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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.116
যস্তু নারায়ণং দেবং ব্রহ্মরুদ্রাদিদৈবতৈঃ ।
সমত্বেনৈব বীক্ষেত স পাষণ্ডী ভবেদ্ধ্রুবম্ ॥ ১১৬ ॥
yas tu nārāyaṇaṁ devaṁ
brahma-rudrādi-daivataiḥ
samatvenaiva vīkṣeta
sa pāṣaṇḍī bhaved dhruvam
“ ‘A person who considers demigods like Brahmā and Śiva to be on an equal level with Nārāyaṇa is to be considered an offender, or pāṣaṇḍī.’”
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The verse names Brahmā and Śiva as demigods.
Demigods such as Brahmā and Śiva are not to be considered on an equal level with Nārāyaṇa.
A person who considers them equal with Nārāyaṇa is described as an offender, or pāṣaṇḍī.
Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.
The mood of Madhya 18 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 some respectable people came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, they expressed their opinion that when one takes sannyāsa, he becomes Nārāyaṇa. Their mistake was corrected by the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
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Quoted in 18 lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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