Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 22.8
Kṛṣṇa Expands for His Pastimes
“Kṛṣṇa expands Himself in many forms. Some of them are personal expansions, and some are separate expansions. Thus He performs pastimes in both the spiritual and the material worlds. The spiritual worlds are the Vaikuṇṭha planets, and the material universes are the brahmāṇḍas, gigantic globes governed by Lord Brahmā.
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa expands Himself in many forms. Some are personal expansions, and others are separate expansions.
- Through His expansions, He performs pastimes in both the spiritual and the material worlds.
- The spiritual worlds are the Vaikuṇṭha planets. The material universes are the brahmāṇḍas, gigantic globes governed by Lord Brahmā.
Try this today
Write the terms Vaikuṇṭha planets and brahmāṇḍas, noting which refers to spiritual worlds and which to material universes.
Ask yourself
How does Kṛṣṇa’s presence through His expansions broaden your understanding of His pastimes?
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.