প্রভু কহে,—গীতাপাঠে তোমারাই অধিকার তুমি সে জানহ এই গীতার অর্থসার
प्रभु कहे,—गीतापाठे तोमाराइ अधिकार तुमि से जानह एइ गीतार अर्थसार
prabhu kahe,—gītā-pāṭhe tomārā-i adhikāra tumi se jānaha ei gītāra artha-sāra
Synonyms
prabhu kahe—the Lord replied; gītā-pāṭhe—in reading Bhagavad-gītā; tomārāi adhikāra—you have the proper authority; tumi—you; se—that; jānaha—know; ei—this; gītāra—of Bhagavad-gītā; artha-sāra—the real purport..
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 ṭīkayā. 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 sarvaśaḥ
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.