Text 28) The Residents of Varanasi Become Vaisnavas 309

sttra-upanisadera mukhyartha chadiya
acarya ‘kalpana’ kare agraha kariya

SYNONYMS

sitra-upanisadera—of the Vedanta-sutra and the Upanisads; mukhya-artha—
the direct meaning; chadiya—giving up; 4acarya—Sankaracarya; kalpana—
imagination; kare—does; dgraha kariya—with great eagerness.

TRANSLATION

“Giving up the direct meaning of the Vedanta-siitra and the Upanisads,
Sankaracarya imagines some other interpretation.

TEXT 27
Bipis-sas ae cl afes ea |
FC Ay ‘Ay’ SoA, BHA A TTA W291

acarya-kalpita artha ye pandita sune
mukhe ‘haya’ ‘haya’ kare, hrdaya na mane

SYNONYMS
acarya-kalpita—imagined by Sankaracarya; artha—meaning; ye pandita sune—
any learned person who hears; mukhe—only in the mouth; haya haya—yes it is,
yes it is; kare—does; hrdaya—his heart; nd mane—does not accept.

TRANSLATION

“All the interpretations of Sankaracarya are imaginary. Such imaginary in-
terpretations are verbally accepted by learned scholars, but they do not ap-
peal to the heart.

TEXT 28
Heacves-atas gp aes athe
sfarsicn naaicn ‘neata’ athe ferfery av ti

sri-krsna-caitanya-vakya drdha satya mani
kali-kale sannydase ‘sarnsara’ nahi jini

SYNONYMS

$ri-krsna-caitanya-vakya—the words of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; drdha—very
firm and convincing; satya mani—I admit as truth; kali-kale—in this age of Kali;
