ihÄra prasÄde pÄibÄ kṛṣṇa-tattva-sÄra
sarva-Å›Ästra-siddhÄntera ihÄá¹… pÄibÄ pÄra
ihÄra prasÄde - by hearing these teachings of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu; pÄibÄ - you will get; kṛṣṇa-tattva-sÄra - the essence of the truth of Kṛṣṇa; sarva-Å›Ästra - of all revealed scriptures; siddhÄntera - of conclusions; ihÄá¹… - here; pÄibÄ - you will get; pÄra - the ultimate limit.
By understanding the pastimes of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, one can understand the truth about Kṛṣṇa. By understanding Kṛṣṇa, one can understand the limit of all knowledge described in various revealed scriptures.
As Lord Kṛṣṇa states in the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (7.3):
manuá¹£yÄṇÄá¹ sahasreá¹£u kaÅ›cid yatati siddhaye
yatatÄm api siddhÄnÄá¹ kaÅ›cin mÄá¹ vetti tattvataḥ
“Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth.â€
It is very difficult to understand Kṛṣṇa, but if one tries to understand ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam through Caitanya MahÄprabhu’s bhakti cult, one will undoubtedly understand Kṛṣṇa very easily. If somehow or other one understands Kṛṣṇa, his life is successful. Again, as Kṛṣṇa states in the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (4.9):
janma karma ca me divyam evaṠyo vetti tattvataḥ
tyaktvÄ dehaá¹ punar janma naiti mÄm eti so ’rjuna
“One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.â€
