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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.51
দার্শনিক পণ্ডিত সবাই পাইল পরাজয় ।
লোকে হাস্য করে, বৌদ্ধ পাইল লজ্জা-ভয় ॥ ৫১ ॥
dārśanika paṇḍita sabāi pāila parājaya
loke hāsya kare, bauddha pāila lajjā-bhaya
All mental speculators and learned scholars were defeated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and when the people began to laugh, the Buddhist philosophers felt both shame and fear.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu defeated all the mental speculators and learned scholars. When the people laughed, the Buddhist philosophers felt shame and fear.
The purport describes these philosophers as atheists because they did not believe in God. Even expert mental speculators can be defeated by a Vaiṣṇava firmly situated in conviction and God consciousness.
Preachers serving ISKCON should follow Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s footsteps. They should become expert in presenting strong arguments against atheistic views.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
The mood of Madhya 9 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:
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then proceeded farther, arriving at Setubandha Rāmeśvara. At Śrī Śaila-parvata, the Lord met Lord Śiva and his wife Durgā in the dress of a brāhmaṇa and brāhmaṇī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “serving”
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