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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.67
নায়কানাং শিরোরত্নং কৃষ্ণস্তু ভগবান্ স্বয়ম্ ।
যত্র নিত্যতয়া সর্বে বিরাজন্তে মহাগুণাঃ ॥ ৬৭ ॥
nāyakānāṁ śiro-ratnaṁ
kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam
yatra nityatayā sarve
virājante mahā-guṇāḥ
“ ‘Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, and He is the crown jewel of all heroes. In Kṛṣṇa, all transcendental good qualities are permanently situated.’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself.
He is the crown jewel of all heroes.
All transcendental good qualities are permanently situated in Him.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Theological emotional crescendo. Bhāva, prema, the devotional rasas, and mahābhāva are systematically expounded.
The mood of Madhya 23 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 the sixty-four transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa and the twenty-five transcendental qualities of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then describes those candidates who are eligible to taste the mellows of devotional service.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 23
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does it mean to you that Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental good qualities are permanent?
Read the translation aloud once, then pause to remember Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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