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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.190
কৃষ্ণের এই চারি প্রাভববিলাস ।
দ্বারকা-মথুরা-পুরে নিত্য ইঁহার বাস ॥ ১৯০ ॥
kṛṣṇera ei cāri prābhava-vilāsa
dvārakā-mathurā-pure nitya iṅhāra vāsa
“These four prābhava pastime forms of Lord Kṛṣṇa reside eternally in Dvārakā and Mathurā.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Kṛṣṇa has four prābhava pastime forms.
These forms reside in Dvārakā and Mathurā.
Their residence in these places is eternal.
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
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about these forms residing eternally in Dvārakā and Mathurā?
Read the translation slowly and recall the two places where these forms eternally reside.
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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