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TEXT 102
prabhu kahe,--gita-pathe tomara-i adhikara
tumi se janaha ei gitara artha-sara
SYNONYMS
prabhu kahethe Lord replied; gita-pathein reading the Bhagavad-gita; tomarai adhikarayou have the proper authority; tumiyou; sethat; janahaknow; eithis; gitaraof the Bhagavad-gita; artha-sarathe real purport.
TRANSLATION
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu told the brahmana, "Indeed, you are an authority in the reading of the Bhagavad-gita. Whatever you know constitutes the real purport of the Bhagavad-gita."
PURPORT
According to the sastras: bhaktya bhagavatam grahyam na buddhya na ca tikaya. One should understand the Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam by hearing them from a real devotee. One cannot understand them simply by erudite scholarship or sharp intelligence. It is also said:
gitadhita ca yenapi
bhakti-bhavena cetasa veda-sastra-puranani tenadhitani sarvasah yasya deve para bhaktir
yatha deve tatha gurau tasyaite kathita hy arthah prakasante mahatmanah All Vedic scriptures are to be understood with faith and devotion, not by mundane scholarship. We therefore present the Bhagavad-gita As It Is. There are many so-called scholars and philosophers who read the Bhagavad-gita in a scholarly way. They simply waste their time and mislead those who read their commentaries.
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