344 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 25

TRANSLATION

After saying this, Prakagananda Sarasvati sat down with Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu and began to question the Lord as follows.

TEXT 88

arataice sfaerl Ws cHIcad AlAA |
Hea G8 ofa’ SiBicha Sas ANAtA vv |

mayavade karila yata dosera akhyana
sabe ei jani’ acaryera kalpita vyakhyana

SYNONYMS

mayavade—in the philosophy of Mayavada, impersonalism; karila—You have
done; yata—all; dosera 4akhyana—description of the faults; sabe—all; ei—these;
jani’—knowing; caéryera—of Sankaracarya; kalpita vyakhyana—imaginary
explanations.

TRANSLATION

PrakaSananda Sarasvati said, ‘‘We can understand the faults You have
pointed out in the Mayavada philosophy. All the explanations given by
Sankaracarya are imaginary.

TEXT 89

mead ofan off qaste-faaae |
Sal Qf Hala CoA HABA AA vd |

sutrera karila tumi mukhydartha-vivarana
taha Suni’ sabara haila camatkara mana

SYNONYMS

sutrera—of the Brahma-sitra; karila—have done; tumi—You; mukhya-artha-
vivarana—descriptiomof the direct meaning; taha suni’—hearing that; sabara—of
everyone; haila—became; camatkara—astonished; mana—the mind.

TRANSLATION

“‘My dear Lord, whatever direct meaning You have given when explaining
the Brahma-sitra is certainly very wonderful to all of us.
