TEXT 23
kasi-misra kahe,-ami bada bhagyavan
mora grhe 'prabhu-padera' habe avasthana
SYNONYMS
kasi-misra kaheKasi Misra said; amiI; badavery much; bhagyavanfortunate; mora grhein my home; prabhu-paderaof the Lord of the prabhus; habethere will be; avasthanastaying.
TRANSLATION
When Kasi Misra heard the proposal, he said, "I am very fortunate that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Lord of all prabhus, will stay at my home."
PURPORT
In this verse the word prabhupada, referring to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, is significant. Regarding this, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada comments, "Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, Sri Krsna, and all His servants address Him as Prabhupada. This means that there are many prabhus taking shelter under His lotus feet." The pure Vaisnava is addressed as prabhu, and this address is an etiquette observed between Vaisnavas. When many prabhus remain under the shelter of the lotus feet of another prabhu, the address Prabhupada is given. Sri Nityananda Prabhu and Sri Advaita Prabhu are also addressed as Prabhupada. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Sri Advaita Prabhu and Sri Nityananda Prabhu are all visnu-tattva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu. Therefore all living entities are under Their lotus feet. Lord Visnu is the eternal Lord of everyone, and the representative of Lord Visnu is the Lord's confidential servant. Such a person acts as the spiritual master for neophyte Vaisnavas; therefore the spiritual master is as respectable as Sri Krsna Caitanya or Lord Visnu Himself. For this reason the spiritual master is addressed as Om Visnupada or Prabhupada. The acarya, the spiritual master, is generally respected by others as Sripada, and the initiated Vaisnavas are addressed as Prabhu. Prabhu, Prabhupada and Visnupada are described in revealed scriptures like Srimad-Bhagavatam, Caitanya-caritamrta and Caitanya-bhagavata. In this regard, these scriptures present evidence accepted by unalloyed devotees.
The prakrta-sahajiyas are not even worthy of being called Vaisnavas. They think that only caste gosvamis should be called Prabhupada. Such ignorant sahajiyas call themselves vaisnava-dasa-anudasa, which means the servant of the servant of the Vaisnavas. However, they are opposed to addressing a pure Vaisnava as Prabhupada. In other words, they are envious of a bona fide spiritual master who is addressed as Prabhupada, and they commit offenses by considering a bona fide spiritual master an ordinary human being or a member of a certain caste. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura describes such sahajiyas as most unfortunate. Because of their misconceptions, they fall into a hellish condition.
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