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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.30
অপার ঐশ্বর্য কৃষ্ণের — নাহিক গণন ।
শাখা-চন্দ্র-ন্যায়ে করি দিগ্দরশন ॥” ৩০ ॥
apāra aiśvarya kṛṣṇera — nāhika gaṇana
śākhā-candra-nyāye kari dig-daraśana
“No one can estimate the opulence of Kṛṣṇa. That is unlimited. However, just as one sees the moon through the branches of a tree, I wish to give a little indication.”
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No one can estimate Kṛṣṇa’s unlimited opulence, but a little indication can be given.
A child is first shown the branches of a tree and then the moon through those branches. This method is called śākhā-candra-nyāya.
The principle is to give a simpler example first and then explain the more difficult background.
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
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In this verse: “branches”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might a simple example help me approach something difficult to understand?
Explain the branches-and-moon example in one sentence, noting how it guides understanding step by step.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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