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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.127
সন্ন্যাসীর ধর্ম লাগি’ শ্রবণ মাত্র করি ।
তুমি যেই অর্থ কর, বুঝিতে না পারি ॥” ১২৭ ॥
sannyāsīra dharma lāgi’ śravaṇa mātra kari
tumi yei artha kara, bujhite nā pāri”
“Only for the sake of executing the duties of the renounced order of sannyāsa do I listen. Unfortunately, I cannot in the least understand the meaning you are presenting.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu presented Himself as a sannyāsī in name only, unable to understand the meaning being presented. The purport warns against studying Vedic literature without understanding its purports.
Only those who are very serious, follow the regulative principles, and study Vedic literature should accept sannyāsa. Titles and limited experience do not make someone a teacher of the world.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu approved regular study of the Vedānta-sūtra, but not Śaṅkarācārya’s Śārīraka commentary. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is its original commentary, written by the author himself, Śrīla Vyāsadeva.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Because of His silence, the Bhaṭṭācārya asked Him whether He was understanding the Vedānta philosophy, and the Lord replied, “Sir, I can understand Vedānta philosophy very clearly, but I cannot understand your explanations.” There was then a discussion between the Bhaṭṭācārya and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu concerning the authority of the Vedic scriptures, specifically the Upaniṣads and Vedānta-sūtra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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