SpiritualAll glories to Śrī Śrī Māyāpura-candra
To attract the reader’s attention: In the Ninth Chapter of the Madhya-līlā (234–242) of the Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, the following is written:
sei dina cali’ āilā payasvinī-tīre
snāna kari’ gelā ādi-keśava-mandire
mahā-bhakta-gaṇa-saha tāhā goṣṭhī haila
‘brahma-saṁhitādhyāya’ pūṅthi tāhā pāila
pūṅthi pāñā prabhura haila ānanda apāra
kampa-aśru-sveda-stambha-pulaka-vikāra
siddhānta-śāstra nāhi ‘brahma-saṁhitā’-samāna
govinda-mahimā-jñānera parama kāraṇa
alpa akṣare kahe siddhānta apāra
sakala-vaiṣṇava-śāstra-madhye ati sāra
bahu yatne sei puṅthi nila lekhāiyā
‘ananta padmanābha’ āilā haraṣita hañā
That day the Lord proceeded to the bank of the Payasvinī River. After bathing, He went to the temple of Ādi-keśava.
There, in the company of great devotees, discussion took place, and He discovered a manuscript containing a chapter of the Brahma-saṁhitā.
Upon obtaining that manuscript, the Lord experienced boundless joy. Trembling, tears, perspiration, stunned ecstasy, and horripilation arose within Him.
No Scripture of conclusive spiritual truth equals the Brahma-saṁhitā. It is the supreme source of knowledge concerning the glories of Govinda.
In but few words it expresses limitless philosophical truth. Among all Vaiṣṇava Scriptures, it is the very essence.
Taking great care, the Lord had the manuscript copied and then joyfully arrived at Ananta Padmanābha.
I have little more to say beyond this. I shall simply state the following: If this Scripture is indeed counted among the most ancient śāstras, then it stands as an extraordinarily wonderful testimony to kṛṣṇa-bhakti. And if someone argues that this Scripture was unknown in this region and was therefore composed by Śrīman Mahāprabhu Himself, then what could be a greater cause for happiness? For if even a single conclusive philosophical work composed directly by Śrī Mahāprabhu were obtained, all doubts within the Vaiṣṇava world would immediately vanish.
In whatever way one may judge the matter, this Brahma-saṁhitā is worthy of worship by all devotees.
—Śrī Bhaktivinoda