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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.167
কহিবার কথা নহে — দেখিলে সে জানি ।
তাঁহার প্রভাবে তাঁরে ‘ঈশ্বর’ করি’ মানি ॥’ ১৬৭ ॥
kahibāra kathā nahe — dekhile se jāni
tāṅhāra prabhāve tāṅre ‘īśvara’ kari’ māni’
“Actually these things cannot even be described. One can understand them only by seeing. Considering His influence, I accept Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker says that these things cannot even be described.
He explains that one can understand them only by seeing.
Considering His influence, the speaker accepts Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 16 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:
Mahārāja Pratāparudra made various arrangements for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s trip to Vṛndāvana. When He crossed the river Citrotpalā, Rāmānanda Rāya, Mardarāja and Haricandana went with Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the speaker’s recognition teach you about the limits of description?
Take a quiet moment today to reflect on the speaker’s acceptance of the Lord as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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