Adi-Iila, Chapter 7 65

pagala ha-ilan ami, dhairya nahi mane
eta cinti’ nivedilun gurura carane

SYNONYMS

pagala—madman; ha-ilan—| have become; Gmi—!; dhairya—patience; nahi—not;
mane—in the mind; eta—thus; cinti—considering; nivedilun—| submitted; gurura—of
the spiritual master; carane—on his lotus feet.

TRANSLATION

“| saw that | had become mad by chanting the holy name, and | immediately
submitted this _ the lotus feet of my spiritual master.

PURPORT

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, as an ideal teacher, shows us how a disciple should deal
with his spiritual master. Whenever there is doubt regarding any point, he should
refer the matter to his spiritual master for clarification. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
said that while chanting and dancing He had developed the kind of mad ecstasy that
is possible only for a liberated soul. Yet even in His liberated position, He referred
everything to His spiritual master whenever there were doubts. Thus in any condi-
tion, even when liberated, we should never think ourselves independent of the
spiritual master, but must refer to him as soon as there is some doubt regarding our
progressive spiritual life.

TEXT 81

foal aa fier, cariatfos, foal Sta 24
africe afttcs aa aie ONT eS

kiba mantra dila, gosani, kiba tara bala
japite japite mantra karila pagala

SYNONYMS

kiba—what kind of; mantra—hymn; difa—you have given; gosani—My lord; kiba—
what is; tara—its; bala—strength; japite—chanting; japite—chanting; mantra—the
hymn; karila—has made Me; paga/a—madman.

TRANSLATION

“My dear lord, what kind of mantra have you given Me? | have become mad
simply by chanting this maha-mantra!

PURPORT
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu prays in His Siksastaka:

yugayitarmn nimesena
caksusa pravrsayitam
