Text 246] Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth 383

One who takes the dust of a great personality’s lotus feet transfers his sinful
activities to that great personality. Unless one is very strong, he must suffer the
sinful activities of the person who takes the dust. Therefore ordinarily it should not
be allowed. Sometimes in big meetings people come to take the same advantage by
touching our feet. On account of this, sometimes we have to suffer from some
disease. As far as possible, no outsider should be allowed to touch one’s feet to take
dust from them. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally showed this by His example,
as explained in the next verse.

TEXT 245

CHRO Utena! OTE seri S ATTN
fasstrn-efarra ufa’ Bie use i

sei-ksane dhafid prabhu gangate padila
nityénanda-haridésa dhari’ uthdila

SYNONYMS

sei-ksane—immediately ; dhang—running; prabhu—the Lord; gafgdte—in the water
of the Ganges; pagi/a—plunged; nitydnanda—Lord Nityananda; hariddsa—Haridasa
Thakura;dhar/’—catching Him; uthd/a—raised Him.

TRANSLATION

Immediately He ran to the River Ganges and jumped in to counteract the sinful
activities of that woman. Lord Nityananda and Haridasa Thakura caught Him and
raised Him from the river.

PURPORT

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is God Himself, but He was playing the part of a
preacher. Every preacher should know that being allowed to touch a Vaisnava’s
feet and take dust may be good for the person who takes it, but it is not good for
the person who allows it to be taken. As far as possible, this practice should
ordinarily be avoided. Only initiated disciples should be allowed to take this
advantage, not others. Those who are full of sinful activities should generally
be avoided.

TEXT 246

fara onbictia aca cH site afer |
ASBicHy SW ATS ACA Host CHAT i 2Bw |

vijaya acdryera ghare se rétre rahild
pratah-kale bhakta sabe ghare land gela
