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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.200
‘ইঁহো ত’ সাক্ষাৎ কৃষ্ণ, — মুঞি না জানিয়া ।
মহা-অপরাধ কৈনু গর্বিত হইয়া ॥’ ২০০ ॥
‘iṅho ta’ sākṣāt kṛṣṇa, — muñi nā jāniyā
mahā-aparādha kainu garvita ha-iyā’
“Caitanya Mahāprabhu is certainly Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself. Because I could not understand Him and was very proud of my own learning, I have committed many offenses.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya declared that Caitanya Mahāprabhu is certainly Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself.
He acknowledged that he had failed to understand Him and had been very proud of his own learning.
He recognized that, because of this, he had committed many offenses.
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:
At the request of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then explained the ātmārāma verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in eighteen different ways. When the Bhaṭṭācārya came to his senses, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu disclosed His real identity.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Where might pride in your own knowledge make it difficult to receive spiritual instruction?
Before studying today, pause and acknowledge one limitation in your own understanding.
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