CC Adi 5.154

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 5: The Glories Of Lord Nityānanda Balarāma

Ādi-līlā 5.153 - Ādi-līlā 5.155

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 154

sei aṁśa lañā jyeṣṭha-kaniṣṭhābhimāna

aṁśāṁśi-rūpe śāstre karaye vyākhyāna

SYNONYMS

sei aṁśa lañā — taking that plenary portion; jyeṣṭha-kaniṣṭha-abhimāna — considering Themselves the elder or younger; aṁśa-aṁśi-rūpe — as the expansion and the original Supreme Personality of Godhead; śāstre — in the revealed scriptures; karaye — does; vyākhyāna — explanation.

TRANSLATION

Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma present Themselves as younger brother and elder brother, but in the scriptures They are described as the original Supreme Personality of Godhead and His expansion.

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