Text 1801
The Cleansing of the Gundicā Temple.
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gopīnāthācārya uttama mahā-prasāda āni' sārvabhaume diyā kahe sumadhura vānī
SYNONYMS
gopīnātha-ācārya —Copīnātha Ācārya;  uttama —first-class;  mahā-prasāda —remnants of food;  āni' —bringing;  sārvabhaume —to Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya;  diyā —delivering;  kahe —says;  su-madhura —very sweet;  vāṇī —words.
TRANSLATION
Gopinātha Ācārya also brought first-class food and offered it to Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya while speaking sweet words.
TEXT 18O
কাহাঁ ভট্টাচার্যের পূর্ব জড়-ব্যবহার ।।
कार्र्री जी १ परमानन्तः —करार्र्र विठोरा ॥ ३४० ॥  ॥
kāhāṅ bhaṭṭācāryera pūrva jaḍa-vyavahāra kāhāṅ ei paramānanda, —karaha vicāra
SYNONYMS
kāhāṅ  —where;  bhaṭṭācāryera  —of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya;  pūrva  —previous;  jaḍa-vyavahāra  —material behavior;  kāhāṅ  —where;  ei  —this;  parama-ānanda  —transcendental bliss;  karaha  vicāra—just try to consider.
TRANSLATION
After serving Bhaṭṭācārya with first-class prasāda, Gopīnātha Ācārya said, “Just imagine what Bhaṭṭācārya’s previous mundane behavior must have been! Just consider how at present he is enjoying transcendental bliss.”
PURPORT
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya was previously a  smārta-brāhmaṇa  —that is, one who strictly follows the Vedic principles on the mundane platform. On the mundane platform, one cannot believe that  prasāda  is transcendental, that Govinda is the original form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or that a Vaiṣṇava is a liberated person. These transcendental considerations are out of the ordinary Vedic scholar's jurisdiction. Most scholars are called Vedāntists. So-called followers of Vedānta philosophy consider the Absolute Truth to be impersonal. They also believe that a person born in a particular caste cannot change his caste until he dies and takes rebirth. The  smārta-brāhmaṇas  also reject the fact that  mahā-prasāda  (food offered to the Deity) is transcendental and materially uncontaminated. Originally, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya was subjected to all the rules and