146 Sr Caitanya-caritamrta [Adi-lila, Ch. 14

antare vismita Sac? balila tahare
“mati khdite jfiana-yoga ke sikhdla tore

SYNONYMS
antare—within herself; visemita—surprised; sac/—mother Saci; balila—replied;
tahare—unto Him; méti—dirt; khdite—to eat; jnana-yoga— philosophical speculation;
ke—who; sikha/a—taught; tore—You.

TRANSLATION

Astonished that the child was speaking Mayavada philosophy, mother Saci
replied: ‘Who has taught You this philosophical speculation that justifies eating
dirt?”

PURPORT

In the philosophical discourse between the mother and the son, when the son

said that everything is one, as impersonalists say, the mother replied, ‘‘If everything

is one, why do people in general not eat dirt but eat the food grains produced
from the dirt?”

TEXT 31

aifea fasta om rece cre-Af8 ea |
aS Meco cats Sa, CE TH WA > I

méatira vikdra anna Rkhdaile deha-pusti haya
mati Rhdile roga haya, deha yaya ksaya

SYNONYMS

matira—of the dirt; vikGra—transformation; anna—food grains; khaile—by eating;
deha—of the body; pusti—nourishment; haya—becomes; mdti—the dirt; Rhaile—by
eating; roga—disease; haya—becomes; deha—the body; ydya—goes; ksaya—to
destruction.

TRANSLATION

Replying to the Mayavada idea of the child philosopher, mother Saci said: “My

dear boy, if we eat earth transformed into grains, our body is nourished, and it be-

comes strong. But if we eat dirt in its crude state, the body becomes diseased instead
of nourished, and thus it is destroyed.

TEXT 32
aifea Frata acd otfa ofa’ ofa |
aife-Pioe wf aca, cana ara orf” ©2 n

mé@tira vikara ghate pani bhari' Gni
mati-pinde dhari yabe, Sosi’ yaya pani”
