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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 18: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Visit to Śrī Vṛndāvana
Madhya 18.111Madhya 18.113

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.112

সন্ন্যাসী — চিত্কণ জীব, কিরণ-কণ-সম ।

ষড়ৈশ্বর্যপূর্ণ কৃষ্ণ হয় সূর্যোপম ॥ ১১২ ॥

sannyāsī — cit-kaṇa jīva, kiraṇa-kaṇa-sama

ṣaḍ-aiśvarya-pūrṇa kṛṣṇa haya sūryopama

Translation

“A sannyāsī in the renounced order is certainly part and parcel of the complete whole, just as a shining molecular particle of sunshine is part and parcel of the sun itself. Kṛṣṇa is like the sun, full of six opulences, but the living entity is only a fragment of the complete whole.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Is Whole; We Are Fragments

  1. 1

    A sannyāsī in the renounced order is part and parcel of the complete whole.

  2. 2

    A shining molecular particle of sunshine is part and parcel of the sun. This illustrates the living entity’s relationship with Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa is like the sun, full of six opulences. The living entity is only a fragment of the complete whole.

How it feels

Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.

The mood of Madhya 18 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 18: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Visit to Śrī Vṛndāvana

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

In this way, their Kṛṣṇa consciousness was awakened, and they could understand that a sannyāsī is simply a living entity and not the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His bath at Akrūra-ghāṭa, He submerged Himself in the water for a long time.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sannyāsīa person in the renounced order of life
  2. cit-kaṇa jīvaa small fragmental living being
  3. kiraṇaof sunshine
  4. kaṇasmall particle
  5. samalike
  6. ṣaṭ-aiśvarya-pūrṇafull in six opulences
  7. kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
  8. hayais
  9. sūrya-upamacompared to the sun
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “relationship”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does seeing myself as a fragment rather than the complete whole encourage humility?

Practice

Spend one minute today reflecting on the sun and a particle of sunshine as an illustration of Kṛṣṇa and the living entity.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Is Whole; We Are FragmentsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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