CC Madhya 19.74 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī

Madhya-līlā 19.73 - Madhya-līlā 19.75

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.

TEXT 74

śuciḥ sad-bhakti-dīptāgni-

dagdha-durjāti-kalmaṣaḥ

śva-pāko ‘pi budhaiḥ ślāghyo

na veda-jño ‘pi nāstikaḥ

SYNONYMS

śuciḥ—a brāhmaṇa purified internally and externally; sat-bhakti—of devotional service without motives; dīpta-agni—by the blazing fire; dagdha—burnt to ashes; durjāti—such as birth in a low family; kalmaṣaḥ—whose sinful reactions; śva-pākaḥ api—even though born in a family of dog-eaters; budhaiḥ—by learned scholars; ślāghyaḥ—recognized; na—not; veda-jñaḥ api—even though completely conversant in Vedic knowledge; nāstikaḥ—an atheist.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “‘A person who has the pure characteristics of a brāhmaṇa due to devotional service, which is like a blazing fire burning to ashes all the sinful reactions of past lives, is certainly saved from the consequences of sinful acts, such as taking birth in a lower family. Even though he may be born in a family of dog-eaters, he is recognized by learned scholars. But although a person may be a learned scholar in Vedic knowledge, he is not recognized if he is an atheist.

PURPORT

This verse and the next are quoted from the Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya (3.11, 12), a transcendental literature extracted from the Purāṇas.

Madhya-līlā 19.73 - Madhya-līlā 19.75