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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 2.73
তারে কহে—কেন কর কুতর্কানুমান ।
শাস্ত্রবিরুদ্ধার্থ কভু না হয় প্রমাণ ॥ ৭৩ ॥
tāre kahe — kene kara kutarkānumāna
śāstra-viruddhārtha kabhu nā haya pramāṇa
To such a misguided interpreter we may reply, “Why should you suggest such fallacious logic? An interpretation is never accepted as evidence if it opposes the principles of scripture.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Misguided interpretation may be challenged by questioning its faulty logic.
An interpretation must not oppose the principles of scripture.
An interpretation that opposes those principles cannot be accepted as evidence.
Revelatory awe. The identity of Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa is established; wonder becomes theological confidence.
The mood of Ādi 2 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:
Lord Caitanya is directly the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, as the evidence of authoritative scriptures proves. This chapter stresses that a devotee who wishes to advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness must have knowledge of Kṛṣṇa’s personal form, His three principal energies, His pastimes and the relationship of the living entities with Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 2
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Do I check whether an interpretation agrees with scripture before accepting it as evidence?
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