CC Madhya 8.124

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

CC Madhya 8.123

CC Madhya 8.125

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 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.