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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.97
সেই স্বারাজ্যলক্ষ্মী করে নিত্য পূর্ণ কাম ।
অতএব বেদে কহে ‘স্বয়ং ভগবান্’ ॥ ৯৭ ॥
sei svārājya-lakṣmī kare nitya pūrṇa kāma
ataeva vede kahe ‘svayaṁ bhagavān’
“Because He possesses the spiritual potencies, which fulfill all His desires, Kṛṣṇa is accepted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is the Vedic version.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kṛṣṇa possesses spiritual potencies that fulfill all His desires.
Because He possesses these potencies, He is accepted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
This understanding of Kṛṣṇa is the Vedic version.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the ability of Kṛṣṇa’s spiritual potencies to fulfill all His desires help you understand His supreme position?
Read the translation once more, noticing how it connects Kṛṣṇa’s spiritual potencies with His identity as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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