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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.91
তবু ত’ ঈশ্বর-জ্ঞান না হয় তোমার ।
ঈশ্বরের মায়া এই — বলি ব্যবহার ॥ ৯১ ॥
tabu ta’ īśvara-jñāna nā haya tomāra
īśvarera māyā ei — bali vyavahāra
“Despite directly perceiving the symptoms of the Supreme Lord in the body of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, you cannot understand Him. This is commonly called illusion.
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Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya had already seen uncommon symptoms of ecstasy in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s body.
Despite directly perceiving the symptoms of the Supreme Lord, he could not understand Him.
Gopīnātha Ācārya called this failure to understand, despite seeing, illusion.
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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:
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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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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this verse help me distinguish seeing from understanding?
Write one sentence explaining why direct perception did not mean understanding in this verse.
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