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<div class="heading">The discussion was going with Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, a follower of the Śaṅkarite philosophy. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu has given Vedic evidences that the Supreme Personality of Godhead has His form, transcendental form, sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha, but His form is not material. That is the opinion of Śaṅkarācārya.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 6.151-154 -- Gorakhpur, February 14, 1971|Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 6.151-154 -- Gorakhpur, February 14, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">
In the beginning, the ''Veda'' says that the Supreme Personality of Godhead has no . . . not personality; Brahman. He is person, of course. We say personality, but this personality is not material personality. ''Śīghra cale evam sakala-vasta grahana kare'': "He walks very quickly, and He can accept whatever is offered to Him." So these very statements in the ''Vedas'' confirm that He has hands and legs, but not hands and legs like us. ''Aprakṛta''.

That we cannot understand. ''Aprakṛta''. ''Prakṛta'' and ''aprakṛta''. ''Prakṛta'' means things which are created, and ''aprakṛta'' means which are never created, ''sanātana''. That we cannot understand. As soon as there is statement of the Absolute Truth's form, transcendental form, we think that He has a form like us. How it can be? That is quite reasonable. God cannot be possessing a form which is like us. No.

Therefore ''Bhagavad-gītā'' says, ''sambhavāmy ātma-māyayā'' ([[Vanisource:BG 4.6 (1972)|BG 4.6]]). He descends, He comes down, as He is, ''ātma-māyayā''. We accept this form given to us by the material energy. ''Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ'' ([[Vanisource:BG 3.27 (1972)|BG 3.27]]). According to the association of particular type of ''guṇa'', quality, we get a form. But Kṛṣṇa is not within the influence of the material qualities. His form is different.

:''ṣaḍ-aiśvarya pūrṇa vigraha yāṅhāra''
:''hena-bhagavāne tumi kaha nirākāra''
:([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 6.152|CC Madhya 6.152]])

The discussion was going with Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, a follower of the Śaṅkarite philosophy. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu has given Vedic evidences that the Supreme Personality of Godhead has His form, transcendental form, ''sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha'', but His form is not material. That is the opinion of Śaṅkarācārya. ''Nārāyaṇa para avyaktāt'': "Nārāyaṇa, He is transcendental to this creation." So in . . . with reference to this material creation, He is impersonal. But when we speak of the spiritual world, He is a person, ''sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ'' (Bs. 5.1). ''Ṣaḍ-aiśvarya pūrṇa'', ''pūrṇānanda vigraha yāṅhāra''.