CC Madhya 16.75 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 16: The Lord's Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana

Madhya-līlā 16.74 - Madhya-līlā 16.76

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 75

krama kari' kahe prabhu 'vaiṣṇava'-lakṣaṇa

'vaiṣṇava', 'vaiṣṇavatara', āra 'vaiṣṇavatama'

SYNONYMS

krama kari'-dividing according to grades; kahe prabhu—Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spoke; vaiṣṇava-lakṣaṇa—the symptoms of Vaiṣṇavas; vaiṣṇava—the ordinary Vaiṣṇava (the positive platform); vaiṣṇava-tara—the better Vaiṣṇava (the comparative platform); āra—and; vaiṣṇava-tama—the best Vaiṣṇava (the superlative platform).

TRANSLATION

In this way, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed different types of Vaiṣṇavas-the Vaiṣṇava, Vaiṣṇavatara and Vaiṣṇavatama. He thus successively explained all the symptoms of a Vaiṣṇava to the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma.

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