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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.136
জীবের অস্থি-বিষ্ঠা দুই — শঙ্খ-গোময় ।
শ্রুতি-বাক্যে সেই দুই মহা-পবিত্র হয় ॥ ১৩৬ ॥
jīvera asthi-viṣṭhā dui — śaṅkha-gomaya
śruti-vākye sei dui mahā-pavitra haya
Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “Conchshells and cow dung are nothing but the bones and the stool of some living entities, but according to the Vedic version they are both considered very pure.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
According to Vedic principles, bones and dung are generally considered impure.
The Vedas nevertheless declare conchshells and cow dung pure and sanctified, although they are an animal's bone and stool.
Even when these statements appear contradictory, their purity is accepted on the basis of the Vedic version.
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.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
According to the Vedas, the Lord and the living entity are equal in quality but different quantitatively. The real philosophy of the Absolute Truth states that the Lord and His creation are inconceivably and simultaneously one and different.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do I respond when a Vedic statement differs from what I would ordinarily expect?
Write down the general rule and the two exceptions given here, noting that both come from the Vedic version.
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