CHAPTER 21

The Opulence and Sweetness of Lord Sri Krsna

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura gives the following summary study of the Twenty-first
Chapter. In this chapter Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu fully describes Krsnaloka, the
spiritual sky, the Causal Ocean and the material world, which consists of innumer-
able universes. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then describes Lord Brahma’s interview
with Krsna at Dvaraka and the Lord's curbing the pride of Brahma. There is also a
description of one of Krsna’s pastimes with Brahma. In this chapter the author of
Caitanya-caritamrta has presented some nice poems about the pastimes of Krsna
and Krsna’s superexcellent beauty. Throughout the rest of the chapter, our inti-
mate relationship (sambandha) with Krsna is described.

TEXT 1

Bicssraafee agi Aareli fesse |
Hosa: fratoy agees-Aea us

agaty-eka-gatim natva
hinarthadhika-sadhakam

sri-caitanyam likhamy asya
madhuryaisvarya-sikaram

SYNONYMS

agati-eka-gatim—to the only shelter for the conditioned souls who do not
know the goal of life; natva—offering obeisances; hina-artha—of the necessities
of the conditioned souls, who are poor in spiritual knowledge; adhika—increase;
sadhakam—bringing about; sri-caitanyam—unto Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
likhami—| am writing; asya—of Him; madhurya-aisvarya—of the sweetness and
opulence; sikaram—a small portion.

TRANSLATION

Offering my obeisances unto Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, let me describe a
particle of His opulence and sweetness. He is most valuable for a fallen condi-
tioned soul bereft of spiritual knowledge, and He is the only shelter for those
who do not know the real goal of life.

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