CC Madhya 25.270 (1975)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 270
- ihāra prasāde pāibā kṛṣṇa-tattva-sāra
- sarva-śāstra-siddhāntera ihāṅ pāibā pāra
SYNONYMS
ihāra prasāde—by hearing these teachings of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; pāibā—you will get; kṛṣṇa-tattva-sāra—the essence of the truth of Kṛṣṇa; sarva-śāstra—of all revealed scriptures; siddhāntera—of conclusions; ihāṅ—here; pāibā—you will get; pāra—the ultimate limit.
TRANSLATION
By understanding the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, one can understand the truth about Kṛṣṇa. By understanding Kṛṣṇa, one can understand the limit of all knowledge described in various revealed scriptures.
PURPORT
As Lord Kṛṣṇa states in the Bhagavad-gītā (BG 7.3):
- manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu kaścid yatati siddhaye
- yatatām api siddhānāṁ kaścin māṁ vetti tattvataḥ
“Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth.”
It is very difficult to understand Kṛṣṇa, but if one tries to understand Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam through Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s bhakti cult, one will undoubtedly understand Kṛṣṇa very easily. If somehow or other one understands Kṛṣṇa, his life is successful. Again, as Kṛṣṇa states in the Bhagavad-gītā (BG 4.9):
- janma karma ca me divyam evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ
- tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti so ‘rjuna
“One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.”