360 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 25
TEXT 118
AMNSTS Ceca Ba Sats “SES? |
CF AVG’-SF SST, VA UNA Ha eI
mayéatita haile haya amdara ‘anubhava’
ei ‘sambandha’-tattva kahilun, suna dra saba
SYNONYMS
mayd-atita haile—when one becomes transcendentally situated above this ex-
ternal energy; haya—there is; dmdra anubhava—perception of Me; ei sam-
bandha-tattva kahilun—this has been explained as the principle of a relationship
with Me; suna—please hear; dra saba—all the rest.
TRANSLATION
““‘When one is transcendentally situated, he can perceive Me. This percep-
tion is the basis of one’s relationship with the Supreme Lord. Now let Me
further explain this subject matter.
PURPORT
Real spiritual knowledge has to be received from revealed scriptures. After this
knowledge is attained, one can begin to perceive his actual spiritual life. Any
knowledge achieved by speculation is imperfect. One must receive knowledge
from the parampard system and from the guru, otherwise one will be bewildered,
and will ultimately become an impersonalist. When one very scrutinizingly
deliberates, he can realize the personal feature of the Absolute Truth. The
Supreme Personality of Godhead is always transcendental to this material cre-
ation. Nardyanah paro ‘vyaktat: Narayana, the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
is always transcendental. He is not a creation of this material world. Without
realizing spiritual knowledge, one cannot understand that the transcendental
form of the Lord is always beyond the creative energy. The example of the sun
and sunshine is given. The sunshine is not the sun, but still the sunshine is not
separate from the sun. The philosophy of acintya-bhedabheda-tattva
(simultaneously one and different) cannot be understood by one who is fully
under the influence of the external energy. Consequently a person under the in-
fluence of the material energy cannot understand the nature and form of the Per-
sonality of the Absolute Truth.
TEXT 119
ACSA WA CAS A ASI Sala |
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