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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.65
‘কোন্ ব্রহ্মা?’ পুছিলে তুমি কোন্ অভিপ্রায়ে ?
আমা বই জগতে আর কোন্ ব্রহ্মা হয়ে ?’ ৬৫ ॥
‘kon brahmā?’ puchile tumi kon abhiprāye?
āmā ba-i jagate āra kon brahmā haye?’
“ ‘Why did you inquire which Brahmā had come to see You? What is the purpose of such an inquiry? Is there any other Brahmā besides me within this universe?’
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Brahmā asks why Kṛṣṇa inquired which Brahmā had come to see Him.
He wants to understand the purpose of Kṛṣṇa’s question.
Brahmā asks whether there is any other Brahmā besides himself within this universe.
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.
When a question surprises you, do you seek to understand its purpose?
Today, ask for clarification once rather than assuming you already understand.
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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