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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Ādi-līlā, C h. 17]
TEXT 109
পুর্বে ধৈছে ছিলা ভুমি এবেহ সেরুপ । 
    দুর্বিজ্ঞেয় নিত্যানন্দ—তোমার স্বরুপ ॥ ১০৯ ॥
pūrve yaiche chilā tumi ebeha se-rūpa 
    durvijñeya nityānanda—tomāra svarūpa
SYNONYMS
pūrve —in the past;  yaiche —as much as;  chilā —You were;  tumi —You;  ebe ha —now also;  se-rūpa —the same thing;  durvijñeya —inconceivable;  nityānanda —eternal happiness;  tomāra —Your;  svarūpa —identity.
TRANSLATION
“You are now the same Personality of Godhead that You were in Your previous birth. Your identity is inconceivable eternal happiness.”
PURPORT
By the power of astrological science one can even ascertain the position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Everything is to be identified by its symptoms. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is identified by the symptoms mentioned in the  śāstras . It is not that anyone and everyone can become God without proof from  śāstras .
TEXT 110
প্রভু হাসি’ কৈলা, - ভুমি কিছু না জানিলা । 
    পুর্বে আমি আছিলাঙ জাতিতে গোয়ালা ॥ ১১০ ॥
prabhu hāsi’ kailā,—tumi kichu nā jānilā 
    pūrve āmi āchilāṅ jātite goyālā
SYNONYMS
prabhu —the Lord;  hāsi’ —smiling;  kailā —said;  tumi —you;  kichu —anything;  nā —not;  jānilā —know;  pūrve —in the past;  āmi —I;  āchilāṅ —was;  jātite —by caste;  goyālā —cowherd.
TRANSLATION
When the astrologer was speaking so highly of Him, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stopped him and began to smile. “My dear sir,” He said, “I think you do not know very clearly what I was, for I know that in My previous birth I was a cowherd boy.
TEXT 111
গোপগৃহে জন্ম ছিল, গাভীর রাখাল । 
    সেই পুণ্যে কৈলাঙ এবে ভ্রাজ্জণ-ছাওয়াল ॥ ১১১ ॥