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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 39

avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā
mānuṣīṁ tanum āśritam
paraṁ bhāvam ajānanto
mama bhūta-maheśvaram

SYNONYMS

avajānanti—decry; mām—Me; mūḍhāḥ—rascals; mānuṣīm—just like a human being; tanum—a body; āśritam—accepted; param—supreme; bhāvam—position; ajānantaḥ—without knowing; mama—My; bhūta-mahā-īśvaram—exalted position as the Supreme Person, creator of the material world.

TRANSLATION

“‘Fools disrespect Me because I appear like a human being. They do not know My supreme position as the cause of all causes, the creator of the material energy.’

PURPORT

This is a quotation from the Bhagavad-gītā (BG 9.11).