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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
logic. He explained the  śloka  in nine different ways chiefly based on logic because he was the most renowned scholar of logic of the time.
The Lord, after hearing the Bhaṭṭācārya, thanked him for the scholarly presentation of the  śloka , and then, at the request of the Bhaṭṭācārya, the Lord explained the  śloka  in sixty-four different ways without touching the nine explanations given by the Bhaṭṭācārya.
Thus after hearing the explanation of the  ātmārāma śloka  from the Lord, the Bhaṭṭācārya was convinced that such a scholarly presentation is impossible for an earthly creature.* Before this Śrī Gopīnātha Ācārya tried to convince him of the divinity of the Lord, but at that time he could not so accept Him. But the Bhaṭṭācārya was astounded by the Lord's exposition of the  Vedānta-sūtra  and explanations of the  ātmārāma śloka , and thus he began to think that he had committed a great offense at the lotus feet of the Lord by not recognizing Him to be Kṛṣṇa Himself. He then surrendered unto Him, repenting for his past dealings with Him, and the Lord was kind enough to accept the Bhaṭṭācārya. Out of His causeless mercy, the Lord manifested before him first as four-handed Nārāyaṇa and then again as two-handed Lord Kṛṣṇa with a flute in His hand.
The Bhaṭṭācārya at once fell down at the lotus feet of the Lord and composed many suitable  ślokas  in praise of the Lord by His grace. He composed almost one hundred  ślokas  in praise of the Lord. The Lord then embraced him, and out of transcendental ecstasy the Bhaṭṭācārya lost consciousness of the physical state of life. Tears, trembling, throbbing of the heart, perspiration, emotional waves, dancing, singing, crying and all the eight symptoms of trance were manifested in the body of the Bhaṭṭācārya. Śrī Gopīnātha Ācārya became very glad and astonished by this marvellous conversion of his brother-in-law by the grace of the Lord.
Out of the hundred celebrated  ślokas  composed by the Bhaṭṭācārya in praise of the Lord, the following two are most important, and these two  ślokas  explain the mission of the Lord in gist. They are as follows.
1. Let me surrender unto the Personality of Godhead who has appeared now as Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He is the ocean of all mercy and has come down to teach us material detachment, learning and devotional service to Himself.
2. Since pure devotional service of the Lord has been lost in the oblivion of time, the Lord has appeared to renovate the principles, and therefore I offer my obeisances unto His lotus feet.
*The complete text of the explanation given by the Lord will form a booklet itself, and therefore we have presented it in a chapter in our  Teachings of Lord Caitanya .