—json {
"name":"Cc. Ādi 2.13", "h1":"Cc. Ādi 2.13", "label":"Text 13", "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 2.13", "description":"As with the naked eye one cannot know the sun except as a glowing substance, merely by philosophical speculation one cannot understand Lord Kṛṣṇa's transcendental varieties."
} —
carma-cakṣe dekhe yaiche sūrya nirviśeṣa
jñāna-mārge laite nāre kṛṣṇera viśeṣa
carma-cakṣe—by the naked eye; dekhe—one sees; yaiche—just as; sūrya—the sun; nirviśeṣa—without variegatedness; jñāna-mārge—by the path of philosophical speculation; laite—to accept; nāre—not able; kṛṣṇera—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; viśeṣa—the variety.
As with the naked eye one cannot know the sun except as a glowing substance, merely by philosophical speculation one cannot understand Lord Kṛṣṇa's transcendental varieties.