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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.23
মায়া-শক্ত্যে ব্রহ্মাণ্ডাদি-পরিপাটী-সৃজন ।
‘উরুক্রম’-শব্দের এই অর্থ নিরূপণ ॥ ২৩ ॥
māyā-śaktye brahmāṇḍādi-paripāṭī-sṛjana
‘urukrama’-śabdera ei artha nirūpaṇa
“The word ‘urukrama’ indicates the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who, by His external potency, has perfectly created innumerable universes.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The word “urukrama” indicates the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Through His external potency, He has created innumerable universes.
These universes are perfectly created. The neighbouring explanation also describes Him as their maintainer.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the creation of innumerable universes reveal to me about the greatness of Urukrama?
Read the verse slowly, pausing over the words “external potency” and “innumerable universes.”
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