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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.105
গণি’ ধ্যানে দেখে সর্বজ্ঞ,—মহাজ্যোতির্ময় ।
অনন্ত বৈকুণ্ঠ–ব্রহ্মাণ্ড—সবার আশ্রয় ॥ ১০৫ ॥
gaṇi’ dhyāne dekhe sarva-jña, — mahā-jyotirmaya
ananta vaikuṇṭha-brahmāṇḍa — sabāra āśraya
Through calculation and meditation, the all-knowing astrologer saw the greatly effulgent body of the Lord, which is the resting place of all the unlimited Vaikuṇṭha planets.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Through calculation and meditation, the astrologer saw the Lord’s greatly effulgent body.
The Lord’s body is the resting place of all the unlimited Vaikuṇṭha planets.
Vaikuṇṭha is the spiritual world and means “without anxiety.” The purport contrasts it with the material world, where everyone is full of anxiety.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Ādi 17.105 quotesBG 8.20
In the material world, everyone is full of anxiety, but another world, where there is no anxiety, is described in the Bhagavad-gītā (8.20):
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Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
The mood of Ādi 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
As Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Kṛṣṇa Himself assumed the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī to taste Her ecstatic situation. No one else could do this.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the meaning “without anxiety” help me appreciate about Vaikuṇṭha?
Write down the meaning of Vaikuṇṭha and reflect briefly on the spiritual world described here.
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