Text 136] Sri Madhavendra Puri’s Devotional Service 71
eta suni’ puri-gosani paricaya dila
ksira diya pujari tanre dandavat haila
SYNONYMS
eta suni’—hearing this; puri-gosahi—Madhavendra Purl; paricaya—introduc-
tion; dila—gave; ksira diyi—delivering the pot of sweet rice; pujari— the priest;
tanre—to him; dandavat haila—offered obeisances.
TRANSLATION
Hearing this invitation, Madhavendra Puri came out and identified himself.
The priest then delivered the pot of sweet rice and offered his obeisances,
falling flat before him.
PURPORT
A brahmana is not supposed to offer his obeisances by falling flat before any-
one because a brahmana is considered to be in the highest caste. However, when
a brahmana sees a devotee, he offers his dandavats. This brahmana priest did not
ask Madhavendra Puri whether he was a brahmana, but when he saw that
Madhavendra Puri was such a bona fide devotee that Krsna would even steal for
him, he immediately understood the position of the saint. As stated by Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu: kibd vipra, kiba nyasi, sidra kene naya / yei krsna-tattva-
vetta, sei ‘guru’ haya. (Cc. Madhya 8.128) Had the brahmana priest been an or-
dinary brahmana, Gopinatha would not have talked with him in a dream. Since
the Deity spoke to both Madhavendra Puri and the bréhmana priest in dreams,
practically speaking they were on the same platform. However, because Madha-
vendra Puri was a senior sannydsi Vaisnava, a paramaharisa, the priest im-
mediately fell flat before him and offered obeisances.
TEXT 136
BCAA TSS Sica Bar Asia |
win coaifad teat Satayay i sow
ksirera vrttanta tanre kahila pdjari
suni’ premavista haila sri-madhava-puri
SYNONYMS
ksirera vrttanta—all the incidents that took place on account of the pot of
sweet rice; tarire—to Madhavendra Puri; kahila—explained; pujari—the priest;
suni’—hearing; prema-davista—saturated with love of Godhead; haila—became;
$ri-madhava-puri—Stila Madhavendra Puri.
