164 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 10

ataeva svarupa age kare pariksana
suddha haya yadi, prabhure kara’na sravana

SYNONYMS

ataeva—therefore; svarGpa—Svaripa Damodara; age—at first; kare—does;
pariksana—examination; suddha—pure; haya—is; yadi—if; prabhure—unto Lord
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kara’na—causes; sravana—hearing.

TRANSLATION

It was the practice for Svaripa Damodara Gosvami to examine all literatures
to find out whether their conclusions were correct. Only then would he allow
them to be heard by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

PURPORT

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura says that if something impedes the exe-
cution of devotional service, it should be understood to be impure. Pure devotees
of the Lord do not accept impure principles. Impure devotees accept rasabhdsa, or
overlapping, contradictory mellows, and other principles opposed to the bhakti
path. The followers of such impure principles are never accepted as pure devo-
tees. There are many parties following the path of rasabhasa, and the followers are
sometimes adored by ordinary men. Those who adopt the conclusions of
rasabhasa and bhakti-siddhanta-viruddha are never accepted as devotees of Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Svartipa Damodara Gosvami never approved such
followers as Gaudiya Vaisnavas, nor did he allow them even to meet the Supreme
Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

TEXT 115

faarrifs, pater, Bahecatfare |
G2 fon ATS saa Giga SAFE S9¢ 1

vidydpati, candidasa, sri-gita-govinda
ej tina gite kara’na prabhura ananda

SYNONYMS

vidya-pati—an old Vaisnava poet from the province of Mithila; candi-dasa—a
Bengali Vaisnava poet born in the village of Nannura in the Birbhum district; sri-
gita-govinda—a celebrated poem by Jayadeva Gosvami; ei—these; tina—three;
gite—songs; kara‘na—cause; prabhura—of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; ananda—
happiness.
