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Şۇرى قالپاتلىق - قارى تامى باشقا رەخسىيەت ئالىي دەرىجىدە كىرىش ۋە ئىقتىساد قىلىشقا دىنىي ئەتىراپ بار.
[[Madhya-lilāj. Ch. 3]
TRANSLATION
“To make Me a madman like Yourself, You have thrown the remnants of Your food at Me. You did not even fear the fact that I am a brāhmana.”
PURPORT
The words  āpanāra sama  indicate that Advaita Ācārya considered Himself to belong to the  smārta-brāhmaṇas , and He considered Nityānanda Prabhu to be on the transcendental stage with pure Vaiṣṇavas. Lord Nityānanda gave Advaita Ācārya His remnants to situate Him on the same platform and make Him a pure unalloyed Vaiṣṇava or  paramahaṁsa . Advaita Ācārya's statement indicates that a  paramahaṁsa  Vaiṣṇava is transcendentally situated. A pure Vaiṣṇava is not subject to the rules and regulations of the  smārta-brāhmaṇas . That was the reason for Advaita Ācārya's stating,  āpanāra sama more karibāra tare : "To raise Me to Your own standard." A pure Vaiṣṇava or a person on the  paramahaṁsa  stage accepts the remnants of food ( mahā-prasāda ) as spiritual. He does not consider it to be material or sense gratificatory. He accepts  mahā-prasāda  not as ordinary dahl and rice but as spiritual substance. To say nothing of the remnants of food left by a pure Vaiṣṇava,  prasāda  is never polluted even if it is touched by the mouth of a  caṇḍāla . Indeed, it retains its spiritual value. Therefore by eating or touching such  mahā-prasāda , a  brāhmaṇa  is not degraded. There is no question of being polluted by touching the remnants of such food. Actually, by eating such  mahā-prasāda , one is freed from all the contaminations of the material condition. That is the verdict of the  śāstra .
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নিত্যানন্দ বলে,—এই কৃষ্ণের প্রসাদ । 
ইহাকে ‘ঝুঁঠা’ কহিলে, তুমি কৈলে অপরাধ ॥ ৯৯ ॥
nityānanda bale,—ei kṛṣṇera prasāda ihāke ‘jhuṭhā’ kahile, tumi kaile aparādha
SYNONYMS
nityānanda bale —Lord Nityānanda said;  ei —this;  kṛṣṇera prasāda — mahā-prasāda  of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  ihāke —unto it;  jhuṭhā —remnants of foodstuff;  kahile —if You say;  tumi —You;  kaile —have made;  aparādha —offense.