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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.321
চৌদ্দ এক দিনে, মাসে চারিশত বিশ ।
ব্রহ্মার বৎসরে পঞ্চসহস্র চল্লিশ ॥ ৩২১ ॥
caudda eka dine, māse cāri-śata biśa
brahmāra vatsare pañca-sahasra calliśa
“There are 14 manvantara-avatāras in one day of Brahmā, 420 in one month, and 5,040 in one year.
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There are fourteen manvantara-avatāras in one day of Brahmā.
There are 420 manvantara-avatāras in one month of Brahmā.
There are 5,040 manvantara-avatāras in one year of Brahmā.
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 also described the incarnations of God within the material world, incarnations such as the puruṣa-avatāras, manvantara-avatāras, guṇa-avatāras and śaktyāveśa-avatāras. The Lord also discussed the divisions of Kṛṣṇa’s different ages, such as bālya and paugaṇḍa, and the different pastimes of the different ages.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 strikes you as you follow these numbers from one day to one year of Brahmā?
Make a three-line note pairing Brahmā’s day, month, and year with their respective numbers of manvantara-avatāras.
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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