sabe, eka guṇa dekhi tomÄra sampradÄye
satya-vigraha kari' īśvare karaha niścaye

 sabe - in all; eka - one; guṇa - quality; dekhi - I see; tomÄra - your; sampradÄye - in the party; satya-vigraha - the form of the Lord as truth; kari' - accepting; Ä«Å›vare - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; karaha - you do; niÅ›caye - conviction.


Text

“The only qualification that I see in your sampradÄya is that you accept the form of the Lord as truth.â€

Purport

ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu wanted to point out to the TattvavÄdÄ« ÄcÄrya, who belonged to the MadhvÄcÄrya-sampradÄya, that the general behavior of the TattvavÄdÄ«s did not favor pure devotional service, which must be devoid of the taints of fruitive activity and speculative knowledge. As far as fruitive activity is concerned, the contamination is the desire for elevation to a higher standard of life, and for speculative knowledge the contamination is the desire to merge into the existence of the Absolute Truth. The TattvavÄda sampradÄya of the MadhvÄcÄrya school sticks to the principle of varṇÄÅ›rama-dharma, which involves fruitive activity. Their ultimate goal (mukti) is simply a form of material desire. A pure devotee should be free from all kinds of material desire. He simply engages in the service of the Lord. Nonetheless, Caitanya MahÄprabhu was pleased that the MadhvÄcÄrya-sampradÄya, or the TattvavÄda sampradÄya, accepted the transcendental form of the Lord. This is the great qualification of the Vaiṣṇava sampradÄyas.

It is the MÄyÄvÄda sampradÄya that does not accept the transcendental form of the Lord. If a Vaiṣṇava sampradÄya is also carried away by that impersonal attitude, that sampradÄya has no position at all. It is a fact that there are many so-called Vaiṣṇavas whose ultimate aim is to merge into the existence of the Lord. For example, the sahajiyÄs’ Vaiṣṇava philosophy is to become one with the Supreme. ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu points out that ÅšrÄ« MÄdhavendra PurÄ« accepted MadhvÄcÄrya only because his sampradÄya accepted the transcendental form of the Lord.