CC Madhya 20.399 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Madhya-līlā 20.398 - Madhya-līlā 20.400

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 399

hariḥ pūrṇatamaḥ pūrṇa-

taraḥ pūrṇa iti tridhā

śreṣṭha-madhyādibhiḥ śabdair

nāṭye yaḥ paripaṭhyate

SYNONYMS

hariḥ—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; pūrṇa-tamaḥ—most complete; pūrṇa-taraḥ—more complete; pūrṇaḥ—complete; iti—thus; tridhā—three stages; śreṣṭha—best; madhya-ādibhiḥ—middle, etc.; śabdaiḥ—by the words; nāṭye—in books on dramatics; yaḥ—who; paripaṭhyate—is proclaimed.

TRANSLATION

“‘This is stated in the dramatic literatures as “perfect,” “more perfect” and “most perfect.” Thus Lord Kṛṣṇa manifests Himself in three ways—perfect, more perfect and most perfect.

Madhya-līlā 20.398 - Madhya-līlā 20.400