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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.10
এইমত কৃষ্ণের দিব্য সদ্গুণ অনন্ত ।
ব্রহ্মা-শিব-সনকাদি না পায় যাঁর অন্ত ॥ ১০ ॥
ei-mata kṛṣṇera divya sad-guṇa ananta
brahmā-śiva-sanakādi nā pāya yāṅra anta
“The spiritual qualities of Kṛṣṇa are also unlimited. Great personalities like Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva and the four Kumāras cannot estimate the spiritual qualities of the Lord.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kṛṣṇa’s spiritual qualities are unlimited.
Even Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva cannot estimate His spiritual qualities.
The four Kumāras also cannot estimate them.
Awe becoming attraction. The Lord’s vast opulence is placed beside the intimate sweetness of Kṛṣṇa.
The mood of Madhya 21 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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then describes Lord Brahmā’s interview with Kṛṣṇa at Dvārakā and the Lord’s curbing the pride of Brahmā. There is also a description of one of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes with Brahmā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 21
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the inability of such great personalities to estimate Kṛṣṇa’s qualities teach me about my own understanding?
Write down the sentence “Kṛṣṇa’s spiritual qualities are unlimited” and reflect on it for one minute.
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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