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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.101
প্রভু কহে, — উপাধ্যায়, শ্রেষ্ঠ মান’ কায় ?
‘শ্যামমেব পরং রূপং’ — কহে উপাধ্যায় ॥ ১০১ ॥
prabhu kahe, — upādhyāya, śreṣṭha māna’ kāya?
‘śyāmam eva paraṁ rūpaṁ’ — kahe upādhyāya
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Raghupati Upādhyāya, “According to your decision, who is the foremost being?”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Raghupati Upādhyāya who is the foremost being.
The Lord asked him to give his own decision.
Raghupati Upādhyāya replied that Lord Śyāmasundara is the supreme form.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What answer does Raghupati Upādhyāya give to the question of who is foremost?
Read the question and answer aloud once, giving your attention to the name Lord Śyāmasundara.
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