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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.19
‘উরুক্রম’-শব্দে কহে, বড় যাঁর ক্রম ।
‘ক্রম’-শব্দে কহে এই পাদবিক্ষেপণ ॥ ১৯ ॥
‘urukrama’-śabde kahe, baḍa yāṅra krama
‘krama’-śabde kahe ei pāda-vikṣepaṇa
“The word ‘urukrama’ refers to one whose krama [step] is great. The word ‘krama’ means ‘throwing the foot forward,’ that is, ‘stepping.’
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
“Urukrama” refers to one whose step is great.
“Krama” means throwing the foot forward, or stepping.
The neighbouring explanation applies this name to Lord Vāmanadeva, whose steps covered the entire universe.
Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.
The mood of Madhya 24 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:
He analyzed all the words and described each word with its different connotations. Adding the words ca and api, He described all the different meanings of the verse.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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