Text 103] The Lord Travels to Vrndavana 53
TEXT 102
foal na forma, org aifS TIC
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
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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-
