Text 279] Lord Caitanya Meets Raghunatha dasa Gosvami 329
TEXT 278
“faahla Ga Ueca alee SH Aa |
ATA TH CRM ACS BCHA HAS | Q9¥- I
“visayira anna khaile malina haya mana
malina mana haile nahe krsnera smarana
SYNONYMS
visayira—of materialistic persons; anna—food; khdile—if one eats; malina—
contaminated; haya mana—the mind becomes; malina—contaminated; mana
haile—when the mind becomes; nahe—is not; krsnera—of Lord Krsna;
smarana—remembrance.
TRANSLATION
‘“‘When one eats food offered by a materialistic man, one’s mind becomes
contaminated, and when the mind is contaminated, one is unable to think of
Krsna properly.
PURPORT
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura suggests that people who are mate-
rialistically inclined and sahajiyas, or so-called Vaisnavas who take everything very
casually, are both visayi, materialists. Eating food offered by them causes con-
tamination, and as a result of such contamination, even a serious devotee be-
comes like a materialistic man. There are six kinds of association—giving charity,
accepting charity, accepting food, offering food, talking confidentially and inquir-
ing confidentially. One should very carefully avoid associating with both the saha-
jiyas, who are sometimes known as Vaisnavas, and the non-Vaisnavas, or
avaisnavas. Their association changes the transcendental devotional service of
Lord Krsna into sense gratification, and when sense gratification enters the mind
of a devotee, he is contaminated. The materialistic person who aspires after sense
gratification cannot properly think of Krsna.
TEXT 279
faaala wa aa ‘ater’ fora |
SI, CStSl—| ata fea Sa AA | 299 tl
visayira anna haya ‘rajasa’ nimantrana
data, bhokta——dunhdara malina haya mana
SYNONYMS
visayira—offered by materialistic men; anna—food; haya—is; rajasa—in the
mode of passion; nimantrana—invitation; déta—the person who offers; bhokta—
