Adi-lila, Chapter 7 53

asked Him why He indulged in the association of fanatics instead of executing the
duty of a sannyasi.

TEXT 70

ASIC CATH CStal Alle AAAs |
Hata FA coca, VA FS Sia 190 1

prabhave dekhiye toma saksat narayana
hinacara kara kene, ithe ki karana

SYNONYMS

prabhave—in Your opulence; dekhiye—| see; toma—You; saksat—directly;
narayana—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; hina-acara—lower-class behavior;
kara—You do; kene—why; ithe—in this; ki—what is; karana—reason.

TRANSLATION

“You look as brilliant as if You were Narayana Himself. Will You kindly explain
the reason that You have adopted the behavior of lower-class people?”

PURPORT

Due to renunciation, Vedanta study, meditation and the strict regulative
principles of their daily routine, Mayavadi sannyasis are certainly in a position to
execute pious activities. Thus Prakasananda Sarasvafi, on account of his piety,
could understand that Caitanya Mahaprabhu was not an ordinary person but the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. Saksat narayana: he considered Him to be
Narayana Himself. Mayavadi sannyasis address each other as Narayana because they
think that they are all going to be Narayana or merge with Narayana in the next
life. Prakasananda Sarasvati appreciated that Caitanya Mahaprabhu had already
directly become Narayana and did not need to wait until His next life. One difference
between the Vaisnava and Mayavadi philosophies is that Mayavadi philosophers
think that after giving up their bodies they are going to become Narayana by
merging with His body, whereas Vaisnava philosophers understand that after the
body dies they are going to have a transcendental, spiritual body in which to
associate with Narayana.

TEXT 71

ae ace —ga, Horig, Sara sI20 |
Ow carca at cafe’ Shae TAA 99 I

prabhu kahe—Suna, Sripada, ihara karana
guru more murkha dekhi’ karila sasana
