Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 17.169
Eternal Knowledge and Recently Compiled Scriptures
“My dear Nimāi Paṇḍita, what You have said is all true. Our scriptures have developed only recently, and they are certainly not logical and philosophical.
What the purport teaches
- The Kazi acknowledges that Nimāi Paṇḍita’s statements are true and describes his own scriptures as recently developed and lacking logic and philosophy.
- The purport identifies the Old Testament, New Testament and Koran as scriptures of the yavanas, or meat-eaters. It contrasts their historical compilation and occasional contradictions with eternal Vedic knowledge.
- The purport judges their arguments as not very sound and transcendental. It states that modern people advanced in science and philosophy therefore deem them unacceptable.
Try this today
Write a brief summary of the purport’s contrast between Vedic knowledge and recently compiled scriptures.
Ask yourself
What distinction does this passage make between eternal knowledge and historically compiled scriptures?
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.