Text 195] The Later Pastimes of Lord Caitanya 115
tivities; dahe—become burned; nama-adbhdsei—simply by the dim reflection
of chanting the holy name; tomara—of Your Lordship.
TRANSLATION

“Jagai and Madhii had but one fault—they were addicted to sinful ac-
tivity. However, volumes of sinful activity can be burned to ashes simply
by a dim reflection of the chanting of Your holy name.

PURPORT

Srila Rapa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvam! presented themselves as being
lower than the two brothers Jagai and Madhai, who were delivered by Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu. When Ripa and Sandtana compared themselves to
Jagai and Madhai, they found themselves inferior because the Lord had no
trouble in delivering two drunken brothers. This was so because, despite the
fact that they were addicted to sinful activity, in other ways their life was
brilliant. They belonged to the brahmana caste of Navadvipa, and such
braéhmanas were pious by nature. Although they had been addicted to some
sinful activities due to bad association, those unwanted things could vanish
simply because of the chanting of the holy name of the Lord. Another point
for Jagai and Madhai was that, as members of a brahmana family, they did not
accept service under anyone. The sastras strictly forbid a brahmana to accept
service under anyone. The idea is that by accepting a master, one accepts the
occupation of a dog. In other words, a dog cannot thrive without having a
master, and for the sake of pleasing the master, dogs offend many people.
They bark at innocent people just to please the master. Similarly, when one is
a servant, he has to perform abominable activities according to the orders of
the master. Therefore, when Dabira Khasa and Sdkara Mallika compared their
position to that of Jagai and Madhai, they found Jagai and Madhai’s position
far better. Jagai and Madhai never accepted the service of a low-class person;
nor were they forced to execute abominable activities under the order of a
low-class master. Jagai and Madhai chanted the name of $i Caitanya
Mahdprabhu by way of blasphemy, but because they simply chanted His
name, they immediately became free from the reactions of sinful activities.
Thus later they were saved.

TEXT 195
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