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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.

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.