Text 110) The Lord’s Visit to Sri Vrndavana 185
sons replied; sannyadsi tumi—You are a sannyéasi; jarigama-nadrayana—moving
Narayana.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then asked them, ‘‘Where have vou seen Krsna
directly?’ The people replied, ‘‘You are a sannyasi, a renunciant; therefore
You are a moving Narayana [jangama-narayana].”’

PURPORT

This is the viewpoint of Mayavada philosophy. Mayavada philosophy supports
the impersonalist view that Narayana, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has
no form. One can imagine impersonal Brahman in any form—as Visnu, Lord Siva,
Vivasvan, Ganesa or Devi Durga. According to the Mayavada philosophy, when
one becomes a sannyasi, he is to be considered a moving Narayana. Mayavada
philosophy holds that the real Narayana does not move because, being imper-
sonal, He has no legs. Thus according to Mayavada philosophy, whoever be-
comes a sannyasi declares himself Narayana. Foolish people accept such ordinary
human beings as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is called vivarta-vada.

In this regard, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments that jangama-
nardayana means that the impersonal Brahman takes a shape and moves here and
there in the form of a Mayavadi sannydsi. The Mayavada philosophy confirms this.
Danda-grahana-matrena naro narayano bhavet: “Simply by accepting the danda
of the order of sannydsa, one is immediately transformed into Narayana.”
Therefore Mayavadi sannydsis address themselves by saying, om namo ndarayan-
aya. In this way one Narayana worships another Narayana.

Actually an ordinary human being cannot become Narayana. Even the chief
Mayavadi sannyasi, Sri Sankardcarya, says, narayanah paro ‘vyaktat: “Narayana is
not a creation of this material world. Narayana is above the material creation.”
Due to their poor fund of knowledge, Mayavadi sannydasis think that Narayana,
the Absolute Truth, takes birth as a human being and that when He realizes this,
He becomes Narayana again. They never consider why Narayana, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, accepts an inferior position as a human being and then
again becomes Narayana when He is perfect. Why should Narayana be imper-
fect? Why should He appear as a human being? Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu very
nicely explained these points while at Vrndavana.

TEXT 110
PU ACA Sle GA Fy-TTSIa |
CEI caIY meCoTIs VB FABIA N90 I
vrndavane ha-ila tumi krsna-avatara
toma dekhi’ sarva-loka ha-ila nistara
