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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.270
ইহার প্রসাদে পাইবা কৃষ্ণতত্ত্বসার ।
সর্বশাস্ত্র-সিদ্ধান্তের ইহাঁ পাইবা পার ॥ ২৭০ ॥
ihāra prasāde pāibā kṛṣṇa-tattva-sāra
sarva-śāstra-siddhāntera ihāṅ pāibā pāra
By understanding the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, one can understand the truth about Kṛṣṇa. By understanding Kṛṣṇa, one can understand the limit of all knowledge described in various revealed scriptures.
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Understanding Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes enables one to understand the truth about Kṛṣṇa.
Understanding Kṛṣṇa opens the way to understanding the fullest extent of knowledge described in revealed scriptures.
The verse connects understanding His pastimes, understanding Kṛṣṇa, and understanding scriptural knowledge.
The purport of CC Madhya 25.270 quotesBG 7.3
As Lord Kṛṣṇa states in the Bhagavad-gītā (7.3):
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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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to Jagannātha Purī through the great forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand) in central India. At the end of this chapter, Kavirāja Gosvāmī sums up the incidents of the madhya-līlā and instructs every living being to read this sublime book of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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How does this verse help you see the purpose of studying Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes?
Before your study today, recall this aim: to understand the truth about Kṛṣṇa through Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes.
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