96 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Antya-lila, Ch. 8
“Even if one is liberated in this life, he becomes addicted to material desires be-
cause of offenses to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”

A similar quotation from one of the Purdnas also appears in the Visnu-bhakti-
candrodaya:

jivan-muktah prapadyante
kvacit sarnsdra-vasanam
yogino na vilipyante
karmabhir bhagavat-parah
“Even liberated souls sometimes fall down to material desires, but those who fully
engaged in devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead are not
affected by such desires.”

These are references from authoritative revealed scriptures. If one becomes an
offender to his spiritual master or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he falls
down to the material platform to merely speculate.

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suska-brahma-jfani, nahi krsnera ‘sambandha’
sarva loka ninda kare, nindate nirbandha
SYNONYMS

suska—dry; brahma-jfiani—impersonalist philosopher; nahi—there is not;
krsnera—with Lord Krsna; sambandha—relationship; sarva—all; loka—persons;
nindé kare—criticizes; nindate nirbandha—fixed in blaspheming.

TRANSLATION

One who is attached to dry speculative knowledge has no relationship with

Krsna. His occupation is criticizing Vaisnavas. Thus he is situated in criticism.
PURPORT

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura has explained in his Anubhdsya that the
word nirbandha indicates that Ramacandra Puri had a steady desire to criticize
others. Impersonalist Mayavadis who have no relationship with Krsna, who can-
not take to devotional service and who simply engage in material arguments to
understand Brahman regard devotional service to Krsna as karma-kdnda, or fru-
itive activities. According to them, devotional service to Krsna is but another
means for attaining dharma, artha, kima and moksa. Therefore they criticize the
devotees for engaging in material activities. They think that devotional service is
