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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.192
পুনঃ কৃষ্ণ চতুর্ব্যূহ লঞা পূর্বরূপে ।
পরব্যোম-মধ্যে বৈসে নারায়ণরূপে ॥ ১৯২ ॥
punaḥ kṛṣṇa catur-vyūha lañā pūrva-rūpe
paravyoma-madhye vaise nārāyaṇa-rūpe
“Lord Kṛṣṇa again expands, and within the paravyoma, the spiritual sky, He is situated in fullness as the four-handed Nārāyaṇa, accompanied by expansions of the original quadruple form.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Goloka Vṛndāvana is the topmost planet in the spiritual sky and is divided into three parts. Mathurā and Dvārakā are the residences of Kṛṣṇa in His prābhava-vilāsa forms.
Balarāma, Kṛṣṇa’s vaibhava-prakāśa, is eternally situated in Gokula. From the quadruple prābhava-vilāsa, twenty-four vaibhava-vilāsa forms expand, each holding weapons in different positions.
Below Goloka Vṛndāvana is the spiritual sky itself, the paravyoma. There Kṛṣṇa Himself is situated in fullness as four-handed Nārāyaṇa, accompanied by expansions of the original quadruple form.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this passage help you understand Nārāyaṇa’s relationship with Kṛṣṇa?
Read the final sentence of the purport again, noting that Kṛṣṇa Himself is situated as Nārāyaṇa.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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