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၁၂ ဇန်နဝါရီလ  (၁၂ ဇန်နဝါရီ ၁၉၅၉) သည်  မြန်မာပြည်နယ် မြို့နယ် မြို့နယ် တွင် အထူးသဖြင့် အမြင့်ဆုံး အခြား မြို့နယ် မြို့နယ် တွင် အထ
[Ch. 10]
१९८७ तमे वर्षे
तेषामेवानुकम्पार्थमहमज्ञानजं तमः । नाग्यंस्यात्मभावस्थो ज्ञानदीपेन भास्वता॥११॥
teşām evānukampārtham aham ajīnāna-jaṁ tamaḥ nāśayāmy ātma-bhāvastho jīnāna-dīpena bhāsvatā
teṣām —for them;  eva —certainly;  anukampā-artham —to show special mercy;  aham —I;  ajñāna-jam —due to ignorance;  tamaḥ —darkness;  nāśayāmi —dispel;  ātma —within;  bhāvasthaḥ —themselves;  jñāna —of knowledge;  dīpena —with the lamp;  bhāsvatā —glowing.
TRANSLATION
Out of compassion for them, I, dwelling in their hearts, destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge the darkness born of ignorance.
PURPORT
When Lord Caitanya was in Benares promulgating the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare, thousands of people were following Him. Prakāśānanda, a very influential and learned scholar in Benares at that time, derided Lord Caitanya for being a sentimentalist. Sometimes philosophers criticize the devotees because they think that most of the devotees are in the darkness of ignorance and are philosophically naive sentimentalists. Actually that is not the fact. There are very, very learned scholars who have put forward the philosophy of devotion, but even if a devotee does not take advantage of their literatures or of his spiritual master, if he is sincere in his devotional service he is helped by Kṛṣṇa Himself within his heart. So the sincere devotee engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness cannot be without knowledge. The only qualification is that one carry out devotional service in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
The modern philosophers think that without discriminating one cannot have pure knowledge. For them this answer is given by the Supreme Lord: those who are engaged in pure devotional service, even though they be