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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.64
ব্রহ্মা কহে, — ‘তাহা পাছে করিব নিবেদন ।
এক সংশয় মনে হয়, করহ ছেদন ॥ ৬৪ ॥
brahmā kahe, — ‘tāhā pāche kariba nivedana
eka saṁśaya mane haya, karaha chedana
“Being questioned, Lord Brahmā immediately replied, ‘Later I shall tell You why I have come. First of all there is a doubt in my mind which I wish You would kindly dissipate.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
When Kṛṣṇa questioned him, Lord Brahmā replied immediately.
Brahmā said he would explain the reason for his visit later.
First, he wished Kṛṣṇa to kindly dispel a doubt in his mind.
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 does Brahmā’s request teach you about honestly acknowledging a doubt?
Put one doubt into a clear question, and ask Lord Kṛṣṇa kindly for understanding.
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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