264 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 24

Caitanya Mahdaprabhu. Those who do not follow Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu cannot
understand Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam.

TEXT 324

ajas HANSA FA FB’ BS Bea |
“sig aie faa Camagle’ sfaatca 1 028 tl

punah sandatana kahe yudi’ dui kare
“prabhu aja dila ‘vaisnava-smrti’ karibare

SYNONYMS
punah—again; sandtana—Sanatana Gosvami; kahe—says; yudi’ dui kare—
folding his two hands; prabhu aja dila —Your Lordship has ordered me; vaisnava-
smrti karibare —to write a dictionary of Vaisnava activities.

TRANSLATION

Folding his hands, Sanatana Gosvami said, ““My Lord, You ordered me to
write a directory about the activities of Vaisnavas.

TEXT 325

gfae—atp-oifs, fag al ical ota |
CA-CRCS CHO SA GlS-ratT re Wy
muhi—nica-jati, kichu na janon acara
mo-haite kaiche haya smrti-paracdara
SYNONYMS
mufii—l; nica-jati—belong to a lower caste; kichu—anything; nd—not;
janon—| know; acara—about proper behavior; mo-haite—from me; kaiche—

how; haya—there is; smrti-paracara—propagation of the directions of Vaisnava
behavior.

TRANSLATION

“| am a most lowborn person. | have no knowledge of good behavior. How
is it possible for me to write authorized directions about Vaisnava activities ?”’

PURPORT

Actually Sanatana Gosvami belonged to a very respectable brahmana family.
Nonetheless, he submitted himself as a fallen, lowborn person because he had
