Sri Caitanya Caritamrita. Madhya-lila

Chapter 20: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Instructs Sanatana Gosvami in the Science of the Absolute Truth. Text 95-96

pÅ«rve yaiche rÄya-pÄÅ›e prabhu praÅ›na kailÄ
tÄá¹…ra Å›aktye rÄmÄnanda tÄá¹…ra uttara dilÄ
ihÄá¹… prabhura Å›aktye praÅ›na kare sanÄtana
Äpane mahÄprabhu kare 'tattva'-nirÅ«paṇa

 pÅ«rve - formerly; yaiche - as; rÄya-pÄÅ›e - unto RÄmÄnanda RÄya; prabhu - ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu; praÅ›na kailÄ - inquired; tÄá¹…ra Å›aktye - only by His mercy; rÄmÄnanda - RÄmÄnanda RÄya; tÄá¹…ra - his; uttara - answers; dilÄ - gave; ihÄá¹… - here; prabhura - of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu; Å›aktye - by the strength; praÅ›na - questions; kare - puts; sanÄtana - SanÄtana GosvÄmÄ«; Äpane - personally; mahÄprabhu - ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu; kare - does; tattva - the truth; nirÅ«paṇa - discerning.


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Formerly, ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu had asked RÄmÄnanda RÄya spiritual questions, and by the Lord’s causeless mercy, RÄmÄnanda RÄya could properly reply. Now, by the Lord’s mercy, SanÄtana GosvÄmÄ« questioned the Lord, and ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu personally supplied the truth.

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