vitaṇá¸Ä, chala, nigrahÄdi aneka uá¹hÄila
saba khaṇá¸i' prabhu nija-mata se sthÄpila
vitaṇá¸Ä - counterarguments; chala - imaginary interpretations; nigraha-Ädi - repulses to the opposite party; aneka - various; uá¹hÄila - raised; saba - all; khaṇá¸i' - refuting; prabhu - ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu; nija-mata - His own conviction; se - that; sthÄpila - established.
The Bhaá¹á¹ÄcÄrya presented various types of false arguments with pseudo logic and tried to defeat his opponent in many ways. However, ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu refuted all these arguments and established His own conviction.
The word vitaṇá¸Ä indicates that a debater, not touching the main point or establishing his own point, simply tries to refute the other person’s argument. When one does not touch the direct meaning but tries to divert attention by misinterpretation, he engages in chala. The word nigraha also means always trying to refute the arguments of the other party.
