Text 113] The Lord’s Visit to Sri Vendavana 187
sannyasi —cit-kana jiva, kirana-kana-sama
sad-aisvarya-purna krsna haya sGryopama

SYNONYMS
sannydasi—a person in the renounced order of life; cit-kana jiva—a small frag-
mental living being; kirana—of sunshine; kana—small particle; sama—like; sat-
aisvarya-purna—full in six opulences; krsnma—Lord Krsna; haya—is; surya-
upama—compared to the sun.
TRANSLATION
“A sannyasi in the renounced order is certainly part and parcel of the com-
plete whole, just as a shining molecular particle of sunshine is part and parcel
of the sun itself. Krsna is like the sun, full of six opulences, but the living en-
tity is only a fragment of the complete whole.
TEXT 113
HA, HAI-SI— ST ACS “TA |
werafiaihe care phere “Fe? S301
jiva, isvara-tattva——kabhu nahe ‘sama’
jvalad-agni-rasi yaiche sphulingera ‘kana’
SYNONYMS
jiva—a living being; isvara-tattva—and the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
kabhu—at any time; nahe—not; sama—equal; jvalat-agni-rasi—large flame;
yaiche—as; sphulingera—of a spark; kana—fragmental portion.
TRANSLATION
“A living entity and the Absolute Personality of Godhead are never to be
considered equal, just as a fragmental spark can never be considered the
original flame.
PURPORT
Mayavadi sannydasis consider themselves Brahman, and they superficially speak
of themselves as Narayana. The monistic disciples of the Mayavada school
(known as smarta-brahmanas) are generally householder brahmanas who accept
the Mayavadi sannydsis as Narayana incarnate; therefore they offer their obei-
sances to them. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu immediately protested this
unauthorized system, specifically mentioning that a sannydasi (cit-kana jiva) is
