146 Sr Caitanya-caritamrta [Adi-lila, Ch. 14
antare vismita saci balila tahdre
“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 were cre-9f8 ea |
aE eRcoy cats SH, OE TH HT Lo 1
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
aifoa Pata acd ofa wie’ onfi |
aie-Pioe ufa ace, catfar ara sifu” 2 n
mé@tira vikara ghate pani bhari' Gni
mati-pinde dhari yabe, Sosi’ yaya pani”
