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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.130
সর্বজ্ঞের বাক্যে মূলধন অনুবন্ধ ।
সর্বশাস্ত্রে উপদেশে, ‘শ্রীকৃষ্ণ’ — সম্বন্ধ ॥ ১৩০ ॥
sarvajñera vākye mūla-dhana anubandha
sarva-śāstre upadeśe, ‘śrī-kṛṣṇa’ — sambandha
“By the words of the astrologer, the poor man’s connection with the treasure was established. Similarly, the Vedic literature advises us that our real connection is with Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The astrologer’s words established the poor man’s connection with the treasure.
Similarly, Vedic literature teaches us about our real connection.
That connection is with Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
The purport of CC Madhya 20.130 quotesBG 7.26
In the Bhagavad-gītā (7.26), Śrī Kṛṣṇa says:
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Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
The mood of Madhya 20 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:
Thus the Lord described the many forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He also described the incarnations of God within the material world, incarnations such as the puruṣa-avatāras, manvantara-avatāras, guṇa-avatāras and śaktyāveśa-avatāras.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might remembering my real connection with Śrī Kṛṣṇa shape my outlook today?
Write down and reflect on this teaching: “Our real connection is with Śrī Kṛṣṇa.”
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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