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mukti--srestha kari’ kainu vasistha vyakhyana

kruddha hana prabhu more kaila apamana

SYNONYMS

mukti—liberation; srestha—the topmost; kari’-accepting; kainu—I did; vasistha—the book known as Yoga-vasistha; vyakhyana—explanation; kruddha—angry; hana—becoming; prabhu—the Lord; more—unto Me; kaila—did; apamana—disrespect "Thus I expounded the Yoga-vasistha, which considers liberation the ultimate goal of life.

For this the Lord became angry at Me and treated Me with apparent disrespect.

PURPORT

There is a book of the name Yoga-vasistha that Mayavadis greatly favor because it is full of impersonal misunderstandings regarding the Supreme Personality of Godhead, with no touch of Vaisnavism.

Factually, all Vaisnavas should avoid such a book, but Advaita Acarya Prabhu, wanting punishment from the Lord, began to support the impersonal statements of the Yoga-vasistha.

Thus Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu became extremely angry at Him and seemingly treated Him disrespectfully.