Text 8] The Lord's Feelings of Separation 189

PURPORT

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s transcendental feelings of separation from Krsna and
His consequent madness are not at all understandable by a person on the material
platform. Nonetheless, a so-called party of devotees named nadiyd-nagari has
sprung up and introduced the worship of Visnupriya. This certainly indicates their
ignorance concerning Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s pastimes. In the opinion of
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, such worship is a product of the imagination.
Many other methods of worshiping Caitanya Mahaprabhu have also been in-
troduced, but they have all been rejected by stalwart devotees like Bhaktivinoda
Thakura. The groups practicing such unauthorized worship have been listed by
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura:

dula, baula, kartabhaja, neda, daravesa, sani
sahajiyd, sakhibheki, smarta, jata-gosdahi
ativadi, cidadhdri, gauranga-nagari

Svartipa Damodara Gosvami and Raghunatha dasa Gosvami witnessed Caitanya
Mahaprabhu’s activities firsthand, and they recorded them in two notebooks.
Therefore, without reference to these notebooks, one cannot understand the ac-
tivities of Sri Caitanya Mahadprabhu. Anyone inventing some new method for
worshiping Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is certainly unable to understand the Lord's
pastimes, for he is bereft of the real process of approaching the Lord.

TEXT 8

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se-kdle e-dui rahena mahdprabhura pase
dra saba kadacda-karta rahena dtira-dese

SYNONYMS
se-kdle—in those days; e-dui—these two; rahena—stayed; mahdaprabhura
pase —with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dra—other; saba—all; kadacd-kartaé—com-
mentators; rahena—remained; dira-dese—far away.

TRANSLATION

In those days, Svarupa Damodara and Raghunatha dasa Gosvami lived with
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, whereas all other commentators lived far away from
Him.
