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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.149
কৃষ্ণের স্বরূপ — অনন্ত, বৈভব — অপার ।
চিচ্ছক্তি, মায়াশক্তি, জীবশক্তি আর ॥ ১৪৯ ॥
kṛṣṇera svarūpa — ananta, vaibhava — apāra
cic-chakti, māyā-śakti, jīva-śakti āra
“The transcendental form of Lord Kṛṣṇa is unlimited and also has unlimited opulence. He possesses the internal potency, external potency and marginal potency.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental form is unlimited.
His opulence is also unlimited.
He possesses the internal potency, external potency and marginal potency.
Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
The mood of Madhya 20 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:
Sanātana Gosvāmī, however, asked his servant how much money he had, and taking seven of the gold coins, Sanātana offered them to the hotel owner. Thus the owner helped them cross the hilly tract and proceed toward Vārāṇasī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
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His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
Quoted in 2 lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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