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  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 6.181",
  "description":"\" '[Addressing Lord Śiva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead said,] Please make the general populace averse to Me by imagining your own interpretation of the Vedas. Also, cover Me in such a way that people will take more interest in advancing material civilization just to propagate a population bereft of spiritual knowledge.'"

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Cc. Madhya 6.181

Text

svāgamaiḥ kalpitais tvaṁ ca
janān mad-vimukhān kuru
māṁ ca gopaya yena syāt
sṛṣṭir eṣottarottarā

Synonyms

sva-āgamaiḥ—with your own theses; kalpitaiḥ—imagined; tvam—you; ca—also; janān—the people in general; mat-vimukhān—averse to Me and addicted to fruitive activities and speculative knowledge; kuru—make; mām—Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ca—and; gopaya—just cover; yena—by which; syāt—there may be; sṛṣṭiḥ—material advancement; eṣā—this; uttara-uttarā—more and more.

Translation

“ '[Addressing Lord Śiva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead said,] Please make the general populace averse to Me by imagining your own interpretation of the Vedas. Also, cover Me in such a way that people will take more interest in advancing material civilization just to propagate a population bereft of spiritual knowledge.'

Purport

This is a quotation from the Padma Purāṇa, Uttara-khaṇḍa (62.31).