Text 100] The Chastisement of Junior Haridasa 171

TRANSLATION

Svaripa Damodara replied, ‘Nevertheless, when we hear the Mayavada
philosophy, we hear that Brahman is knowledge and that the universe of maya
is false, but we gain no spiritual understanding.

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Haiwia-shas Sica, AtS Gesia |
All SAAC] SOSA BITS Ta tel i” yo 0

yahara Sravane bhaktera phate mana prana”

SYNONYMS
jiva—the ordinary living being; ajfana—by ignorance; kalpita—imagined;
isvare—in the Supreme Lord; sakala-i ajfiana—all ignorance; yahara sravane —
hearing of which; bhaktera—of the devotee; phate—breaks; mana prana—mind
and life.

TRANSLATION

“The Mayavadi philosopher tries to establish that the living entity is only
imaginary and that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is under the influence
of maya. Hearing this kind of commentary breaks the heart and life of a devo-
tee.”

PURPORT

Srila Svaripa Damodara Gosvami wanted to impress upon Bhagavan Acarya
that even though someone firmly fixed in devotion to Krsna's service might not
be deviated by hearing the Mayavada bhdasya, that bhdsya is nevertheless full of
impersonal words and ideas such as Brahman which represent knowledge but
which are impersonal. The Mayavadis say that the world created by maya is false,
and that actually there is no living entity but only one spiritual effulgence. They
further say that God is imaginary, that people think of God only because of ig-
norance, and that when the Supreme Absolute Truth is befooled by the external
energy, maya, He becomes a jiva, or living entity. Upon hearing all these nonsensi-
cal ideas from the nondevotee, a devotee is greatly afflicted, as if his heart and
soul were broken.

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FCG-SA Alea) MIT aa SST |
wry frat CUPTICETCA CREAT HIST W See Wy
