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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Ādi-līlā, Ch. 14]
kha-i-sandeśa-anna, yateka—māṭira vikāra eho māṭi, seha māṭi, ki bheda-vicāra
SYNONYMS
kha-i—fused rice; sandeśa—sweetmeat; anna—eatables; yateka—all; māṭira—of dirt; vikāra—transformations; eho—this is also; māṭi—dirt; seha—that; māṭi—dirt; ki—what; bheda—of difference; vicāra—consideration.
TRANSLATION
“Fused rice, sweetmeats or anything eatable is all but a transformation of dirt. This is dirt, that is dirt. Please consider. What is the difference between them?
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माति—দেহ, মাতি—ভক্ষ্য, দেখহ বিচারি’। অবিচারে দেহ দোষ, কি বলিতে পারি ॥ ২৯ ॥
māṭi—deha, māṭi—bhakṣya, dekhaha vicāri’ avicāre deha doṣa, ki balite pāri
SYNONYMS
māṭi—dirt; deha—this body; māṭi—dirt; bhakṣya—eatable; dekhaha—just try to see; vicāri—by consideration; avicāre—without considering; deha—you put; doṣa—fault upon Me; ki—what; balite—to say; pāri—I am able.
TRANSLATION
“This body is a transformation of dirt, and the eatables are also a transformation of dirt. Please reflect upon this. You are blaming Me without consideration. What can I say?”
PURPORT
This is an explanation of the Māyāvāda philosophy, which takes everything to be one. The necessities of the body, namely, eating, sleeping, mating and defending, are all unnecessary in spiritual life. When one is elevated to the spiritual platform there are no more bodily necessities, and in activities pertaining to the bodily necessities there are no spiritual considerations. In other words, the more we eat, sleep, have sex and try to defend ourselves, the more we engage in material activities. Unfortunately, Māyāvādī philosophers consider devotional activities to be bodily activities. They cannot understand the simple explanation in  Bhagavad-gitā :
mārṅ ca yo 'vyabhicāreṇa bhakti-yogena sevate sa guṇān samatityaitān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate