Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 21.42
Kṛṣṇa Has Three Abodes
“This is the middle meaning. Now please hear the confidential meaning. Lord Kṛṣṇa has three places of residence, which are well known from the revealed scriptures.
What the purport teaches
- The teaching now moves from the middle meaning to the confidential meaning. Kṛṣṇa’s three residences are known from the revealed scriptures.
- His internal abode is Goloka Vṛndāvana, and His intermediate abode is the spiritual sky.
- His external abode is this material world.
Try this today
Write down the three abodes with their descriptions: internal, intermediate and external.
Ask yourself
Can you distinguish Kṛṣṇa’s internal, intermediate and external abodes?
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.