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  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
Madhya 21.50Madhya 21.52

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.51

তস্যাঃ পারে পরব্যোম ত্রিপাদ্‌ভূতং সনাতনম্‌ ।

অমৃতং শাশ্বতং নিত্যমনন্তং পরমং পদম্‌ ॥ ৫১ ॥

tasyāḥ pāre para-vyoma

tri-pād-bhūtaṁ sanātanam

amṛtaṁ śāśvataṁ nityam

anantaṁ paramaṁ padam

Translation

“ ‘Beyond the river Virajā is the spiritual nature, which is indestructible, eternal, inexhaustible and unlimited. It is the supreme abode, consisting of three fourths of the Lord’s opulences. It is known as paravyoma, the spiritual sky.’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Spiritual Sky Is Eternal and Fearless

  1. 1

    Beyond Virajā is paravyoma, the spiritual sky. This supreme abode is indestructible, eternal, inexhaustible and unlimited.

  2. 2

    In the spiritual sky there is neither anxiety nor fear.

  3. 3

    The spiritual sky consists of three fourths of the Lord’s energy. The material world exhibits only one fourth and is called eka-pād-vibhūti.

Key points from the purport
  • In the spiritual sky there is neither anxiety nor fear.
  • It is eternally existing, and it consists of three fourths of the Lord’s energy.
  • The material world is an exhibition of only one fourth of the Lord’s energy.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then describes Lord Brahmā’s interview with Kṛṣṇa at Dvārakā and the Lord’s curbing the pride of Brahmā. There is also a description of one of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes with Brahmā.
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. tasyāḥ pāreon the other bank of the Virajā River
  2. para-vyomathe spiritual sky
  3. tri-pāt-bhūtamexisting as three fourths of the opulence of the Supreme Lord
  4. sanātanameternal
  5. amṛtamwithout deterioration
  6. śāśvatamwithout being subjected to the control of time
  7. nityamconstantly existing
  8. anantamunlimited
  9. paramamsupreme
  10. padamabode
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which quality of the spiritual sky most draws your attention, and why?

Practice

Spend a minute reflecting on the spiritual sky as eternally existing, without anxiety or fear.

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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 todayThe Spiritual Sky Is Eternal and FearlessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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