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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.89
আচার্য কহে, — “বস্তু-বিষয়ে হয় বস্তু-জ্ঞান ।
বস্তুতত্ত্ব-জ্ঞান হয় কৃপাতে প্রমাণ ॥ ৮৯ ॥
ācārya kahe, — “vastu-viṣaye haya vastu-jñāna
vastu-tattva-jñāna haya kṛpāte pramāṇa
Gopīnātha Ācārya replied, “Knowledge of the summum bonum, the Absolute Truth, is evidence of the mercy of the Supreme Lord.”
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Gopīnātha Ācārya said that knowledge of the Absolute Truth is evidence of the Supreme Lord’s mercy.
The Absolute Truth and His different potencies are identical. Through the manifestation of those potencies, one can understand the substance of the Absolute Truth.
The summum bonum, the Absolute Truth, includes all potencies in one unit. The Absolute Truth with His different characteristics is the original substance.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Because of His silence, the Bhaṭṭācārya asked Him whether He was understanding the Vedānta philosophy, and the Lord replied, “Sir, I can understand Vedānta philosophy very clearly, but I cannot understand your explanations.” There was then a discussion between the Bhaṭṭācārya and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu concerning the authority of the Vedic scriptures, specifically the Upaniṣads and Vedānta-sūtra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mercy”
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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How does this verse connect knowledge of the Absolute Truth with the Lord’s mercy?
Write one sentence summarizing why Gopīnātha Ācārya identifies knowledge of the Absolute Truth as evidence of mercy.
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