300 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 16
cated in the materialistic way of life. Those who are pure devotees in Krsna con-
sciousness condemn their activities. The eternal vraja-vasis like Svaripa Damodara
did not even come to Vrndavana-dhama. Sri Pundarika Vidyanidhi, Sti Haridasa
Thakura, Srivasa Pandita, Sivananda Sena, Sri Ramananda Raya, Sri Sikhi Mahiti, Sri
Madhavidevi and Sri Gadadhara Pandita Gosvami never visited Vrndavana-
dhama. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura points out that we have no
authorized documents stating that these exalted personalities visited Vrndavana.
Nonetheless, we find many nondevotees, Mayavadi sannydsis, prakrta-sahajiyds,
fruitive workers, mental speculators and many others with material motives going
to Vrndavana to live. Many of these people go there to solve their economic
problems by becoming beggars. Although anyone living in Vrndavana somehow
or other is benefited, the real Vrndavana is appreciated only by a pure devotee.
As stated in Brahma-samhita: premafijana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena. When one
has purified eyes, he can see that Sri Vrnddvana and the original Goloka
Vrndavana planet in the spiritual sky are identical.

Srila Narottama dasa Thakura, Srinivasa Acarya, Sri Jagannatha dasa Babaji
Maharaja, Sri Bhagavan dasa Babaji Mahdraja, Srila Gaurakigora dasa Babaji
Maharaja and later Sri Bhaktivinoda Thakura of Calcutta always engaged in nama-
bhajana and certainly did not live anywhere but Vrndavana. Presently, the mem-
bers of the Hare Krsna movement throughout the world live in materially opulent
cities, such as London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Moscow, Zurich and
Stockholm. However, we are satisfied with following in the footsteps of Srila
Bhaktivinoda Thakura and other dcaryas. Because we live in the temples of Radha-
Krsna and continuously hold hari-ndma-sankirtana—the chanting of Hare Krsna—
we consequently live in Vrndavana and nowhere else. We are also following in
the footsteps of Sti Caitanya Mahaprabhu by attempting to construct a temple in
Vrndavana for our disciples throughout the world to visit.

TEXT 282
GR BCT BT, ay, shia oifa aim |
8 pifa aim wa ATCT AIF Av I
ei age ail, prabhu, varsara cari masa
ei cari masa kara nilacale vasa
SYNONYMS

ei—just; 4ge—ahead; dila—have come; prabhu—my Lord; varsdra cari masa —
the four months of the rainy season; ei cari mésa—these four months; kara—just
do; nilacale—at Jagannatha Puri; vasa—living.
