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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 21: The Opulence and Sweetness of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Madhya 21.99Madhya 21.101

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.100

যন্মর্ত্যলীলৌপয়িকং স্বযোগমায়াবলং দর্শয়তা গৃহীতম্‌ ।

বিস্মাপনং স্বস্য চ সৌভগর্ধেঃ পরং পদং ভূষণভূষণাঙ্গম্‌ ॥ ১০০ ॥

yan martya-līlaupayikaṁ sva-yoga-

māyā-balaṁ darśayatā gṛhītam

vismāpanaṁ svasya ca saubhagardheḥ

paraṁ padaṁ bhūṣaṇa-bhūṣaṇāṅgam

Translation

“ ‘To exhibit the strength of His own spiritual potency, Lord Kṛṣṇa manifested a form just suitable for His pastimes in the material world. This form was wonderful even for Him and was the supreme abode of the wealth of good fortune. Its limbs were so beautiful that they increased the beauty of the ornaments worn on different parts of His body.’

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Form Reveals His Spiritual Potency

  1. 1

    In a conversation with Vidura, Uddhava begins describing Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes in His form exhibited by yogamāyā.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇa manifested this form to exhibit His spiritual potency. It was suitable for His pastimes in the material world and wonderful even for Him.

  3. 3

    His form was the supreme abode of the wealth of good fortune. Its beautiful limbs increased the beauty of His ornaments.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.2.12) is stated in a conversation between Vidura and Uddhava.
  • Uddhava thus begins his description of the pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa in His form exhibited by yogamāyā.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 21.100 quotesSB 3.2.12

This verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.2.12) is stated in a conversation between Vidura and Uddhava.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 21: The Opulence and Sweetness of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

In this chapter Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fully describes Kṛṣṇaloka, the spiritual sky, the Causal Ocean and the material world, which consists of innumerable universes. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then describes Lord Brahmā’s interview with Kṛṣṇa at Dvārakā and the Lord’s curbing the pride of Brahmā.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 21
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. yatthat which
  2. martya-līlāpastimes in the material world
  3. aupayikamjust suitable for
  4. svaHis own
  5. yoga-māyāof the spiritual potency
  6. balamthe strength
  7. darśayatāshowing
  8. gṛhītamaccepted
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “conversation”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does it suggest about Kṛṣṇa’s beauty that His limbs beautify His ornaments?

Practice

Write down one feature of Kṛṣṇa’s form described here and reflect on it for a minute.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Form Reveals His Spiritual PotencyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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