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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.112
সর্বজ্ঞ কহে আমি তাহা ধ্যানে দেখিলাঙ ।
তাহাতে ঐশ্বর্য দেখি’ ফাফর হইলাঙ ॥ ১১২ ॥
sarva-jña kahe āmi tāhā dhyāne dekhilāṅ
tāhāte aiśvarya dekhi’ phāṅphara ha-ilāṅ
The astrologer said, “What I saw in meditation was full of opulence, and therefore I was confused.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The astrologer says that what he saw in meditation was full of opulence, leaving him confused.
The purport describes him as both a knower of past, present and future through astrology and a great meditator.
As a great devotee, he could see Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the same personality as Kṛṣṇa. Yet he remained puzzled about whether They were actually the same person.
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:
No one else could do this. When Śrī Kṛṣṇa assumed the form of the four-armed Nārāyaṇa, the gopīs showed their respect, but they were not very interested in Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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