CHAPTER NINE

The Opulences of Krishna

Lord Chaitanya is especially merciful to the innocent, unsophisticated
person. His name is Patitpavan, the Deliverer of the most fallen conditioned
soul. A conditioned soul may be fallen to the lowest position, but that does
not prevent him from advancing in spiritual science, provided he is innocent.
Sanatan Goswami was considered to be fallen in the social status because he
was in the service of the Mohammedan government, and had been excom-
municated from the Brahmin society. But because he was a sincere soul Lord
Chaitanya showed him special favor by granting him a wealth of information
in the matter of spiritual science.

The Lord next explained to Sanatan Goswami about the situation of differ-
ent spiritual planets in the Spiritual Sky. The spiritual planets are known as
Vaikuntha planets. The Universes of the material Creation have a limited
length and breadth; but so far as the Vaikuntha planets are concerned, because
they are spiritual, there is no limitation to their dimensions. Lord Chaitanya
informed Sanatan Goswami that the length and breadth of each and every

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