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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 2.109
সেই কৃষ্ণ অবতারী ব্রজেন্দ্রকুমার ।
আপনে চৈতন্যরূপে কৈল অবতার ॥ ১০৯ ॥
sei kṛṣṇa avatārī vrajendra-kumāra
āpane caitanya-rūpe kaila avatāra
That same Lord Kṛṣṇa, the fountainhead of all incarnations, is known as the son of the King of Vraja. He has descended personally as Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Lord Kṛṣṇa is the fountainhead of all incarnations.
He is known as the son of the King of Vraja.
That same Lord Kṛṣṇa has descended personally as Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Revelatory awe. The identity of Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa is established; wonder becomes theological confidence.
The mood of Ādi 2 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:
Lord Caitanya is directly the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, as the evidence of authoritative scriptures proves. This chapter stresses that a devotee who wishes to advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness must have knowledge of Kṛṣṇa’s personal form, His three principal energies, His pastimes and the relationship of the living entities with Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 2
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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: “vraja”
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How does this verse clarify who Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is?
Read the translation and restate its conclusion aloud: Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Kṛṣṇa Himself.
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