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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.80
শিষ্যগণ কহে, — ‘ঈশ্বর কহ কোন্ প্রমাণে ।’
আচার্য কহে, — ‘বিজ্ঞমত ঈশ্বর-লক্ষণে ॥’ ৮০ ॥
śiṣya-gaṇa kahe, — ‘īśvara kaha kon pramāṇe’
ācārya kahe, — ‘vijña-mata īśvara-lakṣaṇe’
The disciples of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya retaliated, “By what evidence do you conclude that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the Supreme Lord?”
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The disciples of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya challenged the conclusion that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the Supreme Lord.
They asked what evidence supported that conclusion.
Gopīnātha Ācārya replied that the statements of authorized ācāryas are proof. These ācāryas understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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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:
His brother-in-law, Gopīnātha Ācārya, established that Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu was Kṛṣṇa Himself, but Sārvabhauma and his many disciples could not accept this. However, Gopīnātha Ācārya convinced Sārvabhauma that no one can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead without being favored by Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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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: “gopīnātha”
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What makes the testimony of authorized ācāryas significant in this exchange?
Write the disciples’ question and summarize Gopīnātha Ācārya’s answer in your own words.
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