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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.184
প্রভু কহে, — শ্রুতি, স্মৃতি, যত ঋষিগণ ।
সবে ‘এক’-মত নহে, ভিন্ন ভিন্ন ধর্ম ॥ ১৮৪ ॥
prabhu kahe, — śruti, smṛti, yata ṛṣi-gaṇa
sabe ‘eka’-mata nahe, bhinna bhinna dharma
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “The Vedas, Purāṇas and great learned sages are not always in agreement with one another. Consequently there are different religious principles.
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The Vedas, Purāṇas and learned sages are not always in agreement, and consequently there are different religious principles.
On the material platform there is no possibility of agreement. The Absolute Truth, however, is one, and on that platform there is no disagreement.
On the absolute platform, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is worshipable. The worshipful Deity is one, and the process of worship is bhakti.
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The purport of CC Madhya 17.184 quotesBG 18.55
As stated in the Bhagavad-gītā (18.55), bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ.
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Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.
The mood of Madhya 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:
Thereafter the Lord visited the twelve forests of Vṛndāvana and was filled with great ecstatic love. As He toured the Vṛndāvana forests, He heard the chirping of parrots and other birds.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I more interested in disagreement or in the process of bhakti?
Set aside a few minutes today for worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead rather than argument.
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