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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 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places
Madhya 9.142Madhya 9.144

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.143

এতে চাংশকলাঃ পুংসঃ কৃষ্ণস্তু ভগবান্ স্বয়ম্ ।

ইন্দ্রারিব্যাকুলং লোকং মৃড়য়ন্তি যুগে যুগে ॥ ১৪৩ ॥

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.’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Himself Protects the World

  1. 1

    The quoted verse describes the incarnations as plenary portions or parts of the plenary portions of the puruṣa-avatāras.

  2. 2

    It distinguishes Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. The purport identifies this quotation as a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

  3. 3

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

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 9.143 quotesSB 1.3.28

This is a verse 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

Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.

The mood of Madhya 9 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places

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

Then the Lord went to Setubandha and took His bath at Dhanus-tīrtha. He also visited Rāmeśvara, where He collected some papers connected with Sītādevī, whose illusory form had been kidnapped by Rāvaṇa.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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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 does this verse teach me about Kṛṣṇa’s identity and His protection of the world?

Practice

Write down the verse’s distinction between the incarnations and Kṛṣṇa Himself.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Himself Protects the WorldThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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