ইহা শুনিঽ মাতাকে কহিল ব্রহ্মজ্ঞান বিস্মিতা হৈযা মাতা করাইল স্নান
इहा शुनिऽ माताके कहिल ब्रह्मज्ञान विस्मिता हैया माता कराइल स्नान
ihā śuni' mātāke kahila brahma-jñāna vismitā ha-iyā mātā karāila snāna
Synonyms
ihā śuni'—hearing this; mātāke—unto His mother; kahila—explained; brahma-jñāna—absolute knowledge; vismitā—amazed; ha-iyā—becoming; mātā—the mother; karāila—forced; snāna—bathing..
Translation
Hearing this, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught His mother about absolute knowledge. Although amazed by this, His mother forced Him to take bath.
Purport
The absolute knowledge explained by the Lord to His mother is described by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya as follows: "The Lord said, 'Mother, that this is pure and that is impure is surely a worldly sentiment with no basis in fact. You have cooked foodstuffs for Lord Viṣṇu within these pots and offered the foodstuffs to Him. How then can these pots be untouchable? Everything in relationship with Viṣṇu is to be considered an expansion of Viṣṇu's energy. Viṣṇu, the Supersoul is eternal and uncontaminated. How then may these pots be considered pure or impure?' Hearing this discourse on absolute knowledge, His mother was very much astonished and forced Him to take bath."