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kintu kāhoṅ ‘kṛṣṇa’ dekhe, kāhoṅ ‘bhrama’ māne
sthāṇu-puruṣe yaiche viparīta-jñāne
kintu kāhoṅ ‘kṛṣṇa’ dekhe, kāhoṅ ‘bhrama’ māne
sthāṇu-puruṣe yaiche viparīta-jñāne

Synonyms

Palabra por palabra

kintu — but; kāhoṅ — where; kṛṣṇa — Kṛṣṇa; dekhe — one sees; kāhoṅ — where; bhrama māne — mistakes; sthāṇu-puruṣe — the dry tree and a person; yaiche — as; viparīta-jñāne — by understanding one to be the other.

kintu — pero; kāhoṅ — dónde; kṛṣṇa — Kṛṣṇa; dekhe — se ve; kāhoṅ — dónde; bhrama māne — errores; sthāṇu-puruṣe — el árbol seco y una persona; yaiche — como; viparīta-jñāne — por confundir el uno con el otro.

Translation

Traducción

“But where they are seeing Kṛṣṇa is their mistake. It is like considering a dry tree to be a person.”

«Su error está en dónde ven a Kṛṣṇa. Es como confundir un árbol seco con una persona.»

Purport

Significado

The word sthāṇu means “a dry tree without leaves.” From a distance one may mistake such a tree for a person. This is called sthāṇu-puruṣa. Although Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was living in Vṛndāvana, the inhabitants considered Him an ordinary human being, and they mistook the fisherman to be Kṛṣṇa. Every human being is prone to make such mistakes. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was mistaken for an ordinary sannyāsī, the fisherman was mistaken for Kṛṣṇa, and the torchlight was mistaken for bright jewels on Kālīya’s hoods.

La palabra sthāṇu significa «un árbol seco sin hojas». Desde lejos, un árbol así puede confundirse con una persona. Eso se denomina sthāṇu-puruṣa. Aunque Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu estaba viviendo en Vṛndāvana, los habitantes del lugar Le consideraban un ser humano corriente, y pensaban que el pescador era Kṛṣṇa. Todo ser humano es propenso a cometer esa clase de errores. Confundieron a Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu con un sannyāsī corriente, al pescador con Kṛṣṇa, y la antorcha con joyas que brillaban en las capuchas de Kālīya.