Text 250] Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth 385

TEXT 249

FRA Fl Me CVA, FMA — HB |
‘CON ‘con afercer a Foal oa Sg WBN

Risna-nama nd lao kene, krsna-nama—dhanya

‘gop?’ ‘gopi' balile va kibé haya punya

SYNONYMS

Rrsna-nama—the holy name of Lord Krsna; n@—not; fao— You take; Rene—why;
Rrsna-nama—the holy name of Lord Krsna; dhanya—glorious; gop? gop7—the names
gopi, gop?; balife—on saying; va—or; kibG— what; haya—there is; purrya—piety.

TRANSLATION

“Why are You chanting the names ‘Gopi Gopi’ instead of the holy name of Lord
Krsna, which is so glorious? What pious result will You achieve by such chanting?

PURPORT

{t is said, vaisnavera kriyé mudha vijfie né bujhdya: no one can understand the
activities of a pure devotee. A student or neophyte devotee could not possibly
understand why Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was chanting the name of the gopis, nor
should the student have asked the Lord about the potency of chanting ‘‘gopi,
gopi.”’ The neophyte student was certainly convinced of the piety in the chanting
of Krsma’s holy name, but this sort of attitude is also offensive. Dharma-vrata-
tyéga-hutddi-sarva-subha-kriyd-samyam api pramadah: to chant the holy name of
Krsna in exchange for the achievement of piety is an offense. This, of course, was
unknown to the student. Thus he innocently asked, ‘‘What piety is there in the
chanting of the name gop7?” He did not know that there is no question of piety or
impiety. The chanting of the holy name of Krsma or the holy name gop7 is on the
transcendental platform of loving affairs. Since he was not expert in understanding
such transcendental activities, his question was merely impudent. Thus Sri

Caitanya Mah@prabhu, apparently greatly angry at him, reacted as follows.

TEXT 250

wie 2ty cartcn Cae SCR CHITAT TA |
Com) areal BB eg 16,51 atfrata nace tl

suni’ prabhu krodhe kaila krsne dosodgara
thengd lana uthila prabhu paduyé maribara
