198 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta {Madhya-lila, Ch. 20

kingdom. Due to the Lord’s unlimited mercy, Sanatana Gosvami questioned
Him without hesitation.

TEXT 351
‘ale gy Gla qfae Ao, Noto ta |
Caaca Siig Slarce Cay MASA YP oF |

‘ati ksudra jiva mufi nica, nicacdra
kemane janiba kalite kon avatadra?’

SYNONYMS
ati—very; ksudra—unimportant, insignificant; jiva—living entity; mufAi—t;
nica—low; nica-acéra—having very abominable behavior; kemane—how;
janiba—shall | know; kalite—in this age; kon avatéra—who is the incarnation.

TRANSLATION

Sanatana Gosvami said, ‘| am a very insignificant living entity. | am low and
poorly behaved. How can I understand who is the incarnation for this age of
Kali?”

PURPORT

This verse is very important in reference to the incarnations of God. At present
there are especially many rascals prevalent in India who proclaim themselves in-
carnations of God or goddesses. Thus they are fooling and bluffing foolish people.
On behalf of the general populace, Sanatana Gosvami presented himself as a
foolish, lowborn, poorly behaved person, although he was a most exalted per-
sonality. Inferior people cannot accept the real God, yet they are very eager to ac-
cept an imitation God who can simply bluff foolish people. All this is going on in
this age of Kali. To guide these foolish people, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu answers
the question as follows.

TEXT 352

AS Be,—“aHlawta ia-atca otf |
SACS MASA (SCG “Naess Tifa oer

prabhu kahe, —“anyavatdra sastra-dvare jani
kalite avatadra taiche sastra-vakye mani
