CC Adi 12.40 (1975)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 40
- mukti—śreṣṭha kari’ kainu vāśiṣṭha vyākhyāna
- kruddha hañā prabhu more kaila apamāna
SYNONYMS
mukti—liberation; śreṣṭha—the topmost; kari’—accepting; kainu—I did; vāśiṣṭha—the book known as Yoga-vāśiṣṭha; vyākhyāna—explanation; kruddha—angry; hañā—becoming; prabhu—the Lord; more—unto Me; kaila—did; apamāna—disrespect.
TRANSLATION
“Thus I expounded the Yoga-vāśiṣṭha, which considers liberation the ultimate goal of life. For this the Lord became angry at Me and treated Me with apparent disrespect.
PURPORT
There is a book of the name Yoga-vāśiṣṭha that Māyāvādīs greatly favor because it is full of impersonal misunderstandings regarding the Supreme Personality of Godhead, with no touch of Vaiṣṇavism. Factually, all Vaiṣṇavas should avoid such a book, but Advaita Ācārya Prabhu, wanting punishment from the Lord, began to support the impersonal statements of the Yoga-vāśiṣṭha. Thus Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu became extremely angry at Him and seemingly treated Him disrespectfully.