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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.18
সর্বগ, অনন্ত, বিভু, কৃষ্ণতনুসম ।
উপর্যধো ব্যাপিয়াছে, নাহিক নিয়ম ॥ ১৮ ॥
sarvaga, ananta, vibhu, kṛṣṇa-tanu-sama
upary-adho vyāpiyāche, nāhika niyama
Like the transcendental body of Lord Kṛṣṇa, Gokula is all-pervading, infinite and supreme. It expands both above and below, without any restriction.
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Like the transcendental body of Lord Kṛṣṇa, Gokula is all-pervading, infinite and supreme.
Gokula expands both above and below without any restriction.
Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī discusses Kṛṣṇa’s abode in his Kṛṣṇa-sandarbha. In examining its nature, he refers to the Skanda Purāṇa.
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.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Kṛṣṇaloka, the abode of Kṛṣṇa, has three divisions, which are known as Dvārakā, Mathurā and Gokula. In that abode the Personality of Godhead expands Himself into four plenary portions — Kṛṣṇa, Balarāma, Pradyumna (the transcendental Cupid) and Aniruddha.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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