208 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 20

PURPORT

Sanatana Gosvami wanted to confirm the fact that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is
the incarnation of Krsna for this age. According to sastra, in Kali-yuga the Lord
would assume a golden or yellow color and would distribute love of Krsna and
the sankirtana movement. In accordance with sastra and saintly persons, these
characteristics were vividly displayed by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and it was
therefore clear that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was an incarnation of Krsna. He was
confirmed by the sdastras, and His characteristics were accepted by saintly people.
Since Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu could not escape Sanatana Gosvami's argument,
He remained silent on this point and thereby indirectly accepted Sanatana’s state-
ment. By this we can clearly understand that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was the
direct incarnation of Lord Krsna.

TEXT 366

AZ VR, —PEAla VY, AASa |
TSCA aSicar VA faaae || Ovy i

prabhu kahe, —caturali chada, sanatana
saktydvesavatarera suna vivarana

SYNONYMS

prabhu kahe —Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied; caturali—very intelligent argu-
ment; chada—give up; sandtana—O Sanatana; sakti-avesa-avatarera—of the es-
pecially empowered incarnations; suna—hear; vivarana—the description.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied, ‘‘O Sanatana, you must give up your in-
telligent tricks. Just try to understand the meaning of the saktyavesa-avatara.

TEXT 367

ASNT AStA STHA AR aieeq |
feats it qs FAT TA Ov I

saktyavesavatara krsnera asankhya ganana
dig-darasana kari mukhya mukhya jana

SYNONYMS

sak ti-avesa-avatdara—incarnations especially empowered by the Lord;
krsnera—of Lord Krsna; asankhya ganana—unlimited and innumerable; dik-
