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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.260
যত অধ্যাপক, আর তাঁর শিষ্যগণ ।
ধর্মী, কর্মী, তপোনিষ্ঠ, নিন্দক, দুর্জন ॥ ২৬০ ॥
yata adhyāpaka, āra tāṅra śiṣya-gaṇa
dharmī, karmī, tapo-niṣṭha, nindaka, durjana
“All the so-called professors and scientists and their students generally follow the regulative principles of religion, fruitive activities and austerities,” the Lord thought, “yet at the same time they are blasphemers and rogues.
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The Lord considered how the professors, scientists, and students followed religious principles, fruitive activities, and austerities while also blaspheming.
Materialists without knowledge of devotional service may be very religious, work systematically, or perform austerities and penances.
If they blaspheme the Supreme Personality of Godhead, these practices do not prevent them from being rogues.
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:
All the Lord’s other associates, situated in their original love, engage in the service of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The same Absolute Truth who enjoys as Kṛṣṇa, Śyāmasundara, who plays His flute and dances with the gopīs, sometimes takes birth in a brāhmaṇa family and plays the part of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, accepting the renounced order of life.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I mistake outward religious discipline for knowledge of devotional service?
Review one religious practice you perform, and consider whether your speech about the Supreme Personality of Godhead is respectful.
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