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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.71
কৃষ্ণের অচিন্ত্য-শক্তি লখিতে কেহ নারে ।
যত ব্রহ্মা, তত মূর্তি একই শরীরে ॥ ৭১ ॥
kṛṣṇera acintya-śakti lakhite keha nāre
yata brahmā, tata mūrti eka-i śarīre
“No one can estimate the inconceivable potency of Kṛṣṇa. All the Brahmās who were there were resting in the one body of Kṛṣṇa.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kṛṣṇa’s potency is inconceivable.
No one can estimate that potency.
All the Brahmās present are resting in the one body of Kṛṣṇa.
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.
How does this verse invite you to acknowledge the limits of your understanding of Kṛṣṇa?
Read this verse once slowly and pause to acknowledge that Kṛṣṇa’s potency is beyond estimation.
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