Adilila
CHAPTER 2

This chapter explains that Lord Caitanya is the Supreme Personality of Godhead
Krsna 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 authori-
tative scriptures, Lord Krsna 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 Krsna’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 Kysna Caitanya is not different
from Lord Krsna, 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 Krsna,
as the evidence of authoritative scriptures proves. This chapter stresses that a
devotee must have knowledge of Krsna’s personal form, His three principal energies,
His pastimes and the relationship of the living entities with Him in order to advance
in Krsna consciousness.

TEXT 1

Qrssveige aw arcmtai angaete |
SCAAAASATEB IS fagrantstay is i
$ri-caitanya-prabhum vande
balo ’pi yad-anugrahat
taren nana-mata-graha-
vyaptam siddhanta-sagaram
SYNONYMS

Sr7-caitanya-prabhum—to Lord Srv Caitanya Mahaprabhu; vande—1 offer obei-
sances; balah—an ignorant child; api—even; yat—of whom; anugrahat—by the mercy;

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