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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 2.10

Visitors Came from Across the Universe

“People from all over the universe, including the seven islands, the nine khaṇḍas, the planets of the demigods, Gandharvaloka and Kinnaraloka, would go there in the forms of human beings.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 2.10, translation

What the purport teaches

  • People came from all over the universe, including the seven islands and the nine khaṇḍas.
  • Visitors also came from the planets of the demigods, Gandharvaloka and Kinnaraloka.
  • They came in the forms of human beings. The gathering included people from far beyond this world.

Try this today

Read the translation slowly and notice the wide range of places from which the visitors came.

Ask yourself

How does this description broaden your sense of who could come to see the Lord?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.

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