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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.29
ষোলক্রোশ বৃন্দাবন, — শাস্ত্রের প্রকাশে ।
তার একদেশে বৈকুণ্ঠাজাণ্ডগণ ভাসে ॥ ২৯ ॥
ṣola-krośa vṛndāvana, — śāstrera prakāśe
tāra eka-deśe vaikuṇṭhājāṇḍa-gaṇa bhāse
“According to the revelations of revealed scripture, Vṛndāvana extends only sixteen krośas [thirty-two miles]. Nonetheless, all the Vaikuṇṭha planets and innumerable universes are located in one corner of this tract.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Vraja is divided into twelve vanas, or forests, whose total extension is estimated at eighty-four krośas.
The special forest called Vṛndāvana extends from the present municipal city of Vṛndāvana to Nanda-grāma. This distance is sixteen krośas, or thirty-two miles.
According to revealed scripture, all the Vaikuṇṭha planets and innumerable universes are located in one corner of this tract.
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.
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”, “vraja”, “nanda-grāma”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What strikes me about the contrast between Vṛndāvana’s stated size and what one corner contains?
Write down Vṛndāvana’s stated extent and what scripture places in one corner, then reflect on the contrast.
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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