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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.277
সর্ব তত্ত্ব মিলি’ সৃজিল ব্রহ্মাণ্ডের গণ ।
অনন্ত ব্রহ্মাণ্ড, তার নাহিক গণন ॥ ২৭৭ ॥
sarva tattva mili’ sṛjila brahmāṇḍera gaṇa
ananta brahmāṇḍa, tāra nāhika gaṇana
“Combining all the different elements, the Supreme Lord created all the universes. Those universes are unlimited in number; there is no possibility of counting them.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Supreme Lord combined all the different elements.
By combining these elements, He created all the universes.
These universes are unlimited in number. There is no possibility of counting them.
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 response does the Lord’s creation of unlimited universes awaken in you?
Spend one quiet minute today reflecting on the Supreme Lord as the creator of countless universes.
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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