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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse

Madhya-līlā 24.20 - Madhya-līlā 24.22

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 21

viṣṇor nu vīrya-gaṇanāṁ katamo 'rhatīha

yaḥ pārthivāny api kavir vimame rajāṁsi

caskambha yaḥ sva-raṁhasāskhalatā tripṛṣṭhaṁ

yasmāt trisāmya-sadanād urukampayānam

SYNONYMS

viṣṇoḥ—of Lord Viṣṇu; nu—certainly; vīrya-gaṇanām—a counting of the different potencies; katamaḥ—who; arhati—is able to do; iha—in this world; yaḥ—who; pārthivāni—of the element earth; api—although; kaviḥ—a learned person; vimame—has counted; rajāṁsi—the atoms; caskambha—captured; yaḥ—who; sva—His own; raṁhasā—by potency; askhalatā—without hindrances; tri-pṛṣṭham—the topmost planet (Satyaloka); yasmāt—from some cause; tri-sāmya—where there is equilibrium of the three guṇas; sadanāt—from the place (from the root of the material world); urukampayānam—trembling greatly.

TRANSLATION

" 'Even if a learned man is able to count all the minute atoms in this material world, he still cannot count the potencies of Lord Viṣṇu. In the form of the Vāmana incarnation, Lord Viṣṇu, without hindrance, captured all the planets, beginning from the root of the material world up to Satyaloka. Indeed, He caused every planetary system to tremble by the force of His steps.'

PURPORT

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 2.7.40). In the Ṛg Veda mantra (1.2.154.1), it is said:

oṁ viṣṇor nu vīryāṇi kaṁ prāvocaṁ

yaḥ pārthivāni vimame rajāṁsi

yo 'skambhayad uttaraṁ sadhasthaṁ

vicakramāṇas tredhorugāyaḥ

Madhya-līlā 24.20 - Madhya-līlā 24.22

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-:viṣṇor nu vīrya-gaṇanāṁ katamo ‘rhatīha
+:viṣṇor nu vīrya-gaṇanāṁ katamo 'rhatīha
 :yaḥ pārthivāny api kavir vimame rajāṁsi
-:caskambha yaḥ sva-raṁhasāskhalatā tri-pṛṣṭhaṁ
+:caskambha yaḥ sva-raṁhasāskhalatā tripṛṣṭhaṁ
-:yasmāt tri-sāmya-sadanād uru kampayānam
+:yasmāt trisāmya-sadanād urukampayānam
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-viṣṇoḥ—of Lord Viṣṇu; nu—certainly; vīrya-gaṇanām—a counting of the different potencies; katamaḥ—who; arhati—is able to do; iha—in this world; yaḥ—who; pārthivāni—of the element earth; api—although; kaviḥ—a learned person; vimame—has counted; rajāṁsi—the atoms; caskambha—captured; yaḥ—who; sva—His own; raṁhasā—by potency; askhalatā—without hindrances; tri-pṛṣṭham—the topmost planet (Satyaloka); yasmāt—from some cause; tri-sāmya—where there is equilibrium of the three guṇas; sadanāt—from the place (from the root of the material world); uru kampayānam—trembling greatly.
+viṣṇoḥ—of Lord Viṣṇu; nu—certainly; vīrya-gaṇanām—a counting of the different potencies; katamaḥ—who; arhati—is able to do; iha—in this world; yaḥ—who; pārthivāni—of the element earth; api—although; kaviḥ—a learned person; vimame—has counted; rajāṁsi—the atoms; caskambha—captured; yaḥ—who; sva—His own; raṁhasā—by potency; askhalatā—without hindrances; tri-pṛṣṭham—the topmost planet (Satyaloka); yasmāt—from some cause; tri-sāmya—where there is equilibrium of the three guṇas; sadanāt—from the place (from the root of the material world); urukampayānam—trembling greatly.
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-“‘Even if a learned man is able to count all the minute atoms in this material world, he still cannot count the potencies of Lord Viṣṇu. In the form of the Vāmana incarnation, Lord Viṣṇu, without hindrance, captured all the planets, extending from the root of the material world up to Satyaloka. Indeed, He caused every planetary system to tremble by the force of His steps.’
+" 'Even if a learned man is able to count all the minute atoms in this material world, he still cannot count the potencies of Lord Viṣṇu. In the form of the Vāmana incarnation, Lord Viṣṇu, without hindrance, captured all the planets, beginning from the root of the material world up to Satyaloka. Indeed, He caused every planetary system to tremble by the force of His steps.'
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-This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ([[SB 2.7.40]]). In the Ṛg Veda mantras (1.2.154.1), it is said:
+This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ([[SB 2.7.40]]). In the Ṛg Veda mantra (1.2.154.1), it is said:
 :oṁ viṣṇor nu vīryāṇi kaṁ prāvocaṁ
 :yaḥ pārthivāni vimame rajāṁsi
-:yo ‘skambhayad uttaraṁ sadha-sthaṁ
+:yo 'skambhayad uttaraṁ sadhasthaṁ
 :vicakramāṇas tredhorugāyaḥ
-The meaning of this verse is practically identical to that of the verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam quoted above.
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