Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 21.104
Kṛṣṇa’s Supreme Pastimes and Many Manifestations
“The wonderful form of Kṛṣṇa in His personal feature is so great that it attracts even Kṛṣṇa to taste His own association. Indeed, Kṛṣṇa becomes very eager to taste it. Total beauty, knowledge, wealth, strength, fame and renunciation are the six opulences of Kṛṣṇa. He is eternally situated in His opulences.
What the purport teaches
- Among Kṛṣṇa’s many pastimes, those in Goloka Vṛndāvana, the gokula-līlā, are supreme. In the Vaikuṇṭhas, He has pastimes as Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.
- In the material sky, He lies in the Causal Ocean as Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī, the puruṣa-avatāra. His incarnations as a fish, tortoise and so on are called causal incarnations.
- He incarnates in the modes of nature as Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva and Lord Viṣṇu, and as empowered living entities such as Pṛthu and Vyāsa. The Supersoul is His localized incarnation, and impersonal Brahman is His all-pervasive aspect.
Try this today
List the six opulences named in the translation, then read the statement that Kṛṣṇa possesses them eternally.
Ask yourself
How does learning about Kṛṣṇa’s many manifestations help you appreciate the supremacy of His pastimes in Goloka Vṛndāvana?
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.