CC Madhya 20.105

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

Madhya-līlā 20.104 - Madhya-līlā 20.106

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 105

kṛṣṇa-śakti dhara tumi, jāna tattva-bhāva

jāni’ dārḍhya lāgi’ puche,—sādhura svabhāva

SYNONYMS

kṛṣṇa-śakti — the energy of Lord Kṛṣṇa; dhara — possess; tumi — you; jāna — know; tattva-bhāva — the factual position; jāni’ — although knowing all these things; dārḍhya lāgi’ — for the sake of strictness; puche — he inquires; sādhura — of a saintly person; svabhāva — the nature.

TRANSLATION

“Since you possess Lord Kṛṣṇa’s potency, you certainly know these things. However, it is the nature of a sādhu to inquire. Although he knows these things, the sādhu inquires for the sake of strictness.

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