256 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta

devotee. The Lord’s acceptance of the role of a devotee in the eternal form of Lord
$ri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is another of the Lord’s wonderful features. A conditioned
soul cannot reach the absolute Personality of Godhead by his imperfect endeavor,
and therefore it is wonderful that Lord Sri Krsna, in the form of Lord Gauranga,
has made it easy for everyone to approach Him.

Svaripa Damodara Gosvamt has described Lord Caitanya as Krsna Himself with
the attitude of Radharantf, or a combination of Radha and Krsna. His intention is
to taste Krsna’s sweetness in transcendental love. Lord Caitanya does not care to
think of Himself as Krsna, because He wants the position of Radharanf. We should
remember this. A class of so-called devotees called the nadfyd-ndgart or gaura-ndgari
pretend that they have the sentiment of gopis toward Lord Caitanya, but they do
not realize that He placed Himself not as the enjoyer, Krsna, but as the enjoyed, the
devotee of Krsna. The concoctions of unauthorized persons pretending to be bona
fide have not been accepted by Lord Caitanya. Presentations such as those of the
.gaura-nagari are only disturbances to the sincere execution of the mission of Lord
Caitanya. Lord Caitanya is undoubtedly Krsna Himself, and He is always nondifferent
from Srimati Radharani. But the emotion technically called vipralambha-bhava,
which the Lord adopted for confidential reasons, should not be disturbed in the
name of service. A mundaner should not unnecessarily intrude into affairs of
transcendence and thereby displease the Lord. One must always be on guard against
this sort of devotional anomaly. A devotee is not meant to create disturbances to
Krsna. As Srila Rupa Gosvamf has explained, devotional service is Gnukilyena, or
favorable to Krsna. Acting unfavorably toward Krsna is not devotion. Karhsa was
the enemy of Krsna. He always thought of Krsna, but he thought of Him as an
enemy. One should always avoid such unfavorable so-called service.

Lord Caitanya has accepted the role of Radharani, and we should support that
position, as Svaripa Damodara did in the Gambhira (the house of Lord Caitanya
Mahaprabhu at Puri). He always reminded Lord Caitanya of Radha’s feelings of
separation as they are described in the Srimad-Bhdgavatam, and Lord Caitanya
appreciated his assistance. But the gaura-ndgaris, who place Lord Caitanya in the
position of enjoyer and themselves as His enjoyed, are not approved by Lord
Caitanya or by Lord Caitanya’s followers. !nstead of being blessed, the foolish
imitators are left completely apart. Their concoctions are against the principles
of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The doctrine of transcendental enjoyment by
Krsna cannot be mixed up with the doctrine of transcendental feeling of separation
from Krsna in the role of Radharani.

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Bits cata, BS faq SHS Twig N82
dasya, sakhya, vatsalya, Gra ye §rngara
cari prema, catur-vidha bhakta-i ddhara
