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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.212
যদ্যপি পরব্যোম সবাকার নিত্যধাম ।
তথাপি ব্রহ্মাণ্ডে কারো কাঁহো সন্নিধান ॥ ২১২ ॥
yadyapi paravyoma sabākāra nitya-dhāma
tathāpi brahmāṇḍe kāro kāṅho sannidhāna
“Although They all have Their residences eternally in the spiritual sky, some of Them are situated within the material universes.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
All these forms have Their residences in the spiritual sky.
Their residences there are eternal.
Some of Them are also situated within the material universes.
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:
Thus Sanātana Gosvāmī finally arrived at Vārāṇasī and stood before the door of Candraśekhara. Caitanya Mahāprabhu called him in and ordered him to change his dress so that he would look like a gentleman.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 this verse help me understand Their presence in the material universes alongside Their eternal spiritual residences?
Read the translation slowly, paying attention to the contrast between “all” and “some.”
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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