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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 21: The Opulence and Sweetness of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.4

শত, সহস্র, অযুত, লক্ষ, কোটী-যোজন ।

এক এক বৈকুণ্ঠের বিস্তার বর্ণন ॥ ৪ ॥

śata, sahasra, ayuta, lakṣa, koṭī-yojana

eka eka vaikuṇṭhera vistāra varṇana

Translation

“The breadth of each Vaikuṇṭha planet is described as eight miles multiplied by one hundred, by one thousand, by ten thousand, by one hundred thousand and by ten million. In other words, each Vaikuṇṭha planet is expanded beyond our ability to measure.

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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.

Vaikuṇṭha Extends Beyond Our Measurement

  1. 1

    The description of each Vaikuṇṭha planet’s breadth begins with eight miles.

  2. 2

    That measure is multiplied by one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand, one hundred thousand and ten million.

  3. 3

    These vast measures convey that each Vaikuṇṭha planet is expanded beyond our ability to measure.

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:

Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of the twenty-first chapter. In this chapter Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fully describes Kṛṣṇaloka, the spiritual sky, the Causal Ocean and the material world, which consists of innumerable universes.
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. śataa hundred
  2. sahasraa thousand
  3. ayutaten thousand
  4. lakṣaa hundred thousand
  5. koṭīten million
  6. yojanaa distance of eight miles
  7. eka ekaeach and every one
  8. vaikuṇṭheraof the spiritual planets
  9. vistārathe breadth
  10. varṇanadescription
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How do I respond to a spiritual expanse beyond my ability to measure?

Practice

Read the sequence of measures slowly, then pause over the phrase “beyond our ability to measure.”

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayVaikuṇṭha Extends Beyond Our MeasurementThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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