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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.135
‘দারুব্রহ্ম’-রূপে — সাক্ষাৎ শ্ৰীপুরুষোত্তম ।
ভাগীরথী হন সাক্ষাৎ ‘জলব্রহ্ম’-সম ॥ ১৩৫ ॥
‘dāru-brahma’-rūpe — sākṣāt śrī-puruṣottama
bhāgīrathī hana sākṣāt ‘jala-brahma’-sama
“Lord Jagannātha is the Supreme Lord Himself in the form of wood, and the river Ganges is the Supreme Lord Himself in the form of water.
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Lord Jagannātha is the Supreme Lord Himself in the form of wood, and the river Ganges is the Supreme Lord Himself in the form of water.
The Vedas teach that everything is the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Supreme Brahman or Parambrahma.
Since the energy and the energetic are identical, everything is actually Kṛṣṇa, Parambrahma.
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 15.135 quotesBG 9.4
In the Bhagavad-gītā (9.4) Lord Kṛṣṇa confirms this:
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Festive affection and reconciliation. Festivals, reciprocal hospitality, and the deliverance of Amogha show affectionate grace.
The mood of Madhya 15 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:
Then Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, with great humility, sent some Jagannātha prasādam and a cloth from Lord Jagannātha to His mother through Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura. When the Lord bade farewell to Rāghava Paṇḍita, Vāsudeva Datta, the residents of Kulīna-grāma and other devotees, He praised them for their transcendental qualities.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
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How does this teaching deepen my respect for Lord Jagannātha and the river Ganges?
Repeat the translation slowly, reflecting on the words “the Supreme Lord Himself.”
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