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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.14
প্রকৃতির পার ‘পরব্যোম’–নামে ধাম ।
কৃষ্ণবিগ্রহ যৈছে বিভুত্যাদি–গুণবান্ ॥ ১৪ ॥
prakṛtira pāra ‘paravyoma’-nāme dhāma
kṛṣṇa-vigraha yaiche vibhūty-ādi-guṇavān
Beyond the material nature lies the realm known as paravyoma, the spiritual sky. Like Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself, it possesses all transcendental attributes, such as the six opulences.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sāṅkhya philosophy describes the material cosmos as composed of twenty-four elements. Although empiric philosophers call what lies beyond them inexplicable, the Bhagavad-gītā explains it as the eternal, or sanātana, nature.
Beyond both manifested and unmanifested material nature lies paravyoma, the spiritual sky. Everything there is spiritual and good, possessing the spiritual form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself.
The spiritual sky is the manifested internal potency of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and possesses all transcendental attributes. It is distinct from the material sky, which is manifested by His external potency.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Shelter and wonder. The glory of Nityānanda reveals the intimate support behind the descent.
The mood of Ādi 5 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:
Beyond the limitation of this material world is the spiritual sky, paravyoma, which has many spiritual planets, the supreme of which is called Kṛṣṇaloka. Kṛṣṇaloka, the abode of Kṛṣṇa, has three divisions, which are known as Dvārakā, Mathurā and Gokula.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the description of an eternal spiritual nature broaden your understanding of reality?
Write one sentence distinguishing the spiritual sky as Kṛṣṇa’s internal potency from the material sky as His external potency.
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