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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.39
মহাবিষ্ণু, পদ্মনাভ, ক্ষীরোদকস্বামী ।
এই তিন — স্থূল-সূক্ষ্ম-সর্ব-অন্তর্যামী ॥ ৩৯ ॥
mahā-viṣṇu, padmanābha, kṣīrodaka-svāmī
ei tina — sthūla-sūkṣma-sarva-antaryāmī
“Mahā-Viṣṇu, Padmanābha and Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu are the Supersouls of all subtle and gross existences.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Mahā-Viṣṇu is known as Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. He is the Supersoul of everything.
Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, from whose lotus navel Brahmā was created, is also called Hiraṇyagarbha. He is the total Supersoul and the subtle Supersoul.
Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu is the universal form and the gross Supersoul.
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.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this description broaden my understanding of the Supersoul’s relation to subtle and gross existence?
Make a three-row study note pairing each Viṣṇu form named in the purport with its description as Supersoul.
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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