Madhya-līlā

Chapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places

Verse 277 of 358
Cc Madhya 9.277

সবে, এক গুণ দেখি তোমার সম্প্রদাযে সত্যবিগ্রহ করিঽ ঈশ্বরে করহ নিশ্চযে

सबे, एक गुण देखि तोमार सम्प्रदाये सत्यविग्रह करिऽ ईश्वरे करह निश्चये

sabe, eka guṇa dekhi tomāra sampradāye satya-vigraha kari' īśvare karaha niścaye

Synonyms

sabein all; ekaone; guṇaquality; dekhiI see; tomārayour; sampradāyein the party; satya-vigrahathe form of the Lord as truth; kari'accepting; īśvarethe Supreme Personality of Godhead; karahayou do; niścayeascertain..

Translation

"The only qualification that I see in your sampradāya is that you accept the form of the Lord as truth."

Purport

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to point out to the Tattvavādī ācārya, who belonged to the Madhvācārya-sampradāya, that their general behavior did not favor pure devotional service, which must be devoid of the taints of fruitive activity and speculative knowledge. As far as fruitive activity is concerned, the contamination is elevation to a higher standard of life, and for speculative knowledge the contamination is merging into the existence of the Absolute Truth. The Tattvavāda sampradāya of the Madhvācārya school sticks to the principle of varṇāśrama-dharma, which involves fruitive activity. Their ultimate goal (mukti) is simply a form of desire. A pure devotee should be free from all kinds of desire. He simply engages in the service of the Lord. Nonetheless, Caitanya Mahāprabhu was pleased that the Madhvācārya-sampradāya, or the Tattvavāda sampradāya, accepted the transcendental form of the Lord. This is the great qualification of these Vaiṣṇava sampradāyas.

It is the Māyāvāda sampradāya that does not accept the transcendental form of the Lord. If a Vaiṣṇava sampradāya is also carried away by that impersonal attitude, that sampradāya has no position at all. It is a fact that there are many so-called Vaiṣṇavas whose ultimate aim is to merge into the existence of the Lord. The sahajiyās' Vaiṣṇava philosophy is to become one with the Supreme. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu points out that Śrī Mādhavendra Purī accepted Madhvācārya only because his sampradāya accepted the transcendental form of the Lord.

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