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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.385
‘নিত্যলীলা’ কৃষ্ণের সর্বশাস্ত্রে কয় ।
বুঝিতে না পারে লীলা কেমনে ‘নিত্য’ হয় ॥ ৩৮৫ ॥
‘nitya-līlā’ kṛṣṇera sarva-śāstre kaya
bujhite nā pāre līlā kemane ‘nitya’ haya
“Descriptions of Kṛṣṇa’s eternal pastimes are in all the revealed scriptures. But one cannot understand how they are continuing eternally.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Descriptions of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes appear in all the revealed scriptures.
These pastimes are eternal.
Yet one cannot understand how these pastimes continue eternally.
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.
What do you find difficult to understand about pastimes continuing eternally?
Write down one question you have about the eternal nature of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes.
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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