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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.42
এই ত’ কল্পিত অর্থ মনে নাহি ভায় ।
শাস্ত্র ছাড়ি’ কুকল্পনা পাষণ্ডে বুঝায় ॥ ৪২ ॥
ei ta’ kalpita artha mane nāhi bhāya
śāstra chāḍi’ kukalpanā pāṣaṇḍe bujhāya
“Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya has given his interpretation and imaginary meaning. It does not actually appeal to the mind of any sane man. He has done this to convince the atheists and bring them under his control.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Buddha, an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa, taught nonviolence to stop animal-killing. He did not speak about God because the people were unable to understand.
The purport says that freedom from the sin of animal-killing is necessary for understanding religion or God.
Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya used an imaginary interpretation of the Vedic literatures to establish the predominance of spiritual identity. The purport explains that ācāryas sometimes conceal the real meaning to bring atheists under their guidance.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this purport connect nonviolence with becoming able to understand God?
Choose one meal today that does not involve animal-killing, remembering the purport’s emphasis on nonviolence.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture 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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