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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.63
কৃষ্ণ মান্য-পূজা করি’ তাঁরে প্রশ্ন কৈল ।
‘কি লাগি’ তোমার ইহাঁ আগমন হৈল ?’ ৬৩ ॥
kṛṣṇa mānya-pūjā kari’ tāṅre praśna kaila
‘ki lāgi’ tomāra ihāṅ āgamana haila?’
“After being worshiped by Lord Brahmā, Lord Kṛṣṇa also honored him with suitable words. Then Lord Kṛṣṇa asked him, ‘Why have you come here?’
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Brahmā worshiped Lord Kṛṣṇa.
After receiving Brahmā’s worship, Kṛṣṇa also honored him with suitable words.
Kṛṣṇa then asked Brahmā why he had come.
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 can you learn from Kṛṣṇa’s use of suitable words to honor Brahmā?
Honor someone today with a few sincere, suitable words.
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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