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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.89
তবে কৃষ্ণ ব্রহ্মারে দিলেন বিদায় ।
কৃষ্ণের বিভূতি-স্বরূপ জানান না যায় ॥ ৮৯ ॥
tabe kṛṣṇa brahmāre dilena vidāya
kṛṣṇera vibhūti-svarūpa jānāna nā yāya
“In this way Lord Kṛṣṇa bade farewell to the four-headed Brahmā of this universe. We may thus understand that no one can calculate the extent of Kṛṣṇa’s energies.
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Lord Kṛṣṇa bade farewell to the four-headed Brahmā of this universe.
This account helps us understand the extent of Kṛṣṇa’s energies.
No one can calculate the extent of those energies.
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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How does knowing that Kṛṣṇa’s energies cannot be calculated affect your approach to understanding Him?
Read the translation slowly and pause to reflect on the limits of your understanding of Kṛṣṇa’s energies.
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