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  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 20.395Madhya 20.397

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.396

গোলোক, গোকুল-ধাম — ‘বিভু’ কৃষ্ণসম ।

কৃষ্ণেচ্ছায় ব্রহ্মাণ্ডগণে তাহার সংক্রম ॥ ৩৯৬ ॥

goloka, gokula-dhāma — ‘vibhu’ kṛṣṇa-sama

kṛṣṇecchāya brahmāṇḍa-gaṇe tāhāra saṅkrama

Translation

“The spiritual abode known as Goloka, which is a pasturing land for surabhi cows, is as powerful and opulent as Kṛṣṇa. By the will of Kṛṣṇa, the original Goloka and Gokula dhāmas are manifested with Him in all the universes.

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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 Manifests His Spiritual Abodes

  1. 1

    Goloka is a spiritual abode and a pasturing land for surabhi cows.

  2. 2

    Goloka is as powerful and opulent as Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    By Kṛṣṇa’s will, the original Goloka and Gokula dhāmas are manifested with Him in all the universes.

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:

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. golokathe planet known as Goloka
  2. gokula-dhāmathe spiritual land, the pasturing fields for the surabhi cows
  3. vibhuopulent and powerful
  4. kṛṣṇa-samaas much as Kṛṣṇa
  5. kṛṣṇa-icchāyaby the supreme will of Kṛṣṇa
  6. brahmāṇḍa-gaṇein each of the universes
  7. tāhāraof the Goloka and Gokula dhāmas
  8. saṅkramaappearance
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this verse teach you about the relationship between Kṛṣṇa and His spiritual abodes?

Practice

Read the verse slowly, then recall its three teachings about Goloka: its pasturing land, its power and opulence, and its manifestation by Kṛṣṇa’s will.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

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

1 lecture given on it · quoted in 1 more lecture. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Quoted in 1 other lecture

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