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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.59
একদিন দ্বারকাতে কৃষ্ণ দেখিবারে ।
ব্রহ্মা আইলা, — দ্বারপাল জানাইল কৃষ্ণেরে ॥ ৫৯ ॥
eka-dina dvārakāte kṛṣṇa dekhibāre
brahmā āilā, — dvāra-pāla jānāila kṛṣṇere
“Once, when Kṛṣṇa was ruling Dvārakā, Lord Brahmā came to see Him, and the doorman immediately informed Lord Kṛṣṇa of Brahmā’s arrival.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
This meeting took place when Kṛṣṇa was ruling Dvārakā.
Lord Brahmā came to see Kṛṣṇa.
The doorman immediately informed Lord Kṛṣṇa that Brahmā had arrived.
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.
What details help you picture Lord Brahmā’s arrival to see Kṛṣṇa?
Read the translation once and recall its three details: the setting, the visitor, and the doorman’s action.
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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