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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 18.191Madhya 18.193

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.192

সৃষ্টি, স্থিতি, প্রলয় তাঁহা হৈতে হয় ।

স্থূল-সূক্ষ্ম-জগতের তেঁহো সমাশ্রয় ॥ ১৯২ ॥

sṛṣṭi, sthiti, pralaya tāṅhā haite haya

sthūla-sūkṣma-jagatera teṅho samāśraya

Translation

“Creation, maintenance and dissolution come from Him. He is the original shelter of all gross and subtle cosmic manifestations.

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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.

The Lord Is the Original Shelter

  1. 1

    Creation comes from the Lord.

  2. 2

    Maintenance and dissolution also come from Him.

  3. 3

    He is the original shelter of all gross and subtle cosmic manifestations.

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:

He talked with a person who was supposed to be a holy man in the party. From the Koran, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu established devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sṛṣṭicreation
  2. sthitimaintenance
  3. pralayadissolution
  4. tāṅhāHim
  5. haitefrom
  6. hayabecomes possible
  7. sthūlagross
  8. sūkṣmasubtle
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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: “shelter”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does it mean for me to recognize the Lord as the original shelter?

Practice

Look at one thing around you and reflect that its creation, maintenance and dissolution depend on Him.

Live this todayThe Lord Is the Original ShelterThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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