420 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 22

PURPORT

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura says that a devotee is attracted by the
service of the inhabitants of Vrndavana—namely the cowherd men, Maharaja
Nanda, mother YaSoda, Radharani, the gopis, and the cows and calves. An ad-
vanced devotee is attracted by the service rendered by an eternal servitor of the
Lord. This attraction is called spontaneous attraction. Technically it is called
svartipa-upalabdhi. This stage is not achieved in the beginning. In the beginning
one has to render service strictly according to the regulative principles set forth by
the revealed scriptures and spiritual master. By continuously rendering service
through the process of vaidhi bhakti, one’s natural inclination is gradually
awakened. That is called spontaneous attraction, or raganuga bhakti.

An advanced devotee situated on the platform of spontaneity is already very
expert in Sastric instruction, logic and argument. When he comes to the point of
eternal love for Krsna, no one can deviate him from that position, neither by argu-
ment nor by Sastric evidence. An advanced devotee has realized his eternal rela-
tionship with the Lord, and consequently he does not accept the logic and argu-
ments of others. Such an advanced devotee has nothing to do with the sahajiyas,
who manufacture their own way and commit sins by indulging in illicit sex, intoxi-
cation and gambling, if not meat-eating. Sometimes the sahajiyds imitate ad-
vanced devotees and live in their own whimsical way, avoiding the principles set
down in the revealed scriptures. Unless one follows the six Gosvamis—Sri Ripa,
Sanatana, Raghunatha Bhatta, Sri Jiva, Gopala Bhatta and Raghunatha dasa—one
cannot be a bona fide spontaneous lover of Krsna. In this connection, Srila Narot-
tama dasa Thakura says: rupa-raghunatha-pade haibe akuti kabe hama bujhaba
se yugala piriti. The sahajiyds’ understanding of the love affairs between Radha
and Krsna is not bona fide because they do not follow the principles laid down
by the six Gosvamis. Their illicit connection and their imitation of the dress of
Ripa Gosvami as well as their avoidance of the prescribed methods of revealed
scriptures will lead them to the lowest regions of hell. These imitative sahajiyas
are cheated and unfortunate. They are not equal to advanced devotees
(paramaharnsas). Debauchees and paramaharhsas are not on the same level.

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virajantim abhivyaktam
vraja-vasi-janadisu
ragatmikam anusrta
ya sa raganugocyate
