Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 7.103

ihā śuni' bale sarva sannyāsīra gana

tomāke dekhiye yaiche sākshāt nārāyana

SYNONYMS

ihā — this; śuni' — hearing; bale — spoke; sarva — all; sannyāsīra — of the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs; gana — group; tomāke — unto You; dekhiye — we see; yaiche — exactly like; sākshāt — directly; nārāyana — the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

Hearing this, the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs became somewhat humble and addressed Caitanya Mahāprabhu as Nārāyana Himself, who they all agreed He was.

PURPORT

Māyāvādī sannyāsīs address each other as Nārāyana. Whenever they see another sannyāsī, they offer him respect by calling om namo nārāyanāya ("I offer my respect unto you, Nārāyana"), although they know perfectly well what kind of Nārāyana he is. Nārāyana has four hands, but although they are puffed up with the idea of being Nārāyana, they cannot exhibit more than two. Since their philosophy declares that Nārāyana and an ordinary human being are on the same level, they sometimes use the term daridra-nārāyana ("poor Nārāyana"), which was invented by a so-called svāmī who did not know anything about Vedānta philosophy. Therefore although all these Māyāvādī sannyāsīs who called themselves Nārāyana were actually unaware of the position of Nārāyana, due to their austerities Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu enabled them to understand Him to be Nārāyana Himself. Lord Caitanya is certainly the Supreme Personality of Godhead Nārāyana appearing as a devotee of Nārāyana, and thus the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs, understanding that He was directly Nārāyana Himself whereas they were false, puffed-up Nārāyanas, spoke to Him as follows.

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