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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.66
শুনি’ হাসি’ কৃষ্ণ তবে করিলেন ধ্যানে ।
অসংখ্য ব্রহ্মার গণ আইলা ততক্ষণে ॥ ৬৬ ॥
śuni’ hāsi’ kṛṣṇa tabe karilena dhyāne
asaṅkhya brahmāra gaṇa āilā tata-kṣaṇe
“Upon hearing this, Śrī Kṛṣṇa smiled and immediately meditated. Unlimited Brahmās arrived instantly.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa smiles upon hearing Brahmā’s question.
Kṛṣṇa immediately meditates.
Unlimited Brahmās arrive instantly.
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
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What strikes you about unlimited Brahmās arriving instantly when Kṛṣṇa meditates?
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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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