Prabhupāda: That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mission. This is stated in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
- jñāne prayāsam udapāsya namanta eva
- jīvanti san-mukharitāṁ bhavadīya-vārtām
- sthāne sthitāḥ śruti-gatāṁ tanu-vāṅ-manobhir
- ye prāyaśo 'jita jito 'py asi tais tri-lokyām
- (SB 10.14.3)
This was quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam by Rāmānanda Rāya about the process of approaching Kṛṣṇa. So he suggested so many things. Caitanya Mahāprabhu said: "Yes, but better process is there. If you know, just describe." So he described varṇāśrama-dharma, sannyāsa, jñāna-miśra-bhakti, karma-miśra-bhakti, in this way, everything Kṛṣṇa. Caitanya Mahāprabhu rejected. Eho bāhya āge kaha āra: "This is external. This is not very good. If you know something more better, you speak it." So when at last he said this verse, jñāne prayāsam udapāsya namanta eva . . . if one becomes submissive and do not endeavor to understand Kṛṣṇa by his so-called limited knowledge, jñāne prayāsam udapāsya, namanta, one has to become sub . . . the whole devotional department is submissiveness. Because under the influence of māyā, everyone is falsely proud, "Oḥ, I am so intelligent. I can do everything." This is the disease, material. Everyone is falsely proud.
So if you want to enter into the spiritual kingdom, as Lord Jesus Christ also said: "The kingdom of God is for the meek and the . . ." Huh?
Devotee: Meek and mild.
Prabhupāda: Meek and mild, yes. So that is the qualification. You have to become humble. Therefore the Bhāgavata also says the same thing. Jñāne prayāsam. Don't be very much proud of your so-called knowledge that, "I can understand everything." You should become namra, meek and mild. And then how to be . . .? Jñāne prayāsam udapāsya namanta eva san-mukharitāṁ bhavadīya-vārtām. You should engage yourself to receive spiritual knowledge from the authority, reliable source. Spiritual knowledge is understood through the ear. Therefore the Vedas are called śruti. San-mukharitāṁ bhavadīya-vārtām. This is recommended, that Kṛṣṇa's kathā should be heard from the realized source. San-mukharitām. San means devotee. Sat. Oṁ tat sat.