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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.92

অন্তরঙ্গ-পূর্ণৈশ্বর্যপূর্ণ তিন ধাম ।

তিনের অধীশ্বর — কৃষ্ণ স্বয়ং ভগবান্‌ ॥ ৯২ ॥

antaraṅga-pūrṇaiśvarya-pūrṇa tina dhāma

tinera adhīśvara — kṛṣṇa svayaṁ bhagavān

Translation

“These three places are full of internal potencies, and Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is their sole proprietor.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Alone Owns These Spiritual Places

  1. 1

    These three places are full of internal potencies.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  3. 3

    He is the sole proprietor of all three places.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 21: The Opulence and Sweetness of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

There is also a description of one of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes with Brahmā. In this chapter the author of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta has presented some nice poems about the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa’s superexcellent beauty.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 21
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. antaraṅgainternal
  2. pūrṇa-aiśvarya-pūrṇafull of all opulences
  3. tina dhāmathree abodes
  4. tinera adhīśvarathe Lord of all three
  5. kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
  6. svayam bhagavānthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this description deepen your understanding of these three places?

Practice

Spend a quiet moment reflecting on the words “full of internal potencies” and “sole proprietor.”

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Alone Owns These Spiritual PlacesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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