Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 20.249
Innumerable Incarnations Flow from Śrī Hari
“ ‘O learned brāhmaṇas, just as hundreds and thousands of small rivulets issue from great reservoirs of water, innumerable incarnations flow from Śrī Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the reservoir of all power.’
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Hari is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the reservoir of all power.
- Innumerable incarnations flow from Him. They are compared to hundreds and thousands of small rivulets issuing from great reservoirs of water.
- The purport identifies this teaching as a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
Try this today
Read the translation aloud once, giving special attention to the words “reservoir of all power.”
Ask yourself
What does the image of a great reservoir help you appreciate about Śrī Hari?
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.