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  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 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth
Madhya 20.150Madhya 20.152

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.151

দশমে দশমং লক্ষ্যমাশ্রিতাশ্রয়-বিগ্রহম্ ।

শ্রীকৃষ্ণাখ্যং পরং ধাম জগদ্ধাম নমামি তৎ ॥ ১৫১ ॥

daśame daśamaṁ lakṣyam

āśritāśraya-vigraham

śrī-kṛṣṇākhyaṁ paraṁ dhāma

jagad-dhāma namāmi tat

Translation

“ ‘The Tenth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam reveals the tenth object, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the shelter of all surrendered souls. He is known as Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and He is the ultimate source of all the universes. Let me offer my obeisances unto Him.’

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Is the Shelter of All

  1. 1

    The Tenth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam describes āśraya-tattva, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    The purport distinguishes āśraya-tattva, the objective, from āśrita-tattva, the subjective. Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the shelter of all surrendered souls.

  3. 3

    Because His lotus feet shelter all devotees, Kṛṣṇa is called paraṁ dhāma. Everything rests under His lotus feet, and He is the ultimate source of all universes.

Key points from the purport
  • In the Tenth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam there is a description of the āśraya-tattva, Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
  • Since the lotus feet of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa are the shelter of all devotees, Śrī Kṛṣṇa is called paraṁ dhāma.
  • Everything is resting under the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa.

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

Connected verses· 3

The purport of CC Madhya 20.151 quotesSB 10.1.1

This is a quotation from the Bhāvārtha-dīpikā, Śrīdhara Svāmī’s commentary on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.1.1).

The purport of CC Madhya 20.151 quotesBG 10.12

In the Bhagavad-gītā (10.12) it is stated, paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān.

The purport of CC Madhya 20.151 quotesSB 10.14.58

In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.14.58) it is stated:

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

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

Thus the Lord described the many forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He also described the incarnations of God within the material world, incarnations such as the puruṣa-avatāras, manvantara-avatāras, guṇa-avatāras and śaktyāveśa-avatāras.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. daśamein the Tenth Canto
  2. daśamamthe tenth subject matter
  3. lakṣyamto be seen
  4. āśritaof the sheltered
  5. āśrayaof the shelter
  6. vigrahamwho is the form
  7. śrī-kṛṣṇa-ākhyamknown as Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa
  8. paramsupreme
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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: “surrendered”, “shelter”, “lotus feet”

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

What does it mean to you to seek shelter at Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet?

Practice

Offer one respectful obeisance to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, remembering Him as the shelter of all surrendered souls.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

Quoted in 1 lecture. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Quoted in 1 lecture

In each of these he quotes this verse while speaking on another verse or subject. "Find the quote" opens the transcript at that spot.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Is the Shelter of AllThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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