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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.145
তুমি যে পড়িলা শ্লোক, সে হয় প্রমাণ ।
সেই শ্লোকে আইসে ‘কৃষ্ণ — স্বয়ং ভগবান্’ ॥ ১৪৫ ॥
tumi ye paḍilā śloka, se haya pramāṇa
sei śloke āise ‘kṛṣṇa — svayaṁ bhagavān’
“You have recited the śloka beginning with ‘siddhāntatas tv abhede’pi.’ That very verse is evidence that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa had recited the śloka beginning with “siddhāntatas tv abhede’pi.”
The Lord pointed back to that very verse as evidence.
He explained that it establishes Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
He also visited Rāmeśvara, where He collected some papers connected with Sītādevī, whose illusory form had been kidnapped by Rāvaṇa. The Lord next visited the places known as Pāṇḍya-deśa, the Tāmraparṇī River, Naya-tripati, Ciyaḍatalā, Tila-kāñcī, Gajendra-mokṣaṇa, Pānāgaḍi, Cāmtāpura, Śrī Vaikuṇṭha, Malaya-parvata and Kanyā-kumārī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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