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

TRANSLATION

“To make Me a madman like Yourself, You have thrown the remnants of
Your food at Me. You did not even fear the fact that | am a brahmana.’

PURPORT

The words dpandra sama indicate that Advaita Acdrya considered Himself
to belong to the smarta-brahmanas, and He considered Nityananda Prabhu to
be on the transcendental stage with pure Vaisnavas. Lord Nityananda gave
Advaita Acarya His remnants to situate Him on the same platform and make
Him a pure unalloyed Vaisnava or paramaharisa. Advaita Acarya’s statement
indicates that a paramahamsa Vaisnava is transcendentally situated. A pure
Vaisnava is not subject to the rules and regulations of the smarta-brahmanas.
That was the reason for Advaita Acarya’s stating, 4pandra sama more karibara
tare: ‘To raise Me to Your own standard.’ A pure Vaisnava or a person on the
paramahamsa stage accepts the remnants of food (mahd-prasada) as spiritual.
He does not consider it to be material or sense gratificatory. He accepts
mahd-prasada not as ordinary dahl and rice but as spiritual substance. To say
nothing of the remnants of food left by a pure Vaisnava, prasdda is never
polluted even if it is touched by the mouth of a candala. Indeed, it retains its
spiritual value. Therefore by eating or touching such mahd-prasdda, a
braéhmana is not degraded. There is no question of being polluted by touching
the remnants of such food. Actually, by eating such mahda-prasada, one is
freed from all the contaminations of the material condition. That is the verdict
of the sastra.

TEXT 99

FASTA AH, GS SCHA SAAT |
Rice Aor scar, HH Cac tat | dd I

nityananda bale, —ei krsnera prasada
ihake ‘jhutha’ kahile, tumi kaile aparadha

SYNONYMS

nityananda bale—Lord Nityananda said; ei—this; krsnera prasada—maha-
prasada of Lord Krsna; ihake—unto it; jhutha—remnants of foodstuff;
kahile—if You say; tumi—You; kaile—have made; aparadha—offense.
