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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.390
এক-দুই-তিন-চারি প্রহরে অস্ত হয় ।
চারিপ্রহর রাত্রি গেলে পুনঃ সূর্যোদয় ॥ ৩৯০ ॥
eka-dui-tina-cāri prahare asta haya
cāri-prahara rātri gele punaḥ sūryodaya
“The day and the night are divided into eight praharas — four belonging to the day and four belonging to the night. After eight praharas, the sun rises again.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The day and the night are divided into eight praharas.
Four praharas belong to the day, and four belong to the night.
After eight praharas, the sun rises again.
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:
While discussing the Absolute Truth, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Lord analyzed Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān, as well as the expansions of the Lord called svayaṁ-rūpa, tad-ekātma and āveśa, which are divided into various branches known as vaibhava and prābhava. Thus the Lord described the many forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.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 does the return of sunrise help you picture the repeating cycle described here?
Draw eight sections in a circle, marking four as day and four as night, with sunrise at the start of the next cycle.
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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