Madhya-līlāChapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 8.124

prabhu kahe, — māyāvādī āmi ta' sannyāsī

bhakti-tattva nāhi jāni, māyāvāde bhāsi

SYNONYMS

prabhu kahe — the Lord said; māyāvādī — a follower of the Māyāvāda philosophy; āmi — I; ta' — certainly; sannyāsī — one in the renounced order of life; bhakti-tattva — the truths of transcendental loving service; nāhi — not; jāni — I know; māyāvāde — in the philosophy of impersonalism; bhāsi — I float.

TRANSLATION

Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, "I am a Māyāvādī in the renounced order of life, and I do not even know what transcendental loving service to the Lord is. I simply float in the ocean of Māyāvāda philosophy.

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