Tuesday 3 July 2018

Daily Reading: Caitanya Caritamrita page-86


CC Ādi 2.114

keho kahe, kṛṣṇa kṣīroda-śāyī avatāra
asambhava nahe, satya vacana sabāra
Translation: 
Some say that Kṛṣṇa is the incarnation of Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. None of these statements is impossible; each is as correct as the others.
Purport: 
The Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta (5.383) states:
ata evā purāṇādaukecin nara-sakhātmatām
mahendrānujatāṁ kecit
kecit kṣīrābdhi-śāyitām
sahasra-śīrṣatāṁ kecitkecid vaikuṇṭha-nāthatām
brūyuḥ kṛṣṇasya munayas
tat-tad-vṛtty-anugāminaḥ
“According to the intimate relationships between Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the primeval Lord, and His devotees, the Purāṇasdescribe Him by various names. Sometimes He is called Nārāyaṇa; sometimes Upendra (Vāmana), the younger brother of Indra, King of heaven; and sometimes Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. Sometimes He is called the thousand-hooded Śeṣa Nāga, and sometimes the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha.”

CC Ādi 2.115

keho kahe, para-vyome nārāyaṇa hari
sakala sambhave kṛṣṇe, yāte avatārī
Translation: 
Some call Him Hari, or the Nārāyaṇa of the transcendental world. Everything is possible in Kṛṣṇa, for He is the primeval Lord.

CC Ādi 2.116

saba śrotā-gaṇera kari caraṇa vandana
e saba siddhānta śuna, kari’ eka mana
Translation: 
I offer my obeisances unto the feet of all who hear or read this discourse. Kindly hear with attention the conclusion of all these statements.
Purport: 
Prostrating himself at the feet of his readers, the author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta entreats them in all humility to hear with rapt attention these conclusive arguments regarding the Absolute Truth. One should not fail to hear such arguments, for only by such knowledge can one perfectly know Kṛṣṇa.

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