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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.57
ত্রিপাদবিভূতি কৃষ্ণের — বাক্য-অগোচর ।
একপাদ বিভূতির শুনহ বিস্তার ॥ ৫৭ ॥
tripāda-vibhūti kṛṣṇera — vākya-agocara
eka-pāda vibhūtira śunaha vistāra
“The three-fourths part of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s energy is beyond our speaking power. Let us therefore hear elaborately about the remaining one fourth of His energy.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Three-fourths of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s energy is beyond our speaking power.
The remaining one fourth of His energy is the subject to be heard about.
The invitation is to hear elaborately, even though we cannot describe all His energy.
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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing the limits of our speaking power affect your willingness to hear about Kṛṣṇa?
Read the translation slowly today, pausing to acknowledge how much of Kṛṣṇa’s energy lies beyond description.
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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