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The lord's Return to Jagannātha Puri
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certainly defeated in an argument with the spiritual master.” Brahmānanda Bhāratī immediately countered these words, saying, “This is not the cause of Your defeat. There is another cause.
TEXT 174
ভক্ত ঠাঞি হার’ তুমি,—এ তোমার স্বভাব । আর এক শুন তুমি আপন প্রভাব ॥ ১৭৪ ॥
bhakta ṭhāñi hāra’ tumi,—e tomāra svabhāva āra eka śuna tumi āpana prabhāva
SYNONYMS
bhakta ṭhāñi  —in the presence of a devotee;  hāra’  —become defeated;  tumi  —You; e —this;  tomāra  —Your;  sva-bhāva  —nature;  āra  —another;  eka  —one;  śuna  —hear;  tumi  —You;  āpana prabhāva  —Your own influence.
TRANSLATION
“This is Your natural characteristic. You accept defeat at the hands of Your devotee. There is is also another glory of Yours, which I ask You to hear attentively.
TEXT 175
আজন্ম করিনু মুঞি ‘নিরাকার’-ধ্যান । তোমা দেখি ‘কৃষ্ণ’ হৈল মোর বিছমান ॥ ১৭৫ ॥
ājanma karinu muñi ‘nirākāra’-dhyāna tomā dekhi’ ‘kṛṣṇa’ haila mora vidyamāna
SYNONYMS
a-janma —since my birth;  karinu —have done;  muñi —l;  nirākāra-dhyāna —meditation on impersonal Brahman;  tomā dekhi’ —by seeing You;  kṛṣṇa —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  haila —became;  mora —my;  vidyamāna —experience.
TRANSLATION
“I have been meditating on the impersonal Brahman since my birth, but since I have seen You, I have fully experienced Kṛṣṇa.”
PURPORT
Brahmānanda Bhāratī admitted that when there is an argument between the spiritual master and the disciple, the spiritual master is naturally victorious, al-