202 Teachings of Lord Chaitanya

Personality of Godhead, Krishna, but even though You present Youself as
a devotee, still You are worshippable by me, because You are greater than all
of us in education and in realization. Therefore, by blaspheming You, we
committed the greatest offense and You should excuse us.”

How a devotee becomes the greatest of all transcendentalists is stated in
the Srimad Bhagwatam, Sixth Canto, Fourteenth Chapter: “There are many
liberated souls, and there are many perfected souls; but out of all such liberated
and perfected souls, one who is a devotee of the Supreme Personality of God-
head is the best. Such devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are
always calm and quiet, and their perfection is very rarely to be seen even in
millions of persons.”

Prakasananda quoted another verse from the Tenth Canto, Fourth Chap-
ter, in which it is stated that duration of life, prosperity, fame, religiousness,
and the benediction of higher authorities—everything gained, becomes lost
by transgressing the respect of a devotee. He quoted another verse from Srimad
Bhagwatam, Seventh Canto, Fifth Chapter, in which it is stated that the touch of
the Lotus Feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead causes the disappearance
of all kinds of misgivings of the conditioned soul. But this facility of touching
the Lotus Feet of the Supreme Lord is not possible unless one receives benedic-
tion by the dust of the Lotus Feet of a pure devotee of the Lord. In other words,
nobody can become a pure devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
without being favored by another pure devotee of the Lord.

Prakasananda Saraswati spoke further: “Now I am taking shelter of Your
Lotus Feet, for I want to be elevated to be a devotee of the Supreme Lord.”

After talking in this way, both Prakasananda Saraswati and Lord Chai-
tanya sat together and Prakasananda Saraswati began to enquire from the
Lord as follows: “Whatever You have said in pointing out discrepancies
in the Mayavadi philosophy is known to us also, because we know that all
the commentaries on Vedic Scriptures by Mayavadi philosophers are in error
by interpretation—especially those by Sankaracharya, whose interpretation
of Vedanta Sutra is all his own imagination. You have not explained the codes
of Vedanta Sutra and Upanishad by Your imagination, but You have explained
them as they are, and by hearing Your explanation, all of us are very pleased.
Such explanations of the codes of Vedanta Sutra or Upanishads could not be
given by anyone else except the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and You
have all the potencies. Kindly explain further about the Vedanta Sutra, so that
I may be benefitted.”

Lord Chaitanya again protested against His being called the Supreme Lord,
