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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.109
পূর্বে যৈছে ছিলা তুমি এবেহ সেরূপ ।
দুর্বিজ্ঞেয় নিত্যানন্দ—তোমার স্বরূপ ॥ ১০৯ ॥
pūrve yaiche chilā tumi ebeha se-rūpa
durvijñeya nityānanda — tomāra svarūpa
“You are now the same Personality of Godhead that You were in Your previous birth. Your identity is inconceivable eternal happiness.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord is the same Personality of Godhead as in His previous birth. His identity is inconceivable eternal happiness.
The purport explains that astrological science can ascertain even the position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is identified by symptoms mentioned in the śāstras. No one can be accepted as God without scriptural proof.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
The mood of Ādi 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
But if we accept the inconceivable energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we can understand that everything is possible. There is no need of mundane arguments in this connection, because mundane arguments are meaningless in regard to inconceivable potency.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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Why is scriptural evidence important when considering claims about God?
Write down this principle today: claims that someone is God require proof from the śāstras.
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