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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.56
“আত্মা বৈ জায়তে পুত্রঃ” — এই শাস্ত্রবাণী ।
পুত্রের মিলনে যেন মিলিবে আপনি ॥ ৫৬ ॥
“ātmā vai jāyate putraḥ” — ei śāstra-vāṇī
putrera milane yena milibe āpani
“It is indicated in the revealed scriptures that the son represents the father; therefore the son’s meeting with Me would be just as good as the King’s meeting with Me.”
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The revealed scriptures indicate that the son represents the father. Therefore, the son’s meeting with the Lord would be as good as the King’s meeting with Him.
The purport cites Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and explains the Vedic teaching that one is born as his own son. The son is nondifferent from the father, a principle admitted in every revealed scripture.
The purport also refers to Christian theology, in which Christ, the son of God, is also God. It presents this as an example of their identity.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 12.56 quotesSB 10.78.36
In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.78.36) it is said, ātmā vai putra utpanna iti vedānuśāsanam.
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Purification through joyful service. Collective cleansing becomes a visible devotional act before Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 12 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:
The next day, when Rāmānanda Rāya again entreated Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to see the King, the Lord, denying the request, asked Rāmānanda Rāya to bring the King’s son before Him. The prince visited the Lord dressed like a Vaiṣṇava, and this awakened remembrance of Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the scriptural teaching explain why the son’s visit would fulfill the purpose of the King’s meeting?
Write a short explanation of why the Lord accepts the son’s meeting as equivalent to the father’s.
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