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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.405

ইহা যেই শুনে, পড়ে, সেই ভাগ্যবান্ ।

কৃষ্ণের স্বরূপতত্ত্বের হয় কিছু জ্ঞান ॥ ৪০৫ ॥

ihā yei śune, paḍe, sei bhāgyavān

kṛṣṇera svarūpa-tattvera haya kichu jñāna

Translation

Whoever hears or recites these descriptions of the expansions of Kṛṣṇa’s body is certainly a very fortunate man. Although this is very difficult to understand, one can nonetheless acquire some knowledge about the different features of Kṛṣṇa’s body.

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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.

Hearing Kṛṣṇa’s Descriptions Is Great Fortune

  1. 1

    Anyone who hears or recites these descriptions of the expansions of Kṛṣṇa’s body is very fortunate.

  2. 2

    These descriptions are very difficult to understand.

  3. 3

    Nevertheless, one can acquire some knowledge about the different features of Kṛṣṇa’s body.

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. ihāthis narration
  2. yei śuneanyone who hears
  3. paḍeor reads
  4. seisuch a person
  5. bhāgyavānis most fortunate
  6. kṛṣṇeraof Lord Kṛṣṇa
  7. svarūpa-tattveraof personal bodily features
  8. hayathere is
  9. kichusomething
  10. jñānaknowledge
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can I value hearing these descriptions even when I understand only a little?

Practice

Recite one of these descriptions aloud today, without expecting to understand it fully.

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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. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayHearing Kṛṣṇa’s Descriptions Is Great FortuneThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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