314 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 25

TRANSLATION

“Vedic literatures, the Upanisads, the Brahma-sitra and the Puranas all de-
scribe the activities of the spiritual potency of the Lord. If one cannot accept
the personal activities of the Lord, he jokes foolishly and gives an impersonal
description.

PURPORT

In the Vedic literatures, including the Puranas, there are full descriptions of the
spiritual potency of Krsna. All the pastimes of the Lord are eternal, blissful and full
of knowledge, just as the form of Krsna Himself is eternal, blissful and full of
knowledge (sac-cid-ananda-vigraha). Unintelligent people with a poor fund of
knowledge compare their temporary bodies to the spiritual body of Krsna, and by
such foolishness they try to understand Krsna as one of them. Avajdnanti mar
mudha mdanusim tanum dsritam. Bhagavad-gitd (9.11) points out that foolish
people think of Krsna as one of them. Not understanding His spiritual potency,
they simply decry the personal form of the Absolute Truth, foolishly thinking of
themselves as jfAdnis cognizant of the complete truth. They cannot understand
that just as the material energy of the Lord has a variety of activities, the spiritual
energy has variety also. They consider activities in devotional service the same as
activities in material consciousness. Under such a wrong impression, they some-
times dare joke about the spiritual activities of the Lord and His devotional service.

TEXT 35

forte sefaae aifie’ fa atfa
OB ae “It9,— ABI COSTA ath 1 0c i

cid-dnanda krsna-vigraha ‘mdayika’ kari’ mani
ei bada ‘papa’, —satya caitanyera vani

SYNONYMS

cit-dnanda krsna-vigraha—the transcendental form of Krsna, which is com-
pletely spiritual; mayika kari’ mani—accept as made of the external energy, mayd;
ei bada papa —this is a great act of sin; satya —true; caitanyera vani—the words of
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

TRANSLATION

“The Mayavadis do not recognize the personal form of the Lord as spiritual
and full of bliss. This is a great sin. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s statements are
actually factual.
