Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 20.323
Innumerable Universes Within One Exhalation
“The number of manvantara-avatāras for only one universe has been given. One can only imagine how many manvantara-avatāras exist in the innumerable universes. And all these universes and Brahmās exist only during one exhalation of Mahā-Viṣṇu.
What the purport teaches
- The number of manvantara-avatāras given applies to only one universe.
- The universes are innumerable. One can only imagine how many manvantara-avatāras exist within them.
- All these universes and Brahmās exist only during one exhalation of Mahā-Viṣṇu.
Try this today
Pause for a moment over the final sentence, reflecting on all these universes existing during one exhalation of Mahā-Viṣṇu.
Ask yourself
What happens to your sense of scale when you consider innumerable universes within one exhalation of Mahā-Viṣṇu?
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.