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Lord Caitanya in Five Features

Cc Ādi 7.10
Text
ekale īśvara-tattva caitanya-īśvara
bhakta-bhāvamaya tāṅra śuddha kalevara
Synonyms

ekale-only one person; īśvara-tattva-the supreme controller; caitanya-the supreme living force; īśvara-controller; bhakta-bhāva-maya-in the ecstasy of a devotee; tāṅra-His; śuddha-transcendental; kalevara-body.

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is the supreme controller, the one Personality of Godhead, has ecstatically become a devotee, yet His body is transcendental and not materially tinged.

Purport

The Māyāvādī philosophers, however, try to equate the minute living entities with the supreme living entity. Because they recognize no distinctions between them, their philosophy is called Advaita-vāda, or monism. Factually, however, there is a distinction. This verse is especially meant to impart to the Māyāvādī philosopher the understanding that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the supreme controller. The supreme controller, the Personality of Godhead, is Kṛṣṇa Himself, but as a transcendental pastime He has accepted the form of a devotee, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.