46 Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta

TEXT 61

Barca area we RATA Ta |
Ber HANA HA VtlSal SAA | vs

prabhave akarsila saba sannyasira mana
uthila sannyasi saba chadiya asana

SYNONYMS

prabhave—by such illumination; akarsila—He attracted; saba—all; sannyasira—the
Mayavadi sannyasis; mana—mind; uthila—stood up; sannyasi—all the Mayavadi
sannyasis; saba—all; chadiya—giving up; dsana—sitting places.

TRANSLATION

When the sannyasis saw the brilliant illumination of the body of Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu, their minds were attracted, and they all immediately gave up their
sitting places and stood in respect.

PURPORT

To draw the attention of common men, sometimes saintly persons, acaryas and
teachers exhibit extraordinary opulences. This is necessary to attract the attention
of fools, but a saintly person should not misuse such power for personal sense grati-
fication like false saints who declare themselves to be God. Even a magician can
exhibit extraordinary feats which are not understandable to common men, but this
does not mean that the magician is God. It is a most sinful activity to attract
attention by exhibiting mystic powers and utilizing this opportunity to declare one-
self to be God. A real saintly person never declares himself to be God but always
places himself in the position of a servant of God. For a servant of God there is no
need to exhibit mystic powers, and he does not like to do so, but on behalf of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead a humble servant of God performs his activities in
such a wonderful way that no common man can dare try to act like him. Yet a
saintly person never takes credit for such actions because he knows very well that
when wonderful things are done on his behalf by the grace of the Supreme Lord,
all credit goes to the master and not to the servant.

TEXT 62

Baa AS Ha fA-etaya |
agers san fag saa wats tvs i

prakasananda-name sarva sannyasi-pradhana
prabhuke kahila kichu kariya sammana
