অন্তরে বিস্মিত শচী বলিল তাহারে "মাটি খাইতে জ্ঞানযোগ কে শিখাল তোরে
अन्तरे विस्मित शची बलिल ताहारे "माटि खाइते ज्ञानयोग के शिखाल तोरे
antare vismita śacī balila tāhāre "māṭi khāite jñāna-yoga ke śikhāla tore
Synonyms
antare—within herself; vismita—surprised; śacī—mother Śacī; balila—replied; tāhāre—unto Him; māṭi—dirt; khāite—to eat; jñāna-yoga—philosophical speculation; ke—who; śikhāla—taught; tore—You..
Translation
Astonished that the child was speaking Māyāvāda philosophy, mother Śacī replied: "Who has taught You this philosophical speculation that justifies eating dirt?"
Purport
In the philosophical discourse between the mother and the son, when the son said that everything is one, as impersonalists say, the mother replied, "If everything is one, why do people in general not eat dirt but eat the food grains produced from the dirt?"