Adi-lila 2.1, Summary: This chapter explains that Lord Caitanya is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krishna Himself. Therefore, the Brahman effulgence is the bodily luster of Lord Caitanya, and the localized Supersoul situated in the heart of every living entity is His partial representation. The purusa-avataras are also explained in this connection.
Maha-Visnu is the reservoir of all conditioned souls, but as confirmed in the authoritative scriptures, Lord Krishna is the ultimate fountainhead, the source of numerous plenary expansions, including Narayana, who is generally accepted by Mayavadi philosophers to be the Absolute Truth.
The Lord’s manifestation of prabhava and vaibhava expansions, as well as partial incarnations and incarnations with delegated powers, are also explained. Lord Krishna’s ages of boyhood and youth are discussed, and it is explained that His age at the beginning of youth is His eternal form.
The spiritual sky contains innumerable spiritual planets, the Vaikunthas, which are manifestations of the Supreme Lord’s internal energy. Innumerable material universes are similarly exhibited by His external energy, and the living entities are manifested by His marginal energy.
Because Lord Krishna Caitanya is not different from Lord Krishna, He is the cause of all causes; there is no cause beyond Him. He is eternal, and His form is spiritual. Lord Caitanya is directly the Supreme Lord Krishna, as the evidence of authoritative scriptures proves.
This chapter stresses that a devotee must have knowledge of Krishna’s personal form, His three principal energies, His pastimes and the relationship of the living entities with Him in order to advance in Krishna consciousness.
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