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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
brahmāṇḍe prakāśa tāra kṛṣṇera icchāya eka-i svarūpa tāra, nāhi dui kāya
SYNONYMS
brahmāṇḍe —within the material world;  prakāśa —manifestation;  tāra —of it;  kṛṣṇera icchāya —by the supreme will of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  eka-i —it is the same;  sva-rūpa —identity;  tāra —of it;  nāhi —not;  dui —two;  kāya —bodies.
TRANSLATION
That abode is manifested within the material world by the will of Lord Kṛṣṇa. It is identical to that original Gokula; they are not two different bodies.
PURPORT
The above-mentioned  dhāmas  are movable, by the omnipotent will of Lord Kṛṣṇa. When Śrī Kṛṣṇa appears on the face of the earth, He can also make His  dhāmas  appear, without changing their original structure. One should not discriminate between the  dhāmas  on the earth and those in the spiritual sky, thinking those on earth to be material and the original abodes to be spiritual. All of them are spiritual. Only for us, who cannot experience anything beyond matter in our present conditioned state, do the  dhāmas  and the Lord Himself, in His  arcā  form, appear before us resembling matter to give us the facility to see spirit with material eyes. In the beginning this may be difficult for a neophyte to understand, but in due course, when one is advanced in devotional service, it will be easier, and he will appreciate the Lord's presence in these tangible forms.
TEXT 20
চিন্তামণিভূমি, কল্পবৃক্ষময় বন ।
চর্মচক্ষে দেখে তারে প্রপঞ্চের সম ॥ ২০ ॥
cintāmaṇi-bhūmi, kalpa-vṛkṣa-maya vana carma-cakṣe dekhe tāre prapañcera sama
SYNONYMS
cintāmaṇi-bhūmi —the land of touchstone;  kalpa-vṛkṣa-maya —full of desire trees;  vana —forests;  carma-cakṣe —the material eyes;  dekhe —see;  tāre —it;  prapañcera sama —equal to the material creation.
TRANSLATION
The land there is touchstone [cintāmaṇi], and the forests abound with desire trees. Material eyes see it as an ordinary place.