Ādi-līlā

Chapter 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features

Verse 70 of 165
Cc Ādi 7.70

প্রভাবে দেখিযে তোমা সাক্ষাত্নারাযণ হীনাচার কর কেনে, ইথে কি কারণ

प्रभावे देखिये तोमा साक्षात्नारायण हीनाचार कर केने, इथे कि कारण

prabhāve dekhiye tomā sākṣāt nārāyaṇa hīnācāra kara kene, ithe ki kāraṇa

Synonyms

prabhāvein Your opulence; dekhiyeI see; tomāYou; sākṣātdirectly; nārāyaṇathe Supreme Personality of Godhead; hīna-ācāralower-class behavior; karaYou do; kenewhy; ithein this; kiwhat is; kāraṇareason..

Translation

"You look as brilliant as if You were Nārāyaṇa Himself. Will You kindly explain the reason that You have adopted the behavior of lower-class people?"

Purport

Due to renunciation, Vedānta study, meditation and the strict regulative principles of their daily routine, Māyāvādī sannyāsīs are certainly in a position to execute pious activities. Thus Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, on account of his piety, could understand that Caitanya Mahāprabhu was not an ordinary person but the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Sākṣāt nārāyaṇa: he considered Him to be Nārāyaṇa Himself. Māyāvādī sannyāsīs address each other as Nārāyaṇa because they think that they are all going to be Nārāyaṇa or merge with Nārāyaṇa in the next life. Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī appreciated that Caitanya Mahāprabhu had already directly become Nārāyaṇa and did not need to wait until His next life. One difference between the Vaiṣṇava and Māyāvādī philosophies is that Māyāvādī philosophers think that after giving up their bodies they are going to become Nārāyaṇa by merging with His body, whereas Vaiṣṇava philosophers understand that after the body dies they are going to have a transcendental, spiritual body in which to associate with Nārāyaṇa.

Verse 70 of 165
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