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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 20.394Madhya 20.396

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.395

কোন ব্ৰহ্মাণ্ডে কোন লীলার হয় অবস্থান ।

তাতে লীলা ‘নিত্য’ কহে আগম-পুরাণ ॥ ৩৯৫ ॥

kona brahmāṇḍe kona līlāra haya avasthāna

tāte līlā ‘nitya’ kahe āgama-purāṇa

Translation

“Since all Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes are taking place continuously, at every moment some pastime is existing in one universe or another. Consequently these pastimes are called eternal by the Vedas and Purāṇas.

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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 Are Eternal

  1. 1

    All Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes are taking place continuously.

  2. 2

    At every moment, some pastime is existing in one universe or another.

  3. 3

    Because these pastimes continue without interruption, the Vedas and Purāṇas call them eternal.

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. kona brahmāṇḍein some universe
  2. kona līlārasome pastimes
  3. hayathere is
  4. avasthānathe presence
  5. tātetherefore
  6. līlāpastimes
  7. nityaeternal
  8. kaheexplains
  9. āgama-purāṇathe Vedas and Purāṇas
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does continuous existence in one universe or another explain why these pastimes are called eternal?

Practice

Write one sentence explaining, in your own words, why the Vedas and Purāṇas call Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes eternal.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

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

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

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Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Pastimes Are EternalThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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