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Caitanya Mahaprabhu's special grace, that He accepted two rejected gentlemen from the brahmin society and made them gosvamis. That is the special significance of Caitanya Mahaprabhu's movement

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"Caitanya Mahāprabhu's special grace, that He accepted two rejected gentlemen from the brāhmin society and made them gosvāmīs. That is the special significance of Caitanya Mahāprabhu's movement"

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"He and his brother Sanātana were then named Sākara Mallika and Dabira Khāsa respectively, and they held responsible posts as ministers of Nawab Hussain Shah. At that time, five hundred years ago, the Hindu society was very rigid, and if a member of the brāhmin caste accepted the service of a Muhammadan ruler he was at once rejected from brāhmin society. That was the position of the two brothers Dabira Khāsa and Sākara Mallika. They belonged to the highly situated sārasvata-brāhmin . . ."

Prabhupāda: These two brothers, at that time their name was Sākara Mallika and Dabira Khāsa. So they were ostracized from the brāhmin community. That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's special grace, that He accepted two rejected gentlemen from the brāhmin society and made them gosvāmīs. That is the special significance of Caitanya Mahāprabhu's movement. He accepted Haridāsa Ṭhākura from born in Muhammadan community and He made him the ācārya, namācārya.

Pradyumna: (reading) ". . . is a summary study of Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, which was written in Sanskrit by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Prabhupāda. He was the chief of the six Gosvāmīs who were the direct disciples of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. When he first met Lord Caitanya, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Prabhupāda was engaged as a minister in the Muhammadan government of Bengal."

"He and his brother Sanātana were then named Sākara Mallika and Dabira Khāsa respectively, and they held responsible posts as ministers of Nawab Hussain Shah. At that time, five hundred years ago, the Hindu society was very rigid, and if a member of the brāhmin caste accepted the service of a Muhammadan ruler he was at once rejected from brāhmin society. That was the position of the two brothers Dabira Khāsa and Sākara Mallika. They belonged to the highly situated sārasvata-brāhmin . . ."

Prabhupāda: These two brothers, at that time their name was Sākara Mallika and Dabira Khāsa. So they were ostracized from the brāhmin community. That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's special grace, that He accepted two rejected gentlemen from the brāhmin society and made them gosvāmīs. That is the special significance of Caitanya Mahāprabhu's movement. He accepted Haridāsa Ṭhākura from born in Muhammadan community and He made him the ācārya, namācārya.

The . . . practically Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared to glorify the significance of the holy name. He is actually the ācārya, namācārya, but He transferred His namācārya-ship to Haridāsa Ṭhākura. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu's movement, kibā vipra kibā śūdra nyāsī kene naya (CC Madhya 8.128). It doesn't matter whether he's a brāhmin or a śūdra or anyone, if he's kṛṣṇa-tattva-vettā, if he knows the science of Kṛṣṇa, then he can be made the spiritual master. Yei kṛṣṇa-tattva-vettā sei guru haya. That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's movement's significance.

So following His footsteps, we are preaching Caitanya Mahāprabhu's cult and giving sannyāsa for preaching. That is not unauthorized. One who criticizes this action, he does not know the principle of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Caitanya Mahāprabhu's principle is anyone who knows the science of Kṛṣṇa, he can become spiritual master. This is the significance. So from the very beginning, these two gosvāmīs . . . they were not in the beginning gosvāmīs. They were Sākara Mallika, Dabira Khāsa. But they were made gosvāmīs. And Haridāsa Ṭhākura was made namācārya.

Page Title:Caitanya Mahaprabhu's special grace, that He accepted two rejected gentlemen from the brahmin society and made them gosvamis. That is the special significance of Caitanya Mahaprabhu's movement
Compiler:BhavesvariRadhika
Created:2022-09-24, 16:12:41
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