CC MADHYA 17.121
'vedānta' śravaṇa kara, nā yāiha tāṅra pāśa
ucchṛṅkhala-loka-saṅge dui-loka-nāśa "
SYNONYMS

vedānta—the philosophy of Vedānta; śravaṇa kara—go on hearing; nā—do not; yāiha—go; tāṅra pāśa—near Him; ucchṛṅkhala—upstart; loka—people; saṅge—in the association of; dui-loka-nāśa—destruction in this world and the next.

TRANSLATION

"Do not go to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Just continue hearing Vedānta. If you associate with upstarts, you will be lost in this world and in the next."

PURPORT

The word ucchṛṅkhala, meaning "whimsical," is significant in this verse. In Bhagavad-gītā (16.23), Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself says:

If one acts whimsically and does not follow the śāstric principles, he will never attain perfection, happiness or the spiritual world.

yaḥ śāstra-vidhim utsṛjya
vartate kāma-kārataḥ
na sa siddhim avāpnoti
na sukhaṁ na parāṁ gatim