CC Adi 15.22 (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 22
- ei mata nānā līlā kare gaurahari
- ki kāraṇe līlā,—ihā bujhite nā pāri
SYNONYMS
ei mata—in this way; nānā—various; līlā—pastimes; kare—does; gaurahari—Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; ki kāraṇe—what is the reason; līlā—pastimes; ihā—this; bujhite—to understand; nā—not; pāri—I am able.
TRANSLATION
In this way Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed various pastimes, but why He did so I cannot understand.
PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead and His devotees who come to this world are executing a mission, and therefore sometimes they act in a way that is very difficult to understand. It is said, therefore, vaiṣṇavera kriyā-mudrā vijñeha nā bujhaya: (CC Madhya 23.39 (1975)) even if one is a very learned and intelligent scholar, he cannot understand the activities of a Vaiṣṇava. A Vaiṣṇava accepts anything favorable for executing his mission. But foolish persons, not knowing the purpose of such exalted Vaiṣṇavas, indulge in criticizing them. That is forbidden. Since no one can understand what a Vaiṣṇava does for the purpose of executing his mission, to criticize such a Vaiṣṇava is the offense called sādhu-nindā.