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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.203
দেখাইল তাঁরে আগে চতুর্ভুজ-রূপ ।
পাছে শ্যাম-বংশীমুখ স্বকীয় স্বরূপ ॥ ২০৩ ॥
dekhāila tāṅre āge catur-bhuja-rūpa
pāche śyāma-vaṁśī-mukha svakīya svarūpa
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu first showed him the four-handed form and then appeared before him in His original form of Kṛṣṇa, with a blackish complexion and a flute to His lips.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu first showed His four-handed form.
Then He appeared in His original form of Kṛṣṇa, revealing that He is Kṛṣṇa Himself.
His form of Kṛṣṇa had a blackish complexion and a flute to His lips.
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:
It is also accepted that the Absolute Truth has His transcendental, blissful, eternal form. According to the Vedas, the Lord and the living entity are equal in quality but different quantitatively.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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What does this revelation teach me about who Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is?
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