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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 18]
SYNONYMS
vṛndāvane —at  Vṛndāvana ;  ha-ilā —became;  tumi —You;  kṛṣṇa-avatāra —incarnation of  Kṛṣṇa ;  tomā dekhi —by seeing You;  sarva-loka —all people;  ha-ila nistāra —become liberated.
TRANSLATION
The people then said, “You have appeared in  Vṛndāvana  as an incarnation of  Kṛṣṇa . Just by seeing You, everyone is now liberated.”
TEXT 111
अভু कहे,—‘विষु’ ‘विषु’, ইহা না কহিবা ! জীবাধমে ‘কৃষ্ণ’-জ্ঞান কভু না করিবা ! ১১১ ॥
prabhu kahe ,—‘ viṣṇu’ ‘viṣṇu’, ihā nā kahibā! jīvādhame ‘kṛṣṇa’-jñāna kabhu nā karibā!
SYNONYMS
prabhu kahe —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied;  viṣṇu viṣṇu —O  Viṣṇu ,  Viṣṇu ;  ihā —this;  nā kahibā —do not speak;  jīva-adhame —fallen conditioned souls;  kṛṣṇa-jñāna —accepting as Lord  Kṛṣṇa ;  kabhu —ever;  nā karibā —do not do.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu immediately exclaimed, “Viṣṇu! Viṣṇu! Do not call Me the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A jīva cannot become  Kṛṣṇa  at any time. Do not even say such a thing!
PURPORT
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu immediately stated that a living being, however exalted he may be, should never be compared to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. All of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s preaching protests the monistic philosophy of the  Māyāvāda  school. The central point of  Kṛṣṇa  consciousness is that the  jīva , the living entity, can never be accepted as  Kṛṣṇa  or  Viṣṇu . This viewpoint is elaborated in the following verses.
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সন্ন্যাসী—চিৎকণ জীব, কিরণ-কণ-সম । যদ্দৈশ্বর্যপূর্ণ কৃষ্ণ হয় সূর্যোপম ॥ ১১২ ॥