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  "name":"Cc. Ādi 2.20",
  "h1":"Cc. Ādi 2.20",
  "label":"Text 20",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 2.20",
  "description":"[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.\""

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Cc. Ādi 2.20

Text

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).