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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.109
যুক্তং সন্তি সর্বত্র ভাষন্তে ব্রাহ্মণা যথা ।
মায়াং মদীয়ামুদ্গৃহ্য বদতাং কিং নু দুর্ঘটম্ ॥ ১০৯ ॥
yuktaṁ ca santi sarvatra
bhāṣante brāhmaṇā yathā
māyāṁ madīyām udgṛhya
vadatāṁ kiṁ nu durghaṭam
“ ‘In almost all cases, whatever learned brāhmaṇas speak becomes accepted; nothing is impossible for one who takes shelter of My illusory energy and speaks under her influence.’”
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The Supreme Lord’s illusory energy is so powerful that it can perform the impossible. Statements by learned brāhmaṇas are accepted in almost all cases.
Philosophical speculators can cover the real truth with false theories backed by seemingly logical arguments. Illusion sometimes appears correct because it comes from the Supreme Correct.
To escape this bewildering influence, one must accept the words of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as they are.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 6.109 quotesSB 11.22.4
In this verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.22.4), the Supreme Personality of Godhead explains that His illusory energy can perform the impossible; such is the power of the illusory energy.
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
The mood of Madhya 6 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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “shelter”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I mistake a seemingly logical argument for truth without examining its basis?
Reread the purport’s final two sentences and write down its stated way to escape illusion.
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