CC Madhya 8.124
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya
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.