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mahaprabhu dekhi’ ’satya’ krsna-darasana

nijajnane satya chadi’ ’asatye satya-bhrama’

SYNONYMS

mahaprabhu dekhi’-by seeing Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; satya—truly; krsna-darasana—seeing Krsna; nija-ajnane—by their personal lack of knowledge; satya chadi’-giving up the real truth; asatye—untruth; satya-bhrama—mistaking for the truth.

When the people saw Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, they actually saw Krsna, but because they were following their own imperfect knowledge, they accepted the wrong thing as Krsna.