328 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Antya-lila, Ch. 6
uparodhe prabhu mora manena nimantrana
na manile duhkhi ha-ibeka mdrkha jana
SYNONYMS
uparodhe—by my request; prabhu—Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; mora—
my; mdnena—accepts; nimantrana—invitation; nd manile—if He does not ac-
cept; duhkhi—unhappy; ha-ibeka—will become; mtrkha jana—foolish person.
TRANSLATION
“At my request Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepts the invitations because
He knows that a foolish person like me would be unhappy if He did not accept
them.’
PURPORT
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura says that people who are advanced in
learning but attached to material enjoyment, who are puffed up by material
possessions, by birth in an elevated aristocratic family or by education, may offer
showbottle devotional service to the Deity and also offer prasdda to Vaisnavas.
Because of their ignorance, however, they cannot understand that since their
minds are materially polluted, neither the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord
Krsna, nor the Vaisnavas accept their offerings. If one accepts money from such
materialistic persons to offer food to the Deity and Vaisnavas, a pure Vaisnava
does not accept it. This causes unhappiness for the materialists because they are
fully absorbed in the bodily conception of life. Therefore they sometimes turn
against the Vaisnavas.
TEXT 277
os faotfan farsa erie? fre” |
ofr aateig ath aface afte n 299 0
eta vicariya nimantrana chadi’ dila’’
suni’ mahaprabhu hasi’ balite lagila
SYNONYMS
eta vicdriyi—considering this; nimantrana—invitation; chadi’ dila—he has
stopped; suni’—hearing; mahaprabhu —Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; hasi’—smiling;
balite lagila—began to say.
TRANSLATION
“Considering all these points,’ Svariipa Damodara concluded, ‘he has
stopped inviting You.’ Hearing this, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu smiled and
spoke as follows.
