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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.7
প্রভু কহে, — “আমি বাতুল, আমার বচনে ।
সার্বভৌম বাতুল তাহা সত্য করি’ মানে ॥ ৭ ॥
prabhu kahe, — “āmi vātula, āmāra vacane
sārvabhauma vātula tāhā satya kari’ māne
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “I am one madman, and Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya is another. Therefore he took My words to be the truth.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied by calling Himself “one madman.”
He called Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya another.
He said that Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya therefore took His words to be the truth.
Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.
The mood of Madhya 24 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:
According to Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī’s request, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the well-known Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam verse beginning ātmārāmāś ca munayaḥ. He explained this verse in sixty-one different ways.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about the self-effacing way Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replies?
When replying to someone today, avoid drawing attention to your own importance.
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