Text 86] Lord Caitanya at the House of Advaita Acarya 285

other words, Nityananda Prabhu had nothing to do with the rules governing
smarta-brahmanas. Thus under pretense of condemning Him, Advaita Acarya
was actually praising Him. In the avadhdta stage, the paramahannsa stage,
which is the supermost stage, one may appear to be visayi, on the platform
of sense gratification, but in actuality he has nothing to do with sense grati-
fication. At that stage, a person sometimes accepts the symptoms and dress
of a sannydasi and sometimes does not. Sometimes he dresses like a house-
holder. We should know, however, that these are all joking words between
Advaita Acarya and Nityananda Prabhu. They are not to be taken as insults.

In Khadadaha, sometimes people misunderstood Nityananda Prabhu to
belong to the sakta-sampradaya, whose philosophy is antah saktah bahih
saivah sabhaydarh vaisnavo matah. According to the sakta-sampradaya, a per-
son called kaulavadhdta thinks materially while externally appearing to be a
great devotee of Lord Siva. When such a person is in an assembly of
Vaisnavas, he appears like a Vaisnava. Actually Nityananda Prabhu did not
belong to such a community. Nityananda Prabhu was always a brahmacari of
a sannyasi of the vaidika order. Actually He was a paramahamsa. Sometimes
He is accepted to be a disciple of Laksmipati Tirtha. If He is so accepted,
Nityananda Prabhu belonged to the Madhva-sampradaya. He did not belong
to the tantrika-sampradaya of Bengal.

TEXT 86

Sia ccs Ata wat-faat Hicaa Sw |
orfy Stal Stal atta efse Spe vy i

tumi khete para daSa-visa manera anna
ami taha kanha paba daridra brahmana

SYNONYMS
tumi—You; khete—to eat; pdra—able; dasa-visa—ten or twenty;
mdanera—of the measurement of a mana; anna—rice; ami—l; téha—that;

kanha—where; paba—shall get; daridra—poverty-stricken; brahmana—
brahmana.

TRANSLATION

Advaita Acarya accused Nitydnanda Prabhu, saying, ‘You can eat ten to
twenty manas of rice. | am a poor brahmana. How shall | get so much rice?
