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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 15.179

কোটি-কামধেনু-পতির ছাগী যৈছে মরে ।

ষড়ৈশ্বর্যপতি কৃষ্ণের মায়া কিবা করে ? ১৭৯ ॥

koṭi-kāmadhenu-patira chāgī yaiche mare

ṣaḍ-aiśvarya-pati kṛṣṇera māyā kibā kare?

Translation

“If a person possessing millions of wish-fulfilling cows loses one she-goat, he does not consider the loss. Kṛṣṇa owns all six opulences in full. If the entire material energy is destroyed, what does He lose?”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Opulence Is Never Diminished

  1. 1

    Conditioned souls forget Kṛṣṇa when enticed by the material energy. Eager to enjoy the fruits of their activities, they experience the enjoyment and suffering of karma.

  2. 2

    By becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious, a devotee is freed from the reactions of both pious and impious activities. By a devotee’s desire, a conditioned soul can also attain liberation.

  3. 3

    Ultimately, the existence of the material creation depends on the will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Kṛṣṇa owns both the material and spiritual universes, so destroying the material creation would cause Him no loss.

Key points from the purport
  • Generally, the conditioned souls forget Kṛṣṇa when they are enticed by the material, external energy.
  • When such a living entity comes under the jurisdiction of the material energy, he is sent into one of the innumerable material universes created by the material energy to give a chance to conditioned souls to fulfill their desires in the material world.
  • However, if a conditioned soul becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious, the karma of his pious and impious activities is completely destroyed.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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:

Then Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, with great humility, sent some Jagannātha prasādam and a cloth from Lord Jagannātha to His mother through Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura. When the Lord bade farewell to Rāghava Paṇḍita, Vāsudeva Datta, the residents of Kulīna-grāma and other devotees, He praised them for their transcendental qualities.
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. koṭiof millions
  2. kāma-dhenuof desire cows
  3. patiraof the master
  4. chāgīone she-goat
  5. yaicheas
  6. maredies
  7. ṣaṭ-aiśvarya-patithe master of six opulences
  8. kṛṣṇeraof Kṛṣṇa
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “depends”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does eagerness to enjoy the results of my activities draw my attention away from Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Today, pause during one activity and consciously turn your attention from its rewards to Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Opulence Is Never DiminishedThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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