prabhu kahe, — upādhyāya, śreṣṭha māna' kāya?
'śyāmam eva paraṁ rūpaṁ' — kahe upādhyāya

 prabhu kahe - Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu inquired; upādhyāya - My dear Upādhyāya; śreṣṭha - the supermost; māna' - you consider; kāya - what; śyāmam - Śyāmasundara, Kṛṣṇa; eva - certainly; param rūpam - the supreme form; kahe - replied; upādhyāya - Raghupati Upādhyāya.


Text

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Raghupati Upādhyāya, “According to your decision, who is the foremost being?”

Purport

Raghupati Upādhyāya replied, “Lord Śyāmasundara is the supreme form.”