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Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Is the Supreme Personality of Godhead

Cc Ādi 2.5
Text
yad advaitaṁ brahmopaniṣadi tad apy asya tanu-bhā
ya ātmāntar-yāmī puruṣa iti so 'syāṁśa-vibhavaḥ
ṣaḍ-aiśvaryaiḥ pūrṇo ya iha bhagavān sa svayam ayaṁ
na caitanyāt krṣṇāj jagati para-tattvaṁ param iha
Synonyms

yat-that which; advaitam-without a second; brahma-the impersonal Brahman; upaniṣadi-in the Upaniṣads; tat-that; api-certainly; asya-His; tanu-bhā-the effulgence of His transcendental body; yaḥ-who; ātmā-the Supersoul; antaḥ-yāmī-indwelling Lord; puruṣaḥ-the supreme enjoyer; iti-thus; saḥ-He; asya-His; aṁśa-vibhavaḥ-expansion of a plenary portion; ṣaṭ-aiśvaryaiḥ-with the six opulences; pūrṇaḥ-full; yaḥ-who; iha-here; bhagavān-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; saḥ-He; svayam-Himself; ayam-this one; na-not; caitanyāt-than Lord Caitanya; kṛṣṇāt-than Lord Kṛṣṇa; jagati-in the world; para-higher; tattvam-truth; param-another; iha-here.

Translation

What the Upaniṣads describe as the impersonal Brahman is but the effulgence of His body, and the Lord known as the Supersoul is but His localized plenary portion. He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa Himself, full with six opulences. He is the Absolute Truth, and no other truth is greater than or equal to Him.

Purport

Furthermore, Lord Caitanya is also the master of all wealth, strength, fame, beauty, knowledge and renunciation because He is Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself. He is described as pūrṇa, or complete. In the feature of Lord Caitanya, the Lord is an ideal renouncer, just as Śrī Rāma was an ideal king. He accepted the order of sannyāsa and exemplified exceedingly wonderful principles in His own life. No one can compare to Him in the order of sannyāsa. Although in Kali-yuga acceptance of the sannyāsa order is generally forbidden, Lord Caitanya accepted it because He is complete in renunciation. Others cannot imitate Him but can only follow in His footsteps as far as possible. Those who are unfit for this order of life are strictly forbidden by the injunctions of the śāstras to accept it. Lord Caitanya, however, is complete in renunciation as well as all other opulences. He is therefore the highest principle of the Absolute Truth.