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Šri Caitanya-caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lilā Ch 9]
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu told the brāhmaṇa, “Indeed, you are an authority in the reading of Bhagavad-gītā. Whatever you know constitutes the real purport of Bhagavad-gītā.”
PURPORT
According to the  śāstras :  bhaktyā bhāgavataṁ grāhyaṁ na buddhyā na ca ṭikayā . One should understand  Bhagavad-gītā  and  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  by hearing them from a real devotee. One cannot understand them simply by erudite scholarship or sharp intelligence. It is also said:
gītādhītā ca yenāpi bhakti-bhāvena cetasā veda-śāstra-purāṇāni tenādhītāni sarvaśah
To one who reads  Bhagavad-gītā  with faith and devotion, the essence of Vedic knowledge is revealed. According to the  Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad  (6.23):
yasya deve parā bhaktir yathā deve tathā gurau tasyaite kathitā hy arthāḥ prakāśante mahātmanaḥ
All Vedic literatures are to be understood with faith and devotion, not by mundane scholarship. We therefore present  Bhagavad-gītā As It Is . There are many so-called scholars and philosophers who read  Bhagavad-gītā  in a scholarly way. They simply waste their time and mislead those who read their commentaries.
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এত বলি’ সেই বিশ্রে কৈল আলিঙ্গন । 
প্রভু-পদ ধরি’ বিশ্র করেন রোদন ॥ ১০৩ ॥
eta bali’ sei vipre kaila āliṅgana prabhu-pada dhari’ vipra karena rodana
SYNONYMS
eta bali' —saying this;  sei vipre —that  brāhmaṇa ;  kaila āliṅgana —He embraced;  prabhu-pada —the lotus feet of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  dhari' —catching;  vipra —the  brāhmaṇa ;  karena —does;  rodana —crying.