CC Antya 5.145

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, Chapter 5: How Pradyumna Miśra Received Instructions from Rāmānanda Rāya

CC Antya 5.144

CC Antya 5.146

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 145

’bāndhe sabāre’—tāte avidyā ‘bandhu’ haya
’avidyā-nāśaka’—‘bandhu-han’-śabde kaya

SYNONYMS

bāndhe—binds; sabāre—everyone; tāte—therefore; avidyā—nescience, or māyā; bandhu—binder or relative; haya—is; avidyā-nāśaka—vanquisher of māyā; bandhu-han-śabde—by the word bandhu-han; kaya—mother Sarasvatī says.

TRANSLATION

“Nescience, or māyā, may be called ‘bandhu’ because she entangles everyone in the material world. Therefore by using the word ‘bandhu-han,’ mother Sarasvatī says that Lord Kṛṣṇa is the vanquisher of māyā.

PURPORT

Everyone is entangled in the illusory energy, but as stated in the Bhagavad-gītā (BG 7.14), mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te: (BG 7.14) as soon as one surrenders to Kṛṣṇa, he is freed from māyā. Therefore Kṛṣṇa may be called bandhu-han, the killer of māyā.