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The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhattācārva
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SYNONYMS
jīvera —of the living entities;  nistāra —deliverance;  lāgi' —for the matter of;  sūtra — Vedānta-sūtra ;  kaila —made;  vyāsa —Śrīla Vyāsadeva;  māyāvādi —of the impersonalists;  bhāṣya —commentary;  śunile —if hearing;  haya —becomes;  sarva-nāśa —all destruction.
TRANSLATION
“Śrīla Vyāsadeva presented the Vedānta philosophy for the deliverance of conditioned souls, but if one hears the commentary of Śaṅkarācārya, everything is spoiled.
PURPORT
Factually, the devotional service of the Lord is described in  Vedānta-sūtra , but the Māyāvādī philosophers, the Śaṅkarites, prepared a commentary known as  Śārīraka-bhāṣya , in which the transcendental form of the Lord is denied. The Māyāvādī philosophers think that the living entity is identical with the Supreme Soul, Brahman. Their commentaries on  Vedānta-sūtra  are completely opposed to the principle of devotional service. Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore warns us to avoid these commentaries. If one indulges in hearing the Śaṅkarite  Śārīraka-bhāṣya , he will certainly be bereft of all real knowledge.
The ambitious Māyāvādī philosophers desire to merge into the existence of the Lord, and this may be accepted as  sāyujya-mukti . However, this form of  mukti  means denying one’s individual existence. In other words, it is a kind of spiritual suicide. This is absolutely opposed to the philosophy of  bhakti-yoga .  Bhakti-yoga  offers immortality to the individual conditioned soul. If one follows the Māyāvādī philosophy, he misses his opportunity to become immortal after giving up the material body. The immortality of the individual person is the highest perfectional stage a living entity can attain.
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‘পরিণাম-বাদ’—ব্যাস-সূত্রের সন্ধাত । অচিন্ত্যশক্তি ঈশ্বর জগদ্রূপে পরিণত ॥ ১৭০ ॥
‘pariņāma-vāda’ ——vyāsa-sūtrera sammata acintya-śakti īśvara jagad-rūpe pariņata
SYNONYMS
pariņāma-vāda —the theory of transformation;  vyāsa-sūtrera —of the  Vedānta-sūtra ;  sammata —purpose;  acintya-śakti —inconceivable power;  īśvara —the