Madhya 17.121

TEXT 121

TEXT

'বেদান্ত' শ্রবণ কর, না যাইহ তাঁর পাশ ।
উচ্ছৃঙ্খল-লোক-সঙ্গে দুইলোক-নাশ ॥" ১২১ ॥

'vedanta' sravana kara, na yaiha tahra pasa

ucchrhkhala-loka-sahge dui-loka-nasa"

SYNONYMS

vedanta-the philosophy of Vedanta; sravana kara-go on hearing; na-do not; yaiha-go; tahra pasa-near Him; ucchrhkhala-upstart; loka-people; sahge-in the association of; dui-loka-nasa-destruction in this world and the next.

TRANSLATION

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

PURPORT

The word ucchrhkhala, meaning "whimsical," is significant in this verse. In Bhagavad-gita (16.23), Lord Krsna Himself says:

yaḥ sastra-vidhim utsrjya
vartate kama-karataḥ
na sa siddhim avapnoti
na sukham na param gatim

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

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