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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.198
নিজ-শাস্ত্র দেখি’ তুমি বিচার করিয়া ।
কি লিখিয়াছে শেষে কহ নির্ণয় করিয়া ॥ ১৯৮ ॥
nija-śāstra dekhi’ tumi vicāra kariyā
ki likhiyāche śeṣe kaha nirṇaya kariyā
“Seeing your own Koran and deliberating over what is written there, what is your conclusion?”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The listener is asked to look at his own Koran.
He is asked to deliberate over what is written there.
The question invites him to state the conclusion he reaches through that examination.
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:
From the Koran, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu established devotional service to Kṛṣṇa. Thus the leader of the soldiers, named Vijulī Khān, surrendered to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and he and his party became devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
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