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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.286
নিজাঙ্গ-স্বেদজলে ব্রহ্মাণ্ডার্ধ ভরিল ।
সেই জলে শেষ-শয্যায় শয়ন করিল ॥ ২৮৬ ॥
nijāṅga-sveda-jale brahmāṇḍārdha bharila
sei jale śeṣa-śayyāya śayana karila
“With the perspiration produced from His own body, the Lord filled half the universe with water. He then lay down on that water, on the bed of Lord Śeṣa.
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The Lord produced perspiration from His own body.
With that perspiration, He filled half the universe with water.
He then lay down on that water, on the bed of Lord Śeṣa.
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:
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. After this, the Lord explained the way of devotional service.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 details help you picture the Lord resting on the water?
Spend a minute recalling the scene exactly as described: half the universe filled with water and the Lord lying on the bed of Lord Śeṣa.
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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