Adi-lila, Chapter 7 87
“One cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His name, form,
qualities or paraphernalia, but if one renders service unto Him the Lord reveals
Himself.” (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.2,.234) Here one can see the effect of the
Mayavadi sannyasis’ service toward Narayana. Because they offered a little respect
to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and because they were pious and actually followed the
austere rules and regulations of sannyasa, they had some understanding of Vedanta
philosophy, and by the grace of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu they could appreciate
that He was none other than the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is endowed
with all six opulences. One of these opulences is His beauty. By His extraordinarily
beautiful bodily features the Mayavadi sannyasis recognized Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
as Narayana Himself. He was not a farcical Narayana like the daridra-narayanas
invented by so-called sannyasis.
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tomara prabhave sabara anandita mana
kabhu asangata nahe tomara vacana
SYNONYMS

tomara—Your; prabhave—by influence; sabara—of everyone; anandita—joyful;
mana—mind; Rabhu—at any time; asangata—unreasonable; nahe—does not; tomara—
Your; vacana—speeches.

TRANSLATION

“Dear sir, by Your influence our minds are greatly satisfied, and we believe that

Your words will never be unreasonable. Therefore You can speak on Vedanta-sitra.””
PURPORT

In this verse the words tomara prabhave (‘‘Y our influence”’) are very important.
Unless one is spiritually advanced he cannot influence an audience. Bhaktivinoda
Thakura has sung, Suddha bhakata carana renu, bhajana-anukula: ‘‘Unless one asso-
ciates with a pure devotee he cannot be influenced to understand devotional service.”
These Mayavadi sannyasis were fortunate enough to meet the Supreme Personality
of Godhead in the form of a devotee, and certainly they were greatly influenced by
the Lord. They knew that since a perfectly advanced spiritualist never says anything
false, all his words are reasonable and agree with the Vedic version. A highly realized
person never says anything that has no meaning. Mayavadi philosophers claim to be
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and this has no meaning, but Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu never uttered such nonsense. The Mayavadi sannyasis were convinced
about His personality, and therefore they wanted to hear from Him the purport of
Vedanta philosophy.
