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transcendental form of Srimad-Bhagavatam, the Mayavadis are very proud of their
study. Foreseeing the bad effects of their presenting Vedanta philosophy in a per-
verted way, Stila Vyasadeva compiled Srimad- Bhagavatam as a commentary on
Vedanta-siitra. Srimad- Bhagavatam is bhasyarn brahma-sutranam; in other words, all
the Vedanta philosophy i in the codes of the Brahma-sittras is thoroughly described in
the pages of Srimad- Bhagavatam. Thus the factual propounder of Vedanta philoso-
phy is a Krsna conscious person who always engages in reading and understanding
Bhagavad-gita and Srimad- -Bhagavatam and teaching the purport of these books to
the entire world. The Mayavadis are very proud of having monopolized the Vedanta
philosophy, but devotees have their own commentaries on Vedanta such as Srimad-
Bhagavatam and others written by the acadryas. The commentary of the Gaudiya
Vaisnavas is the Govinda-bhasya.

The Mayavadis’ accusation that devotees do not study Vedanta is false. They do
not know that chanting, dancing and preaching the principles of Srimad-Bhagavatam,
called Bhagavata-dharma, are the same as studying Vedanta. Since they think that
reading Vedanta philosophy is the only function of a sannyasi and they did not find
Caitanya Mahaprabhu engaged in such direct study, they criticized the Lord. Sripada
Sankaracarya has given special stress to the study of Vedanta philosophy. Vedanta-
vakyesu sada ramantah kaupinavantah khalu bhagyavantah. ‘‘A sannyasi, accepting
the renounced order very strictly and wearing nothing more than a loincloth, should
always enjoy the philosophical statements in the Vedanta-sutra. Such a person in
blasphemed Lord Caitanya because His behavior did not follow these principles.
Lord Caitanya, however, bestowed His mercy upon these Mayavadi sannyasis and
delivered them by means of His Vedanta discourses with Prakasananda Sarasvati
and Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya.

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GIS SON CHCA SIFCFA ALA | 82
murkha sannyasi nija-dharma nahi jane
bhavuka ha-iya phere bhavukera sane

SYNONYMS

murkha-—illiterate; sannyasi—one in the renounced order of life; nija-dharma—
own duty; nahi—does not; jane—know; bhavuka—in ecstasy; ha-iya—becoming;
phere—wanders; bhavukera—with another ecstatic person; sane—with.

TRANSLATION

“This Caitanya Mahaprabhu is an illiterate sannyasi and therefore does not know
His real function. Guided only by His sentiments, He wanders about in the company
of other sentimentalists.”’
