Text 103] The Lord Travels to Vrndavana 53

TEXT 102

frei na formers, ery wife aca |
QE BL — Talla can Seetce faraace!’ sean

vipra saba nimantraya, prabhu nahi mane
prabhu kahe, —‘aji mora hafiache nimantrane’

SYNONYMS
vipra—the brahmanas; saba—all; nimantraya—invite; prabhu—Lord Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; nahi maéne—does not accept; prabhu kahe—the Lord
replies; aji—today; mora—My; hafiache—has been; nimantrane—invitation.

TRANSLATION

When the brahmanas of Varanasi would invite Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to
lunch, the Lord would not accept their invitations. He would reply, ‘I have
already been invited somewhere else.”

TEXT 103

otas afstin ara aeH |
HGAA HA-STH a TCAA fase Sow i

ei-mata prati-dina karena vaficana
sannydsira sariga-bhaye nd manena nimantrana

SYNONYMS

ei-mata—in this way; prati-dina—daily; karena vaficana—denies other inviters;
sannydasira—of the Mayavadi sannydsis; sanga-bhaye—from fear of the associa-
tion; na ménena—does not accept; nimantrana—invitation.

TRANSLATION

Every day Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu refused their invitation because He
feared associating with Mayavadi sannyasis.

PURPORT

A Vaisnava sannydasi never accepts an invitation from a party who considers
Mayavadi sannydsis and Vaisnava sannydasis to be one and the same. In other
words, Vaisnava sannyasis do not at all like to associate with Mayavadi sannyasis,
to say nothing of eating together. This principle must be followed by the san-
