vedamaya-mÅ«rti tumi, — sÄká¹£Ät nÄrÄyaṇa
ká¹£ama aparÄdha, — pÅ«rve ye kailuá¹… nindana
veda-maya - transformation of the Vedic knowledge; mÅ«rti - form; tumi - You; sÄká¹£Ät - directly; nÄrÄyaṇa - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ká¹£ama - excuse; aparÄdha - offense; pÅ«rve - before; ye - that; kailuá¹… - we have done; nindana - criticism.
“Dear Sir, You are Vedic knowledge personified and are directly NÄrÄyaṇa Himself. Kindly excuse us for the offenses we previously committed by criticizing You.â€
The complete path of bhakti-yoga is based upon the process of becoming humble and submissive. By the grace of Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu, all the MÄyÄvÄdÄ« sannyÄsÄ«s were very humble and submissive after hearing His explanation of the VedÄnta-sÅ«tra, and they begged to be pardoned for the offenses they had committed by criticizing the Lord for simply chanting and dancing and not taking part in the study of the VedÄnta-sÅ«tra. We are propagating the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement simply by following in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu. We may not be very well versed in the VedÄnta-sÅ«tra aphorisms and may not understand their meaning, but we follow in the footsteps of the ÄcÄryas, and because of our strictly and obediently following in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu, it is to be understood that we know everything regarding the VedÄnta-sÅ«tra.
