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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 4]
vācoditaṁ tad anṛtaṁ manasā dhyātam eva ca
SYNONYMS
kim—what; bhadram—good; kim—what; abhadram—bad; vā—or; dvaitasya—of this material world; avastunaḥ—that which has temporary existence; kiyat—how much; vācā—by words; uditam—vibrated; tat—that; anṛtam—without permanent existence; manasā—by the mind; dhyātam—conceived; eva—certainly; ca—and.
TRANSLATION
“ ‘Anything not conceived in relationship to Kṛṣṇa should be understood to be illusion [māyā]. None of the illusions uttered by words or conceived in the mind are factual. Because illusion is not factual, there is no distinction between what we think is good and what we think is bad. When we speak of the Absolute Truth, such speculations do not apply.’
PURPORT
This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.28.4).
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‘द्वेष्टे’ उज्जाञ्ज-ञ्जान, सव—‘मनोधर्म’। ‘अहे ञाल, अहे मन्म’,—अहे सव ‘ज्ञम’ ॥ ১९৬ ॥
‘dvaite’ bhadrābhadra-jñāna, saba—‘manodharma’ ‘ei bhāla, ei manda’, —ei saba ‘bhrama’
SYNONYMS
dvaite—in the material world; bhadra-abhadra-jñāna—understanding of good and bad; saba—all; manaḥ-dharma—speculative mental creations; ei bhāla—this is good; ei manda—this is bad; ei—this; saba—all; bhrama—mistake.
TRANSLATION
“In the material world, conceptions of good and bad are all mental speculations. Therefore, saying, ‘This is good, and this is bad,’ is all a mistake.’
PURPORT
Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the Absolute Truth, ever existing with different varieties of energies. When one is absorbed in the illusory energy of Kṛṣṇa and cannot understand Kṛṣṇa, one cannot ascertain what is good and bad