Adi-lila, Chapter 8 173
Because Mayavadi philosophers have no information regarding the transcendental
service of the Lord, even after attaining liberation from material activities and
merging in the Brahman effulgence, they must come down again to this material
world to open hospitals or schools or perform similar philanthropic activities.
TEXT 20
cea cata Bows fren get wey |
SNS Bes AeA Fi FSA Wo
hena prema Sri-caitanya dila yatha tatha
jagai madhai paryanta—anyera ka katha
SYNONYMS
hena—such; prema—love of Godhead; sri-caitanya—Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
dila—has given; yatha—anywhere; tatha—everywhere; jagai—of the name Jagai;
madhai—of the name Madhai; paryanta—up to them; anyera—of others; ka—what
to speak; katha—words.
TRANSLATION
Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has freely given this love of Krsna everywhere and
anywhere, even to the most fallen, such as Jagai and Madhai. What then to speak of
those who are already pious and elevated?
PURPORT
The distinction between Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s gift to human society and the
gifts of others is that whereas so-called philanthropic and humanitarian workers
have given some relief to human society as far as the body is concerned, Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu offers the best facilities for going back home, back to Godhead, with
love of Godhead. If one seriously makes a comparative study of the two gifts,
certainly if he is at all sober he will give the greatest credit to Sri Caitanya Maha-
prabhu. It was with this purpose that Kaviraja Gosvami said:
sri-krsna-caitanya-daya karaha vicara
vicara karile citte pabe camatkara
“If you are indeed interested in logic and argument, kindly apply it to the mercy
of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. If you do so, you will find it to be strikingly wonder-
ful.” (Cc. Adi 8.15)
Srila Narottama dasa Thakura says:
dina-hina yata chila,
hari-name uddharila,
tara saksi jagai madhai
