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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.185
প্রাভব-বৈভব-ভেদে বিলাস — দ্বিধাকার ।
বিলাসের বিলাস-ভেদ — অনন্ত প্রকার ॥ ১৮৫ ॥
prābhava-vaibhava-bhede vilāsa — dvidhākāra
vilāsera vilāsa-bheda — ananta prakāra
“Again the vilāsa forms are divided into twofold categories — prābhava and vaibhava. Again the pastimes of these forms are of unlimited variety.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The vilāsa forms are further divided into two categories.
These two categories are prābhava and vaibhava.
The pastimes of these forms are of unlimited variety.
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:
While discussing the Absolute Truth, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Lord analyzed Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān, as well as the expansions of the Lord called svayaṁ-rūpa, tad-ekātma and āveśa, which are divided into various branches known as vaibhava and prābhava. Thus the Lord described the many forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the unlimited variety of pastimes enrich your understanding of these two categories?
Write the two categories of vilāsa forms, then add beneath them: “Their pastimes are of unlimited variety.”
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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