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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.95
সাক্ষাৎ দেখিল লোক — নাহিক সংশয় ।
শুনি’ হাসি’ কহে প্রভু, — সব ‘সত্য’ হয় ॥ ৯৫ ॥
sākṣāt dekhila loka — nāhika saṁśaya
śuni’ hāsi’ kahe prabhu, — saba ‘satya’ haya
“Everyone has seen Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself. There is no doubt about it.” Hearing this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began to laugh. He then said, “Everything is correct.”
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The people declared that everyone had seen Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself.
They insisted that there was no doubt about it.
Hearing this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began to laugh and then said, “Everything is correct.”
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 Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His bath at Akrūra-ghāṭa, He submerged Himself in the water for a long time. Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya decided to take Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Prayāga after visiting the holy place known as Soro-kṣetra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice when you place the people’s certainty beside the Lord’s laughter?
Read the exchange once more, distinguishing the people’s declaration from the Lord’s response.
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