Text 10] Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth 261
TRANSLATION

In Gaya, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was initiated by Isvara Puri, and immediately
afterwards He exhibited signs of love of Godhead. He again displayed such symptoms
after returning home.

PURPORT

When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to Gaya, accompanied by many of His
disciples, He became sick on the way. He had such a high fever that He asked His
students to bring water that had washed the feet of brahmanas, and when they
brought it the Lord drank it and was cured. Therefore everyone should respect the
position of a brahmana, as indicated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Neither the Lord
nor His followers displayed any disrespect to braéhmanas.

The followers of the Lord must be prepared to offer br@hmanas all due respect.
But preachers of Lord Caitanya’s cult object if someone presents himself as a
brahmana without having the necessary qualifications. The followers of Lord
Caitanya cannot blindly accept that everyone born in a brahmana family is a
brahmana. Therefore one should not indiscriminately follow the Lord’s example of
showing respect to brahmanas by drinking water that has washed their feet.
Gradually the brahmana families have become degraded because of the contamina-
tion of Kali-yuga. Thus they misguide people by exploiting their sentiments.

TEXT 10
MACS Cemeta, STA BOTS-fReTA |
BETS USM fatat-rasta i se
Sacike prema-dana, tabe advaita-milana
advaita paila vi§varupa-darasana
SYNONYMS

$acike—unto mother Sacidevi; prema-dana—giving love of Godhead; tabe—there-
after; advaita—with Advaita Acarya; mifana—meeting; advaita—Advaita Acarya;
pGifa—received; visva-ripa—of the universal form of the Lord; darasana—vision.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter the Lord delivered love of Krsna to His mother, Sacidevi, nullifying
her offense at the feet of Advaita Acarya. Thus there was a meeting with Advaita
Acarya, who later had a vision of the Lord's universal form.

PURPORT

One day Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was sitting on the throne of Visnu in the house
of Srivasa Prabhu, and in a mood of His own, He said, ‘‘My mother has offended
the lotus feet of Advaita Acarya. Unless she nullifies this offense at the lotus feet
of a Vaisnava, it will not be possible for her to achieve love of Krsna.” Hearing this,
