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tabe acarya-gosanira ananda ha-ila
lajjita ha-iya prabhu prasada karila
SYNONYMS
tabe—at that time; acarya-gosanira—of Advaita Acarya; ananda—pleasure; ha-ila—aroused; lajjita—ashamed; ha-iya—becoming; prabhu—the Lord; prasada—benediction; karila—offered.
At that time Advaita Acarya was greatly pleased.
The Lord understood this, and He was somewhat ashamed, but He offered Advaita Acarya His benediction.
PURPORT
Advaita Acarya was a disciple of Madhavendra Puri, Isvara Puri’s spiritual master.
Therefore Isvara Puri, the spiritual master of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, was Advaita Acarya’s Godbrother.
As such, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu treated Advaita Acarya as His spiritual master, but Sri Advaita Acarya did not like this behavior of Lord Caitanya, for He wanted to be treated as His eternal servant.
Advaita Prabhu’s aspiration was to be a servant of the Lord, not His spiritual master.
He therefore devised a plan to antagonize the Lord.
He began to explain the path of philosophical speculation in the midst of some unfortunate Mayavadis, and when Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu heard about this, He immediately went there and in a very angry mood began to beat Advaita Acarya.
At that time, Advaita Acarya, greatly pleased, began to dance, saying, “Just see how My desire has now been fulfilled! Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to treat Me honorably for so long, but now He is treating Me neglectfully.
This is My reward.
His affection for Me is so great that He wanted to save Me from the hands of the Mayavadis.” Hearing this statement, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu was somewhat ashamed, but He was very much pleased with Advaita Acarya.