental qualities of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then describes those candidates who are eligible to taste the mellows of devotional service.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 23
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What distinction does this verse make between the Supreme Personality of Godhead and demigods like Śiva?
Reread the translation and note the word “partially” in its description of demigods like Śiva.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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