296 Sr Caitanya-caritamrta [ Adi-Itla, Ch. 17
Acarya’s lotus feet. Later Lord Caitanya induced His mother to take the dust of
Advaita Acarya’s lotus feet, and thus her vaisnava-aparddha was nullified.
TEXT 72
SSrtey ay ara aie shee |
Wen 1Bni STE Gefary CAAT Nad 1
bhakta-gane prabhu nama-mahima kahita
Suniyd paduya tahan artha-vada kaila
SYNONYMS
bhakta-gane—unto the devotees; prabhu—the Lord; ndma-mahima—gtories of the
holy name; kafifa—explained; suniya—hearing; paduyag—the students; tahan—there;
artha-vada— interpretation; kaila—did.
TRANSLATION
Once the Lord explained the glories of the holy name to the devotees, but some
ordinary students who heard Him fashioned their own interpretation.
TEXT 73
aca afew ofr” ciga Cert Be4 |
aaica facafaa,— Bera a cafes ga uae u
name stuti-vada Suni’ prabhura haita duhkha
sabdre nisedhila, —ihdra na dekhiha mukha
SYNONYMS
name—in the holy name of the Lord; stuti-vdda—exaggeration; Suni’—hearing;
prabhura—of the Lord; haifa—became; dubkha—aggrieved; sabdre—unto everyone;
nisedhila—warned; ihara—of him; nd—do not; dekhiha—see; mukha—face.
TRANSLATION
When a student interpreted the glories of the holy name as a prayer of exaggera-
tion, Srt Caitanya Mahaprabhu, greatly unhappy, immediately warned everyone not
to see the students’s face henceforward.
PURPORT
When Sti Caitanya Mahaprabhu explained the glories of the transcendental potency
of the Lord's holy name, the Hare Krsna moha-mantra, one unfortunate student said
that such glorification of the holy name was an exaggeration in the Sdstras to induce
