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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.375
যদ্যদ্বিভূতিমৎ সত্ত্বং শ্রীমদূর্জিতমেব বা ।
তত্তদেবাবগচ্ছ ত্বং মম তেজোহংশসম্ভবম্ ॥ ৩৭৫ ॥
yad yad vibhūtimat sattvaṁ
śrīmad ūrjitam eva vā
tat tad evāvagaccha tvaṁ
mama tejo-’ṁśa-sambhavam
“ ‘Know that all opulent, beautiful and glorious creations spring from but a spark of My splendor.’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kṛṣṇa teaches that all opulent creations spring from His splendor.
Everything beautiful and glorious also comes from Him.
These creations spring from only a spark of His splendor.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 20.375 quotesBG 10.41
This is a statement made by Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad-gītā (10.41).
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
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:
The Lord also discussed the divisions of Kṛṣṇa’s different ages, such as bālya and paugaṇḍa, and the different pastimes of the different ages. He explained how Kṛṣṇa attained His permanent form when He reached youth.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.
How might seeing beauty as a spark of Kṛṣṇa’s splendor change what you notice?
Notice one beautiful thing today and pause to remember that its beauty springs from Kṛṣṇa’s splendor.
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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