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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.72
সার্বভৌম কহে, — ‘ইঁহার নাম সর্বোত্তম ।
ভারতী সম্প্রদায় ইঁহো — হয়েন মধ্যম ॥’ ৭২ ॥
sārvabhauma kahe, — ‘iṅhāra nāma sarvottama
bhāratī-sampradāya iṅho — hayena madhyama’
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya said, “ ‘Śrī Kṛṣṇa’ is a very good name, but He belongs to the Bhāratī community. Therefore He is a second-class sannyāsī.”
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Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya calls “Śrī Kṛṣṇa” a very good name.
He notes that the Lord belongs to the Bhāratī community.
On that basis, Sārvabhauma describes Him as a second-class sannyāsī. This is Sārvabhauma’s assessment in the verse.
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:
He proved by śāstric quotation, quotations from the revealed scriptures, that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was Kṛṣṇa Himself in person. Still, Sārvabhauma did not take these statements very seriously.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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What basis does Sārvabhauma give for his assessment?
Reread the statement and distinguish Sārvabhauma’s praise of the name from his judgment about the community.
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