186 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 18

SYNONYMS
vrndavane—at Vrndavana; ha-ila—became; tumi—You; krsna-avataéra—incar-
nation of Krsna; toma dekhi’—by seeing You; sarva-loka—all people; ha-ila
nistara—become liberated.

TRANSLATION

The people then said, “You have appeared in Vrndavana as an incarnation of
Krsna. Just by seeing You, everyone is now liberated.’’

TEXT 111

OS IG, — faye’ ‘fay’, Zeal ai shea |
PACA BH’-walA SE a] BiaAal | 999 1

prabhu kahe,—‘visnu’ ‘visnu’, iha na kahiba!
jivadhame ‘krsna’-jfidana kabhu na kariba!

SYNONYMS

prabhu kahe—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied; visnu vispu—O Visnu, Visnu;
iha—this; nd kahiba—do not speak; jiva-adhame—fallen conditioned souls;
krsna-jfiana—accepting as Lord Krsna; kabhu—ever; na kariba—do not do.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu immediately exclaimed, “Visnu! Visnu! Do not
call Me the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A jiva cannot become Krsna at
any time. Do not even say such a thing!

PURPORT

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu immediately stated that a living being, however ex-
alted he may be, should never be compared to the Supreme Personality of God-
head. All of Sti Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s preaching protests the monistic philoso-
phy of the Mayavada school. The central point of Krsna consciousness is that the
jiva, the living entity, can never be accepted as Krsna or Visnu. This viewpoint is
elaborated in the following verses.

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Aaain— feted Gia, fea-se-nz |
MSU Bs TA ALAA | 992
