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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, Sri 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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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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