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Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth
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a man who knows past, present and future;  prabhu-vākya —the words of Lord Caitanya;  śuni —hearing.
TRANSLATION
“Please tell Me who I was in My previous birth,” the Lord said. “Please tell Me by your astrological computations.” Hearing the words of the Lord, the astrologer immediately began to calculate.
PURPORT
Through astrology one can know past, present and future. Modern western astronomers have no knowledge of the past or future, nor can they perfectly say anything about the present. Herein we find, however, that after hearing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s order, the astrologer immediately began his calculations. This was not a facade; he actually knew how to ascertain one’s past life through astrology. A still existing treatise called the  Bhṛgu-saṁhitā  describes a system by which anyone can immediately get information about what he was in the past and what he is going to be in the future. The  brāhmaṇas  who went door to door as if beggars had perfect command of such vast knowledge. Thus the highest knowledge was easily available even to the poorest man in society. The poorest man could inquire from an astrologer about his past, present and future, with no need for business agreements or exorbitant payments. The  brāhmaṇa  would give him all the benefit of his knowledge without asking remuneration, and the poor man, in return, would offer a handful of rice, or anything he had in his possession, to satisfy the  brāhmaṇa . In a perfect human society, perfect knowledge in any science—medical, astrological, ecclesiastical and so on—is available even to the poorest man, with no anxiety over payment. In the present day, however, no one can get justice, medical treatment, astrological help or ecclesiastical enlightenment without money, and since people are generally poor, they are benefit of the benefits of all these great sciences.
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গণি’ ধ্যানে দেখে সর্বজ্ঞ,—মহাজ্যেতির্ময় ।
অনন্ত বৈকুণ্ঠ-ব্রহ্মাণ্ড—সবার আশ্রয় ॥ ১০৫ ॥
gaṇi’ dhyāne dekhe sarva-jña,—mahā-jyotirmaya ananta vaikuṇṭha-brahmāṇḍa—sabāra āśraya
SYNONYMS
gaṇi —by calculation;  dhyāne —by meditation;  dekhe —sees;  sarva-jña —knower of everything;  mahā-jyotirmaya —highly effulgent body;  ananta —unlimited;  vaikuṇṭha —spiritual world;  brahmāṇḍa —planets;  sabāra —of all of them;  āśraya —shelter.
TRANSLATION
Through calculation and meditation, the all-knowing astrologer saw the greatly effulgent body of the Lord, which is the resting place of all the unlimited Vaikuṇṭha planets.