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Šri Caitanya  caritāmrtā
[[Madhya-lilā Ch 3]
TRANSLATION
When two or four pieces of the thrown rice touched His body, Advaita Ācārya began to dance in various ways with the rice still stuck to His body.
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অবধুতের ঝুঁঠা লাগিল মোর অঙ্গে । পরম পবিত্র মোরে কৈল এই ঢঙ্গে ॥ ৯৬ ॥
avadhūtera jhuṭhā lāgila mora aṅge parama pavitra more kaila ei ḍhaṅge
SYNONYMS
avadhūtera jhuṭhā —the remnants of the food of the  avadhūta ;  lāgila —touched;  mora —My;  aṅge —on the body;  parama pavitra —perfectly purified;  more —Me;  kaila —made;  ei —this;  ḍhaṅge —behavior.
TRANSLATION
When the rice thrown by Nityānanda Prabhu touched His body, Advaita Ācārya thought Himself purified by the touch of remnants thrown by paramahaṁsa Nityānanda. Therefore He began dancing.
PURPORT
The word  avadhūta  refers to one above all rules and regulations. Sometimes, not observing all the rules and regulations of a  sannyāsī , Nityānanda Prabhu exhibited the behavior of a mad  avadhūta . He threw the remnants of food on the ground, and some of these remnants touched the body of Advaita Ācārya. Advaita Ācārya accepted this happily because He presented Himself as a member of the community of  smārta-brāhmaṇas . By touching the remnants of food thrown by Nityānanda Prabhu, Advaita Ācārya immediately felt Himself purified of all  smārta  contamination. The remnants of food left by a pure Vaiṣṇava are called  mahā-mahā-prasāda . This is completely spiritual and is identified with Lord Viṣṇu. Such remnants are not ordinary. The spiritual master is to be considered on the stage of  paramahaṁsa  and beyond the jurisdiction of the  varṇāśrama  institution. The remnants of food left by the spiritual master and similar  paramahaṁsas  or pure Vaiṣṇavas are purifying. When an ordinary person touches such  prasāda , his mind is purified, and his mind is raised to the status of a pure  brāhmaṇa . The behavior and statements