Volume 3 - Prabhupada Books

348 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 9
TRANSLATION
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu told the brahmar;ta, "Indeed, you are an authority
in the reading of Bhagavad-gita. Whatever you know constitutes the real pur­
port of Bhagavad-gita."
PURPORT
According to the sastras: bhaktya bh�gavatarh grahyarh na buddhya na ca
tikaya. One should understand Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam by hearing
them from a real devotee. One cannot understand them simply by erudite schol­
arship or sharp intelligence. It is also said:
gitadhita ca yenapi
bhakti-bhavena cetasa
veda-sastra-puraf)ani
tenadhitani sarvasai)
To one who reads Bhagavad-gita with faith and devotion, the essence of Vedic
knowledge is revealed. According to the Svetasvatara Upani�ad (6.23):
yasya deve para bhaktir
yatha deve tatha gurau
tasyaite kathita hy arthai)
prakasante mahatmanai)
All Vedic literatures are to be understood with faith and devotion, not by mun­
dane scholarship. We therefore present Bhagavad-gita As It Is. There are many so­
called scholars and philosophers who read Bhagavad-gita in a scholarly way. They
simply waste their time and mislead those who read their commentaries.
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