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Šri Caitanya -caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lilā Ch 25
parama kāraṇa īśvara keha nāhi māne sva-sva-mata sthāṇe para-matera khandane
SYNONYMS
parama kāraṇa —the supreme cause, the cause of all causes;  īśvara —the Supreme Lord;  keha nāhi māne —none of the above-mentioned philosophers accept;  sva-sva-mata —their own personal opinions;  sthāpe —they establish;  para-matera khandane —busy in refuting the opinions of others.
TRANSLATION
“Of the philosophers mentioned, none really cares for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the cause of all causes. They are always busy refuting the philosophical theories of others and establishing their own.
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তাতে ছয় দর্শন হৈতে ‘তত্ত্ব’ নাছি জানি । ‘মহাজন’ যেই কহে, সেই ‘সত্য’ মানি ॥ ৫৬ ॥
tāte chaya darśana haite ‘tattva’ nāhi jāni ‘mahājana’ yei kahe, sei ‘satya’ māni
SYNONYMS
tāte —therefore;  chaya darśana haite —from the six philosophical principles;  tat-tva nāhi jāni —we cannot understand the actual truth;  mahājana —the great authorities;  yei kahe —whatever they say;  sei —that;  satya māni —we can accept as truth.
TRANSLATION
“By studying the six philosophical theories, one cannot reach the Absolute Truth. It is therefore our duty to follow the path of the mahājanas, the authorities. Whatever they say should be accepted as the supreme truth.
PURPORT
In his  Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya , Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of the six philosophical processes. Prakāśānanda admitted that Śrīpād Śaṅkarācārya, being very eager to establish his philosophy of monism, took shelter of the Vedānta philosophy and tried to explain it in his own way. The fact is, however, that if one accepts the existence of God, he certainly cannot establish the theory of monism. For this reason Śaṅkarācārya refuted all kinds of Vedic