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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.107
তোমার যে শিষ্য কহে কুতর্ক, নানাবাদ ।
ইহার কি দোষ — এই মায়ার প্রসাদ ॥ ১০৭ ॥
tomāra ye śiṣya kahe kutarka, nānā-vāda
ihāra ki doṣa — ei māyāra prasāda
“The false arguments and philosophical word jugglery of your disciples are not faults of theirs. They have simply received the benediction of Māyāvāda philosophy.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The disciples’ arguments are described as false arguments and philosophical word jugglery.
The speaker says these are not faults of the disciples themselves.
Their reasoning is attributed to the influence of Māyāvāda philosophy, called its “benediction” here.
Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Hearing all these arguments, Caitanya Mahāprabhu told His devotees that Sārvabhauma was His spiritual master and that whatever he said out of affection was for everyone’s benefit. When Sārvabhauma met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he asked Him to hear Vedānta philosophy from him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I drawn more to genuine understanding or to clever philosophical wording?
Review one argument you have encountered and ask whether its words clarify the teaching or merely sound clever.
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