20 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Adi-lila, Ch. 12

dcaryere sthadpiyache kariyd isvara
ithe dosa nahi, Gcarya—daivata isvara

SYNONYMS

acaryere—unto Sri Advaita Acarya; sthapiyache—he established; kariya@—mention-
ing; Svara—as the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ithe—in this; dosa—fault; ndhi—
there is not; dcdrya—Advaita Acarya; daivata isvara—He is actually the Supreme
Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

“He has established Advaita Acarya as an incarnation of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead. There is nothing wrong in this, for He is indeed the Lord Himself.

TEXT 35

wacaa crn sia’ sfaatce fori |
RSH HY Bly BaVes fare it oe

isvarera dainya kari’ kariyadche bhiksd
ataeva danda kari’ kardiba siksa

SYNONYMS

igsvarera—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; dainya—poverty; kari’—
establishing; kariyGche—has done; bhiksd—begging; ataeva—therefore; danda—
punishment; kari’—giving him; kardiba—shall cause; siks@—instruction.

TRANSLATION

“‘But he has made the incarnation of Godhead a poverty-stricken beggar. Therefore
I shall punish him for his correction.”

PURPORT

To describe a man as an incarnation of God, or Narayana, and at the same time
present him as poverty-stricken is contradictory, and it is the greatest offense. The
Mayavadi philosophers, engaged in the missionary work of spoiling the Vedic culture
by preaching that everyone is God, describe a poverty-stricken man as daridra-
narayana, or “poor Narayana.’”’ Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu never accepted such
foolish and unauthorized ideas. He strictly warned, mdydvadi-bhdsya sunile haya
sarva-ndsa: ‘Anyone who follows the principles of Mayavada philosophy is certainly
doomed.” Such a fool needs to be reformed by punishment.

Although it is contradictory to say that the Supreme Personality of Godhead or
His incarnation is poverty-stricken, we find in the revealed scriptures that when the
Lord incarnated as Vamana, He begged some land from Maharaja Bali. Everyone
knows, however, that Vamanadeva was not at all poverty-stricken. His begging from
