12.38
vastra pana rajara haila anandita mana
prabhu-rupa kari’ kare vastrera pujana
SYNONYMS
vastra pana—getting that cloth; rajara—of the King; haila—there was; anandita mana—very happy mind; prabhu-rupa kari’-accepting as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself; kare—executes; vastrera—of the cloth; pujana—worship.
When the King received the old cloth, he began to worship it exactly as he would worship the Lord personally.
PURPORT
This is also the conclusion of the Vedic injunctions.
Since the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the Absolute Truth, everything in relation to Him is also on the same platform.
The King had great affection for Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and although he did not see the Lord, he had nonetheless already attained the conclusion of devotional service.
Immediately upon receiving the cloth from Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, the King began to worship it, accepting it as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
The Lord’s clothing, bedding, slippers and everything required as an ordinary necessity are all transformations of Sesa, Visnu, the expansion of Sri Baladeva.
Thus the cloth and other paraphernalia of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are but other forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Everything connected to the Lord is worshipable.
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu instructs us that just as Krsna is worshipable, Krsna’s place, Vrndavana, is also worshipable.
And as Vrndavana is worshipable, similarly the paraphernalia in Vrndavana-the trees, roads, river, everything-is worshipable.
A pure devotee thus sings, jaya jaya vrndavana-vasi yata jana: “All glories to the residents of Vrndavana.” If a devotee has a staunch devotional attitude, all these conclusions will be awakened or revealed within the heart yasya deve para bhaktir
yatha deve tatha gurau
tasyaite kathita hy arthah
prakasante mahatmanah “Only unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master are all the imports of Vedic knowledge automatically revealed.” (Svetasvatara Upanisad 6.23) Thus following in the footsteps of Maharaja Prataparudra and other devotees, we should learn to worship everything belonging to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
This is referred to by Lord Siva as tadiyanam.
In the Padma Purana it is said:
aradhananam sarvesam
visnor aradhanam param
tasmat parataram devi
tadiyanam samarcanam “O Devi, the most exalted system of worship is the worship of Lord Visnu.
Greater than that is the worship of tadiya, or anything belonging to Visnu.” Sri Visnu is sac-cid-ananda-vigraha.
Similarly, the most confidential servant of Krsna, the spiritual master, and all devotees of Visnu are tadiya.
The sac-cid-ananda-vigraha, guru, Vaisnavas, and things used by them must be considered tadiya and without a doubt worshipable by all living beings.