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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.24
“শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য হয় ‘সাক্ষাৎ নারায়ণ’ ।
‘ব্যাসসূত্রের’ অর্থ করেন অতি-মনোরম ॥ ২৪ ॥
śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya haya ‘sākṣāt nārāyaṇa’
‘vyāsa-sūtrera’ artha karena ati-manorama
He said, “Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa Himself. When He explains the Vedānta-sūtra, He does so very nicely.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The disciple declared that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
He identified the Lord as Nārāyaṇa Himself, not merely as a learned teacher.
He also praised how nicely Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the Vedānta-sūtra.
Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.
The mood of Madhya 25 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:
A Maharashtriyan brāhmaṇa who was living in Benares was a great devotee of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He was always very happy to hear the glories of the Lord, and it was by his arrangement that all the sannyāsīs of Vārāṇasī became devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this recognition of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu shape my attention to His teachings?
Read the disciple’s declaration aloud once, giving careful attention to whom he recognizes Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to be.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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