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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya
Madhya 8.133Madhya 8.135

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.134

পরম ঈশ্বর কৃষ্ণ — স্বয়ং ভগবান্ ।

সর্ব-অবতারী, সর্বকারণ-প্রধান ॥ ১৩৪ ॥

parama īśvara kṛṣṇa — svayaṁ bhagavān

sarva-avatārī, sarva-kāraṇa-pradhāna

Translation

Rāmānanda Rāya then began to speak on kṛṣṇa-tattva. “Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead,” he said. “He is personally the original Godhead, the source of all incarnations and the cause of all causes.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Is the Original Supreme Lord

  1. 1

    Rāmānanda Rāya begins speaking on kṛṣṇa-tattva by declaring that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇa is personally the original Godhead and the source of all incarnations.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa is the cause of all causes.

How it feels

Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.

The mood of Madhya 8 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Then Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya explained unalloyed devotional service, love of Godhead, and serving the Lord in the moods of pure servitude, fraternity and parental love. Finally he spoke of serving the Lord in conjugal love.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. paramasupreme
  2. īśvaracontroller
  3. kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
  4. svayampersonally
  5. bhagavānthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
  6. sarva-avatārīthe source of all incarnations
  7. sarva-kāraṇa-pradhānathe supreme cause of all causes
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does it mean for my understanding of Kṛṣṇa that He is the source of all incarnations?

Practice

Read the translation aloud once, then recall its three descriptions: Supreme Personality of Godhead, source of all incarnations, and cause of all causes.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Is the Original Supreme LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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