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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.314
দ্বিতীয় পরিচ্ছেদে ‘চৈতন্যতত্ত্ব–নিরূপণ’ ।
স্বয়ং ভগবান্ যেই ব্রজেন্দ্রনন্দন ॥ ৩১৪ ॥
dvitīya paricchede ‘caitanya-tattva-nirūpaṇa’
svayaṁ bhagavān yei vrajendra-nandana
The second chapter explains the truth of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa, the son of Mahārāja Nanda.
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The second chapter explains the truth of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
He is Lord Kṛṣṇa, the son of Mahārāja Nanda.
Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
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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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “nanda”
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What does this verse teach me about who Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is?
Write down and reflect on this statement: Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself.
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