Adi-tila, Chapter 9 249

TRANSLATION

Persons who had formerly criticized Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, calling Him a
drunkard, also ate the fruit and began to dance, saying, ‘‘Very good! Very good!”

PURPORT

When Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu started the sankirtana movement, even He was
unnecessarily criticized by Mayavadis, atheists and fools. Naturally we are also
criticized by such men. They will always remain and will always criticize anything
that is actually good for human society, but the preachers of the sankirtana move-
ment should not be deterred by such criticism. Our method should be to convert
such fools gradually by asking them to come and take prasada and chant and dance
with us. This should be our policy. Anyone who comes to join us, of course, must
be sincere and serious regarding spiritual advancement in life; then such a person,
simply by joining us, chanting with us, dancing with us and taking prasada with us,
will gradually also come to say that this movement is very good. But one who joins
with an ulterior purpose, to get material benefit or personal gratification, will never
be able to grasp the philosophy of this movement.

TEXT 54

GR © ofeg comen-fasze |
QCA QA, SHS CF CT ATA te] 1 8 |

ei ta’ kahilun prema-phala-vitarana
ebe Suna, phala-data ye ye sakha-gana

SYNONYMS
ei—this; ta’—however; kahi/un—| have explained; prema-phala—the fruit of love
of Godhead; vitarana—distribution; ebe—now; suna—hear; phala-data—the giver of
the fruit; ye ye—who and who; Sakha-gana—branches.

TRANSLATION

After describing the Lord’s distribution of the fruit of love of Godhead, | now
wish to describe the different branches of the tree of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

TEXT 55
Qearrt-agare-r1cw ala ret |
COSAASTS BCS SWAN Il ce

Sri-riipa-raghundatha-pade yara asa
caitanya-caritamrta kahe krsnadasa
