CC Adi 2.20

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 2: Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Is the Supreme Personality of Godhead

Ādi-līlā 2.19 - Ādi-līlā 2.21

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 20

atha vā bahunaitena

kiṁ jñātena tavārjuna

viṣṭabhyāham idaṁ kṛtsnam

ekāṁśena sthito jagat

SYNONYMS

atha vā — or; bahunā — much; etena — with this; kim — what use; jñātena — being known; tava — by you; arjuna — O Arjuna; viṣṭabhya — pervading; aham — I; idam — this; kṛtsnam — entire; eka-aṁśena — with one portion; sthitaḥ — situated; jagat — universe.

TRANSLATION

[The Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, said:] “What more shall I say to you? I live throughout this cosmic manifestation merely by My single plenary portion.”

PURPORT

Describing His own potencies to Arjuna, the Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa spoke this verse of the Bhagavad-gītā (BG 10.42).