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tion. One remains a humble, meek mendicant engaged in the service of the Lord
day and night. Madhavendra Puri had attained this paramahamsa stage.
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premamrte trpta, ksudha-trsna nahi badhe
ksira-iccha haila, tahe mane aparadhe
SYNONYMS
prema-amrte trpta—being satisfied only in the loving service of the Lord;
ksudha-trsna—hunger and thirst; nahi—not; badhe—impede; ksira—for sweet
rice; iccha—the desire; haila—became; tahe—for that reason; mane—he con-
siders; aparadhe —offense.
TRANSLATION
A paramahamsa like Madhavendra Puri is always satisfied in the loving ser
vice of the Lord. Material hunger and thirst cannot impede his activities.
When he desired to taste a little sweet rice offered to the Deity, he considered
that he had committed an offense by desiring to eat what was being offered to
the Deity.
PURPORT
It is advisable that food being offered to the Deity be covered when taken from
the kitchen to the Deity room. In that way, others may not see it. Those who are
not accustomed to following the advanced regulative devotional principles may
desire to eat the food, and that is an offense. Therefore no one should be given a
chance to even see it. However, when it is brought before the Deity, it must be
uncovered. Seeing the food uncovered before the Deity, Madhavendra Purt
desired to taste a little of it so that he could prepare a similar sweet rice for his
Gopala. Madhavendra Puri was so strict, however, that he considered this to be an
offense. Consequently he left the temple without saying anything to anyone. The
paramaharisa is therefore called vijita-sad-guna. He must conquer the six material
qualities —kama, krodha, lobha, moha, matsara, and ksudhd-trsna (lust, anger,
greed, illusion, enviousness, hunger and thirst.)
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