Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 6.181

svāgamaiḥ kalpitais tvaḿ ca

janān mad-vimukhān kuru

māḿ ca gopaya yena syāt

sṛṣṭir eṣottarottarā

SYNONYMS

sva-āgamaiḥ — with your own theses; kalpitaiḥ — imagined; tvam — you; ca — also; janān — the people in general; mat-vimukhān — averse to Me and addicted to fruitive activities and speculative knowledge; kuru — make; mām — Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ca — and; gopaya — just cover; yena — by which; syāt — there may be; sṛṣṭiḥ — material advancement; eṣā — this; uttara-uttarā — more and more.

TRANSLATION

"[Addressing Lord Śiva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead said:] 'Please make the general populace averse to Me by imagining your own interpretation of the Vedas. Also, cover Me in such a way that people will take more interest in advancing material civilization just to propagate a population bereft of spiritual knowledge.'

PURPORT

This is a quotation from the Padma Purāṇa, Uttara-khaṇḍa (62.31).

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