14 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 9

na samdrse tisthati rapam asya

na caksusd pasyati kascanainam
hrda manisé manasabhik!|pto

ya etad vidur amrtas te bhavanti
naiva vacd na manasa

praptum sakyo na caksusa

“Spirit is not within the jurisdiction of material eyes, words or mind.”
Similarly in Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.84.13):

yasyatma-buddhih kunape tri-dhatuke
sva-dhih kalatradisu bhauma-ijya-dhih

yat-tirtha-buddhih salile na karhicij
janesv abhijfiesu sa eva go-kharah

Spiritual substance cannot be seen by the unintelligent because they do not have
the eyes or the mentality to see spirit soul. Consequently they think that there is
no such thing as spirit. However, followers of the Vedic injunctions take their in-
formation from Vedic statements, as found in Srimad-Bhagavatam and Katha
Upanisad.

TEXT 195

faata say Qt Stata a6ca |
Boat F-Siaai a SAS ACA dae |

visvasa karaha tumi Amara vacane
punarapi ku-bhavand na kariha mane

SYNONYMS
‘Visvasa karaha—believe; tumi—you; dmaéra—My; vacane—in the words;
punarapi—again; ku-bhdavand—misconception; na kariha—do not do; mane—in
the mind.
TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then assured the brahmana, “Have faith in My
words and do not burden your mind any longer with this misconception.”

PURPORT

This is the process of spiritual understanding. Acintyd khalu ye bhava na tarhs
tarkena yojayet. We should not try to understand things beyond our material con-
