CC Madhya 17.121 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 17: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana

Madhya-līlā 17.120 - Madhya-līlā 17.122

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 121

'vedānta' śravaṇa kara, nā yāiha tāṅra pāśa

ucchṛṅkhala-loka-saṅge dui-loka-nāśa"

SYNONYMS

vedānta—the philosophy of Vedānta; śravaṇa kara—go on hearing; nā—do not; yāiha—go; tāṅra pāśa—near Him; ucchṛṅkhala—upstart; loka—people; saṅge—in the association of; dui-loka-nāśa—destruction in this world and the next.

TRANSLATION

"Do not go to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Just continue hearing Vedānta. If you associate with upstarts, you will be lost in this world and in the next."

PURPORT

The word ucchṛṅkhala, meaning "whimsical," is significant in this verse. In Bhagavad-gītā (BG 16.23), Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself says:

yaḥ śāstra-vidhim utsṛjya

vartate kāma-kārataḥ

na sa siddhim avāpnoti

na sukhaṁ na parāṁ gatim

If one acts whimsically and does not follow the śāstric principles, he will never attain perfection, happiness or the spiritual world.

Madhya-līlā 17.120 - Madhya-līlā 17.122