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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.303
গর্ভোদকশায়িদ্বারা শক্তি সঞ্চারি’ ।
ব্যষ্টি সৃষ্টি করে কৃষ্ণ ব্রহ্মা-রূপ ধরি’ ॥ ৩০৩ ॥
garbhodakaśāyi-dvārā śakti sañcāri’
vyaṣṭi sṛṣṭi kare kṛṣṇa brahmā-rūpa dhari’
“Such a devotee is empowered by Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. In this way, an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa in the form of Brahmā engineers the total creation of the universe.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu accepts the material modes and incarnates as Lord Viṣṇu, Brahmā and Śiva. These are incarnations of the material qualities.
Among superior living entities qualified by pious activities and devotional service, one is chosen as Lord Brahmā.
By the supreme will of Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, Brahmā is infused with the quality of passion. He becomes the incarnation of the Lord’s creative energy and engineers the universe.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
He explained how Kṛṣṇa attained His permanent form when He reached youth. In this way Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained and described everything to Sanātana Gosvāmī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does Brahmā’s dependence on the Lord’s empowerment shape your understanding of his creative work?
Write one sentence explaining where Brahmā’s creative power comes from.
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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