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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.118
‘আকৃত্যে’ তোমারে দেখি ‘ব্রজেন্দ্র-নন্দন’ ।
দেহকান্তি পীতাম্বর কৈল আচ্ছাদন ॥ ১১৮ ॥
‘ākṛtye’ tomāre dekhi ‘vrajendra-nandana’
deha-kānti pītāmbara kaila ācchādana
“By Your bodily features we can see that You are none other than the son of Nanda Mahārāja, although the golden luster of Your body has covered Your original complexion.
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The people said that His bodily features revealed His identity.
They recognized Him as none other than the son of Nanda Mahārāja.
The golden luster of His body covered His original complexion, but they still recognized Him.
Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
In this way, their Kṛṣṇa consciousness was awakened, and they could understand that a sannyāsī is simply a living entity and not the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His bath at Akrūra-ghāṭa, He submerged Himself in the water for a long time.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
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Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “nanda”
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How does this statement distinguish His outward complexion from His identity?
Reread the verse and reflect for a moment on the words “none other than the son of Nanda Mahārāja.”
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