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86 Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta

TRANSLATION

Hearing this, the Mayavadi sannyasis became somewhat humble and addressed
Caitanya Mahaprabhu as Narayana Himself, who they all agreed He was.’

PURPORT

Mayavadi sannyasis address each other as Narayana. Whenever they see another
sannyasi, they offer him respect by calling, namo narayana (‘‘\ offer my respect unto
you, Narayana’), although they know perfectly well what kind of Narayana he is.
Narayana has four hands, but although they are puffed-up with the idea of being
Narayana, they cannot exhibit more than two. Since their philosophy declares that
Narayana and an ordinary human being are both on the same level, they sometimes
use the term daridra-narayana (‘‘poor Narayana’), which was invented by a so-called
svami who did not know anything about Vedanta philosophy. Therefore although
all these Mayavadt sannyasis who called themselves Narayana were actually unaware
of the position of Narayana, due to their austerities Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu en-
abled them to understand Him to be Narayana Himself. Lord Caitanya is certainly the
Supreme Personality of Godhead Narayana appearing as a devotee of Narayana, and
thus the Mayavadi sannyasis, understanding that He was directly Narayana Himself
whereas they were false puffed-up Narayanas, spoke to Him as follows.

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tomara vacana Suni’ judaya Sravana
tomara madhuri dekhi’ judaya nayana
SYNONYMS
tomara—Y our; vacana—speeches; Suni’—hearing; judaya—very much satisfied;
Sravana—aural reception; tomara—Y our; madhuri—nectar; dekhi’—seeing; judaya—
satisfies; nayana—our eyes.
TRANSLATION

“Dear Caitanya Mahaprabhu,” they said, ‘‘to tell You the truth, we are greatly
pleased to hear Your words, and furthermore Your bodily features are so pleasing
that we feel extraordinary satisfaction in seeing You.

PURPORT

In the Sastras it is said:

atah Sri-krsna-namadi na bhaved grahyam indriyaih
sevonmukRhe hi jihvadau svayam eva sphuraty adah
