158 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta | Adi-lila, Ch. 14

‘But persons who are freed from all sinful activities and the duality of delusion
engage themselves in the worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead with de-
termination.” (Bg. 7.28} Only the less intelligent worship the demigods for their
various purposes. The most intelligent worship only the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, Krsna.

Sometimes we, the members of the Krsna consciousness movement, are accused
of not approving of the worship of demigods. But how can we approve of this when
it is condemned by Lord Caitanya and Lord Krsna? How can we allow people to
become foolish and Arta-jfidna, bereft of intelligence? Our propaganda is simply
meant to enable intelligent people to understand the distinction between matter
and spirit and understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the whole
spiritual identity. That is our mission. How could we mislead people to worship so-
called gods in material bodies within this material world?

Our position of not allowing worship of the many hundreds of demigods is con-
firmed by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu even in His childhood. Srila Narottama dasa
Thakura has sung in this connection:

anya devdsraya ndi
tomdre kahinu bhai
ei bhakti parama-karana

‘To become a staunch, pure devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead without
deviation fananya-bhak ], one should not divert his attention to the worship of the
demigods. Such control is a symptom of pure devotional service.”’

TEXT 51
Sua Oe HAY CTA Bova |
Carew SSM aya ACOH, BTA, SM Nes Ni

G@pani candana pari’ parena phula-mdla
naivedya kadiya kha'na—sandesa, cala, kala

SYNONYMS

Gpani—Himself; candanae—pulp of sandalwood; pari’'—smearing over the body;
parena—takes; phula-malg—the flower garlands; naivedya—offering of foodstuffs;
k@diya—snatching; kha‘na—begins to eat; sandesa—the sweetmeats; cd/a—rice;
kala—bananas.

TRANSLATION

Without the permission of the girls, the Lord would take the sandalwood
pulp and smear it on His own body, put the flower garlands on His neck, and
snatch and eat all the offerings of sweetmeats, rice and bananas.
