Text 50] The Residents of Varanasi Become Vaisnavas 323

ataeva—therefore; saba—all; sastra—revealed scriptures; karaye—does; khan-
dana —refutation.

TRANSLATION

“If one accepts the Personality of Godhead, the philosophy that maintains
that God and the living entity are one cannot be established. Therefore
Sankaracarya argued against and refuted all kinds of revealed scriptures.

TEXT 49

AS AVSS) Sits B-aTAS BIST |
SNCwA AV Tel ACH SiS] CSTS 11 Bd Il

yei grantha-karta cahe sva-mata sthdpite
sastrera sahaja artha nahe tanhd haite

SYNONYMS

yei—anyone who; grantha-karta—author; cahe—wants; sva-mata sthapite—
to establish his own opinion; sastrera—of the revealed scriptures; sahaja—the
direct; artha—meaning; nahe—is not; tanha haite—from such an author.

TRANSLATION

“Anyone who wants to establish his own opinion or philosophy certainly
cannot explain any scripture according to the principle of direct interpreta-
tion.

TEXT 50

Raeny’ Bew,— Sly SI Bea Be’ |
HLA? ALS, — HUSA ABS SiAe-QIAM’ i @o

‘mimarnsaka’ kahe, —‘isvara haya karmera anga’
‘sankhya’ kahe, —‘jagatera prakrti kdrana-prasanga’

SYNONYMS

mimarmsaka—the Mimarnsaka philosophers; kahe—say; isvara—the Supreme
Lord; haya—is; karmera anga—subject to fruitive activities; sankhya kahe—the
atheistic Sankhya philosophers say; jagatera—of the cosmic manifestation;
prakrti—nature; karana—the cause; prasanga—thesis.
