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The Golden Volcano of Divine Love - Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math

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48 THE GOLDEN VOLCANOto this verse, I will listen to that.” ßrÈ <strong>Chaitanya</strong>MahÅprabhu told him, “If you order me, I may try.”<strong>The</strong>n He gave eighteen different types <strong>of</strong> explanations<strong>of</strong> that verse, leaving aside the nine alreadygiven by SÅrvabhauma.At that time, while listening to the explanation <strong>of</strong>ßrÈ <strong>Chaitanya</strong> MahÅprabhu, SÅrvabhauma graduallysaw that he was losing his position. His pride was finished.Astounded, he thought, “This youth, thisyoung boy, is not an ordinary person. No ordinaryintellect can refute my arguments. Leaving aside all <strong>of</strong>my attempts to explain this verse, He gave eighteenwonderful explanations <strong>of</strong> this particular verse. Whatis this? Such consistent, irresistible, devotional, andbeautiful explanations are coming, superseding allthose that with great energy and effort I explained.No human being can surpass my explanations. Nohuman intellect can cross mine. This is a differentsort <strong>of</strong> explanation. It is all-encompassing. But it iscoming from this young boy? What is this?”Gradually, he lost his faith in himself and becamebaffled. He recalled how GopÈnÅtha åchÅrya had saidthat ßrÈ <strong>Chaitanya</strong> MahÅprabhu was not a human beingand thought, “It is not possible for a human to explainthings in this way—it is something supernatural”. <strong>The</strong>n

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