bhakta-gaṇa anubhave, nÄhi jÄne Äna
Å›rÄ«-bhÄgavata-Å›Ästra tÄhÄte pramÄṇa

 bhakta-gaṇa - all devotees; anubhave - could perceive; nÄhi jÄne - do not know; Äna - others; Å›rÄ«-bhÄgavata-Å›Ästra - the revealed scripture ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam; tÄhÄte - in that connection; pramÄṇa - evidence.


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ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu’s dancing before the Ratha-yÄtrÄ car could be perceived only by pure devotees. Others could not understand. Descriptions of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s uncommon dancing can be found in the revealed scripture ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam.

Purport

Lord ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa expanded Himself into many forms while engaged in the rÄsa-lÄ«lÄ dance, and He also expanded Himself when He married 16,000 wives in DvÄrakÄ. The same process was adopted by ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu when He expanded Himself into seven forms to dance in each and every group of the saá¹…kÄ«rtana party. These expansions were appreciated by pure devotees, including King PratÄparudra. Although for reasons of external formality ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu refused to see King PratÄparudra because he was a king, King PratÄparudra became one of the Lord’s most confidential devotees by the Lord’s special mercy upon him. The King could see ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu simultaneously present in all seven groups. As confirmed in ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, one cannot see the expansions of the transcendental forms of the Lord unless one is a pure devotee of the Lord.