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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.353
সর্বজ্ঞ মুনির বাক্য — শাস্ত্র-‘পরমাণ’ ।
আমা-সবা জীবের হয় শাস্ত্রদ্বারা ‘জ্ঞান’ ॥ ৩৫৩ ॥
sarvajña munira vākya — śāstra-‘paramāṇa’
āmā-sabā jīvera haya śāstra-dvārā ‘jñāna’
“The Vedic literatures composed by the omniscient Mahāmuni Vyāsadeva are evidence of all spiritual existence. Only through these revealed scriptures can all conditioned souls attain knowledge.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Spiritual knowledge is not gained by manufacturing ideas in the mind. It rests on śabda-pramāṇa, evidence from Vedic literature.
Śrīla Vyāsadeva is called Mahāmuni and Vedavyāsa. He divided the Vedas into four divisions, expanded them into eighteen Purāṇas and summarized Vedic knowledge in the Vedānta-sūtra.
He also compiled the Mahābhārata, accepted as the fifth Veda. The Bhagavad-gītā is contained within it and is therefore also Vedic literature.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
The mood of Madhya 20 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:
At this time Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very pleased with him, and thus Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī received knowledge of the Absolute Truth from the Lord Himself. First they discussed the constitutional position of the living entities, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained to Sanātana Gosvāmī how the living entity is one of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s energies.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I distinguish an idea I have imagined from knowledge received through revealed scripture?
Read a short passage from the Bhagavad-gītā and write down one teaching it explicitly gives.
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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