PLATE THREE

“When ten days had passed, Govinda again told Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu, ‘It is the desire of Jagadananda Pandita that Your Lordship
accept the oil.’ When the Lord heard this, He angrily said, ‘Why not keep
a masseur to massage me? Have | taken sannydsa for such happiness? Ac-
cepting this oil would bring Me ruination, and all of you would laugh. If
someone passing on the road smelled this oil on My head, he would think
Me a dati sannydsi, a tantric sannydsi who keeps women.’ Hearing these
words of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Govinda remained silent. The next
morning Jagadananda went to see the Lord. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said
to Jagadananda Pandita, ‘My dear Pandita, you have brought Me some oil
from Bengal, but since | am in the renounced order, | cannot accept it.
Deliver the oil to the temple of Jagannatha so that it may be burned in the
lamps. Thus your labor in preparing the oil will be fruitful.’ Jagadananda
Pandita replied, ‘Who tells You all these false stories? | never brought any
oil from Bengal.’ After saying this, Jagadananda Pandita took the jug of oil
from the room and threw it down before Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in the
courtyard and broke it.” (pp.99-103)
