Text 180] The Cleansing of the Gundica Temple 87

gopinathacarya uttama mahda-prasdda dani’
sarvabhaume diya kahe sumadhura vani

SYNONYMS
gopinatha-acarya—Copinatha Acarya; uttama—first-class; maha-prasada—
remnants of food; ani’—bringing; sérvabhaume—to Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya;
diya—delivering; kahe—says; su-madhura—very sweet; vani—words.

TRANSLATION

Gopinatha Acarya also brought first-class food and offered it to Sar-
vabhauma Bhattacarya while speaking sweet words.

TEXT 180

Bal SBtvieta YS 9G-qezeIa |
Bale Haale, — FAS faota i sve

kahan bhattacaryera pUrva jada-vyavahara
kahan ei paramananda, —karaha vicdara

SYNONYMS

kahan —where; bhattacaryera—of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya; pUrva—previous;
jada-vyavahara—material behavior; kahan—where; ei—this; parama-ananda—
transcendental bliss; karaha vicéra—just try to consider.

TRANSLATION

After serving Bhattacarya with first-class prasada, Gopinatha Acarya said,
“Just imagine what Bhattacarya’s previous mundane behavior must have
been! Just consider how at present he is enjoying transcendental bliss.”

PURPORT

Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya was previously a smarta-brahmana—that is, one who
strictly follows the Vedic principles on the mundane platform. On the mundane
platform, one cannot believe that prasdda is transcendental, that Govinda is the
original form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or that a Vaisnava is a liber-
ated person. These transcendental considerations are out of the ordinary Vedic
scholar's jurisdiction. Most scholars are called Vedantists. So-called followers of
Vedanta philosophy consider the Absolute Truth to be impersonal. They also
believe that a person born in a particular caste cannot change his caste until he
dies and takes rebirth. The smdrta-brahmanas also reject the fact that mahda-
prasada (food offered to the Deity) is transcendental and materially uncontami-
nated. Originally, Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya was subjected to all the rules and
