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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.33
‘ব্ৰহ্ম’-শব্দে কহে ‘ষড়ৈশ্বর্যপূর্ণ ভগবান্’ ।
তাঁরে ‘নির্বিশেষ’ স্থাপি, ‘পূর্ণতা’ হয় হান ॥ ৩৩ ॥
‘brahma’-śabde kahe ‘ṣaḍ-aiśvarya-pūrṇa bhagavān’
tāṅre ‘nirviśeṣa’ sthāpi, ‘pūrṇatā’ haya hāna
“The word ‘Brahman’ [‘the greatest’] indicates the Supreme Personality of Godhead, full in all six opulences. But if we take the onesided impersonalist view, His fullness is diminished.
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The word ‘Brahman,’ meaning ‘the greatest,’ indicates the Supreme Personality of Godhead, full in all six opulences.
The Lord is originally the Supreme Person. He expands Himself impersonally through His potency.
A one-sided impersonal understanding diminishes His fullness rather than recognizing all that He is.
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The purport of CC Madhya 25.33 quotesBG 9.4
As the Lord says in the Bhagavad-gītā (9.4):
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Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to take a bath at Pañcanada, and afterwards all His devotees began chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra in front of the temple of Bindu Mādhava. At this time Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī and all his devotees approached the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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1 lecture given on it · quoted in 5 more lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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