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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.82
ব্রহ্মা বলে, — পূর্বে আমি যে নিশ্চয় করিলুঁ ।
তার উদাহরণ আমি আজি ত’ দেখিলুঁ ॥ ৮২ ॥
brahmā bale, — pūrve āmi ye niścaya kariluṅ
tāra udāharaṇa āmi āji ta’ dekhiluṅ
“Brahmā then said, ‘Whatever I formerly decided about my knowledge I have just now had personally verified.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Brahmā spoke about what he had formerly decided concerning his knowledge.
He said that this earlier conclusion had now been personally verified.
His words distinguish his former understanding from what he had just personally confirmed.
Awe becoming attraction. The Lord’s vast opulence is placed beside the intimate sweetness of Kṛṣṇa.
The mood of Madhya 21 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:
There is also a description of one of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes with Brahmā. In this chapter the author of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta has presented some nice poems about the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa’s superexcellent beauty.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 21
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What is the difference between something you assume and something you have personally verified?
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