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covered by maya. In other words, Mayavadi impersonalists think that the Lord’s
form is also a product of this material world. Due to a poor fund of knowledge,
they cannot understand that Krsna has no body separate from Himself. His body
and Himself are both the same Absolute Truth. Not having perfect knowledge of
Krsna, such impersonalists certainly commit offenses at His lotus feet. Therefore
they do not utter the original name of the Absolute Truth, Krsna. In their imper-
sonal way, they utter the name of impersonal Brahman, spirit soul. In other words,
they indulge in indirect indications of the Absolute Truth. Even if they happen to
utter the name of Govinda, Krsna or Madhava, they still cannot understand that
these names are as good as Govinda, Krsna or Madhava the person. Because they
are ultimately impersonalists, their uttering of the personal name has no potency.
Actually they do not believe in Krsna but consider all these names to be material
vibrations. Not being able to appreciate the holy name of the Lord, they simply ut-
ter indirect names like Brahman, atma and caitanya.

It is a fact, however, that the name of Krsna and Krsna the person are both
spiritual. Everything about Krsna is transcendental, blissful and objective. For a
conditioned soul, the body is different from the soul, and the name given by the
father is also different from the soul. The conditioned living entity's identification
with material objects keeps him from attaining his actual position. Although he is
an eternal servant of Krsna, he acts differently. The svardpa, or actual identifica-
tion of the living entity, is described by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as jivera
‘svardpa’ haya—krsnera ‘nitya-dasa’. The conditioned soul has forgotten the real
activities of his original position. However, this is not the case with Krsna. Krsna’s
name and His person are identical. There is no such thing as maya Krsna because
Krsna is not a product of the material creation. There is no difference between
Krsna’s body and His soul. Krsna is simultaneously both soul and body. The dis-
tinction between body and soul applies to conditioned souls. The body of the
conditioned soul is different from the soul, and the conditioned soul’s name is dif-
ferent from his body. One may be named Mr. John, but if we call for Mr. John, Mr.
John may never actually appear. However, if we utter the holy name of Krsna,
Krsna is immediately present on our tongue. In the Padma Purana, Krsna says,
mad-bhakta yatra gayanti tatra tisthami ndrada: “‘O Narada, | am present wherever
My devotees are chanting.” When the devotees chant the holy name of Krsna—
Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama
Rama, Hare Hare—Lord Krsna is immediately present.

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