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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 20.393Madhya 20.395

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.394

জন্ম, বাল্য, পৌগণ্ড, কৈশোর প্রকাশ ।

পূতনা-বধাদি করি’ মৌষলান্ত বিলাস ॥ ৩৯৪ ॥

janma, bālya, paugaṇḍa, kaiśora prakāśa

pūtanā-vadhādi kari’ mauṣalānta vilāsa

Translation

“Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes — appearance, childhood, boyhood and youth — are all manifested, beginning with the killing of Pūtanā and extending to the end of the mauṣala-līlā, the annihilation of the Yadu dynasty. All of these pastimes are rotating in every universe.

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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.

All Kṛṣṇa’s Pastimes Rotate Through Universes

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa’s appearance, childhood, boyhood and youth are all manifested.

  2. 2

    The pastimes described extend from the killing of Pūtanā to the end of the mauṣala-līlā, the annihilation of the Yadu dynasty.

  3. 3

    All these pastimes are rotating in every universe.

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:

He explained how Kṛṣṇa attained His permanent form when He reached youth. In this way Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained and described everything to Sanātana Gosvāmī.
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. janmabirth
  2. bālyachildhood
  3. paugaṇḍaboyhood
  4. kaiśorapre-youth
  5. prakāśamanifestation
  6. pūtanā-vadha-ādikilling the demons, beginning from Pūtanā
  7. kari’manifesting
  8. mauṣala-antauntil the end of the mauṣala pastimes
  9. vilāsapastimes
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this verse broaden your view of the range of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes?

Practice

Write the four stages named here—appearance, childhood, boyhood and youth—and note that all are manifested.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

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

2 lectures given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayAll Kṛṣṇa’s Pastimes Rotate Through UniversesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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