Text 52] Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth 285

can never satisfy Caitanya Mahaprabhu unless and until he sincerely regrets his
offense and thus rectifies it.

TEXT 52

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Srivase kardifi tui bhavani-piijana
kot! janma habe tora raurave patana

SYNONYMS

Srivése—unto Srivasa Thakura; kardifi-you have caused to do; tui—you; bhavani-
piijana—worshiping the goddess Bhavani; koti janma—for ten million births; habe—
there will be; tora—your; raurave—in hell; patana—fall down.

TRANSLATION

“You have made Srivasa Thakura appear to have been worshiping the goddess
Bhavani. Simply for this offense, you will have to fall down into hellish life for ten
million births.

PURPORT

There are many tantric followers who practice the black art of worshiping the
goddess Bhavani in a crematorium, wishing to eat meat and drink wine. Such fools
also consider this bhavani-paja as good as worship of Lord Kgsna in devotional
service. Such abominable tantric activities as performed by so-called svdmis and
yogis are herein condemned, however, by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He declares
that such bhavani-pajé for drinking wine and eating meat quickly plunges one into
hellish life. The method of worship itself is already hellish, and its results must also
be hellish and nothing more.

Many rascals say that whatever way one accepts, one will ultimately reach
Brahman. Yet we can see from this verse how such persons reach Brahman. Brahman
spreads everywhere, but appreciation of Brahman in different objects leads to
different results. In Shagavad-gita the Lord says, ye yatha mam prapadyante tams
tathaiva bhajamy aham: *‘| reward everyone according to his surrender unto Me.”
(Bg. 4.17) Mayavadis certainly realize Brahman in certain aspects, but realization
of Brahman in the aspects of wine, women and meat is not the same realization of
Brahman that devotees achieve by chanting, dancing and eating prasdda, Mayavadi
philosophers, being educated in paltry knowledge, think all sorts of Brahman reali-
zation one and the same and do not consider varieties. But although Krsna is every-
where, by His inconceivable potency He is simultaneously not everywhere. Thus the
Brahman realization of the tantric cult isnot the same Brahman realization as that
of pure devotees. Unless one reaches the highest point of Brahman realization,
