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The Residents of Vārānāsī Become Vaisnavas
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TANAMA  (TANAMA TANAMA)
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s movement especially aims at defeating the Māyāvāda conclusion about the Absolute Truth. Since the members of the Māyāvāda school cannot understand the spiritual form of the Lord, they incorrectly think the Lord’s form is also made of material energy. They think that He is covered by a material body just like other living beings. Due to this offensive understanding, they cannot recognize that Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s personal form is transcendental, not material. Their conclusion is a great offense at the lotus feet of the Lord. As explained by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrī Kṛṣṇa has His eternal, blissful form that is full of knowledge, and all Vaiṣṇava ācāryas accept this. That is the proper understanding of the Absolute Truth.
TEXT 36
নাতঃ পরং পরম-যম্ভবতঃ স্বরূপ-মানন্দমাত্রমবিকল্পমবিদ্ধবর্চঃ । প্রস্তামি বিশ্বস্থজমেকমবিশ্বমাত্মন্ ভূতেন্দ্রিয়াত্মকমদস্ত উপাশ্রিতোহস্মি ॥ ৩৬ ॥
nātaḥ pararin parama yad bhavataḥ svarūpam ānanda-mātram avikalpam aviddha-varcaḥ paśyāmi viśva-sṛjam ekam aviśvam ātman bhūtendriyātmakam adas ta upāśrito ‘smi
SYNONYMS
na —not;  ataḥ —than this;  param —more supreme;  parama —O supreme one;  yat —which;  bhavataḥ —of Your Lordship;  sva-rūpam —the personal form;  ānanda —of transcendental bliss;  mātram —only;  avikalpam —where there is no creation;  aviddha —without contamination;  varcaḥ —having an effulgence;  paśyāmi —I see;  viśva-sṛjam ekam —who alone has created this universe;  aviśvam —not belonging to the destructible material world;  ātman —O Supreme Soul;  bhūta-indriya-ātmakam —the original cause of the senses and the living beings;  adaḥ —transcendental;  te —unto You;  upāśritaḥ asmi —I take full shelter.
TRANSLATION
“O supreme one, the transcendental form I am now seeing is full of transcendental bliss. It is not contaminated by the external energy. It is full of effulgence. My Lord, there is no better understanding of You than this. You are the Supreme Soul and the creator of this material world, but You are not connected with this material world. You are completely different from created