vedānte tu mahā-śāstre māyāvādam avaidikam mayaiva vakṣyate devi jagatāṁ nāśa-kāraṇāt
vedante tu maha-sastre
mayavadam avaidikam
mayaiva vaksyate devi
jagatam nasa-karanat
mayavadam avaidikam
mayaiva vaksyate devi
jagatam nasa-karanat
"The Mayavada philosophy," Lord Siva informed his wife Parvati, "is impious [asac-chastra]. It is covered Buddhism. My dear Parvati, in the form of a brahmana in Kali-yuga I teach this imagined Mayavada philosophy. In order to cheat the atheists, I describe the Supreme Personality of Godhead to be without form and without qualities. Similarly, in explaining Vedanta I describe the same Mayavada philosophy in order to mislead the entire population toward atheism by denying the personal form of the Lord." In the Siva Purana the Supreme Personality of Godhead told Lord Siva:
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