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

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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.

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