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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.73
সেই ব্রহ্ম-শব্দে কহে স্বয়ং-ভগবান্ ।
অদ্বিতীয়-জ্ঞান, যাঁহা বিনা নাহি আন ॥ ৭৩ ॥
sei brahma-śabde kahe svayaṁ-bhagavān
advitīya-jñāna, yāṅhā vinā nāhi āna
“The proper meaning of the word ‘brahma’ is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is one without a second and without whom nothing else exists.
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The proper meaning of the word ‘brahma’ is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
He is one without a second. Nothing exists independently of Him.
In the surrounding verses, this Supreme Personality of Godhead is identified as Lord Kṛṣṇa.
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:
He analyzed all the words and described each word with its different connotations. Adding the words ca and api, He described all the different meanings of the verse.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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How does this meaning of ‘brahma’ deepen your understanding of the Supreme?
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