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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.284
সেই পুরুষ অনন্ত-কোটি ব্রহ্মাণ্ড সৃজিয়া ।
একৈক-মূর্ত্যে প্রবেশিলা বহু মূর্তি হঞা ॥ ২৮৪ ॥
sei puruṣa ananta-koṭi brahmāṇḍa sṛjiyā
ekaika-mūrtye praveśilā bahu mūrti hañā
“After creating the total number of universes, which are unlimited, Mahā-Viṣṇu expanded Himself into unlimited forms and entered into each of them.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Mahā-Viṣṇu created the total number of universes, which are unlimited.
After creating them, He expanded Himself into unlimited forms.
Through these forms, He entered into each universe.
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:
At this time Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very pleased with him, and thus Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī received knowledge of the Absolute Truth from the Lord Himself. First they discussed the constitutional position of the living entities, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained to Sanātana Gosvāmī how the living entity is one of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s energies.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 you about Mahā-Viṣṇu entering every one of the unlimited universes?
Recall the verse’s sequence: He created the universes, expanded Himself, and entered each one.
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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