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ever, accepted the direct meaning of the Vedānta philosophy and thus defeated the Māyāvāda philosophy immediately. He opined in this connection that anyone who follows the principles of the  Śārīraka-bhāṣya  is doomed. This is confirmed in the  Padma Purāṇa  where Lord Śiva tells Pārvatī:
śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi tāmasāni yathākramam yeṣām śravaṇa-mātreṇa pātityam jñāninām api
apārtham śruti-vākyānām darśayal loka-garhitam karma-svarūpa-tyājyatvam atra ca pratipādyate
sarva-karma-paribhraṁśān naiṣkarmyam tatra cocyate parātma-jīvayor aikyam mayātra pratipādyate
“My dear wife, hear my explanations of how I have spread ignorance through Māyāvāda philosophy. Simply by hearing it, even an advanced scholar will fall down. In this philosophy, which is certainly very inauspicious for people in general, I have misrepresented the real meaning of the  Vedas  and recommended that one give up all activities in order to achieve freedom from  karma . In this Māyāvāda philosophy I have described the  jīvātmā  and Paramātmā to be one and the same.” How the Māyāvāda philosophy was condemned by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His followers is described in  Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta ,  Antya-līlā , Second Chapter, verses 94 through 99, where Svarūpa-dāmodara Gosvāmī says that anyone who is eager to understand the Māyāvāda philosophy must be considered insane. This especially applies to a Vaiṣṇava who reads the  Śārīraka-bhāṣya  and considers himself to be one with God. The Māyāvādī philosophers have presented their arguments in such attractive flowery language that hearing Māyāvāda philosophy may sometimes change the mind of even a  mahā-bhāgavata , or very advanced devotee. An actual Vaiṣṇava cannot tolerate any philosophy that claims God and the living being to be one and the same.
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‘अन्न-शब्दे मूधा अर्थे कहे –‘अगवान्’। চিদেশ্বর্য-পরিপূর্ণ, অনুধ্ব-সমান ॥ ১১১ ॥
‘brahma ‘śabde mukhya arthe kahe—‘bhagavān’ cid-aiśvarya-paripūrṇa, anūrdhva-samāna