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  "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."

} —

Cc. Ādi 2.13

Text

carma-cakṣe dekhe yaiche sūrya nirviśeṣa
jñāna-mārge laite nāre kṛṣṇera viśeṣa

Synonyms

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.

Translation

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.