Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 9.247
Kṛṣṇa’s Deity Acquired from Gopī-candana
“Madhvācārya had somehow or other acquired the Deity of Kṛṣṇa from a heap of gopī-candana that had been transported in a boat.”
What the purport teaches
- Madhvācārya acquired the Deity of Kṛṣṇa.
- The Deity came from a heap of gopī-candana.
- The gopī-candana had been transported in a boat. The translation says “somehow or other,” without explaining exactly how Madhvācārya acquired the Deity.
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