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Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta
sei kṛṣṇa avatīrṇa śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya sei parikara-gaṇa saṅge saba dhanya
SYNONYMS
sei kṛṣṇa —that very Lord Kṛṣṇa;  avatīrṇa —that advented;  śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya —in the form of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  sei —those;  parikara-gaṇa —associates;  saṅge —with Him;  saba —all;  dhanya —glorious.
TRANSLATION
The selfsame Lord Kṛṣṇa advented Himself as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with all His eternal associates, who are also equally glorious.
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একলে ঈশ্বর-তত্ত্ব চৈতন্য-ঈশ্বর । ভক্তভাবময় তাঁর শুদ্ধ কলেবর ॥ ১০ ॥
ekale īśvara-tattva caitanya-īśvara bhakta-bhāvamaya tāṅra śuddha kalevara
SYNONYMS
ekale —only one person;  īśvara-tattva —the supreme controller;  caitanya —the supreme living force;  īśvara-controller ;  bhakta-bhāvamaya —in the ecstasy of a devotee;  tāṅra —His;  śuddha —transcendental;  kalevara —body.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is the supreme controller, the one Personality of Godhead, has ecstatically become a devotee, yet His body is transcendental and not materially tinged.
PURPORT
There are different  tattvas  or truths, including  īśa-tattva ,  jīva-tattva  and  śakti-tattva .  īśa-tattva  refers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead Viṣṇu, who is the supreme living force. In the  Kaṭha Upaniṣad  it is said,  nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām : the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the supreme eternal and the supreme living force. The living entities are also eternal and are also living forces, but they are very minute in quantity, whereas the Supreme Lord is the supreme living force and the supreme eternal. The supreme eternal never accepts a body of a temporary material nature, whereas the living entities who are part and parcel of the supreme eternal are prone to do so. Thus according to the Vedic  mantras  the Supreme Lord is the supreme master of innumerable living entities. The Māyāvādī philosophers, however, try to equate the minute living entities with the supreme living entity. Because they recognize no distinctions between them, their philosophy is called  advaita-vāda , or monism. Factually, however, there is a distinction. This verse is especially meant to impart to the Māyāvādī philosopher the understanding