Volume 7 - Prabhupada

186 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 18SYNONYMSvrndavane-at Vrndavana; ha-ifa-became; tumi-You; krQa-avatara-incarnationof Krl)a; toma dekhi'-by seeing You; sarva-foka-all people; ha-ifanistara-become liberated.TRANSLATIONThe people then said, "You have appeared in Vrndavana as an incarnation ofKrr;a. Just by seeing You, everyone is now liberated."TEXT 111 ,-'f' '', iii i I.,11t '-.'·gJ !_iii fiti I IIprabhu kahe,-'viQu' 'viQu; iha na kahiba!jivadhame 'krQa'-jiiana kabhu na kariba!SYNONYMSprabhu kahe-SrT Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied; viQU viQu-0 ViI)U, Vil)u;iha-J:his; na kahiba-do not speak; jiva-adhame-fallen conditioned souls;krQa-jiiana-accepting as Lord Krl)a; kabhu-ever; na kariba-do not do.TRANSLATIONSri Caitanya Mahaprabhu immediately exclaimed, "Vir;u! Vir;u! Do notcall Me the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A jiva cannot become Krr;a atany time. Do not even say such a thing!PURPO RTSrT Caitanya Mahaprabhu immediately stated that a living being, however exaltedhe may be, should never be compared to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.All of SrT Caitanya Mahaprabhu's preaching protests the monistic philosophyof the Mayavada school. The central point of Krl)a consciousness is that thejiva, the living entity, can never be accepted as Krl)a or Vil)u. This viewpoint iselaborated in the following verses.TEXT 112lfiUl-e: