CC Ādi 14.30
Bengali
অন্তরে বিস্মিত শচী বলিল তাহারে ।
“মাটি খাইতে জ্ঞানযোগ কে শিখাল তোরে ॥ ৩০ ॥
“মাটি খাইতে জ্ঞানযোগ কে শিখাল তোরে ॥ ৩০ ॥
Verse text
antare vismita śacī balila tāhāre
“māṭi khāite jñāna-yoga ke śikhāla tore
“māṭi khāite jñāna-yoga ke śikhāla tore
Synonyms
Translation
Astonished that the child was speaking Māyāvāda philosophy, mother Śacī replied, “Who has taught You this philosophical speculation that justifies eating dirt?”
Purport
In the philosophical discourse between the mother and the son, when the son said that everything is one, as impersonalists say, the mother replied, “If everything is one, why do people in general not eat dirt but eat the food grains produced from the dirt?”