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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.155
কাজী কহে,—তোমার যৈছে বেদ–পুরাণ ।
তৈছে আমার শাস্ত্র—কেতাব ‘কোরাণ’ ॥ ১৫৫ ॥
kājī kahe, — tomāra yaiche veda-purāṇa
taiche āmāra śāstra — ketāva ‘korāṇa’
The Kazi replied, “As You have Your scriptures called the Vedas and Purāṇas, we have our scripture, known as the holy Koran.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Kazi names the Vedas and Purāṇas as the Lord’s scriptures and the holy Koran as his own.
Chand Kazi agrees to discuss the question with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu on the strength of scripture.
The purport explains that quotations from the Vedas establish a Vedic argument, while quotations from the Koran authorize Muslim arguments. The Kazi turns to his scriptures to address the question of cow-killing and bull-killing.
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Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
In this chapter we shall find descriptions of the mango distribution festival and Lord Caitanya’s discourses with Chand Kazi. Finally, the chapter shows that the same son of mother Yaśodā, Lord Kṛṣṇa, tasted four transcendental mellows of devotional service in His form of Śacīnandana, the son of mother Śacī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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In this verse: “discuss”
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