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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.100
প্রেম দেখি’ উপাধ্যায়ের হৈল চমৎকার ।
‘মনুষ্য নহে, ইঁহো — কৃষ্ণ’ — করিল নির্ধার ॥ ১০০ ॥
prema dekhi’ upādhyāyera haila camatkāra
‘manuṣya nahe, iṅho — kṛṣṇa’ — karila nirdhāra
When Raghupati Upādhyāya saw Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstatic symptoms, he decided that the Lord was not a human being but Kṛṣṇa Himself.
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Raghupati Upādhyāya witnessed Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstatic symptoms.
Seeing these symptoms, he decided that the Lord was not a human being.
His conclusion was that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Kṛṣṇa Himself.
Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
The mood of Madhya 19 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:
After this, a brāhmaṇa scholar named Raghupati Upādhyāya arrived and discussed Kṛṣṇa consciousness with the Lord. Kavirāja Gosvāmī then extensively describes the living condition of Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana at Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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How does Raghupati Upādhyāya’s conclusion shape your understanding of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Write down and reflect on this conclusion: “Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Kṛṣṇa Himself.”
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