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offering is accepted by the Lord. In other words, anything offered to the Lord may be given to His devotees. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu also quoted from  Srimad Bhagwatam  that, if a Brahmin, although qualified with the twelve different qualities of a Brahmin, is not a devotee of the Supreme Lord, then he is lower than the lowest of the low—even though born in a high family. A devotee, although born in a  Chandala  (dogeater) family, can purify his whole family for 100 generations past and future by devotional service, whereas a proud Brahmin cannot even purify himself. It is said in the  Hari Bhakti Sudodaya , “O devotee of the Lord, to see you is the perfection of the eyes, to touch your body is the perfection of bodily activities, to glorify your qualities is the perfection of the tongue—because it is very rare to find a pure devotee like you.”
The Lord next said to Sanatan that Krishna is very merciful, and is the Deliverer of the fallen soul. “He has saved you from  Maharauraba .” This  Maharauraba , hell, is described in  Srimad Bhagwatam . It is for persons who are engaged in killing animals. It is stated there that butchers or animal-eaters go to that hell. Sanatan replied, “I do not know the mercy of Krishna, but I can understand that Your mercy is causeless upon me. You have delivered me from the entanglement of material life.”
Then the Lord inquired: “How did you get free from your custody? I understood that you were arrested.” Sanatan narrated the whole story of how he was released. Lord Chaitanya then informed him, “I have seen your two brothers, and I have advised them to proceed toward Vrindaban.”
Lord Chaitanya now introduced Chandra Sekhar to Sanatan, and there was a pleasant invitation made for Sanatan to dine with him. The Lord requested Chandra Sekhar to take Sanatan to the barber and make him gentle, because Sanatan had grown a long beard which Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu did not like. He therefore asked Chandra Sekhar to take Sanatan to a bath and get him clean-shaved. He asked him to change his clothes also.
After taking a bath and cleansing himself, Sanatan requested Chandra Sekhar to give him some good cloth. When Lord Chaitanya was informed that Sanatan did not accept new garments, but accepted only some used garments from Chandra Sekhar, He was very glad. The Lord sat down for lunch and asked Chandra Sekhar to keep food for Sanatan. Chandra Sekhar did not offer him food immediately, however, but after the Lord finished His eating there were some remnants of His foodstuff, and that was offered to Sanatan while the Lord went for His rest.
After this, Lord Chaitanya introduced one Maharastrian Brahmin, His