مناطق
Բիդուրո մանդունի Ալ Լի Լու
[Ch. 2]
all along; if He is accepted as an ordinary conditioned soul in individual consciousness, then His  Bhagavad-gītā  has no value as authoritative scripture. A common man with all the four defects of human frailty is unable to teach that which is worth hearing. The  Gītā  is above such literature. No mundane book compares with the  Bhagavad-gītā . When one accepts Kṛṣṇa as an ordinary man, the  Gītā  loses all importance. The Māyāvādī argues that the plurality mentioned in this verse is conventional and that it refers to the body. But previous to this verse such a bodily conception is already condemned. After condemning the bodily conception of the living entities, how was it possible for Kṛṣṇa to place a conventional proposition on the body again? Therefore, individuality is maintained on spiritual grounds and is thus confirmed by great  ācāryas  like Śrī Rāmānuja and others. It is clearly mentioned in many places in the  Gītā  that this spiritual individuality is understood by those who are devotees of the Lord. Those who are envious of Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead have no bona fide access to the great literature. The nondevotee's approach to the teachings of the  Gītā  is something like bees licking on a bottle of honey. One cannot have a taste of honey unless one opens the bottle. Similarly, the mysticism of the  Bhagavad-gītā  can be understood only by devotees, and no one else can taste it, as it is stated in the Fourth Chapter of the book. Nor can the  Gītā  be touched by persons who envy the very existence of the Lord. Therefore, the Māyāvādī explanation of the  Gītā  is a most misleading presentation of the whole truth. Lord Caitanya has forbidden us to read commentations made by the Māyāvādīs and warns that one who takes to such an understanding of the Māyāvādī philosophy loses all power to understand the real mystery of the  Gītā . If individuality refers to the empirical universe, then there is no need of teaching by the Lord. The plurality of the individual soul and of the Lord is an eternal fact, and it is confirmed by the  Vedas  as above mentioned.
TEXT 13
देहिनोऽसिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा । तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति ॥१३॥
dehino'smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā tathā dehāntara-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati