Text 198] Sri Madhavendra Puri’s Devotional Service 101
TRANSLATION

“O My Lord! O most merciful master! O master of Mathura! When shall |
see You again? Because of My not seeing You, My agitated heart has become
unsteady. O most beloved one, what shall 1 do now?”

PURPORT

The uncontaminated devotees who strictly depend on the Vedanta philosophy
are divided into four sampradayas, or transcendental parties. Out of the four
sampradayas, the Sri Madhvacarya-sampradaya was accepted by Madhavendra
Puri. Thus he took sannydsa according to parampard, the disciplic succession.
Beginning from Madhvacarya down to the spiritual master of Madhavendra Puri,
the acdarya named Laksmipati, there was no realization of devotional service in
conjugal love. $ri Madhavendra Puri introduced the conception of conjugal love
for the first time in the Madhvacarya-sampradaya, and this conclusion of the
Madhvacarya-sampradaya was revealed by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu when He
toured southern India and met the Tattvavadis, who supposedly belonged to the
Madhvacarya-sampradaya.

When Sri Krsna left Vindavana and accepted the kingdom of Mathura, Srimati
Radharani, out of ecstatic feelings of separation, expressed how Krsna can be
loved in separation. Thus devotional service in separation is central to this verse.
Worship in separation is considered by the Gaudiya-Madhva-sampradaya to be
the topmost level of devotional service. According to this conception, the devo-
tee thinks of himself as very poor and neglected by the Lord. Thus he addresses
the Lord as dina-dayardra natha, as did Madhavendra Puri. Such an ecstatic feeling
is the highest form of devotional service. Because Krsna had gone to Mathura,
Srimati Radharani was very much affected, and She expressed Herself thus: “My
dear Lord, because of Your separation My mind has become overly agitated. Now
tell Me, what can | do? | am very poor, and You are very merciful, so kindly have
compassion upon Me and let Me know when | shall see You.” Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu was always expressing the ecstatic emotions of Srimati Radharani
that She exhibited when She saw Uddhava at Vrndavana. Similar feelings, ex-
perienced by Madhavendra Puri, are expressed in this verse. Therefore, Vaisnavas
in the Gaudiya-Madhva-sampradaya say that the ecstatic feelings experienced by
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu during His appearance came from Sri Madhavendra Puri
through Tévara Puri. All the devotees in the line of the Gaudiya-Madhva-
sampradaya accept these principles of devotional service.

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