CC Madhya 20.323
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth
TEXT 323
- ananta brahmāṇḍe aiche karaha gaṇana
- mahā-viṣṇu eka-śvāse brahmāra jīvana
SYNONYMS
ananta brahmāṇḍe—in innumerable universes; aiche—in that way; karaha gaṇana—just try to count; mahā-viṣṇu—Lord Mahā-Viṣṇu; eka-śvāse—by one exhalation; brahmāra jīvana—the duration of life of one Brahmā.
TRANSLATION
“The number of manvantara-avatāras for only one universe has been given. One can only imagine how many manvantara-avatāras exist in the innumerable universes. And all these universes and Brahmās exist only during one exhalation of Mahā-Viṣṇu.