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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.74
যদ্যপি তোমারে সব ব্রহ্ম-সম ভাসে ।
লোকশিক্ষা লাগি’ ঐছে করিতে না আইসে ॥’ ৭৪ ॥
yadyapi tomāre saba brahma-sama bhāse
loka-śikṣā lāgi’ aiche karite nā āise’
“My dear sir, for you everyone is on the level of impersonal Brahman, but for the enlightenment of people in general you should not behave in that way.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says that Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī sees everyone on the level of impersonal Brahman.
Yet He asks him not to behave on that basis when offering worship.
The reason He gives is the enlightenment of people in general. One's conduct should help others understand rather than confuse them.
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:
From that day, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became famous in the city of Vārāṇasī, and many important men in that city became His followers. By and by, one of the disciples of the great sannyāsī Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī became devoted to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and this devotee explained Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī and supported His views with various arguments.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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