Adi-lila, Chapter 7 127
TEXT 130
‘AT, TAN SI — STR SFY aogier |
AAAS Sha ‘SqaA’A BNlAg |i soe
‘pranava, maha-vakya—taha kari’ acchadana
mahavakye kari ‘tattvamasi’ra sthapana
SYNONYMS
pranava—omkara; maha-vakya—principal mantra; taha—that; Rkari’—making; ac-
chadana—covered; maha-vakye—in place of the principal mantra; kari—| do; tat-
tvam-asira sthapana—establishment of the statement tat tvam asi.
TRANSLATION
“Pranava[omkara] is the maha-vakya [maha-mantra] in the Vedas. Sankaracarya’s
followers cover this to stress without authority the mantra tat tvam asi.
PURPORT
The Mayavadi philosophers stress the statements tat tvam asi, so’ham, etc., but
they do not stress the real maha-mantra, pranava (omkara). Therefore, because they
misrepresent Vedic knowledge, they are the greatest offenders to the lotus feet of
the Lord. Caitanya Mahaprabhu says clearly, mayavadi krsne aparadhi: Mayavadi
philosophers are the greatest offenders to Lord Krsna. Lord Krsna declares:
tan aharn dvisatah kruran
samsaresu naradhaman
Rsipamy ajasram asubhan
asurisv eva yonisu
“Those who are envious and mischievous, who are the lowest among mankind, are
cast by Me into the ocean of material existence, into various demoniac species of
life.” (Bg. 16.19) Life in demoniac species awaits the Mayavadi philosophers after
death because they are envious of Krsna. When Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita (9.34),
man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru (‘‘Engage your mind always
in thinking of Me, offer obeisances and worship Me’’), one demoniac scholar says
that it is not Krsna to whom one must surrender. This scholar is already suffering in
this life, and he will have to suffer again in the next if in this life he does not com-
plete his prescribed suffering. One should be very careful not to be envious of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the next verse, therefore, Sri Caitanya Mahe
prabhu clearly states the purpose of the Vedas.
TEXT 131
WACAMICH Bea SLBA Aerie |
BHAeS lS’ Caer pweti-agtasTa i sos |
