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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.55
চিচ্ছক্তিবিভূতি-ধাম — ত্রিপাদৈশ্বর্য-নাম ।
মায়িক বিভূতি — একপাদ অভিধান ॥ ৫৫ ॥
cic-chakti-vibhūti-dhāma — tripād-aiśvarya-nāma
māyika vibhūti — eka-pāda abhidhāna
“The spiritual world is considered to be three fourths of the energy and opulence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whereas this material world is only one fourth of that energy. That is our understanding.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Hari-dhāma, or paravyoma, and Goloka Vṛndāvana are beyond the material cosmic manifestation.
These spiritual abodes are celebrated as three fourths of the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s energy and opulence.
The material world is called Devī-dhāma and is conducted by the Supreme Lord’s external energy. It manifests only one fourth of His 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.
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”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “hari-dhāma”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this teaching broaden your understanding of the Lord’s opulence beyond the material world?
Make a two-line note comparing the spiritual world’s three fourths of the Lord’s energy with the material world’s one fourth.
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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