Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 25.26
Do Not Abandon the Direct Meaning
“Giving up the direct meaning of the Vedānta-sūtra and the Upaniṣads, Śaṅkarācārya imagines some other interpretation.
What the purport teaches
- Śaṅkarācārya gives up the direct meaning of the Vedānta-sūtra and the Upaniṣads.
- In place of that direct meaning, he imagines another interpretation.
- The contrast is with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who explains the direct meaning and satisfies the learned scholars.
Try this today
Reread the translation and distinguish what it directly says from any assumptions you bring to it.
Ask yourself
When reading, do I attend to what the text says or impose my own interpretation?
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.