98 Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta
TRANSLATION

“Everything about the Supreme Personality of Godhead is spiritual, including His
body, opulence and paraphernalia. Mayavada philosophy, however, covering His
spiritual opulence, advocates the theory of impersonalism.

PURPORT

It is stated in the Brahma-samhita, iSvarah paramah krsnah sac-cid-ananda-
vigrahah: ‘‘The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, has a spiritual body which
is full of knowledge, eternity and bliss.”’ In this material world everyone’s body is
just the opposite—temporary, full of ignorance and full of misery. Therefore when
the Supreme Personality of Godhead is sometimes described as nirakara, this is to
indicate that He does not have a material body like us.

Mayavadi philosophers do not know how it is that the Supreme Personality of
Godhead is formless. The Supreme Lord does not have a form like ours but has a
spiritual form. Not knowing this, Mayavadi philosophers simply advocate the one-
sided view that the Supreme Godhead, or Brahman, is formless (nirakara). \n this
connection Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura offers many quotes from the Vedic litera-
ture. If one accepts the real or direct meaning of these Vedic statements, one can
understand that the Supreme Personality of Godhead has a spiritual body (sac-cid-
@nanda-vigrahah).

In the Brhad-aranyaka Upanisad it is said, purnam adah purnam idam purnat
purnam udacyate. This indicates that the body of the Supreme Personality of God-
head is spiritual, for even though He expands in many ways, He remains the same.
In Bhagavad-gita the Lord says, aham sarvasya prabhavo mattah sarvam pravartate:
“am the origin of all. Everything emanates from Me.” (Bg. 10.8) Mayavadi philoso-
phers materialistically think that if the Supreme Truth expands Himself in every-
thing, He must lose His original form. Thus they think that there cannot be any form
other than the expansive gigantic body of the Lord. But the mantra of the Brhad-
aranyaka Upanisad confirms, purnam idam purnat purnam udacyate: ‘‘Although He
expands in many ways, He keeps His original personality. His original spiritual body
remains as it is.” Similarly, in the Svetasvatara Upanisad it is stated, vicitra-saktih
purusah puranah: ‘“‘The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the original person
[purusa], has multifarious energies.’’ Sa vrksa-kalakrtibhih paro ‘nyo yasmat
prapahcah parivartate ’yam dharmavaham papanudam bhagesam: ‘‘He is the origin
of material creation, and it is due to Him only that everything changes. He is the pro-
tector of religion and annihilator of all sinful activities. He is the master of all opu-
lences.”” (6.6) Vedaham etarn purusarn mahantam aditya-varnam tamasah parastat:
“Now | understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead to be the greatest of the
great. He is effulgent like the sun and is beyond this material world.” (3.8) Patim
patinarn paramam parastat: ‘‘He is the master of all masters, the superior of all
superiors.”’ (6.7) Mahan prabhur vai purusah: ‘‘He is the supreme master and su-
preme person.” (3.12) Parasya Saktir vividhaiva srilyate: ‘‘We can understand His
opulences in different ways.” (6.8) These are statements of the Svetasvatara
