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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.18
এমত অন্যত্র নাহি শুনিয়ে অদ্ভুত ।
যাহার শ্রবণে চিত্ত হয় অবধূত ॥ ১৮ ॥
e-mata anyatra nāhi śuniye adbhuta
yāhāra śravaṇe citta haya avadhūta
“We do not hear of such wonderful things anywhere else. Simply by one’s hearing of those incidents, one’s consciousness is agitated and cleansed.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Brahmā took Kṛṣṇa to be an ordinary cowherd boy and wanted to test His potency. He stole the calves and cowherd boys and hid them by his illusory energy.
Kṛṣṇa manifested cowherd boys, calves and unlimited Vaikuṇṭhas within a moment. He also created unlimited material universes with unlimited Brahmās.
Hearing these wonderful pastimes cleanses one’s consciousness. In this way one can actually understand the Absolute Truth.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “cleansed”, “cleanses”
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: “cowherd”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the cleansing power of hearing encourage me to give these pastimes my attention?
Read this account aloud once, listening attentively to the description of Kṛṣṇa’s potency.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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