CC Madhya 25.50

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

Madhya-līlā 25.49 - Madhya-līlā 25.51

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 50

'mīmāṁsaka’ kahe,—'īśvara haya karmera aṅga'

'sāṅkhya' kahe,—'jagatera prakṛti kāraṇa-prasaṅga'

SYNONYMS

mīmāṁsaka—the Mīmāṁsaka philosophers; kahe—say; īśvara—the Supreme Lord; haya—is; karmera aṅga—subject to fruitive activities; sāṅkhya kahe—the atheistic Sāṅkhya philosophers say; jagatera—of the cosmic manifestation; prakṛti—nature; kāraṇa—the cause; prasaṅga—thesis.

TRANSLATION

"The Mīmāṁsaka philosophers conclude that if there is a God, He is subject to our fruitive activities. Similarly, the Sāṅkhya philosophers, who analyze the cosmic manifestation, say that the cause of the cosmos is material nature.

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