Adi-ltla, Chapter 10 279
Rathayatra festival. The answers to his inquiries from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
about the duty of householder devotees are vividly described in the Madhya-/ila,
Chapters Fifteen and Sixteen. The village of Kulina-grama is situated two miles
from the railway station named Jaugrama on the Newcord line from Howrah to
Burdwan. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu very highly praised the people of Kulina-
grama, and He stated that even a dog of Kulina-grama was very dear to Him.
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Saas ee sel -ceicat Stata |
oiga ana BCs wie’ Crm Ata BDU
Sri-murari gupta sakha—premera bhandara
prabhura hrdaya drave suni’ dainya yanra
SYNONYMS
$ri-murari gupta—of the name Sri Murari Gupta; sakha—branch; premera—of love
of Godhead; bhandara—store; prabhura—of the Lord; hrdaya—the heart; drave—
melts; Suni’—hearing; dainya—humility; yanra—of whom.
TRANSLATION
Murari Gupta, the twenty-first branch of the tree of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
was a storehouse of love of Godhead. His great humility and meekness melted the
heart of Lord Caitanya.
PURPORT
Sri Murari Gupta wrote a book called Sri Caitanya-carita. He belonged to avaidya
physician family of Srihatta, the paternal home of Lord Caitanya, and later became
a resident of Navadvipa. He was among the elders of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Lord Caitanya exhibited His Varaha form in the house of Murari Gupta, as described
in the Caitanya-bhagavata, Madhya-lila, Third Chapter. When Sri Caitanya Maha-
prabhu exhibited His mahaprakasa form, He appeared before Murari Gupta as Lord
Ramacandra. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu were sitting
together in the house of Srivasa Thakura, Murari Gupta first offered his respects to
Lord Caitanya and then to Sri Nityananda Prabhu. Nityananda Prabhu, however,
was older than Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and therefore Lord Caitanya remarked that
Murari Gupta had violated social etiquette, for he should have first shown respect
to Nityananda Prabhu and then to Him. In this way, by the grace of Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu, Murari Gupta was informed about the position of Sri Nityananda
Prabhu, and the next day he offered obeisances first to Lord Nityananda and then
to Lord Caitanya. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave chewed pan or betel nut to Murari
Gupta. Once Murari Gupta offered foodstuffs to Lord Caitanya that were cooked
with excessive ghee, and the next day the Lord became sick and went to Murari
Gupta for treatment. Lord Caitanya accepted some water from the water pot of
