Antya 2.98

TEXT 98

TEXT

স্বরূপ কহে, - "তথাপি মায়াবাদ-শ্রবণে ।
"চিৎ, ব্রহ্ম, মায়া, মিথ্যা' - এইমাত্র শুনে ॥ ৯৮ ॥

svarupa kahe, "tathapi mayavada-sravane

'cit, brahma, maya, mithya'-ei-matra sune

SYNONYMS

svarupa kahe-Svarupa Damodara replied; tathapi-still; mayavada-sravane-by hearing the Mayavada commentary; cit-knowledge; brahma-the Absolute Truth; maya-external energy; mithya-false; ei-matra-only these; sune-hears.

TRANSLATION

Svarupa Damodara replied, "Nevertheless, when we hear the Mayavada philosophy, we hear that Brahman is knowledge and that the universe of maya is false, but we gain no spiritual understanding.