Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 24.112

"muktā api līlayā vigrahaḿ

kṛtvā bhagavantaḿ bhajante"

SYNONYMS

muktāḥ — liberated; api — although; līlayā — by pastimes; vigraham — the form of the Lord; kṛtvā — having installed; bhagavantam — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhajante — worship.

TRANSLATION

"'Even a liberated soul merged in the impersonal Brahman effulgence is attracted to the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa. He thus installs a Deity and renders the Lord service.'

PURPORT

Highly elevated Māyāvādī sannyāsīs sometimes worship the Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa Deity and discuss the pastimes of the Lord, but their purpose is not elevation to Goloka Vṛndāvana. They want to merge into the Lord's effulgence. This statement is quoted from Śańkarācārya's commentary on the Upaniṣad known as Nṛsiḿha-tāpanī.

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