Verse 2.24.63

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.24.63:

তুমি আর অদ্বৈতে যে করে ভেদ-বুদ্ধি ভাল-মতে না জানে সে অবতার-শুদ্ধি” ॥ ৬৩ ॥

तुमि आर अद्वैते ये करे भेद-बुद्धि भाल-मते ना जाने से अवतार-शुद्धि” ॥ ६३ ॥

tumi āra advaite ye kare bheda-buddhi bhāla-mate nā jāne se avatāra-śuddhi” || 63 ||

tumi ara advaite ye kare bheda-buddhi bhala-mate na jane se avatara-suddhi” (63)

English translation:

(63) “Anyone who distinguishes between You and Advaita does not properly know the intricacies of the incarnations.”

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Those who consider Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu and Śrī Advaita Prabhu distinct from the viṣṇu-tattvas and thus differentiate between Their body and self cannot fully enter into the intricacies of understanding the Lord’s incarnations. Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu is the first direct expansion of the Supreme Lord, and Śrī Advaita Prabhu is Viṣṇu in the form of the ingredient cause of creation. Implicit in the understanding that Advaita Prabhu is the upādāna-kāraṇa Viṣṇu is the further understanding that He embodies the role of the original ācārya-guru, which is the basis for considering Him a Vaiṣṇava. Since the distinction between the nimitta- kāraṇa, or efficient cause, and the upādāna-kāraṇa, or ingredient cause, is an inseparable aspect of the Supreme Lord’s identity, the Lord is called Advaita; however if the distinct characteristics of the nimitta-kāraṇa are ascribed in the understanding of Advaita, then the distinct characteristics

of the prakāśa-vastu (Nityānanda) and svayaṃ-rūpa (Caitanya) are disrespected.