Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 17.121

'vedānta' śravaṇa kara, nā yāiha tāńra pāśa

ucchṛńkhala-loka-sańge dui-loka-nāśa"

SYNONYMS

vedānta — the philosophy of Vedānta; śravaṇa kara — go on hearing; nā — do not; yāiha — go; tāńra pāśa — near Him; ucchṛńkhala — upstart; loka — people; sańge — in the association of; dui-loka-nāśa — destruction in this world and the next.

TRANSLATION

"Do not go to see Caitanya. Just continue hearing Vedānta. If you associate with upstarts, you will be lost in this world and in the next."

PURPORT

The word ucchṛńkhala, meaning "whimsical," is significant in this verse. In the Bhagavad-gītā (16.23), Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself says:

yaḥ śāstra-vidhim utsṛjya vartate kāma-kārataḥ

na sa siddhim avāpnoti na sukhaḿ na parāḿ gatim

"If one acts whimsically and does not follow the śāstric principles, he will never attain perfection, happiness or the spiritual world."

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