234 Sti Caitanya-caritimreta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 6
More evidence can be cited to show that without the mercy of a devotee or
the mercy of Krsna, one cannot understand what is Krsna and what is the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is confirmed in the next verse.
TEXT 82
GAA LAA ACY PIAS FITCH |
Stl far Racaca ove aS wea vd |
anumana pramdana nahe isvara-tattva-jfane
krpa vina isvarere keha nahi jane
SYNONYMS
anumana pramana—evidence by hypothesis; nahe—there is not; isvara-tattva-
jfane—in understanding the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of God-
head; krpa vina—without His mercy; isvarere—the Supreme Personality of God-
head; keha—anyone; nahi—not; jane—knows.
TRANSLATION
Gopinatha Acarya continued: “One can understand the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead only by His mercy, not by guesswork or hypothesis.’
PURPORT
One cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead simply by ex-
hibiting some mundane magic. Foolish people are enchanted by magical
demonstrations, and when they see a few wonderful things done by mystical
power, they accept a magician as the Personality of Godhead or an incarnation.
This is not the way of realization. Nor should one guess or speculate about an in-
carnation of God or the Personality of Godhead. One has to learn from the bona
fide person or from the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, as Arjuna did,
by the mercy of Krsna. Krsna Himself also gives many hints about His potencies as
the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One should understand the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead only through the evidence presented by the sastras and the
mahdjanas. In any case, one must have the mercy of the Lord in order to under-
stand the Supreme Personality of Godhead by devotional service.
TEXT 83
SaAcaA Brice VU & ASIC |
GAS G Haa-wy oifaaca ica i vo |
