54 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 17
nydasis of the Krsna consciousness movement. That is the instruction of Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu given by His personal behavior.
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prakasananda sripada sabhate vasiya
‘vedanta’ padana bahu Ssisya-gana lafa
SYNONYMS
prakasananda—PrakaSananda; sripdda—a great sannydsi; sabhate—in the
assembly; vasiya—sitting down; vedanta—Vedanta philosophy; padana—in-
structs; bahu—many; sisya-gana—disciples; lafia—taking.
TRANSLATION
There was a great Mayavadi sannyasi named Prakasananda Sarasvati who
used to teach Vedanta philosophy to a great assembly of followers.
PURPORT
Sripada PrakaSananda Sarasvati was a Mayavadi sannyasi, and his characteristics
have been described in Caitanya-bhagavata (Madhya-khanda Chapter Three):
‘hasta’, ‘pada’, ‘mukha’ mora nahika ‘locana’
veda more ei-mata kare vidambana
kasite padaya veta ‘prakasa-ananda’
sei veta kare mora ariga khanda-khanda
vakhanaye veda, mora vigraha na mane
sarvange ha-ila kustha, tabu nahi jane
sarva-yajhamaya mora ye-anhga—-pavitra
‘aja’, ‘bhava’ adi gaya yanhara caritra
‘punya’ pavitrata paya ye-ariga-parase
taha ‘mithya’ bale veta kemana sdhase
