316 Sit Caitanya-caritamrta {Adi-li1a, Ch. 17

TEXT 109

Aol OTe fen SFr arse carat |
afacenn fasiare—CBtata zw Sed I

puirve yaiche chilé tumi ebeha se-riipa
durvijfieya nityananda—toméra sveriipa

SYNONYMS

piirve—in the past; yeiche—as much as; chi/@d—Y ou were; tumi—You; ebe ha—now
also; se-rdpa—the same thing; durvijaeya—inconceivable; nitydnanda—eternal happi-
ness; tomdra—Y our; svariipa—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 sdstras. It is not that anyone and everyone can become God without proof from
$astras.

TEXT 110

Oe eify Coen, - Gia Fog ai ertforni |
Ace SH cles HifScs caratenl nse n

prabhu hdasi’ kaila,—tumi kRichu na janila
pirve ami Gchilén jatite goyala
SYNONYMS

prabhu—the Lord; hdsi’—smiling; kaff@—said; tum/—you; kichu—anything; na—
not; jénifa—know; pirve—in the past; dmi—|; achilan—was; jatite—by caste; goydia—
cowherd.
TRANSLATION

When the astrologer was speaking so highly of Him, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
stopped him and began to smile. ‘My dear sir,"’ He said, ‘I think you do not know
very clearly what | was, for | know that in My previous birth ! was a cowherd boy.

TEXT 111

CHIMNYCS Om fer, HSA ATA
CAR ACH CRUG ACF Si M-TH 999 1
