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Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta
tomāre nindaye yata sannyāsīra gaṇa śunite nā pāri, phāṭe hṛdaya-śravaṇa
SYNONYMS
tomāre —unto You;  nindaye —blasphemes;  yata —all;  sannyāsīra gaṇa —the Māyāvādī  sannyāsīs ;  śunite —to hear;  nā —cannot;  pāri —tolerate;  phāṭe —it breaks;  hṛdaya —our hearts;  śravaṇa —while hearing such blasphemy.
TRANSLATION
“The Māyāvādī sannyāsīs are all criticizing Your Holiness. We cannot tolerate hearing such criticism, for this blasphemy breaks our hearts.”
PURPORT
This is a manifestation of real love for Kṛṣṇa and Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. There are three categories of Vaiṣṇavas:  kaniṣṭha-adhikārīs ,  madhyama-adhikārīs  and  uttama-adhikārīs . The  kaniṣṭha-adhikārī , or the devotee in the lowest stage of Vaiṣṇava life, has firm faith but is not familiar with the conclusions of the  śāstras . The devotee in the second stage, the  madhyama-adhikārī , is completely aware of the śāstric conclusion and has firm faith in his  guru  and the Lord. He, therefore, avoiding non-devotees, preaches to the innocent. However, the  mahā-bhāgavata  or  uttama-adhikārī , the devotee in the highest stage of devotional life, does not see anyone as being against the Vaiṣṇava principles, for he regards everyone as a Vaiṣṇava but himself. This is the essence of Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s instruction that one be more tolerant than a tree and think oneself lower than the straw in the street ( tṛṇādapi sunicena taror api sahiṣṇunā ). However, even if a devotee is in the  uttama-bhāgavata  status he must come down to the second status of life,  madhyama-adhikārī , to be a preacher, for a preacher should not tolerate blasphemy against another Vaiṣṇava. Although a  kaniṣṭha-adhikārī  also cannot tolerate such blasphemy, he is not competent to stop it by citing śāstric evidences. Therefore Tapana Miśra and Candraśekhara are understood to be  kaniṣṭha-adhikārīs  because they could not refute the arguments of the  sannyāsīs  in Benares. They appealed to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu to take action, for they felt that they could not tolerate such criticism although they also could not stop it.
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ইহা শুনি রহে প্রভু ঈষৎ হাসিয়া ।
সেই কালে এক বিপ্র মিলিল আলিয়া ॥ ৫২ ॥
ihā śuni rahe prabhu īṣat ha-iyā sei kāle eka vipra milila āsiyā