284 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 3
suni’ nityanandera katha thakura advaita
kahena tanhare kichu paiyd pirita
SYNONYMS
suni’—hearing; nityanandera—of Lord Nityananda Prabhu; katha —words;
thakura—His Divine Grace; advaita—Advaita Acarya; kahena—spoke;
tanhare—unto Nityananda Prabhu; kichu—something; paiya—taking the op-
portunity; pirita—pleasing words.
TRANSLATION
His Divine Grace Advaita Acarya, after hearing the statement of Nitya-
nanda Prabhu, took the opportunity presented by the joking words and
spoke to Him as follows.
TEXT 85
“HR BAyS FH, Gua Siw |
FIA AVM, Ba, Awe TTS i ve w
bhrasta avadhdta tumi, udara bharite
sannydasa la-iyacha, bujhi, brahmana dandite
SYNONYMS
bhrasta avadhdta—reject paramaharnsa; tumi—You; udara bharite—to fill
Your belly; sannyasa la-iyacha—You have accepted the renounced order of
life; bujhi—| understand; brahmana dandite—to give trouble to a brahmana.
TRANSLATION
Advaita Acarya said: ‘You are a reject paramahamsa, and You have ac-
cepted the renounced order of life just to fill up Your belly. | can under-
stand that Your business is to give trouble to brahmanas.”
PURPORT
There is always a difference of opinion between a smarta-brahmana and a
Vaisnava gosvami. There are even smarta opinions and Vaisnava gosvami
opinions available in astrological and astronomical calculations. By calling Ni-
tydnanda Prabhu a bhrasta avadhdta (a rejected paramahamsa), Advaita
Acarya Prabhu in a sense accepted Nityananda Prabhu as a paramaharnsa. In
