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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 21.106

ব্রহ্মাণ্ডোপরি পরব্যোম,     তাহাঁ যে স্বরূপগণ,

তাঁ-সবার বলে হরে মন ।

পতিব্রতা-শিরোমণি,     যাঁরে কহে বেদবাণী,

আকর্ষয়ে সেই লক্ষ্মীগণ ॥ ১০৬ ॥

brahmāṇḍopari paravyoma, tāhāṅ ye svarūpa-gaṇa,

tāṅ-sabāra bale hare mana

pati-vratā-śiromaṇi, yāṅre kahe veda-vāṇī,

ākarṣaye sei lakṣmī-gaṇa

Translation

“The beauty of Kṛṣṇa’s body is so attractive that it attracts not only the demigods and other living entities within this material world but the personalities of the spiritual sky as well, including the Nārāyaṇas, who are expansions of Kṛṣṇa’s personality. The minds of the Nārāyaṇas are thus attracted by the beauty of Kṛṣṇa’s body. In addition, the goddesses of fortune [Lakṣmīs], who are the wives of the Nārāyaṇas and are the women described in the Vedas as most chaste, are also attracted by the wonderful beauty of Kṛṣṇa.

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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’s Beauty Attracts Both Worlds

  1. 1

    The beauty of Kṛṣṇa’s body attracts the demigods and other living entities within the material world.

  2. 2

    His beauty also attracts personalities of the spiritual sky, including the Nārāyaṇas, who are expansions of His personality.

  3. 3

    Even the goddesses of fortune, the Lakṣmīs, are attracted by His wonderful beauty. They are the wives of the Nārāyaṇas and are described in the Vedas as most chaste.

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. brahmāṇḍa-upariabove all the universes
  2. para-vyomathe spiritual sky
  3. tāhāṅthere
  4. yeall those
  5. svarūpa-gaṇatranscendental personal expansions
  6. tāṅ-sabāraof all of Them
  7. baleby force
  8. hare manait enchants the minds
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this description broaden your understanding of Kṛṣṇa’s attractiveness?

Practice

Read the translation slowly and pause to consider how Kṛṣṇa’s beauty attracts personalities in both worlds.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Beauty Attracts Both WorldsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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