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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Ādi-līlā, Ch. 12]
ācāryere sthāpiyāche kariyā īśvara ithe doṣa nāhi, ācārya—daivata īśvara
SYNONYMS
ācāryere —unto Śrī Advaita Ācārya;  sthāpiyāche —he established;  kariyā —mentioning;  īśvara —as the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  ithe —in this;  doṣa —fault;  nāhi —there is not;  ācārya —Advaita Ācārya;  daivata īśvara —He is actually the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
“He has established Advaita Ācārya as an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There is nothing wrong in this, for He is indeed the Lord Himself.
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ঈবরের দৈত্য করি’ করিরাছে ভিক্ষা। অতএব দণ্ড করি’ করাইব শিক্ষা ॥ ৩৫ ॥
īśvarera dainya kari’ kariyāche bhikṣā ataeva daṇḍa kari’ karāiba śikṣā
SYNONYMS
īśvarera —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  dainya —poverty;  kari’ —establishing;  kariyāche —has done;  bhikṣā —begging;  ataeva —therefore;  daṇḍa —punishment;  kari’ —giving him;  karāiba —shall cause;  śikṣā —instruction.
TRANSLATION
“But he has made the incarnation of Godhead a poverty-stricken beggar. Therefore I shall punish him for his correction.”
PURPORT
To describe a man as an incarnation of God, or Nārāyaṇa, and at the same time present him as poverty-stricken is contradictory, and it is the greatest offense. The Māyāvādī philosophers, engaged in the missionary work of spoiling the Vedic culture by preaching that everyone is God, describe a poverty-stricken man as  daridra-nārāyaṇa , or “poor Nārāyaṇa.” Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu never accepted such foolish and unauthorized ideas. He strictly warned,  māyāvādi-bhāṣya śunile haya sarva-nāśa : “Anyone who follows the principles of Māyāvāda philosophy is certainly doomed.” Such a fool needs to be reformed by punishment.
Although it is contradictory to say that the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His incarnation is poverty-stricken, we find in the revealed scriptures that when the Lord incarnated as Vāmana, He begged some land from Mahārāja Bali. Everyone knows, however, that Vāmanadeva was not at all poverty-stricken. His begging from