312 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta {Madhya-lila, Ch. 11

$ri Caitanya Mahaprabhu or His representative before adopting such a way of life.
The duty of a pure devotee or a servant of the Lord is to carry out the order of the
Lord. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked Nitydnanda Prabhu to go to Bengal and
preach, and He asked the Gosvamis, Rupa and Sanatana, to go to Vrndavana and
excavate the lost places of pilgrimage. In this case the Lord asked Haridasa
Thakura to remain there at Jagannatha Puri and constantly chant the holy names
of the Lord. Thus Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave different persons different orders,
and consequently one should not try to imitate the behavior of Haridasa Thakura
without being ordered by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu or His representative. Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura condemns such imitations in this way:

dusta mana! tumi kisera vaisnava?
pratisthara tare, nirjanera ghare,
tava hari-nama kevala kaitava

“My dear mind, you are trying to imitate Haridasa Thakura and chant the Hare
Krsna mantra in a secluded place, but you are not worth being called a Vaisnava
because what you want is cheap popularity and not the actual qualifications of
Haridasa Thakura. If you try to imitate him you will fall down, for your neophyte
position will cause you to think of women and money. Thus you will fall into the
clutches of mdayd, and your so-called chanting in a secluded place will bring about
your downfall.”

TEXT 196

froin, Sater, VICTIMS, TH |
afaaicn fafer aca teat Srey | SOV tI

nityananda, jagadananda, damodara, mukunda
haridase mili’ sabe pdaila dnanda

SYNONYMS
nityananda—Nityananda; jagadananda—Jagadananda; damodara—Damodara;
mukunda—Mukunda; haridase—Haridasa; mili’—meeting; sabe—all of them;
paila—got; adnanda—great pleasure.

TRANSLATION

When Nityananda Prabhu, Jagadananda Prabhu, Damodara Prabhu and
Mukunda Prabhu met Haridasa Thakura, they all became very much pleased.
