20 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 12

TRANSLATION

When the King received the old cloth, he began to worship it exactly as he
would worship the Lord personally.

PURPORT

This is also the conclusion of the Vedic injunctions. Since the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead is the Absolute Truth, everything in relation to Him is also on
the same platform. The King had great affection for Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and
although he did not see the Lord, he had nonetheless already attained the conclu-
sion of devotional service. Immediately upon receiving the cloth from Sar-
vabhauma Bhattacarya, the King began to worship it, accepting it as Sri Caitanya
Mahdaprabhu. The Lord's clothing, bedding, slippers and everything required as an
ordinary necessity are all transformations of Sesa, Visnu, the expansion of Sri

Baladeva. Thus the cloth and other paraphernalia of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead are but other forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Everything
connected to the Lord is worshipable. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu instructs us that
just as Krsna is worshipable, Krsna’s place, Vrndavana, is also worshipable. And as
Vrndavana is worshipable, similarly the paraphernalia in Vrndavana—the trees,
roads, river, everything—is worshipable. A pure devotee thus sings, jaya jaya
vrndavana-vasi yata jana: “All glories to the residents of Vrndavana.” If a devotee
has a staunch devotional attitude, all these conclusions will be awakened or
revealed within the heart.

yasya deve para bhaktir
yathd deve tathd gurau

tasyaite kathita hy arthah
prakasante mahatmanah

“Only unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the
spiritual master are all the imports of Vedic knowledge automatically revealed.”
(Svetagvatara Upanisad, 6.23)

Thus following in the footsteps of Maharaja Prataparudra and other devotees,
we should learn to worship everything belonging to the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. This is referred to by Lord Siva as tadiyanam. In the Padma Purana it is
said:

dradhananam sarvesam
visnor aradhanam param

tasmat paratararn devi
tadiyanam samarcanam
