Text 276] Lord Caitanya Meets Raghunatha dasa Gosvami 327
nection; jani—I can understand; prabhura mana—the mind of Lord Sri Caitanya
Mahdaprabhu.
TRANSLATION
‘1 invite Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu by accepting goods from materialistic
people. I know that the Lord’s mind is not satisfied by this.
TEXT 275
Gaia foe Har ecw ai aH fare
o& farmace Caf, —‘Sfed? TS BAT 1 9 1
mora citta dravya la-ite nd haya nirmala
ei nimantrane dekhi, ——‘pratistha’-matra phala
SYNONYMS
mora citta—my consciousness; dravya la-ite—to accept the goods; na haya—is
not; nirmala—pure; ei nimantrane—by this invitation; dekhi—| see; pratistha—
reputation; matra—only; phala—the result.
TRANSLATION
““‘My consciousness is impure because | accept all these goods from
people who are interested only in pounds, shillings and pence. Therefore by
this kind of invitation | only get some material reputation.
PURPORT
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura remarks that people who are under the
bodily conception of life are called materialists. If we accept the offerings of such
people, place them before the Lord and invite Vaisnavas to partake of the
prasada, that attempt will gain us only a material reputation, not the actual benefit
of service to a pure Vaisnava. One should therefore try to serve the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead by fully surrendering at His lotus feet. If one engages for the
service of the Lord whatever money one has honestly earned, that is spiritual ser-
vice to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the spiritual master and the
Vaisnavas.
TEXT 276
Brcaley AS cata Tica farszast |
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