376 Si Caitanya-caritamrta [Adi-Iila, Ch. 17

expressed His regret, saying, ‘‘Why was this news not given to Me before?’’ He went
to the place where the son was lying dead and asked him, ‘My dear boy, why are
you leaving the house of Srivasa Thakura?” The dead son immediately replied, “I
was living in this house as long as | was destined to live here. Now that the time is
over, | am going elsewhere, according to Your direction. | am Your eternal servant,
a dependent living being. | must act only according to Your desire. Beyond Your
desire, | cannot do anything. | have no such power.” Hearing these words of the
dead son, all the members of Srivasa Thakura’s family received transcendental
knowledge. Thus there was no cause for lamentation. This transcendental knowl-
edge is described in 8Bhagavad-gita (2.13). Tatha@ dehdantara-praptir dhiras tatra na
muhyati: when someone dies, he accepts another body; therefore sober persons do
not lament. After the discourse between the dead boy and SriCaitanya Mahaprabhu,
funeral ceremonies were performed, and Lord Caitanya assured Srivasa Thakura,
“You have lost one son, but Nityananda Prabhu and | are your eternal sons. We
shall never be able to give up your company.” This is an instance of a transcendental
relationship with Krsna. We have eternal transcendental relationships with Krsna as
His servants, friends, fathers, sons or conjugal lovers. When the same relationships
are pervertedly reflected in this material world, we have relationships as the sons,
fathers, friends, lovers, masters or servants of others, but all these relationships are
subject to termination within a definite period. If we revive our relationship with
Krsna, however, by the grace of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, our eternal relationship
will never break to cause our lamentation.

TEXT 230

SCAG SAT He SCH Aa ta |
Bfees fire araraha sheer neath Lee h

tabe ta’ karila saba bhakte vara dana
ucchista diyé nadrdyanira karila sammana

SYNONYMS

tabe—thereafter; ta’—certainly; karif@—did; saba bhakte—unto all devotees;
vara—benediction; déna—charity ; ucchista—food remnants; diyd—giving; nardyanira—
of Narayant; karifa—did; sammdna—respect.

TRANSLATION
Thereafter the Lord charitably bestowed His benediction upon all His devotees.
He gave the remnants of His food to Narayani, showing her special respect.

PURPORT

Narayan? was a niece of Srivasa Thakura, and later she became the mother of
Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura. In this connection the sahajiyas cite a malicious
story that after eating the remnants of Lord Caitanya’s foodstuff Narayani became
