Madhya-līlā

Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

Verse 49 of 309
Cc Madhya 8.49

নিমন্ত্রণ মানিল তাঙ্রে বৈষ্ণব জানিযা রামানন্দে কহে প্রভু ঈষত্হাসিযা

निमन्त्रण मानिल ताङ्रे वैष्णव जानिया रामानन्दे कहे प्रभु ईषत्हासिया

nimantraṇa mānila tāṅre vaiṣṇava jāniyā rāmānande kahe prabhu īṣat hāsiyā

Synonyms

nimantraṇathe invitation; mānilaaccepted; tāṅrehim (the brāhmaṇa); vaiṣṇavaa devotee; jāniyāunderstanding; rāmānandeunto Rāmānanda; kahesaid; prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; īṣata little; hāsiyāsmiling..

Translation

Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the brāhmaṇa's invitation, knowing him to be a devotee, and, slightly smiling, spoke as follows to Rāmānanda Rāya.

Purport

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the invitation of the Vaiṣṇava brāhmaṇa. Even though one is a brāhmaṇa strictly following all the rules and regulations of brahminical culture, if he is not a devotee, a follower of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, one should not accept his invitation. At the present moment, people have become so degraded that they do not even follow the Vedic principles, to say nothing of Vaiṣṇava principles. They eat anything and everything—whatever they like—and therefore the members of this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement should be very cautious about accepting invitations.

Verse 49 of 309
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