368 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 22
TRANSLATION
‘An intermediate, second-class devotee shows love for the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, is friendly to all devotees and is very merciful to
neophytes and ignorant people. The intermediate devotee neglects those who
are envious of devotional service.
PURPORT
This is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.2.46). This statement was
made by the great sage Narada while he was speaking to Vasudeva about devo-
tional service. This subject was originally discussed between Nimi, the King of
Videha, and the nine Yogendras.
TEXT 74
BOTUCAA VATY YSIS Ve ASARG |
q TELS Y ICDA A SS: ATFs FEE | 98 Il
arcdydm eva haraye
pujam yah sraddhayehate
na tad-bhaktesu cdnyesu
sa bhaktah prakrtah smrtah
SYNONYMS
arcdyam—in the temple worship; eva—certainly; haraye—for the pleasure of
the Supreme Personality of Godhead; péjam—worship; yah—anyone who; srad-
dhayd—with faith and love; ihate—executes; na—not; tat-bhaktesu—to the
devotees of the Lord; ca anyesu—and to others; sah—he; bhaktah—a devotee;
prakrtah —materialistic; smrtah—is considered.
TRANSLATION
“ ‘A prakrta, or materialistic devotee does not purposefully study the sastra
and try to understand the actual standard of pure devotional service. Conse-
quently he does not show proper respect to advanced devotees. He may,
however, follow the regulative principles learned from his spiritual master or
from his family who worships the Deity. He is to be considered on the material
platform, although he is trying to advance in devotional service. Such a person
is a bhakta-praya [neophyte devotee], or bhaktabhasa, for he is a little en-
lightened by Vaisnava philosophy.’
