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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.366
প্রভু কহে, — চতুরালি ছাড়, সনাতন ।
শক্ত্যাবেশাবতারের শুন বিবরণ ॥ ৩৬৬ ॥
prabhu kahe, — caturāli chāda, sanātana
śaktyāveśāvatārera śuna vivaraṇa
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “O Sanātana, you must give up your intelligent tricks. Now just try to understand the description of the śaktyāveśa-avatāras.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replies directly to Sanātana.
He asks Sanātana to give up his intelligent tricks.
He directs Sanātana to try to understand the description of the śaktyāveśa-avatāras.
Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
He also described the incarnations of God within the material world, incarnations such as the puruṣa-avatāras, manvantara-avatāras, guṇa-avatāras and śaktyāveśa-avatāras. The Lord also discussed the divisions of Kṛṣṇa’s different ages, such as bālya and paugaṇḍa, and the different pastimes of the different ages.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
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