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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.228
তর্ক না করিহ, তর্কাগোচর তাঁর রীতি ।
বিশ্বাস করিয়া শুন করিয়া প্রতীতি ॥ ২২৮ ॥
tarka nā kariha, tarkāgocara tāṅra rīti
viśvāsa kariyā śuna kariyā pratīti
Hear about such incidents without putting forth dry arguments, for these incidents are beyond our material reasoning. One must believe in them with faith.
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The reader is asked to hear these incidents without putting forth dry arguments.
These incidents are beyond our material reasoning.
The instruction is to believe in them with faith.
Steadfast compassion. Haridāsa’s spiritual conviction and the reach of the holy name confront prejudice and temptation.
The mood of Antya 3 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:
Because of this offense, Gopāla Cakravartī was punished by being afflicted with leprosy. Haridāsa Ṭhākura later left Cāndapura and went to the house of Advaita Ācārya, where he was tested by Māyādevī, the personification of the external energy.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
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How can I hear this account with faith rather than approach it only through dry arguments?
Read this translation slowly once, pausing to acknowledge the limits of material reasoning.
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