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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.147
ব্রহ্ম-শব্দে কহে পূর্ণ স্বয়ং ভগবান্ ।
স্বয়ং ভগবান্ কৃষ্ণ, — শাস্ত্রের প্রমাণ ॥ ১৪৭ ॥
brahma-śabde kahe pūrṇa svayaṁ bhagavān
svayaṁ bhagavān kṛṣṇa, — śāstrera pramāṇa
“The word ‘Brahman’ indicates the complete Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is Śrī Kṛṣṇa. That is the verdict of all Vedic literature.
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The word “Brahman” indicates the complete Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
Kṛṣṇa is the ultimate object of all Vedic literature. This is also confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā.
Everyone is searching for Kṛṣṇa. The verdict of Vedic literature directs that search toward Him.
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The purport of CC Madhya 6.147 quotesBG 15.15
This is also confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā (15.15), where the Lord says, vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ.
The purport of CC Madhya 6.147 quotesBG 7.19
This is also confirmed elsewhere in the Bhagavad-gītā (7.19):
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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:
The Bhaṭṭācārya was an impersonalist, but Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu proved that the Absolute Truth is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He proved that the conceptions of the Māyāvādī philosophers concerning the impersonal Absolute Truth are incorrect.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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How does knowing that Kṛṣṇa is the ultimate object shape your approach to studying Vedic literature?
Read the translation again today, and write down whom the word “Brahman” indicates.
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