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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.27
আচার্য-কল্পিত অর্থ যে পণ্ডিত শুনে ।
মুখে ‘হয়’ ‘হয়’ করে, হৃদয় না মানে ॥ ২৭ ॥
ācārya-kalpita artha ye paṇḍita śune
mukhe ‘haya’ ‘haya’ kare, hṛdaya nā māne
“All the interpretations of Śaṅkarācārya are imaginary. Such imaginary interpretations are verbally accepted by learned scholars, but they do not appeal to the heart.
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The verse describes Śaṅkarācārya’s interpretations as imaginary.
Learned scholars accept such interpretations verbally.
Yet these interpretations do not appeal to the heart; verbal acceptance is not the same as inward satisfaction.
Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.
The mood of Madhya 25 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:
He was always very happy to hear the glories of the Lord, and it was by his arrangement that all the sannyāsīs of Vārāṇasī became devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He invited all the sannyāsīs to his house to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and this incident has been described in the seventh chapter of the Ādi-līlā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Is there a teaching I repeat without truly understanding or feeling convinced of it?
Choose one statement from today’s reading and pause to consider whether you understand it, rather than merely repeating it.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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