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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.213
পরব্যোম-মধ্যে নারায়ণের নিত্য-স্থিতি ।
পরব্যোম-উপরি কৃষ্ণলোকের বিভূতি ॥ ২১৩ ॥
paravyoma-madhye nārāyaṇera nitya-sthiti
paravyoma-upari kṛṣṇalokera vibhūti
“There is an eternal residence of Nārāyaṇa in the spiritual sky. In the upper portion of the spiritual sky is a planet known as Kṛṣṇaloka, which is filled with all opulences.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Nārāyaṇa has an eternal residence in the spiritual sky.
A planet known as Kṛṣṇaloka lies in the upper portion of the spiritual sky.
Kṛṣṇaloka is filled with all opulences.
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.
What qualities of the spiritual sky stand out to me in this description?
Write one line about Nārāyaṇa’s eternal residence and one about Kṛṣṇaloka’s location and opulences.
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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