'bhagavattÄ' mÄnile 'advaita' nÄ yÄya sthÄpana
ataeva saba Å›Ästra karaye khaṇá¸ana

 bhagavattÄ - the Personality of Godhead; mÄnile - if one accepts; advaita - monism or nondualism;  - not; yÄya - is possible; sthÄpana - establishing; ataeva - therefore; saba - all; Å›Ästra - revealed scriptures; karaye - does; khaṇá¸ana - refutation.


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“If one accepts the Personality of Godhead, the philosophy that maintains that God and the living entity are one cannot be established. Therefore Åšaá¹…karÄcÄrya argued against and refuted all kinds of revealed scriptures.

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