Text 61] The Lord Travels to Vrndavana 31

TRANSLATION

Some people would bring grains and deliver them to Balabhadra Bhat-
tacdrya. Others would bring milk and yogurt, and stil! others would bring
ghee and sugar.

TEXT 60

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yahan vipra nahi tahan ‘SGdra-mahdjana’
asi’ sabe bhattacarye kare nimantrana

SYNONYMS
yahan—wherever; vipra—brahmana; nahi—there is not; tahan—there; sidra-
mahd-jana—devotees born in families other than brahmana; 4si’—coming;
sabe—all of them; bhattacarye—to Balabhadra Bhattacarya; kare nimantrana—
make invitation.

TRANSLATION

In some villages there were no brahmanas; nonetheless, devotees born in
non-brahmana families came and extended invitations to Balabhadra Bhat-
tacarya.

PURPORT

Actually a sannydasi or a brahmana will not accept an invitation extended by a
person born in a lower family. However, there are many devotees who are raised
to the platform of braéhmana by their initiation. These people are called stdra-
mahdjana. This indicates that one who is born in a non-brahmana family has ac-
cepted the brahmana status by initiation. Such devotees extended invitations to
Balabhadra Bhattacarya. A Mayavadi sannyasi will accept an invitation only froma
brahmana family, but a Vaisnava does not accept an invitation from a brahmana if
he does not belong to the Vaisnava sect. However, a Vaisnava will accept an in-
vitation from a brahmana or stidra-mahdajana if that person is an initiated Vaisnava.
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself accepted invitations from sadra-mahajanas, and
this confirms the fact that anyone initiated by a Vaisnava mantra can be accepted
as a brahmana. One can accept an invitation from such a person.

TEXT 61

SHIT Ais Be W-TeAMA |
AD-DACA AGA MAAS Tea ti vd |i
