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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.119
মৃগমদ বস্ত্রে বান্ধে, তবু না লুকায় ।
‘ঈশ্বর-স্বভাব’ তোমার ঢাকা নাহি যায় ॥ ১১৯ ॥
mṛga-mada vastre bāndhe, tabu nā lukāya
‘īśvara-svabhāva’ tomāra ḍhākā nāhi yāya
“As the aroma of deer musk cannot be concealed by wrapping it in a cloth, Your characteristics as the Supreme Personality of Godhead cannot be concealed by any means.
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The aroma of deer musk cannot be concealed by wrapping it in cloth.
The people used this comparison to describe His characteristics as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
They declared that these divine characteristics could not be concealed by any means.
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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