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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.386
দৃষ্টান্ত দিয়া কহি তবে লোক যদি জানে ।
কৃষ্ণলীলা — নিত্য, জ্যোতিশ্চক্র-প্রমাণে ॥ ৩৮৬ ॥
dṛṣṭānta diyā kahi tabe loka yadi jāne
kṛṣṇa-līlā — nitya, jyotiścakra-pramāṇe
“Let me give an example by which people may understand Lord Kṛṣṇa’s eternal pastimes. An example can be found in the zodiac.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
An example is offered to help people understand.
The subject to be understood is Lord Kṛṣṇa’s eternal pastimes.
The example is found in the zodiac.
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.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might a concrete example help you approach a difficult teaching?
Note the purpose of the zodiac example: to help explain Lord Kṛṣṇa’s eternal 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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