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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.86
ব্রহ্মাণ্ডানুরূপ ব্রহ্মার শরীর-বদন ।
এইরূপে পালি আমি ব্রহ্মাণ্ডের গণ ॥ ৮৬ ॥
brahmāṇḍānurūpa brahmāra śarīra-vadana
ei-rūpe pāli āmi brahmāṇḍera gaṇa
“ ‘According to the size of the universe, there are so many heads on the body of Brahmā. In this way I maintain innumerable universes [brahmāṇḍas].
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The number of heads on Brahmā’s body corresponds to the size of his universe.
Kṛṣṇa says that He maintains these universes.
The universes, called brahmāṇḍas, are innumerable.
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:
In this chapter Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fully describes Kṛṣṇaloka, the spiritual sky, the Causal Ocean and the material world, which consists of innumerable universes. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then describes Lord Brahmā’s interview with Kṛṣṇa at Dvārakā and the Lord’s curbing the pride of Brahmā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 21
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What does Kṛṣṇa’s statement that He maintains innumerable universes invite you to reflect on?
Take one quiet minute to reflect on Kṛṣṇa’s words, “I maintain innumerable universes.”
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