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 ISHS) BIE TAS THC |
sivas nae wef aACZ Sia CSTS 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
MAULAY BE,— Sly TI BAA ae’ |
‘AA SCE, —HALSA ABTS SlA|-AIAM’ ll co
‘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.
