324 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 25
TRANSLATION
“The Mimamsaka philosophers conclude that if there is a God, He is sub-
jected to our fruitive activities. Similarly, the Sankhya philosophers who
analyze the cosmic manifestation say that the cause of the cosmos is material
nature.
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‘oy 3ce,— aa Cece fay ew
carmraray fafacma-acen CER’ FH CD I
‘nyaya’ kahe, — ‘paramdanu haite visva haya’
‘mayavadi' nirvisesa-brahme ‘hetu’ kaya
SYNONYMS
nydya kahe—the philosophers following logic say; paramanu—the atom;
haite—from; visva haya—the cosmic manifestation has come; mayavadi—the
Mayavadi philosophers, impersonalists; nirvisesa-brahme—in the impersonal
Brahman effulgence; hetu—the cause; kaya—say.
TRANSLATION
“The followers of nyaya, the philosophy of logic, maintain that the atom is
the cause of the cosmic manifestation, and the Mayavadi philosophers main-
tain that the impersonal Brahman effulgence is the cause of the cosmic
manifestation.
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HSM BCS,— SUT ST RH-A |
CARAS BCS SICA “MRSA i er
‘patanijala’ kahe, —‘isvara haya svarGpa-jnana’
veda-mate kahe tanre ‘svayam-bhagavan’
SYNONYMS
patafijala kahe —the Patafjala philosophers say; isvara haya—the Supreme Lord
is; svarGpa-jhana—self-realization; veda-mate—in the Vedic version; kahe —they
say; tanre—to Him; svayam-bhagavan—the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
“The Patanhjala philosophers say that when one is self-realized, he under-
stands the Lord. Similarly, according to the Vedas and Vedic principles, the
original cause is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
