CC Madhya 25.73 (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 73
- śreṣṭha hañā kene kara hīnera vandana
- āmāra sarva-nāśa haya, tumi brahma-sama
SYNONYMS
śreṣṭha hañā—being a more honorable person; kene—why; kara—you do; hīnera—of an inferior person; vandana—worship; āmāra sarva-nāśa haya—I become minimized in My strength; tumi brahma-sama—you are equal with the impersonal Brahman.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “You are a great, spiritually advanced personality, and therefore you cannot worship a person like Me. I am far inferior. If you do so, My spiritual power will be diminished, for you are as good as the impersonal Brahman.