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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.180
রাজা কহে, শুন, মোর মনে যেই লয় ।
সাক্ষাৎ ঈশ্বর ইহঁ নাহিক সংশয় ॥ ১৮০ ॥
rājā kahe, śuna, mora mane yei laya
sākṣāt īśvara ihaṅ nāhika saṁśaya
The King replied, “I consider Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There is no doubt about it.”
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The King considered Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
He expressed this recognition directly in his reply.
The King said there was no doubt about his conclusion.
Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 1 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:
There is also a description of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstasy that occurred when He recited the verse beginning yaḥ kaumāra-haraḥ, as well as a description of how that ecstasy was explained in the verse beginning priyaḥ so ’yaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ, by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
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How do I respond to the King’s certainty about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Read the King’s statement aloud once, giving careful attention to whom he recognizes Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to be.
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