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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
produces a transcendental emotion that is a rare manifestation. It is the sign of love of God, which is the ultimate end of life. Love of God is transcendental to liberation  [mukti] , and thus it is called the fifth stage of spiritual realization, above the stage of liberation. By chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa one attains the stage of love of God, and it was good that fortunately I was favored with the blessing.”
On hearing this statement from the Lord, the Māyāvādī  sannyāsī  asked the Lord what was the harm in studying the  Vedānta  along with chanting the holy name. Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī knew well that the Lord was formerly known as Nimāi Paṇḍit, a very learned scholar of Navadvīpa, and His posing as a great fool was certainly to some purpose. Hearing this inquiry by the  sannyāsī , the Lord smiled and said, “My dear sir, if you do not mind, I will answer your inquiry.”
All the  sannyāsīs  there were very much pleased with the Lord for His honest dealings, and they unanimously replied that they would not be offended by whatever He replied. The Lord then spoke as follows:
“ Vedānta-sūtra  is comprised of transcendental words or sounds uttered by the transcendental Personality of Godhead. As such, in the  Vedānta  there cannot be any human deficiencies like mistake, illusion cheating or inefficiency. The message of the  Upaniṣads  is expressed in the  Vedānta-sūtra , and what is said there directly is certainly glorified. Whatever interpretations have been given by Śaṅkarācārya have no direct bearing on the  sūtra , and therefore such commentation spoils everything.
“The word Brahman indicates the greatest of all, which is full with transcendental opulences, superior to all. Brahman is ultimately the Personality of Godhead, and He is covered by indirect interpretations and established as impersonal. Everything that is in the spiritual world is full of transcendental bliss, including the form, body, place and paraphernalia of the Lord. All are eternally cognizant and blissful. It is not the fault of the Ācārya Śaṅkara that he has so interpreted  Vedānta , but if someone accepts it, then certainly he is doomed. Anyone who accepts the transcendental body of the Personality of Godhead as something mundane certainly commits the greatest blasphemy.”
The Lord thus spoke to the  sannyāsī  almost in the same way that He spoke to the Bhaṭṭācārya of Purī, and by forceful arguments He nullified the Māyāvāda interpretations of the  Vedānta-sūtra . All the  sannyāsīs  there claimed that the Lord was the personified  Vedas  and the Personality of Godhead. All the  sannyāsīs  were converted to the cult of  bhakti , and all of them accepted the holy name of the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and they dined together with the Lord in the midst of them. After this conversion of the