9.51

darsanika pandita sabai paila parajaya

loke hasya kare, bauddha paila lajja-bhaya

SYNONYMS

darsanika—philosophical speculators; pandita—scholars; sabai—all of them; paila parajaya—were defeated; loke—people in general; hasya kare—laugh; bauddha—the Buddhists; paila—got; lajja—shame; bhaya—fear.

All mental speculators and learned scholars were defeated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and when the people began to laugh, the Buddhist philosophers felt both shame and fear.

PURPORT

These philosophers were all atheists, for they did not believe in the existence of God.

Atheists may be very expert in mental speculation and may be so-called great philosophers, but they can be defeated by a Vaisnava firmly situated in his conviction and God consciousness.

Following in the footsteps of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, all the preachers engaged in the service of ISKCON should be very expert in putting forward strong arguments and defeating all types of atheists.