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is exemplified. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not like to see Mayavadi sannyasis
because He thought of them as offenders to the lotus feet of Krsna, but here He
excuses them (taf-sabara ksami’ aparadha). This is an example in preaching. Apani
acari’ bhakti-sikhaimu sabare. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu teaches us that those whom
preachers meet are almost all offenders who are opposed to Krsna consciousness,
but it is a preacher’s duty to convince them of the Krsna consciousness movement
and then induce them to chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. Our propagation of
the sankirtana movement is continuing, despite many opponents, and people are
taking this chanting process even in remote parts of the world like Africa. By induc-
ing the offenders to chant the Hare Krsna mantra, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
exemplified the success of the Krsna consciousness movement. We should follow
very respectfully in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya, and there is no doubt that we
shall be successful in our attempts.

TEXT 151

GCI HA AAAY AVALIGTS COA |
fom) sfacaa ACS, ACT ASH Hh S¢5 I

tabe saba sannyasi mahaprabhuke laiya
bhiksa karilena sabhe, madhye vasaiya

SYNONYMS

tabe—after this; saba—all; sannyasi—the Mayavadi sannyasis; mahaprabhuke—
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; /aiya—taking Him; bhiksa karilena—took prasada or took
lunch; sabhe—all together; madhye—in the middle; vasaiya—seating Him.

TRANSLATION

After this, all the sannyasis took the Lord in their midst, and thus they all took
their meal together.

PURPORT

Previously Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu neither mixed nor talked with the Mayavadi
sannyasis, but now He is taking lunch with them. It is to be concluded that when
Lord Caitanya induced them to chant Hare Krsna and excused them for their
offenses, they were purified, and therefore there was no objection to taking lunch
or Bhagavat-prasada with them, although Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu knew that the
foodstuffs were not offered to the Deity. Mayavadi sannyasis do not worship the
Deity, or if they do so they generally worship the deity of Lord Siva or the
pancopasand (Lord Visnu, Lord Siva, Durgadevi, Ganesa and Sirya). Here we do
not find any mention of the demigods or Visnu, and yet Caitanya Mahaprabhu
accepted food in the midst of the sannyasis on the basis that they had chanted the
Hare Krsna maha-mantra and that He had excused their offenses.
