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| Adi-lila | Chapter 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu in His Youth |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Adi 17.308
prakrtibhyah param yac ca
SYNONYMS
acintyah -- inconceivable; khalu -- certainly; ye -- those; bhavah -- subject matters; na -- not; tan -- them; tarkena -- by argument; yojayet -- one may understand; prakrtibhyah -- to material nature; param -- transcendental; yat -- that which; ca -- and; tat -- that; acintyasya -- of the inconceivable; laksanam -- a symptom.
TRANSLATION
"Anything transcendental to material nature is called inconceivable, whereas arguments are all mundane. Since mundane arguments cannot touch transcendental subject matters, one should not try to understand transcendental subjects through mundane arguments."
PURPORT
This verse from the Mahabharata (Bhisma-parva 5.22) is also quoted in the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (2.5.93), by Srila Rupa Gosvami.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness