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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 6]
uparodhe prabhu mora mānena nimantraṇa nā mānile duḥkhī ha-ibeka mūrkha jana
SYNONYMS
uparodhe —by my request;  prabhu —Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  mora —my;  mānena —accepts;  nimantraṇa —invitation;  nā mānile —if He does not accept;  duḥkhī —unhappy;  ha-ibeka —will become;  mūrkha jana —foolish person.
TRANSLATION
“At my request Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepts the invitations because He knows that a foolish person like me would be unhappy if He did not accept them.”
PURPORT
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Thākura says that people who are advanced in learning but attached to material enjoyment, who are puffed up by material possessions, by birth in an elevated aristocratic family or by education, may offer showbottle devotional service to the Deity and also offer  prasāda  to Vaiṣṇavas. Because of their ignorance, however, they cannot understand that since their minds are materially polluted, neither the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa, nor the Vaiṣṇavas accept their offerings. If one accepts money from such materialistic persons to offer food to the Deity and Vaiṣṇavas, a pure Vaiṣṇava does not accept it. This causes unhappiness for the materialists because they are fully absorbed in the bodily conception of life. Therefore they sometimes turn against the Vaiṣṇavas.
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এত বিচারিয়া নিমন্ত্রণ ছাড়ি দিল” ।
শুনি মহাপ্রভু হাসি বলিতে লাগিল ॥ ২৭৭ ॥
eta vicāriyā nimantraṇa chāḍi’ dila’ śuni’ mahāprabhu hāsi’ balite lāgila
SYNONYMS
eta vicāriyā —considering this;  nimantraṇa —invitation;  chāḍi’ dila —he has stopped;  śuni’ —hearing;  mahāprabhu —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  hāsi’ —smiling;  balite lāgila —began to say.
TRANSLATION
“Considering all these points,” Svarūpa Dāmodara concluded, “he has stopped inviting You.” Hearing this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu smiled and spoke as follows.