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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.176
তাতে ভাসে মায়া লঞা অনন্ত ব্ৰহ্মাণ্ড ।
গড়খাইতে ভাসে যেন রাই-পূর্ণ ভাণ্ড ॥ ১৭৬ ॥
tāte bhāse māyā lañā ananta brahmāṇḍa
gaḍa-khāite bhāse yena rāi-pūrṇa bhāṇḍa
“Māyā and her unlimited material universes are situated in that Causal Ocean. Indeed, māyā appears to be floating like a pot filled with mustard seeds.
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Māyā and her unlimited material universes are situated in the Causal Ocean.
Māyā appears to be floating like a pot filled with mustard seeds.
The image places the unlimited material universes within a single floating pot.
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
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How does the image of a pot of mustard seeds change my sense of the material universes’ scale?
Sketch a floating pot filled with tiny seeds to help remember the verse’s comparison.
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