312 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 9
tarkika-mimamsaka, yata mayavadi-gana
sankhya, patafijala, smrti, purdna, 4gama
SYNONYMS
tarkika—logicians; mimarhsaka—followers of mimarhsd philosophy; yata—all;
mayavadi-gana—followers of Sankaracafya; sanikhya—followers of Kapila;
patafjala—followers of mystic yoga; smrti—supplementary Vedic literatures;
purdna—Purdnas; 4gama—the tantra-sastras.
TRANSLATION
There are many kinds of philosophers. Some are logicians who follow
Gautama or Kanada. Some follow the mimamsa philosophy of Jaimini. Some
follow the Mayavada philosophy of Sankaracarya, and others follow Kapila’s
sankhya philosophy or the mystic yoga system of Patanjali. Some follow the
smrti-Sastra composed of twenty religious scriptures, and others follow the
Puranas and the tantra-sastra. In this way there are many different types of
philosophers.
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nija-nija-sastrodgrahe sabai pracanda
sarva mata dusi’ prabhu kare khanda khanda
SYNONYMS
nija-nija—their own; sdstra—of the scripture; udgrahe—to establish the con-
clusion; sabai—all of them; pracanda—very powerful; sarva—all; mata—opin-
ions; dusi’—condemning; prabhu—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kare—does; khan-
da khanda—breaking to pieces.
TRANSLATION
All of these adherents of various scriptures were ready to present the con-
clusions of their respective scriptures, but Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu broke all
their opinions to pieces and established His own cult of bhakti based on the
Vedas, Vedanta, the Brahma-sitra and the philosophy of acintya-bhedabheda-
tattva.
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