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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.241
পুরীর আবরণরূপে পুরীর নবদেশে ।
নবব্যূহরূপে নবমূর্তি পরকাশে ॥ ২৪১ ॥
purīra āvaraṇa-rūpe purīra nava-deśe
nava-vyūha-rūpe nava-mūrti parakāśe
“Lord Kṛṣṇa personally surrounds Dvārakā-purī as its protector. In different parts of the city, in nine places, He expands in nine different forms.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Kṛṣṇa personally surrounds Dvārakā-purī as its protector.
He expands in nine different forms.
These forms are situated in nine places in different parts of the city.
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 the Lord described the many forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He also described the incarnations of God within the material world, incarnations such as the puruṣa-avatāras, manvantara-avatāras, guṇa-avatāras and śaktyāveśa-avatāras.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 stands out to me about Kṛṣṇa’s personal protection of Dvārakā-purī?
Pause today to remember Kṛṣṇa as the personal protector of Dvārakā-purī.
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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