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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.288
সেই পদ্মনালে হইল চৌদ্দ ভুবন ।
তেঁহো ‘ব্রহ্মা’ হঞা সৃষ্টি করিল সৃজন ॥ ২৮৮ ॥
sei padma-nāle ha-ila caudda bhuvana
teṅho ‘brahmā’ hañā sṛṣṭi karila sṛjana
“In the stem of that lotus flower, the fourteen worlds were generated. Then He became Lord Brahmā and manifested the entire universe.
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The fourteen worlds were generated in the stem of the lotus flower.
The Lord then became Lord Brahmā.
As Lord Brahmā, He manifested the entire 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:
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
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this description connect the lotus stem with the manifestation of the universe?
Write the verse’s sequence in three short phrases: fourteen worlds in the lotus stem, the Lord becoming Lord Brahmā, and the universe being manifested.
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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