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Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta
TEXT 121
ব্যাসের স্বত্ত্বেতে কহে ‘পরিণাম’-বাদ্ব ।
‘ব্যাস ভ্রান্ত’-- বলি’ তার উঠাইল বিবাদ ॥ ১২১ ॥
vyāsera sūtrete kahe ‘pariṇāma’-vāda ‘vyāsa bhrānta’—bali’ tāra uṭhāila vivāda
SYNONYMS
vyāsera —of Śrīla Vyāsadeva;  sūtrete  in the codes;  kahe —describes;  pariṇāma —transformation;  vāda —philosophy;  vyāsa —Śrīla Vyāsadeva;  bhrānta —mistaken;  bali’ —accusing him;  tāra —his;  uṭhāila —raised;  vivāda —opposition.
TRANSLATION
“In his Vedānta-sūtra Śrīla Vyāsadeva has described that everything is but a transformation of the energy of the Lord. Śaṅkarācārya, however, has misled the world by commenting that Vyāsadeva was mistaken. Thus he has raised great opposition to theism throughout the entire world.
PURPORT
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Thākura explains, “In the  Vedānta-sūtra  of Śrīla Vyāsadeva it is definitely stated that all cosmic manifestations result from transformations of various energies of the Lord. Śaṅkarācārya, however, not accepting the energy of the Lord, thinks that it is the Lord who is transformed. He has taken many clear statements from the Vedic literature and twisted them to try to prove that if the Lord, or the Absolute Truth, were transformed, His oneness would be disturbed. Thus he has accused Śrīla Vyāsadeva of being mistaken. In developing his philosophy of monism, therefore, he has established  vivarta-vāda , or the Māyāvāda theory of illusion.”
In the  Brahma-sūtra , Second Chapter, the first quote is as follows:  tad ananyatvam ārambhaṇa-śabdādibhyaḥ . Commenting on this  sūtra  in his  Śārīraka-bhāṣya , Śaṅkarācārya has introduced the statement  vācārambhaṇaṁ vikāro nāmadheyam  from the  Chāndogya Upaniṣad  to try to prove that acceptance of the transformation of the energy of the Supreme Lord is faulty. He has tried to defy this transformation of energy in a misguided way, which will be explained later. Since his conception of God is impersonal, he does not believe that the entire cosmic manifestation is a transformation of the energies of the Lord, for as soon as one accepts the various energies of the Absolute Truth, one must immediately accept the Absolute Truth to be personal, not impersonal. A person can create many things by the transformation of his energy. For example, a businessman transforms his energy by establishing many big factories or business organizations, yet he remains a person although his energy has been transformed into these many factories or business concerns. The Māyāvādī philosophers do not understand this simple fact. Their tiny brains and