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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 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas
Madhya 25.133Madhya 25.135

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.134

এতে চাংশকলাঃ পুংসঃ কৃষ্ণস্তু ভগবান্‌ স্বয়ম্‌ ।

ইন্দ্রারি-ব্যাকুলং লোকং মৃড়য়ন্তি যুগে যুগে ॥ ১৩৪ ॥

ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ

kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam

indrāri-vyākulaṁ lokaṁ

mṛḍayanti yuge yuge

Translation

“ ‘All these incarnations of Godhead are either plenary portions or parts of the plenary portions of the puruṣa-avatāras. But Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. In every age He protects the world through His different features when the world is disturbed by the enemies of Indra.’

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Is the Supreme Personality Himself

  1. 1

    The incarnations described here are either plenary portions or parts of the plenary portions of the puruṣa-avatāras.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇa, however, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself.

  3. 3

    In every age, He protects the world through His different features when it is disturbed by the enemies of Indra.

Key points from the purport
  • For an explanation, see Ādi-līlā, chapter two, text 67.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 25.134 quotesSB 1.3.28

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.3.28).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.

The mood of Madhya 25 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

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

One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to take a bath at Pañcanada, and afterwards all His devotees began chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra in front of the temple of Bindu Mādhava. At this time Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī and all his devotees approached the Lord.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. etethese
  2. caand
  3. aṁśaplenary portions
  4. kalāḥparts of plenary portions
  5. puṁsaḥof the puruṣa-avatāras
  6. kṛṣṇaḥLord Kṛṣṇa
  7. tubut
  8. bhagavānthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What distinction does this verse make between Kṛṣṇa and the incarnations described here?

Practice

Repeat and reflect on this statement today: “Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself.”

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Is the Supreme Personality HimselfThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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