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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.175

অনন্ত ঐশ্বর্য কৃষ্ণের বৈকুণ্ঠাদি-ধাম ।

তার গড়খাই — কারণাব্ধি যার নাম ॥ ১৭৫ ॥

ananta aiśvarya kṛṣṇera vaikuṇṭhādi-dhāma

tāra gaḍa-khāi — kāraṇābdhi yāra nāma

Translation

“The entire spiritual world constitutes the unlimited opulence of Kṛṣṇa, and there are innumerable Vaikuṇṭha planets there. The Causal Ocean is considered the surrounding waters of Vaikuṇṭhaloka.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Unlimited Spiritual Opulence

  1. 1

    The entire spiritual world constitutes the unlimited opulence of Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    There are innumerable Vaikuṇṭha planets in the spiritual world.

  3. 3

    The Causal Ocean is considered the surrounding waters of Vaikuṇṭhaloka.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 15: The Lord Accepts Prasādam at the House of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

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
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. anantaunlimited
  2. aiśvaryaopulence
  3. kṛṣṇeraof Lord Kṛṣṇa
  4. vaikuṇṭha-ādi-dhāmainnumerable Vaikuṇṭha planets
  5. tāraof Vaikuṇṭhaloka
  6. gaḍa-khāisurrounding water
  7. kāraṇa-abdhiCausal Ocean
  8. yāraof which
  9. nāmaname
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do “unlimited” and “innumerable” help me appreciate about Kṛṣṇa’s spiritual opulence?

Practice

Write down the verse’s three descriptions: the spiritual world, the Vaikuṇṭha planets, and the surrounding Causal Ocean.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Unlimited Spiritual OpulenceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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