Text 170] The Liberation of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya 293
SYNONYMS

jivera—of the living entities; nistara—deliverance; /agi’—for the matter of;
suitra—Vedanta-stitra; kaila—made; vydsa—Srila Vydsadeva; mayavadi—of the
impersonalists; bhasya—commentary; sunile—if hearing; haya—becomes; sarva-
nasa—all destruction.

TRANSLATION

“Srila Vyasadeva presented the Vedanta philosophy for the deliverance of
conditioned souls, but if one hears the commentary of Sankaracarya, every-
thing is spoiled.

PURPORT

Factually, the devotional service of the Lord is described in Vedanta-sdtra, but
the Mayavadi philosophers, the Sankarites, prepared a commentary known as
Sariraka-bhasya, in which the transcendental form of the Lord is denied. The
Mayavadi philosophers think that the living entity is identical with the Supreme
Soul, Brahman. Their commentaries on Vedanta-sditra are completely opposed to
the principle of devotional service. Caitanya Mahaprabhu therefore warns us to
avoid these commentaries. If one indulges in hearing the Sankarite Sariraka-
bhasya, he will certainly be bereft of all real knowledge.

The ambitious Mayavadi philosophers desire to merge into the existence of the
Lord, and this may be accepted as sayujya-mukti. However, this form of mukti
means denying one’s individual existence. In other words, it is a kind of spiritual
suicide. This is absolutely opposed to the philosophy of bhakti-yoga. Bhakti-yoga
offers immortality to the individual conditioned soul. If one follows the Mayavadi
philosophy, he misses his opportunity to become immortal after giving up the ma-
terial body. The immortality of the individual person is the highest perfectional
stage aliving entity can attain.

TEXT 170
orfactra-ate’ SHAS WAS |
wfourtis tora wstencat *fats H s40 Nl
‘parindma-vada’ —vydasa-sUtrera sammata
acintya-sakti isvara jagad-ripe parinata
SYNONYMS

parindma-vada—the theory of transformation; vyasa-sUtrera—of the Vedanta-

stra; sammata—purpose; acintya-sakti—inconceivable power; isvara—the
