CC Madhya 18.98 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 18: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Visit to Śrī Vṛndāvana

Madhya-līlā 18.97 - Madhya-līlā 18.99

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.

TEXT 98

mahāprabhu dekhi’ ‘satya’ kṛṣṇa-daraśana

nijājñāne satya chāḍi’ ‘asatye satya-bhrama’

SYNONYMS

mahāprabhu dekhi’—by seeing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; satya—truly; kṛṣṇa-daraśana—seeing Kṛṣṇa; nija-ajñāne—by their personal lack of knowledge; satya chāḍi’—giving up the real truth; asatye—untruth; satya-bhrama—mistaking for the truth.

TRANSLATION

When the people saw Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, they actually saw Kṛṣṇa, but because they were following their own imperfect knowledge, they accepted the wrong thing as Kṛṣṇa.

Madhya-līlā 18.97 - Madhya-līlā 18.99