290 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 3

TRANSLATION

When two or four pieces of the thrown rice touched His body, Advaita
Acarya began to dance in various ways with the rice still stuck to His
body.

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avadhitera jhuthd lagila mora ange
parama pavitra more kaila ei dhange

SYNONYMS

avadhitera jhutha—the remnants of the food of the avadhdta; lagila—
touched; mora—My; ange—on the body; parama pavitra—perfectly
purified; more—Me; kaila—made; ei—this; dharyge—behavior.

TRANSLATION

When the rice thrown by Nityananda Prabhu touched His body, Advaita
Acarya thought Himself purified by the touch of remnants thrown by
paramaharnsa Nityadnanda. Therefore He began dancing.

PURPORT

The word avadhuta refers to one above all rules and regulations. Some-
times, not observing all the rules and regulations of a sannydsi, Nityananda
Prabhu exhibited the behavior of a mad avadhdta. He threw the remnants of
food on the ground, and some of these remnants touched the body of
Advaita Acarya. Advaita Acarya accepted this happily because He presented
Himself as a member of the community of smarta-brahmanas. By touching the
remnants of food thrown by Nityananda Prabhu, Advaita Acdrya immediately
felt Himself purified of all smarta contamination. The remnants of food left by
a pure Vaisnava are called maha-mahd-prasada. This is completely spiritual
and is identified with Lord Visnu. Such remnants are not ordinary. The spiritual
master is to be considered on the stage of paramaharnsa and beyond the
jurisdiction of the varnasrama institution. The remnants of food left by the
spiritual master and similar paramaharnsas or pure Vaisnavas are purifying.
When an ordinary person touches such prasada, his mind is purified, and his
mind is raised to the status of a pure brahmana. The behavior and statements
