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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.138
পূর্বে ভট্টের মনে এক ছিল অভিমান ।
‘শ্রীনারায়ণ’ হয়েন স্বয়ং-ভগবান্ ॥ ১৩৮ ॥
pūrve bhaṭṭera mane eka chila abhimāna
‘śrī-nārāyaṇa’ hayena svayaṁ-bhagavān
Before this explanation was given by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa thought that Śrī Nārāyaṇa was the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa thought that Śrī Nārāyaṇa was the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
This was his understanding before Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave His explanation.
The translation distinguishes Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa’s earlier understanding from the explanation he received.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
The mood of Madhya 9 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Finally the Lord went to Śrī Raṅga-kṣetra, where He converted a brāhmaṇa named Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa, who, along with his family, took up devotional service to Kṛṣṇa. After leaving Śrī Raṅga, Caitanya Mahāprabhu reached Ṛṣabha-parvata, where He met Paramānanda Purī, who later arrived at Jagannātha Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How willing am I to listen when a teaching asks me to reconsider my understanding?
Reread the translation and note what Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa understood before the explanation.
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