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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 21.103Madhya 21.105

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.104

রূপ দেখি’ আপনার,     কৃষ্ণের হৈল চমৎকার,

আস্বাদিতে মনে উঠে কাম ।

‘স্বসৌভাগ্য’ যাঁর নাম,     সৌন্দর্যাদি-গুণগ্রাম,

এইরূপ নিত্য তার ধাম ॥ ১০৪ ॥

rūpa dekhi’ āpanāra, kṛṣṇera haila camatkāra,

āsvādite mane uṭhe kāma

‘sva-saubhāgya’ yāṅra nāma, saundaryādi-guṇa-grāma,

ei-rūpa nitya tāra dhāma

Translation

“The wonderful form of Kṛṣṇa in His personal feature is so great that it attracts even Kṛṣṇa to taste His own association. Indeed, Kṛṣṇa becomes very eager to taste it. Total beauty, knowledge, wealth, strength, fame and renunciation are the six opulences of Kṛṣṇa. He is eternally situated in His opulences.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Supreme Pastimes and Many Manifestations

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    Among Kṛṣṇa’s many pastimes, those in Goloka Vṛndāvana, the gokula-līlā, are supreme. In the Vaikuṇṭhas, He has pastimes as Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.

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    In the material sky, He lies in the Causal Ocean as Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī, the puruṣa-avatāra. His incarnations as a fish, tortoise and so on are called causal incarnations.

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    He incarnates in the modes of nature as Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva and Lord Viṣṇu, and as empowered living entities such as Pṛthu and Vyāsa. The Supersoul is His localized incarnation, and impersonal Brahman is His all-pervasive aspect.

Key points from the purport
  • Kṛṣṇa has many pastimes, of which His pastimes in Goloka Vṛndāvana (the gokula-līlā) are supreme.
  • In His pastimes in the material sky, He lies down in the Causal Ocean as Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī, the puruṣa-avatāra.
  • The Supersoul is His localized incarnation, and His all-pervasive aspect is the impersonal Brahman.

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

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 the author of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta has presented some nice poems about the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa’s superexcellent beauty. Throughout the rest of the chapter, our intimate relationship ( sambandha ) with Kṛṣṇa is described.
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. rūpa dekhi’by seeing the form
  2. āpanāraHis own
  3. kṛṣṇeraof Lord Kṛṣṇa
  4. hailathere was
  5. camatkārawonder
  6. āsvāditeto taste
  7. manein the mind
  8. uṭhearises
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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: “association”

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “vṛndāvana”

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

How does learning about Kṛṣṇa’s many manifestations help you appreciate the supremacy of His pastimes in Goloka Vṛndāvana?

Practice

List the six opulences named in the translation, then read the statement that Kṛṣṇa possesses them eternally.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Supreme Pastimes and Many ManifestationsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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