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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Ādi-līlā, Ch. 14]
antare vismita śacī balila tāhāre "māṭi khāite jñāna-yoga ke śikhāla tore
SYNONYMS
antare —within herself;  vismita —surprised;  śacī —mother Śacī;  balila —replied;  tāhāre —unto Him;  māṭi —dirt;  khāite —to eat;  jñāna-yoga —philosophical speculation;  ke —who;  śikhāla —taught;  tore —You.
TRANSLATION
Astonished that the child was speaking Māyāvāda philosophy, mother Śacī replied: "Who has taught You this philosophical speculation that justifies eating dirt?"
PURPORT
In the philosophical discourse between the mother and the son, when the son said that everything is one, as impersonalists say, the mother replied, "If everything is one, why do people in general not eat dirt but eat the food grains produced from the dirt?"
TEXT 31
मातिर विकार अम्र शाहेण मेह-पुष्टि हम् ।
माति शाहेण रोग हम्, मेह याम् कम् ॥ ७५ ॥
māṭira vikāra anna khāile deha-puṣṭi haya māṭi khāile roga haya, deha yāya kṣaya
SYNONYMS
māṭira —of the dirt;  vikāra —transformation;  anna —food grains;  khāile —by eating;  deha —of the body;  puṣṭi —nourishment;  haya —becomes;  māṭi —the dirt;  khāile —by eating;  roga —disease;  haya —becomes;  deha —the body;  yāya —goes;  kṣaya —to destruction.
TRANSLATION
Replying to the Māyāvāda idea of the child philosopher, mother Śacī said: "My dear boy, if we eat earth transformed into grains, our body is nourished, and it becomes strong. But if we eat dirt in its crude state, the body becomes diseased instead of nourished, and thus it is destroyed."
TEXT 32
मातिर विकार चटे पामि करि आमि ।
माति-पिञ्चे धरि यवे, शासि याम् पामि ॥ ७२ ॥
māṭira vikāra ghaṭe pāni bhari' āni māṭi-piṇḍe dhari yabe, śoṣi' yāya pāni'