Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c9.s5.35

c9.s5.35

to him such eulogistic epithets as the *bhagavat*, *jagad-guru*, *ananta-adbhuta-aiśvarya*, *tīrthottama*, *mahāścarya-prabhāvaka*, but there is nothing in them that does not apply, for instance, to one's Guru; and it is remarkable that nowhere is Caitanya directly identified with Kṛṣṇa or even spoken of as an incarnation. The contents of the work appear to confirm and support this attitude; for it is significant that this elaborate authoritative text on the ritualism of the sect gives no direction for the worship of Caitanya or his image, although it deals elaborately with the every-day service as well as the temple-ritual connected with Kṛṣṇa and his image.