Text 36] The Residents of Varanasi Become Vaisnavas 315
PURPORT
Sti Caitanya Mahaprabhu's movement especially aims at defeating the
Mayavada conclusion about the Absolute Truth. Since the members of the
Mayavada school cannot understand the spiritual form of the Lord, they incor-
rectly think the Lord’s form is also made of material energy. They think that He is
covered by a material body just like other living beings. Due to this offensive un-
derstanding, they cannot recognize that Sri Krsna’s personal form is transcenden-
tal, not material. Their conclusion is a great offense at the lotus feet of the Lord. As
explained by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Sri Krsna has His eternal, blissful form that
is full of knowledge, and all Vaisnava acaryas accept this. That is the proper under-
standing of the Absolute Truth.
TEXT 36
ATS. WIS TAA WETSs BHA-
waHIaIfasaafes ges |
OT Forzacaaa foray
Brweanasars Graco y i oy 4
natah pararn parama yad bhavatah svarépam
dnanda-matram avikalpam aviddha-varcah
pasyami visva-srjam ekam avisvam atman
bhutendriyatmakam adas ta updsrito ‘smi
SYNONYMS
na—not; atah—than this; param—more supreme; parama—O supreme one;
yat—which; bhavatah—of Your Lordship; sva-rGpam—the personal form;
dnanda—of transcendental bliss; matram—only; avikalpam—where there is no
creation; aviddha—without contamination; varcah—having an_ effulgence;
pasyami—| see; visva-sriam ekam—who alone has created this universe;
avisvam—not belonging to the destructible material world; dtman—O Supreme
Soul; bhita-indriya-atmakam—the original cause of the senses and the living
beings; adah—transcendental; te—unto You; updsritah asmi—| take full shelter.
TRANSLATION
“‘O supreme one, the transcendental form I am now seeing is full of
transcendental bliss. It is not contaminated by the external energy. It is full of
effulgence. My Lord, there is no better understanding of You than this. You are
the Supreme Soul and the creator of this material world, but You are not con-
nected with this material world. You are completely different from created
