78 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 17
change in both body and mind, even though they were attached to impersonal
Brahman understanding.’
PURPORT
This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (3.15.43). Vidura and Maitreya dis-
cussed the pregnancy of Diti. Diti’s pregnancy caused the demigods to be very
much afraid, and the demigods went to see Lord Brahma. Lord Brahma explained
the original incident involving the cursing of Jaya and Vijaya by the Catuhsana
Kumaras. Sometimes the Catuhsana Kumaras went to Vaikuntha to visit Narayana,
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and once they were stopped from entering
the palace at the seventh gate by two doorkeepers named Jaya and Vijaya. Due
to their jealousy, Jaya and Vijaya would not allow the Kumaras entry, and conse-
quently the Kumaras became angry and cursed Jaya and Vijaya, condemning
them to take birth in a family of asuras in the material world. The omniscient Per-
sonality of Godhead could immediately understand the incident,.and He came
with His eternal consort the goddess of fortune. The Catuhsana Kumaras im-
mediately offered their obeisances unto the Lord. Simply by seeing the Lord and
smelling the aroma of tulasi and saffron from His lotus feet, the Kumaras became
devotees and abandoned their long-cherished impersonalism. Thus the four
Kumaras were turned into Vaisnavas simply by smelling the aromatic tulasi mixed
with saffron. Those who are actually on the platform of Brahman realization and
who have not offended the lotus feet of Krsna can immediately become
Vaisnavas simply by smelling the aroma of the Lord’s lotus feet. However, those
who are offenders or demons are never attracted to the Lord’s personal feature,
even though they may visit the Lord’s temple many times. In Vrndavana we have
seen many Mayavadi sannyasis who do not even come to the temple of Govin-
daji, Gopinatha or Madana-mohana because they think that such temples are
maya. Therefore they are called Mayavadis. Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu
therefore said that the Mayavadis are the greatest offenders.
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ataeva ‘krsna-ndma’ nd dise tara mukhe

mayavadi-gana yate maha bahirmukhe

SYNONYMS
ataeva—therefore; krsna-ndma—the holy name of Krsna; nd—does not; dise—

come; tara mukhe—in their mouths; mayadvadi-gana—all the Mayavadis; ydte—
because; maha bahih-mukhe—great offenders by dint of strong atheism.
