32 Srimad-Bhagavatam
transcendental flow is still rolling on in the southwestern part of the great
Indian peninsula.

The Lord excavated from South India two very important old literatures,
namely the Brahma-samhita* and Krsna-karnamrta, and these two valuable
books are authorized studies for the person in the devotional line. The
Lord then returned to Puri after His South Indian tour.

On His return to Puri, all the anxious devotees of the Lord got back
their life, and the Lord remained there with continued pastimes of His
transcendental realizations. The most important incidence during that time
was His granting audience to King Prataparudra. King Prataparudra was
a great devotee of the Lord, and he considered himself to be one of the ser-
vants of the Lord entrusted with sweeping the temple. This submissive at-
titude of the King was very much appreciated by SriCaitanya Mahaprabhu.
The King requested both Bhattacarya and Raya to arrange his meeting
with the Lord. When, however, the Lord was petitioned by His two stal-
wart devotees, He flatly refused to grant the request, even though it was
put forward by personal associates like Ramananda Raya and Sarvabhauma
Bhattacarya. The Lord maintained that it is dangerous for a sannyasi to be
in intimate touch with worldly money conscious men and with women.
The Lord was an ideal sannya@sit. No woman could approach the Lord even
to offer respects. Women’s seats were accommodated far away from the
Lord. As an ideal teacher and acarya, He was very strict in the routine work
of a sannyasi. Apart from being a divine incarnation, the Lord was an ideal
character as a human being. His behavior with other persons was also above
suspicion. In His dealing as acarya, He was harder than the thunderbolt
and softer than the rose. One of His associates, Junior Haridasa, committed
a great mistake by lustfully glancing at a young woman, and the Lord as
Supersoul could detect this just in the mind of Junior Haridasa. He was at
once banished from His association and was never accepted again, even
though He was implored to excuse Haridasa for the mistake. Junior
Haridasa afterwards committed suicide due to being disassociated from the
company of the Lord, and the news of suicide was duly related to the
Lord. Even at that time the Lord was not forgetful of the offense, and He
said that Haridasa had rightly met with the proper punishment.

On the principles of the renounced order of life and discipline, the Lord
knew no compromise, and therefore even though He knew that the King
was a great devotee, He refused to see the King only because the King was
a dollar and cent man. By this example the Lord wanted to emphasize the
proper behavior for a transcendentalist. A transcendentalist has nothing
*Summary of Srimad-Bhagavatam.
