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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.139
কেশাগ্র-শতেক-ভাগ পুনঃ শতাংশ করি ।
তার সম সূক্ষ্ম জীবের ‘স্বরূপ’ বিচারি ॥ ১৩৯ ॥
keśāgra-śateka-bhāga punaḥ śatāṁśa kari
tāra sama sūkṣma jīvera ‘svarūpa’ vicāri
“The length and breadth of the living entity is described as one ten-thousandth part of the tip of a hair. This is the original subtle nature of the living entity.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The living entity is described as having an extremely minute dimension.
Its length and breadth are one ten-thousandth part of the tip of a hair.
This description concerns the original subtle nature of the living entity.
Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
The mood of Madhya 19 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:
Kavirāja Gosvāmī then extensively describes the living condition of Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana at Vṛndāvana. During the ten days at Prayāga, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was instructed by the Lord, who gave him the basic principles of the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this description help me appreciate about the living entity’s subtle nature?
Look at the tip of a hair today and reflect on the minute dimension described in the translation.
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