Verse 3.3.47

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.3.47:

যদি বল শঙ্করের মত সেহ নহে তাঙ্র অভিপ্রায দাস্য, তাঙ্রি মুখে কহে” ॥ ৪৭ ॥

यदि बल शङ्करेर मत सेह नहे ताङ्र अभिप्राय दास्य, ताङ्रि मुखे कहे” ॥ ४७ ॥

yadi bala śaṅkarera mata seha nahe tāṅra abhiprāya dāsya, tāṅri mukhe kahe” || 47 ||

yadi bala sankarera mata seha nahe tanra abhipraya dasya, tanri mukhe kahe” (47)

English translation:

(47) “If you say that the philosophy of Śaṅkarācārya does not agree with this, then I will quote his words to prove that he desired the service of the Lord.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Although Śaṅkarācārya did not openly say that worship of Kṛṣṇa is the eternal duty of the living entities, he considered himself like a wave of the ocean. A wave is not the ocean; this was his conviction. Suppressing the dualities or conditional state of the material world does not mean liberation. Actual liberation entails renouncing one’s unconstitutional position and becoming situated in one’s constitutional position. Therefore even in some parts of Śaṅkarācārya’s philosophy aversion to devotional service is not seen. Śaṅkara’s followers who cannot understand his intentions proudly identify themselves as liberated souls on the strength of their external dress. Actually, giving up external signs like the śikhā and brāhmaṇa thread is not the basis for devotional service. Giving up the śikhā and brāhmaṇa thread while accepting ekadaṇḍa sannyāsa is also not the basis for devotional service. Devotional service to Kṛṣṇa becomes enhanced by acceptance of tridaṇḍa sannyāsa, not by ekadaṇḍa sannyāsa. After hearing these explanations of Sārvabhauma, Śrī Gaurasundara became very pleased.