humble

So that Jhadu Thakura declined to give his remnants. So when Kalidasa wanted, "Sir, give me little your prasada," "No, no," he said. "No, no, I... You are respectable gentleman, very rich. I am coming from low, low grade family, and how can I...? No, no, no. This is not possible." Then Kalidasa Thakura, Kalidasa recited some sastric pramana that "Why you are thinking that you are low caste?" Sva-paco 'to gariyan yaj-jihvagre nama tubhyam [SB 3.33.7]. "You are better than..." Viprad dvi-sad-guna-yutad aravinda-nabha [Cc Madhya 20.59]. So even a candala, he is better than a brahmana, who is a devotee. When he quoted all these verses to prove... There are many other verses-in Mahabharata, in Padma Purana, in Bhagavatam. A Vaisnava is never to be considered as lower caste. No. But he was thinking. So what was his reply? His reply was, "Yes, this is correct. The quotation you have given from the sastra, it is quite correct. But it is meant for a person who has become devotee. But I am not a devotee, so it is not applicable to me. I am the lower caste." That was his reply. That is his humbleness. So Vaisnava... Just like Caitanya-caritamrta-kara, Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, he says that,    (More...)