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  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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 23: Life’s Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead
Madhya 23.78Madhya 23.82-83

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Madhya 23.79-81

সদা স্বরূপসংপ্রাপ্তঃ সর্বজ্ঞো নিত্যনূতনঃ ।

সচ্চিদানন্দসান্দ্রাঙ্গঃ সর্বসিদ্ধিনিষেবিতঃ ॥ ৭৯ ॥

sadā svarūpa-samprāptaḥ

sarva-jño nitya-nūtanaḥ

sac-cid-ānanda-sāndrāṅgaḥ

sarva-siddhi-niṣevitaḥ

Translation

“ ‘These qualities are (1) the Lord is always situated in His original position, (2) He is omniscient, (3) He is always fresh and youthful, (4) He is the concentrated form of eternity, knowledge and bliss, and (5) He is the possessor of all mystic perfection. There are another five qualities, which exist in the Vaikuṇṭha planets in Nārāyaṇa, the Lord of Lakṣmī. These qualities are also present in Kṛṣṇa, but they are not present in demigods like Lord Śiva or in other living entities. These are (1) the Lord possesses inconceivable supreme power, (2) He generates innumerable universes from His body, (3) He is the original source of all incarnations, (4) He bestows salvation upon enemies He kills, and (5) He has the ability to attract exalted persons who are satisfied in themselves. Although these qualities are present in Nārāyaṇa, the dominating Deity of the Vaikuṇṭha planets, they are even more wonderfully present in Kṛṣṇa.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Divine Qualities Shine More Wonderfully in Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    The Lord always remains in His original position, knows everything, and is always fresh and youthful. He is the concentrated form of eternity, knowledge and bliss, and possesses all mystic perfection.

  2. 2

    Five further qualities belong to Nārāyaṇa and Kṛṣṇa, but not to demigods like Lord Śiva or other living entities. The Lord possesses inconceivable supreme power, generates innumerable universes from His body, and is the original source of all incarnations.

  3. 3

    He bestows salvation upon enemies He kills and attracts exalted persons who are satisfied in themselves. These five qualities are present in Nārāyaṇa but are even more wonderfully present in Kṛṣṇa.

How it feels

Theological emotional crescendo. Bhāva, prema, the devotional rasas, and mahābhāva are systematically expounded.

The mood of Madhya 23 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 23: Life’s Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead

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

There is also a description of the sixty-four transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa and the twenty-five transcendental qualities of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then describes those candidates who are eligible to taste the mellows of devotional service.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sadāalways
  2. svarūpa-samprāptaḥsituated in one’s eternal nature
  3. sarva-jñaḥomniscient
  4. nitya-nūtanaḥever fresh
  5. sat-cit-ānanda-sāndra-aṅgaḥthe concentrated form of eternity, knowledge and bliss
  6. sarva-siddhi-niṣevitaḥattended by all mystic perfections
  7. athanow
  8. ucyanteare said
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which of these qualities most deepens your wonder about Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Choose one quality from this passage and write it down as a reminder to reflect on today.

Live this todayDivine Qualities Shine More Wonderfully in KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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