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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 6: The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
Madhya 6.279Madhya 6.281

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.280

ভট্টাচার্যের বৈষ্ণবতা দেখি’ সর্বজন ।

প্রভুকে জানিল — ‘সাক্ষাৎ ব্রজেন্দ্রনন্দন’ ॥ ২৮০ ॥

bhaṭṭācāryera vaiṣṇavatā dekhi’ sarva-jana

prabhuke jānila — ‘sākṣāt vrajendra-nandana’

Translation

Upon seeing transcendental Vaiṣṇavism in Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, everyone could understand that Lord Caitanya was none other than Kṛṣṇa, the son of Nanda Mahārāja.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Lord Caitanya Is Kṛṣṇa Himself

  1. 1

    Everyone could see transcendental Vaiṣṇavism in Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.

  2. 2

    Seeing this enabled them to understand Lord Caitanya’s identity.

  3. 3

    Lord Caitanya was none other than Kṛṣṇa, the son of Nanda Mahārāja.

How it feels

Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.

The mood of Madhya 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 6: The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised Sārvabhauma not to change the reading of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, because mukti-pada indicated the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa. Having become a pure devotee, the Bhaṭṭācārya said, “Because the meaning is hazy, I still prefer bhakti-pada. ” At this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and the other inhabitants of Jagannātha Purī became very pleased.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. bhaṭṭācāryeraof Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
  2. vaiṣṇavatāclear understanding of Vaiṣṇava philosophy
  3. dekhi’seeing
  4. sarva-janaall persons
  5. prabhukeLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. jānilaknew
  7. sākṣātdirectly
  8. vrajendra-nandanaKṛṣṇa, the son of Mahārāja Nanda
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “nanda”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya’s transcendental Vaiṣṇavism reveal Lord Caitanya’s identity?

Practice

Read aloud the statement that Lord Caitanya is none other than Kṛṣṇa, the son of Nanda Mahārāja.

Live this todayLord Caitanya Is Kṛṣṇa HimselfThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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