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Prabhupāda:

sarvajña munira vākya-śāstra-'paramāṇa' āmā-sabā jīvera haya śāstra-dvārā 'jñāna'

[Cc Madhya 20.353]

[The Vedic literatures composed by the omniscient Mahāmuni Vyāsadeva are evidence of all spiritual existence. Only through these revealed scriptures …

We should always think that we are in the modes of ignorance. We are just trying to make progress from …

Lord Caitanya says, āmā-sabā jīvera haya śāstra-dvārā 'jñāna'. So therefore, for real knowledge, we have to consult the scriptures, śāstra. …

tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum eva abhigacchet samit-pāṇiḥ śrotriyaṁ brahma-niṣṭham

[Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.12]

[To understand these things properly, one must humbly approach, with firewood in hand, a spiritual master who is learned in …

Śrotriyam, śrotriyam means one who has accepted the Vedic literature, the śāstra, scripture, as the guidance. He can be... Not …

So Lord Caitanya advises... Sanātana Gosvāmī's enquiry is how to know that he..., here is a avatāra. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu …

So, so far incarnation is concerned, here Lord Caitanya says that we have to see through the śāstra whether a …

avatāra nāhi kahe-'āmi avatāra' muni saba jāni' kare lakṣaṇa-vicāra

[Cc Madhya 20.354]

[An actual incarnation of God never says ’I am God’ or ’I am an incarnation of God.’ The great sage …

This is another significance of incarnation. Incarnation never says that "I am incarnation of God." I have read one book …

So here Caitanya Mahāprabhu says, avatāra nāhi kahe-'āmi avatāra'. Actually who is avatāra, incarnation, he'll never say that "I am …

So these things to be analyze, whether He is actually avatāra. Now, even there are characteristics, somebody does not accept …

Because Lord Caitanya described here that in this Kali-yuga the avatāra, His symptoms are like this:

kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ sāṅgopāṅgāstra pārṣadam