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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
SYNONYMS
ataeva —therefore;  punaḥ —again;  kahoṅ —I speak;  ūrdhva —lifting;  bāhu —arms;  hañā —so doing;  caitanya —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  nityānanda —Lord Nityānanda;  bhaja —worship;  kutarka —useless arguments;  chāḍiyā —giving up.
TRANSLATION
Therefore I say again, lifting my arms: O fellow human beings, please worship Śrī Caitanya and Nityānanda without false arguments!
PURPORT
Because a person who performs  Kṛṣṇa-bhakti  but does not understand Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Prabhu Nityānanda will simply waste his time, the author, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, requests everyone take to the worship of Śrī Caitanya and Nityānanda Prabhu and the Pañca-tattva. He assures everyone that any person who does so will be successful in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
TEXT 14
যদি বা তার্কিক কহে,—তর্ক সে প্রমাণ । তর্কশাস্ত্রে সিদ্ধ যেই, সেই সেব্যমান ॥ ১৪ ॥
yadi vā tārkika kahe,—tarka se pramāṇa tarka-śāstre siddha yei, sei sevyamāna
SYNONYMS
yadi —if;  vā —or;  tārkika —logician;  kahe —says;  tarka —logic;  se —that;  pramāṇa —evidence;  tarka-śāstre —in the logic;  siddha —accepted;  yei —whatever;  sei —that;  sevyamāna —is worshipable.
TRANSLATION
Logicians say, “Unless one gains understanding through logic and argument, how can one decide upon a worshipable Deity?”
TEXT 15
শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য-দয়া করহ বিচার । বিচার করিলে চিত্তে পাবে চমৎকার ॥ ১৫ ॥
śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-dayā karaha vicāra vicāra karile citte pābe camatkāra