Text 113] Sri Madhavendra Puri’s Devotional Service 57

tiated by a proper brahmana, one cannot be converted into a brahmana. In other
words, unless one is a brahmana, he cannot make another a brahmana. A
grhastha-brahmana partaking of the varndsrama-dharma institution can secure
various types of paraphernalia to worship Lord Visnu through his honest labor. Ac-
tually, people beg to be initiated by these householder brahmanas just to become
successful in the varnasrama institution or to become free from material desires. It
is therefore necessary for a spiritual master in the grhastha-asrama to be a strict
Vaisnava. A spiritual master from the sanny4sa order has very little opportunity to
perform arcana, Deity worship, but when one accepts a spiritual master from the
transcendental sannydasis, the principle of Deity worship is not at all neglected. To
implement this conclusion, $ri Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave us His opinion in the
verse kibd vipra kiba ny4si, etc. This indicates that the Lord understood the weak-
ness of society in its maintaining that only a grhastha-brahmana should be a
spiritual master. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu indicated that it does not matter
whether the spiritual master is a grhastha (householder), a sannydasi or even a
stra. A spiritual master simply must be conversant in the essence of the sdastra;
he must understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Only then can one be-
come a spiritual master. Diksa actually means initiating a disciple with transcen-
dental knowledge by which he becomes freed from all material contamination.

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CHATS CHR Catal TAA |
Sta Het cHfosi Cae FARAeT-Aa W992 I

remunate kaila gopinatha darasana
tara rapa dekhifia haila vihvala-mana

SYNONYMS

remunate—in the village of Remuna; kaila—did; gopinatha—the Deity of
Gopinatha; darasana—seeing; tanra—His; rapa—beauty; dekhifd—seeing;
haila—became; vihvala—bewildered; mana—mind.

TRANSLATION

Going into South India, Sri Madhavendra Puri visited Remuna, where
Gopinatha is situated. Upon seeing the beauty of the Deity, Madhavendra Puri
was overwhelmed.

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