Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 6.78

'bhaṭṭācārya' tumi ińhāra nā jāna mahimā

bhagavattā-lakṣaṇera ińhātei sīmā

SYNONYMS

bhaṭṭācārya — my dear Bhaṭṭācārya; tumi — you; ińhāra — of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; nā — not; jāna — know; mahimā — the greatness; bhagavattā — of being the Supreme Personality of Godhead; lakṣaṇera — of symptoms; ińhātei — in Him; sīmā — the highest degree.

TRANSLATION

"My dear Bhaṭṭācārya, you do not know the greatness of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. All the symptoms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are found in Him to the highest degree."

PURPORT

Since the Bhaṭṭācārya was an impersonalist, he had no idea of the Absolute Truth beyond the impersonal effulgence. However, Gopīnātha Ācārya informed him that Caitanya Mahāprabhu was the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Those who know the Absolute Truth know it in three phases, as explained in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.2.11):

vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvaḿ yaj jñānam advayam

brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate

"Those who are in knowledge of the nondual Absolute Truth know very clearly what is Brahman, what is Paramātmā, and what is the Supreme Personality of Godhead." The Supreme Personality of Godhead is ṣaḍ-aiśvarya-pūrṇa, complete with six opulences. Gopīnātha Ācārya emphasized that all those six opulences were completely existing in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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