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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 10.169
চর্ম ঘুচাঞা কৈল আমারে শোধন ।
দোঁহার ব্যাপ্য-ব্যাপকত্বে এই ত’ কারণ ॥ ১৬৯ ॥
carma ghucāñā kaila āmāre śodhana
doṅhāra vyāpya-vyāpakatve ei ta’ kāraṇa
“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu purified me by taking away my deerskin. This is proof that He is all-pervasive and all-powerful and that I am subordinate to Him.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Brahmānanda Bhāratī says that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu purified him by taking away his deerskin. He accepts this as proof of the Lord’s all-pervasive power and his own subordinate position.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the Supreme Brahman, while Brahmānanda Bhāratī is subordinate Brahman. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the chief of all living entities.
Both the Supreme Lord and the living entities are persons. The Lord is the predominator, and the living entities are predominated.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Relief and affectionate reunion. Devotees gather as the Lord returns; separation is temporarily relieved.
The mood of Madhya 10 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:
When he arrived at Jagannātha Purī, he was advised to give up the deerskin clothing he wore. When Brahmānanda understood Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu correctly, he accepted Him as Kṛṣṇa Himself.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 10
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does accepting my subordinate position before the Lord mean to me?
Take a quiet moment today to acknowledge the Lord as supreme and yourself as subordinate to Him.
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