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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya
Madhya 8.134Madhya 8.136

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.135

অনন্ত বৈকুণ্ঠ, আর অনন্ত অবতার ।

অনন্ত ব্রহ্মাণ্ড ইহাঁ, — সবার আধার ॥ ১৩৫ ॥

ananta vaikuṇṭha, āra ananta avatāra

ananta brahmāṇḍa ihāṅ, — sabāra ādhāra

Translation

“There are innumerable Vaikuṇṭha planets, as well as innumerable incarnations. In the material world also there are innumerable universes, and Kṛṣṇa is the supreme resting place for all of them.

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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 Is the Supreme Resting Place

  1. 1

    There are innumerable Vaikuṇṭha planets and innumerable incarnations.

  2. 2

    The material world also contains innumerable universes.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa is the supreme resting place for all of them.

How it feels

Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.

The mood of Madhya 8 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

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

This conjugal love attains its highest perfection in Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s love for Kṛṣṇa. He next described the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the transcendental mellows of love of God.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ananta vaikuṇṭhainnumerable Vaikuṇṭha planets
  2. āraand
  3. ananta avatārainnumerable incarnations
  4. ananta brahmāṇḍainnumerable universes
  5. ihāṅin this material world
  6. sabāraof all of them
  7. ādhārathe resting place
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this description broaden my understanding of Kṛṣṇa’s position?

Practice

Spend one quiet minute reflecting on Kṛṣṇa as the resting place of innumerable planets, incarnations, and universes.

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

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