Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 20 Verse 130

Madhya-līlā | Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 20.130

sarvajñera vākye mūla-dhana anubandha

sarva-śāstre upadeśe, 'śrī-kṛṣṇa' — sambandha

SYNONYMS

sarvajñera — of the astrologer; vākye — by the assurance; mūla-dhana — with the treasure; anubandha — connection; sarva-śāstre — all Vedic literatures; upadeśe — instruct; śrī-kṛṣṇa — Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sambandha — the central connection.

TRANSLATION

"By the words of the astrologer, the poor man's connection with the treasure was established. Similarly, the Vedic literature advises us that our real connection is with Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

PURPORT

In the Bhagavad-gītā (7.26), Śrī Kṛṣṇa says:

vedāhaḿ samatītāni vartamānāni cārjuna

bhaviṣyāṇi ca bhūtāni māḿ tu veda na kaścana

"O Arjuna, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I know everything that has happened in the past, all that is happening in the present, and all things that are yet to come. I also know all living entities, but Me no one knows."

Thus Kṛṣṇa knows the cause of the distressed condition of the conditioned soul. He therefore descends from His original position to instruct the conditioned soul and inform him about his forgetfulness of his relationship with Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa exhibits Himself in His relationships in Vṛndāvana and at the Battle of Kurukṣetra so that people will be attracted to Him and will return home, back to Godhead. Kṛṣṇa also says in the Bhagavad-gītā that He is the proprietor of all universes, the enjoyer of everything that be and the friend of everyone. Bhoktāraḿ yajña-tapasāḿ sarva-loka-maheśvaram/ suhṛdaḿ sarva-bhutānāḿ (Bg. 5.29). If we revive our original intimate relationship with Kṛṣṇa, our distressed condition in the material world will be mitigated. Everyone is trying to adjust to the distressed conditions of material existence, but the basic problems cannot be solved unless one is in an intimate relationship with Kṛṣṇa.

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