326 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta {Madhya-lila, Ch. 25
parama kdrana isvara keha nahi mane
sva-sva-mata sthdpe para-matera khandane
SYNONYMS
parama kérana—the supreme cause, the cause of all causes; isvara—the
Supreme Lord; keha nahi mane—none of the above-mentioned philosophers ac-
cept; sva-sva-mata—their own personal opinions; sthdpe—they establish; para-
matera khandane—busy in refuting the opinions of others.
TRANSLATION
“Of the philosophers mentioned, none really cares for the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, the cause of all causes. They are always busy refuting the
philosophical theories of others and establishing their own.
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TEIIH CAS BE, CHS HST atau ew
tate chaya darsana haite ‘tattva’ nahi jani
‘mahdjana’ yei kahe, sei ‘satya’ mani
SYNONYMS
tate —therefore; chaya darsana haite —from the six philosophical principles; tat-
tva nahi jani—we cannot understand the actual truth; mahdjana—the great
authorities; yei kahe —whatever they say; sei—that; satya mani—we can accept
as truth.
TRANSLATION
“By studying the six philosophical theories, one cannot reach the Absolute
Truth. It is therefore our duty to follow the path of the mahajanas, the
authorities. Whatever they say should be accepted as the supreme truth.
PURPORT
In his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura gives the following
summary of the six philosophical processes. PrakaSdnanda admitted that Sripad
Sankaracarya, being very eager to establish his philosophy of monism, took shelter
of the Vedanta philosophy and tried to explain it in his own way. The fact is,
however, that if one accepts the existence of God, he certainly cannot establish
the theory of monism. For this reason Sankaracarya refuted all kinds of Vedic
