Text 1361
Šri Mādhavendra Puri’s Devotional Service
71
eta śuni’ purī-gosāñi paricaya dila kṣīra diyā pūjārī tāṅre daṇḍavat haila
SYNONYMS
eta śuni' —hearing this;  purī-gosāñi —Mādhavendra Purī;  paricaya —introduction;  dila —gave;  kṣīra diyā —delivering the pot of sweet rice;  pūjārī — the priest;  tāṅre —to him;  dandavat haila —offered obeisances.
TRANSLATION
Hearing this invitation, Mādhavendra Purī came out and identified himself. The priest then delivered the pot of sweet rice and offered his obeisances, falling flat before him.
PURPORT
A  brāhmaṇa  is not supposed to offer his obeisances by falling flat before anyone because a  brāhmaṇa  is considered to be in the highest caste. However, when a  brāhmaṇa  sees a devotee, he offers his  daṇḍavats . This  brāhmaṇa  priest did not ask Mādhavendra Purī whether he was a  brāhmaṇa , but when he saw that Mādhavendra Purī was such a bona fide devotee that Kṛṣṇa would even steal for him, he immediately understood the position of the saint. As stated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu:  kibā vipra, kibā nyāsī, śūdra kene naya / yei kṛṣṇa-tattva-vettā, sei ‘guru’ haya . (Cc.  Madhya  8.128) Had the  brāhmaṇa  priest been an ordinary  brāhmaṇa , Gopīnātha would not have talked with him in a dream. Since the Deity spoke to both Mādhavendra Purī and the  brāhmaṇa  priest in dreams, practically speaking they were on the same platform. However, because Mādhavendra Purī was a senior  sannyāsī  Vaiṣṇava, a  paramaharinsa , the priest immediately fell flat before him and offered obeisances.
TEXT 1366
ক্ষীরের বৃত্তান্ত তাঁরে কহিল পূজারী । শুনি’ প্রেমাবিষ্ট হৈল শ্রীমাধবপুরী ॥ ১৩৬ ॥
kşirera vṛttānta tāṅre kahila pūjārī śuni’ premāviṣṭa haila śrī-mādhava-purī
SYNONYMS
kṣīrera vṛttānta —all the incidents that took place on account of the pot of sweet rice;  tāṅre —to Mādhavendra Purī;  kahila —explained;  pūjārī —the priest;  śuni' —hearing;  prema-āviṣṭa —saturated with love of Godhead;  haila —became;  śrī-mādhava-purī —Śrīla Mādhavendra Purī.