Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 7.132
Preserve the Authority of Vedic Evidence
“The self-evident Vedic literatures are the highest evidence of all, but if these literatures are interpreted, their self-evident nature is lost.
What the purport teaches
- The self-evident Vedic literatures are the highest evidence.
- Interpreting Vedic evidence according to our own judgment makes its authority imperfect or useless. Such interpretation minimizes its value.
- Quotations from Vedic literature are accepted as authoritative. We should not try to bring that authority under our own control.
Try this today
Reread this translation and summarize what it says without adding a personal reinterpretation.
Ask yourself
When might you be tempted to make a scriptural statement fit your own judgment?
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.