# Cc. Ādi 12.35 > ঈশ্বরের দৈন্য করি’ করিয়াছে ভিক্ষা । > অতএব দণ্ড করি’ করাইব শিক্ষা ॥৩৫॥ ## Text > īśvarera dainya kari' kariyāche bhikṣā > ataeva daṇḍa kari' karāiba śiksā ## Synonyms *īśvarera*—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; *dainya*—poverty; *kari'*—establishing; *kariyāche*—has done; *bhikṣā*—begging; *ataeva*—therefore; *danda*—punishment; *kari'*—giving him; *karāiba*—shall cause; *śikṣā*—instruction. ## Translation **"But he has made the incarnation of Godhead a poverty-stricken beggar. Therefore I shall punish him for his correction."** ## Purport To describe a man as an incarnation of God, or Nārāyaṇa, and at the same time present him as poverty-stricken is contradictory, and it is the greatest offense. The Māyāvādī philosophers, engaged in the missionary work of spoiling the Vedic culture by preaching that everyone is God, describe a poverty-stricken man as *daridra-nārāyaṇa,* or "poor Nārāyaṇa." Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu never accepted such foolish and unauthorized ideas. He strictly warned, *māyāvādi-bhāṣya śunile haya sarva-nāśa:* "Anyone who follows the principles of Māyāvāda philosophy is certainly doomed." Such a fool needs to be reformed by punishment. Although it is contradictory to say that the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His incarnation is poverty-stricken, we find in the revealed scriptures that when the Lord incarnated as Vāmana, He begged some land from Mahārāja Bali. Everyone knows, however, that Vāmanadeva was not at all poverty-stricken. His begging from Mahārāja Bali was a device to favor him. When Mahārāja Bali actually gave the land, Vāmanadeva exhibited His all-powerful position by covering the three worlds with three steps. One should not accept the so-called *daridra-nārāyaṇas* as incarnations because they are completely unable to show the opulence of the genuine incarnations of God.