Text 104] The Lord Travels to Vrndavana 55
In the Madhya-khanda, Chapter Twenty, it is said:

sannyasi ‘prakasananda’ vasaye kasite

more khanda-khanda veta kare bhala-mate

padaya ‘vedanta’, mora ‘vigraha’ nd mane

kustha kardilun ange, tabu nahi jane

‘satya’ mora ‘lila-karma’, ‘satya’ mora ‘sthana’

iha ‘mithya’ bale, more kare khan-khan

PrakaSananda Sarasvati used to explain impersonalism, the Absolute Truth, as
being without hands, legs, mouths or eyes. In this way he used to cheat the
people by denying the personal form of the Lord. Such a foolish person was Pra-
kaSananda Sarasvati, whose only business was to sever the limbs of the Lord by
proving the Lord impersonal. Although the Lord has form, PrakaSananda Sarasvati
was attempting to cut off the hands and legs of the Lord. This is the business of
demons. The Vedas state that people who do not accept the Lord's form are ras-
cals. The form of the Lord is factual, for Krsna states in Bhagavad-gita (15.15):
vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyah. When Krsna says aham, He says “I am," which
means “I,” the person. He adds the word eva, which is used for conclusive
verification. It is by Vedanta philosophy that one has to know the Supreme Per-
son. Whoever describes Vedic knowledge as impersonal is a demon. One be-
comes successful in life by worshiping the form of the Lord. The Mayavadi san-
nydsis deny the form of the Lord, which delivers all fallen souls. Indeed, this form
is cut to pieces by Mayavadi demons.

The Personality of Godhead is worshiped by exalted demigods like Lord Brahma
and Lord Siva. The original Mayavadi sannydsi, Sankaracarya, also accepted the
fact that the Lord’s form is transcendental. Narayanah paro ‘vyaktat: “Narayana,
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is beyond the avyakta, the unmanifested
material energy.” Avyaktad anda-sambhavah: “This material world is a creation of
that unmanifested material energy.” However, Narayana has His own eternal
form, which is not created by material energy. Simply by worshiping the form of
the Lord, one is purified. However, Mayavadi sannydsis are impersonalist philoso-
phers, and they describe the form of the Lord as mayd, or false. How can one be
purified by worshiping something false? Mayavadi philosophers have no sufficient
reason for being impersonalists. They blindly follow a principle that cannot be
supported by reason or argument. This was the situation with Prakasananda
Sarasvati, the chief Mayavadi sannydsi of Benares. He was supposed to teach
Vedanta philosophy, but he would not accept the form of the Lord; therefore he
was attacked with leprosy. Nonetheless, he continued to commit sins by describ-
