144 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Adi-lila, Ch. 14
kha-i-sandesa-enna, yateka—métira vikara
eho mati, seha mati, ki bheda-vicara
SYNONYMS
kha-i—fused rice; sandesa—sweetmeat; arna—eatables; yateka—all,; métira—of
dirt; vikdra—transformations; eho—this is also; mati—dirt; seha—that; mati—dirt;
ki—what; bheda—of difference; vicéra—consideration.
TRANSLATION
“Fused rice, sweetmeats or anything eatable is all but a transformation of dirt.
This is dirt, that is dirt. Please consider. What is the difference between them?
TEXT 29
ai — cae, we —Sw;, cree faoifT |
wfaotca cre cHTe, fe aface of nan
méti—deha, mdti—bhakgya, dekhaha vicdri*
avicare deha dosa, ki balite pari
SYNONYMS
mati—dirt; deha—this body; m@fi—dirt; bhaksya—eatable,; dekhaha—just try to
see; vicdri’—by consideration; avicdre—without considering; deha—you put; dosa—
fault upon Me; &i— what; ba/ite—to say; pori~| am able.
TRANSLATION
This body is a transformation of dirt, and the eatables are also a transformation
of dirt. Please reflect upon this. You are blaming Me without consideration. What
can I say?”
PURPORT
This is an explanation of the Mayavada philosophy, which takes everything to be
one. The necessities of the body, namely, eating, sleeping, mating and defending,
are all unnecessary in spiritual life. When one is elevated to the spiritual platform
there are no more bodily necessities, and in activities pertaining to the bodily
necessities there are no spiritual considerations. In other words, the more we eat,
sleep, have sex and try to defend ourselves, the more we engage in material activities.
Unfortunately, Mayavadi philosophers consider devotional activities to be bodily
activities. They cannot understand the simple exptanation in Bhagavad-gita:
man ca yo 'vyabhicaérena bhakti-yogena sevate
sa gunan samatityaitan brahma-bhiydya kalpate
