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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.97
প্রভু-আগে কহে লোক, — শ্রীকৃষ্ণ দেখিল ।
‘সরস্বতী’ এই বাক্যে ‘সত্য’ কহাইল ॥ ৯৭ ॥
prabhu-āge kahe loka, — śrī-kṛṣṇa dekhila
‘sarasvatī’ ei vākye ‘satya’ kahāila
Everyone came before Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and said, “Now we have directly seen Lord Kṛṣṇa.” Thus by the mercy of the goddess of learning they were made to speak the truth.
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Everyone came before Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and said they had directly seen Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Their words were true: before Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, they were seeing Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself.
By the mercy of the goddess of learning, they were made to speak the truth.
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:
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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Read the people's words aloud once, remembering that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself.
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