Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 17.158
The Kazi Challenges the Scriptural Position
“As a learned scholar, the Kazi challenged Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “In Your Vedic scriptures there is an injunction for killing a cow. On the strength of this injunction, great sages performed sacrifices involving cow-killing.””
What the purport teaches
- The Kazi approached Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s position as a learned scholar.
- He claimed that the Vedic scriptures contain an injunction for killing a cow.
- To support his challenge, he said that great sages had performed sacrifices involving cow-killing on the strength of that injunction.
Try this today
Write one sentence summarizing the Kazi’s challenge, clearly identifying it as his claim.
Ask yourself
Can you distinguish the Kazi’s claim from the evidence he offers for it?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.