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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.11
বসি’ ভট্টাচার্য মনে করেন বিচার ।
এই কৃষ্ণ-মহাপ্রেমের সাত্ত্বিক বিকার ॥ ১১ ॥
vasi’ bhaṭṭācārya mane karena vicāra
ei kṛṣṇa-mahāpremera sāttvika vikāra
Sitting beside Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he thought, “This is a transcendental ecstatic transformation brought about by love of Kṛṣṇa.”
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The Bhaṭṭācārya sat beside Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
He understood the Lord’s condition as a transcendental ecstatic transformation.
He considered this transformation to be brought about by love of Kṛṣṇa.
Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Meanwhile, Gopīnātha Ācārya, the brother-in-law of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, met Mukunda Datta and talked to him about Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s acceptance of sannyāsa and His journey to Jagannātha Purī. After hearing about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s fainting and His being carried to the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, people crowded there to see the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “love of krsna”
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What does the Bhaṭṭācārya identify as the source of this transformation?
Pause over the words “love of Kṛṣṇa” and reread how they explain the Lord’s condition.
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