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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth
Madhya 20.380Madhya 20.382

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.381

পূতনা-বধাদি যত লীলা ক্ষণে ক্ষণে ।

সব লীলা নিত্য প্রকট করে অনুক্রমে ॥ ৩৮১ ॥

pūtanā-vadhādi yata līlā kṣaṇe kṣaṇe

saba līlā nitya prakaṭa kare anukrame

Translation

“When Lord Kṛṣṇa appears, from moment to moment He exhibits His different pastimes, beginning with the killing of Pūtanā. All these pastimes are eternally being demonstrated one after another.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Pastimes Are Eternally Demonstrated

  1. 1

    When Lord Kṛṣṇa appears, He exhibits different pastimes from moment to moment.

  2. 2

    The sequence described begins with the killing of Pūtanā.

  3. 3

    All these pastimes are eternally being demonstrated one after another.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

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
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. pūtanā-vadha-ādikilling of the demons like Pūtanā
  2. yataall
  3. līlāpastimes
  4. kṣaṇe kṣaṇeone moment after another
  5. saba līlāall these pastimes
  6. nityaeternally
  7. prakaṭamanifesting
  8. karedoes
  9. anukrameone after another
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the word “eternally” shape your understanding of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes?

Practice

Read the translation once today, giving special attention to “eternally being demonstrated one after another.”

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Pastimes Are Eternally DemonstratedThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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