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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.169
তুমি যে কহিলে, পণ্ডিত, সেই সত্য হয় ।
আধুনিক আমার শাস্ত্র, বিচার–সহ নয় ॥ ১৬৯ ॥
tumi ye kahile, paṇḍita, sei satya haya
ādhunika āmāra śāstra, vicāra-saha naya
“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.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
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.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
The mood of Ādi 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
When Kṛṣṇa in His form of Nārāyaṇa saw Rādhārāṇī, He could not keep His position as Nārāyaṇa and again assumed the form of Kṛṣṇa. The King of Vrajabhūmi is Nanda Mahārāja, and the same person in Navadvīpa is Jagannātha Miśra, the father of Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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