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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 20.381Madhya 20.383

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.382

অনন্ত ব্ৰহ্মাণ্ড, তার নাহিক গণন ।

কোন লীলা কোন ব্ৰহ্মাণ্ডে হয় প্রকটন ॥ ৩৮২ ॥

ananta brahmāṇḍa, tāra nāhika gaṇana

kona līlā kona brahmāṇḍe haya prakaṭana

Translation

“The consecutive pastimes of Kṛṣṇa are being manifested in one of the innumerable universes moment after moment. There is no possibility of counting the universes, but in any case some pastime of the Lord is being manifested at every moment in one universe or 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 Manifest at Every Moment

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa’s consecutive pastimes are manifested moment after moment in one of the innumerable universes.

  2. 2

    There is no possibility of counting these universes.

  3. 3

    At every moment, some pastime of the Lord is being manifested in one universe or 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. ananta brahmāṇḍainnumerable universes
  2. tāraof which
  3. nāhika gaṇanathere is no counting
  4. kona līlāsome pastimes
  5. kona brahmāṇḍein some universe
  6. hayathere is
  7. prakaṭanamanifestation
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does knowing that a pastime of the Lord is manifested at every moment affect your view of His activities?

Practice

Pause once today to remember that, at this very moment, a pastime of Kṛṣṇa is being manifested in one universe or 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 Manifest at Every MomentThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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