CC Madhya 25.39 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

Madhya-līlā 25.38 - Madhya-līlā 25.40

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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-maheśvaram—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 Bhagavad-gītā (BG 9.11).

Madhya-līlā 25.38 - Madhya-līlā 25.40