Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 24.22
Kṛṣṇa Maintains Creation and His Spiritual Abodes
“Through His all-pervasive feature, the Supreme Personality of Godhead has expanded the entire creation. He is holding and maintaining this creation by His extraordinary potency. By His conjugal potency, He maintains the planetary system known as Goloka Vṛndāvana. Through His six opulences, He maintains many Vaikuṇṭha planets.
What the purport teaches
- In His all-pervasive, gigantic form, Lord Kṛṣṇa has covered the creation. He holds and maintains all planetary systems by His inconceivable potencies.
- He maintains His personal abode, Goloka Vṛndāvana, through His conjugal love.
- Through His six opulences, He maintains the spiritual world containing the many Vaikuṇṭha planets.
Try this today
Write one sentence naming what Kṛṣṇa maintains through His conjugal love and what He maintains through His opulences.
Ask yourself
How does this description help me see Kṛṣṇa as the maintainer of both material and spiritual worlds?
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.