Text 113] Pastimes with Jagadananda and Raghunatha Bhatta 169

TEXT 112

wean afe os Sie faata fae |
‘faate al afaz’ afer facay faery sse u

asta-masa rahi’ prabhu bhatte vidaya dila
‘vivaha nd kariha’ bali’ nisedha karila

SYNONYMS
asta-masa—for eight months; rahi’—staying; prabhu—Sri_ Caitanya
Mahdaprabhu; bhatte—to Raghunatha Bhatta; vidaya dila—bid farewell; vivaha na
kariha—do not marry; bali’—saying; nisedha karila—he forbade.

TRANSLATION

After eight months, when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu bade farewell to
Raghunatha Bhatta, the Lord flatly forbade him to marry. ‘‘Do not marry,” the
Lord said.

PURPORT

Raghunatha Bhattacarya had become a greatly advanced devotee while still un-
married. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu could see this, and therefore He advised him
not to begin the process of material sense gratification. Marriage is a concession
for people who are unable to control their senses. Raghunatha, however, being an
advanced devotee of Krsna, naturally had no desire for sense gratification.
Therefore Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu advised him not to enter the bondage of mar-
riage. Generally a person cannot make much advancement in spiritual conscious-
ness if he is married. He becomes attached to his family and is prone to sense
gratification. Thus his spiritual advancement is very slow or almost nil.

TEXT 113
IG UNS-fAsta Ne’ sae aaa |
CaBwa-oHiet SltAS SA GQAHA || SS0 tl

vrddha mata-pitara yai’ karaha sevana
vaisnava-pasa bhagavata kara adhyayana

SYNONYMS
vrddha—old; mata-pitara—of the mother and father; yai’—going back; karaha
sevana—engage in service; vaisnava-pasa—from a pure Vaisnava; bhagavata—
Srimad-Bhagavatam; kara adhyayana—study.
