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

phantasmagoria. The yogis meditate for sense control, but for the devotee the
senses appear like serpents with broken teeth. The devotee doesn’t have to con-
trol his senses, for his senses are already engaged in the Lord’s service. Conse-
quently there is no possibility that the senses will act like serpents. In the material
condition, the senses are as strong as poisonous snakes. When the teeth are
broken, the snake is no longer dangerous. The entire world is a replica of
Vaikuntha for the devotee because he has no anxiety. He sees that everything
belongs to Krsna, and he does not want to enjoy anything for himself. He does not
even aspire for the position of Lord Brahma or Indra. He simply wants to engage
everything in the service of the Lord; therefore he has no problem. He stands in
his original constitutional position. All this is possible when one receives Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s merciful glance.

In the Caitanya-candramrta there are many more verses illustrating this same
principle.

dhik kurvati ca brahma-yoga-vidusas tam gauracandrarh numah

tavad brahma-kathad vimukta-padavi tavan na tiktibhavet
tavac capi visrnkhalatvam ayate no loka-veda-sthitih

tavac chastra-vidam mithah kalakalo nana-bahir-vartmasu
sri-caitanya-padambuja-priya-jano yavan na dig-gocarah

gauras caurah sakala-maharat ko ‘pi me tivra-viryah

A discussion of the impersonal Brahman is not very palatable to a devotee. The
so-called regulations of the sastras also appear null and void to him. There are
many people who argue over the sdastras, but for a devotee such discussions are
but tumultuous roaring. By the influence of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, all these
problems disappear.

TEXT 178

BeasA ea afacsertat:, waeastra-aae ET: |
COM CHAT aa ACSA, MPNFL ctitaghacwa td wl
advaita-vithi-pathikair upasyah
svananda-simhasana-labdha-diksah

sathena kenapi vayarn hathena
dasi-krta gopa-vadhd-vitena

SYNONYMS

advaita-vithi—of the path of monism; pathikaih—by the wanderers;
upasyah—worshipable; sva-dnanda—of self-realization; simhasana—on the
