CC Madhya 25.39 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
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).