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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.109
গৌণ–বৃত্ত্যে যেবা ভাষ্য করিল আচার্য ।
তাহার শ্রবণে নাশ হয় সর্ব কার্য ॥ ১০৯ ॥
gauṇa-vṛttye yebā bhāṣya karila ācārya
tāhāra śravaṇe nāśa haya sarva kārya
“Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya has described all the Vedic literatures in terms of indirect meanings. One who hears such explanations is ruined.
Read this verse on Vedabase.ioThis verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.
Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord identifies Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya’s explanations as indirect.
He states that Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya has described all the Vedic literatures in terms of indirect meanings.
The Lord gives a strong warning: one who hears such explanations is ruined.
Collective delight. The Pañca-tattva gives divine love a relational and communal form.
The mood of Ādi 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How seriously do I take the Lord’s warning about hearing indirect explanations of scripture?
Review one scriptural explanation you read today and check whether it replaces the text’s stated meaning with an indirect one.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
2 lectures given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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