Madhya-līlāChapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 20.95-96

pūrve yaiche rāya-pāśe prabhu praśna kailā

tāńra śaktye rāmānanda tāńra uttara dilā

ihāń prabhura śaktye praśna kare sanātana

āpane mahāprabhu kare 'tattva'-nirūpaṇa

SYNONYMS

pūrve — formerly; yaicheas; rāya-pāśe — unto Rāmānanda Rāya; prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; praśna kailā — inquired; tāńra śaktye — only by His mercy; rāmānandaRāmānanda Rāya; tāńra — his; uttara — answers; dilā — gave; ihāń — here; prabhura — of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; śaktye — by the strength; praśna — questions; kare — puts; sanātanaSanātana Gosvāmī; āpane — personally; mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; kare — does; tattva — the truth; nirūpaṇa — discerning.

TRANSLATION

Formerly, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had asked Rāmānanda Rāya spiritual questions, and by the Lord's causeless mercy, Rāmānanda Rāya could properly reply. Now, by the Lord's mercy, Sanātana Gosvāmī questioned the Lord, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally supplied the truth.

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