8.22
suni’ madhavendra-mane krodha upajila
’dura, dura, papistha’ bali’ bhartsana karila
SYNONYMS
suni’-hearing; madhavendra—of Madhavendra Puri; mane—in the mind; krodha—anger; upajila—arose; dura dura—get out; papistha—you sinful rascal; bali’-saying; bhartsana karila—he chastised.
Hearing this instruction, Madhavendra Puri, greatly angry, rebuked him by saying, "Get out, you sinful rascal!
PURPORT
Ramacandra Puri could not understand that his spiritual master, Madhavendra Puri, was feeling transcendental separation.
His lamentation was not material.
Rather, it proceeded from the highest stage of ecstatic love of Krsna.
When he was crying in separation, “I could not achieve Krsna! I could not reach Mathura!” this was not ordinary material lamentation.
Ramacandra Puri was not sufficiently expert to understand the feelings of Madhavendra Puri, but nevertheless he thought himself very advanced.
Therefore, regarding Madhavendra Puri’s expressions as ordinary material lamentation, he advised him to remember Brahman because he was latently an impersonalist.
Madhavendra Puri understood Ramacandra Puri’s position as a great fool and therefore immediately rebuked him.
Such a reprimand from the spiritual master is certainly for the betterment of the disciple.