396 Si Caitanya-caritamrta [ Adi-lila, Ch. 17

TEXT 266

MfSre gira aly BTY FT |
forty Gara Sie Seq Bar wwe i

pranatite ha‘be ihéra aparddha ksaya
nirmala hrdaye bhakti kardiba udaya

SYNONYMS

pranatite—by offering obeisances; ha‘be—there will be; ‘hara—of such offenders;
aparadha—the offenses; Asaya—destruction; nirmafa—pure; hrdaye—in the heart;
bhakti-devotional service; kardiba—i shall cause; udaya—the rising.

TRANSLATION

“Offering obeisances will relieve them of all the reactions to their offenses. Then,
by My grace, devotional service [bhakti] will awaken in their pure hearts.

PURPORT

According to Vedic injunctions, only a bréhmana may be offered sannydsa. The
Sanikara-sampradaya (ekadanda-sannyasa-sampraddya) awards the sannydsa order
only to caste brdhmanas, or born brdhmanas, but in the Vaismava system even one
not born in a brdhmana family may be made a brdhmana according to the direction
of the Hari-bhakti-vildsa (tathd diksd-vidhdnena dvijatvarn jdyate nrndm). Any person
from any part of the world may be made a brdhmana by the regular process of
initiation, and when he follows brakminical behavior, observing the principle of
abstaining from intoxication, illicit sex, meat-eating and gambling, he may be
offered sannydsa. All the sannyasis in the K¢sma consciousness movement, who are
preaching all over the world, are regular brdhmana-sannydsis. Thus the so-called
caste brdhmanas should not object to offering them respectful obeisances. By
offering such obeisances, as recommended by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, they will
diminish their offenses and automatically awaken to their natural position of de-
votional service. As it is said, nitya-siddha krsna-prema sddhya kabhu naya: krsna-
prema can be awakened in a purified heart. The more we offer obeisances to
sannydsis, especially Vaismava sannydsis, the more we diminish our offenses and
purify our hearts. Only in a purified heart can krsna-prema awaken. This is the
process of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s cult, the Krsna consciousness movement.

TEXT 267

OF HIS SCA BUCA feria |
Bis CBA Bota vfs, GS Zhe Alan wat

e-saba pasandira tabe ha-ibe nistara
ara kona upaya ndhi, ei yukti sara
