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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.315
“সাক্ষাৎ ঈশ্বর তুমি ব্রজেন্দ্রনন্দন ।
তোমার নিশ্বাসে সর্ববেদ-প্রবর্তন ॥ ৩১৫ ॥
“sākṣāt īśvara tumi vrajendra-nandana
tomāra niśvāse sarva-veda-pravartana
Sanātana Gosvāmī said, “My dear Lord, You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, the son of Mahārāja Nanda. All the Vedic literatures are vibrated through Your breathing.
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Sanātana Gosvāmī addresses Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
He identifies Him as Kṛṣṇa, the son of Mahārāja Nanda. His prayer recognizes the Lord’s divine identity.
Sanātana Gosvāmī declares that all the Vedic literatures are vibrated through the Lord’s breathing.
Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Sanātana Gosvāmī then offered a prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the glory of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. After this, the Lord gave Sanātana Gosvāmī a synopsis of Hari-bhakti-vilāsa, which Sanātana Gosvāmī later developed into the guiding principle of all Vaiṣṇavas.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “nanda”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does recognizing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as Kṛṣṇa Himself shape my approach to His teachings?
Read Sanātana Gosvāmī’s prayer aloud once, paying attention to whom he is addressing.
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