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svagamaih kalpitais tvam ca

janan mad-vimukhan kuru

mam ca gopaya yena syat

srstir esottarottara

SYNONYMS

sva-agamaih—with your own theses; kalpitaih—imagined; tvam—you; ca—also; janan—the people in general; mat-vimukhan—averse to Me and addicted to fruitive activities and speculative knowledge; kuru—make; mam—Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ca—and; gopaya—just cover; yena—by which; syat—there may be; srstih—material advancement; esa—this; uttara-uttara—more and more " ’(Addressing Lord Siva, 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 Purana, Uttara-khanda (62.31).