168 Sit Caitanya-caritamrta

does not, therefore, understand this science of transmigration but considers the
body to be all in all, his intelligence is not very advanced. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
without neglecting the necessities of the body, imparted spiritual advancement to
purify the existential condition of humanity. Therefore if a logician makes his
judgment impartially, he will surely find that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the maha-
vadanyavatara, the most magnanimous incarnation. He is even more magnanimous
than Lord Krsna Himself. Lord Krsna demanded that one surrender unto Him, but
He did not distribute love of Godhead as magnanimously as Sri Caitanya Maha-
prabhu. Therefore Srila Ripa Gosvami offers Lord Caitanya his respectful obeisances
with the words namo maha-vadanyaya krsna-prema-pradaya te krsnaya krsna-
caitanya-namne gaura-tvise namah. Lord Krsna simply gave Bhagavad-gita, by which
one can understand Lord Krsna as He is, but Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is also
Krsna Himself, gave people love of Krsna without discrimination.

TEXT 16

AG GF BCA Ale Hae, SlGa |
SYS al AN FVWACH CalaHA It dw |

bahu janma kare yadi sravana, kirtana
tabu ta’ na paya krsna-pade prema-dhana

SYNONYMS

bahu—many ;janma— births; kare—does; yadi—if; sravana—hearing; Rirtana—chant-
ing; tabu—still; ta’—in spite of; na—does not; paya—get; krsna-pade—unto the lotus
feet of Krsna; prema-dhana—love of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

If one is infested with the ten offenses in the chanting of the Hare Krspa maha-
mantra, despite his endeavor to chant the holy name for many births, he will not
get the love of Godhead which is the ultimate goal of this chanting.

PURPORT

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura says in this connection that unless one
accepts Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, although one goes on chanting the Hare Krsna
mantra for many,many years, there is no possibility of his attaining the platform of
devotional service. One must follow strictly the instruction of Sri Caitanya Maha-
prabhu given in the Siksastaka:

trnad api sunicena taror api sahisnunad
amanina manadena kirtaniyah sada harih

“One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking
oneself lower than the straw in the street; one should be more tolerant than a tree,
