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40 Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta

tomare nindaye yata sannyasira gana
Sunite na pari, phate hrdaya-Sravana

SYNONYMS

tomare—unto You; nindaye—blasphemes; yata—all; sannyasira gana—the Mayavadi
sannyasis; Sunite—to hear; na—cannot; pari—tolerate; phate—it breaks; hrdaya—our
hearts; Ssravana—while hearing such blasphemy.

TRANSLATION

“The Mayavadi sannyasis are all criticizing Your Holiness. We cannot tolerate
hearing such criticism, for this blasphemy breaks our hearts.”’

PURPORT

This is a manifestation of real love for Krsna and Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
There are three categories of Vaisnavas: kanistha-adhikaris, madhyama-adhikaris and
uttama-adhikaris. The kanistha-adhikari, or the devotee in the lowest stage of Vaisnava
life, has firm faith but is not familiar with the conclusions of the Sastras. The devotee
in the second stage, the madhyama-adhikari, is completely aware of the sastric con-
clusion and has firm faith in his guru and the Lord. He, therefore, avoiding
non-devotees, preaches to the innocent. However, the maha-bhagavata or uttama-
adhikari, the devotee in the highest stage of devotional life, does not see anyone as
being against the Vaisnava principles, for he regards everyone as a Vaisnava but him-
self. This is the essence of Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s instruction that one be more tol-
erant thana tree and think oneself lower than the straw in the street (t¢nadapi sunicena
taror api sahisnuna). However, even if a devotee is in the uttama-bhagavata status he
must come down to the second status of life, madhyama-adhikari, to be a preacher,
for a preacher should not tolerate blasphemy against another Vaisnava. Although a
kanistha-adhikari also cannot tolerate such blasphemy, he is not competent to stop
it by citing sastric evidences. Therefore Tapana Misra and Candrasekhara are
understood to be kanistha-adhikaris because they could not refute the arguments of
the sannyasis in Benares. They appealed to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu to take
action, for they felt that they could not tolerate such criticism although they also
could not stop it.

TEXT 52

Za wfa a ee Bae aan |
CAS sca ws fret faferer arfam nee 1

iha Suni rahe prabhu isat ha-iya
sei kale eka vipra milila asiya
