246 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 14

TRANSLATION

Following the orders of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Govinda, His personal
servant, called for all the poor beggars, who were unhappy due to their pov-
erty, and fed them sumptuously.

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kangalera bhojana-ranga dekhe gaurahari
‘hari-bola’ bali’ tare upadesa kari

SYNONYMS

kangalera—of the beggars; bhojana-ranga—process of eating; dekhe—sees;
gaurahari—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; hari-bola bali’—chanting “Hari bol”; tare—
them; upadesa kari—instructs.

TRANSLATION

Observing the beggars eating prasada, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu chanted,
“Hari bol!’ and instructed them to chant the holy name.

PURPORT
In a song, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura chants:

miche maydra vase, yaccha bhese’,
khaccha habudubu, bhai
jiva krsna-dasa, e visvasa,

ka’rle ta’ ara duhkha nai

“Everyone is captivated by the waves of the ocean of nescience, but if everyone
would immediately accept Lord Sri Krsna as their eternal master, there would be
no chance of being carried away by the waves of illusion. Then all sufferings
would stop.” Krsna conducts the material world under the three modes of ma-
terial nature, and consequently there are three platforms of life—higher, middle
and lower. On whatever platform one may be situated, one is tossed by the
waves of material nature. Someone may be rich, someone may be middle class,
and someone may be a poor beggar—it doesn’t matter. As long as one is under
the spell of the three modes of material nature, he must continue to experience
these divisions.

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu therefore advised the beggars to chant “Hari bol
while taking praséda. Chanting means accepting one’s self as the eternal servant

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