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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.172
এক উড়ুম্বর বৃক্ষে লাগে কোটি-ফলে ।
কোটি যে ব্রহ্মাণ্ড ভাসে বিরজার জলে ॥ ১৭২ ॥
eka uḍumbara vṛkṣe lāge koṭi-phale
koṭi ye brahmāṇḍa bhāse virajāra jale
“Just as there are millions of fruits on the uḍumbara tree, millions of universes float on the waters of the river Virajā.
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Millions of universes float on the waters of Virajā, like millions of fruits on the uḍumbara tree.
Virajā divides the material world from the spiritual world. On the spiritual side are the effulgence of Brahmaloka and innumerable Vaikuṇṭha planets; on the material side are material planets floating in the Causal Ocean.
Virajā occupies a marginal position between the two worlds but is not controlled by material energy. It is therefore devoid of the three guṇas.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Festive affection and reconciliation. Festivals, reciprocal hospitality, and the deliverance of Amogha show affectionate grace.
The mood of Madhya 15 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:
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sent Nityānanda Prabhu to Bengal for preaching and also sent Rāmadāsa, Gadādhara dāsa and several other devotees with Him. Then Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, with great humility, sent some Jagannātha prasādam and a cloth from Lord Jagannātha to His mother through Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What distinction does this verse make between Virajā and the material world?
Write one sentence explaining that Virajā divides the two worlds without being under material energy’s control.
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