Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 5.171

eta bali' nāce gāya, karaye santosha

krishna-kārya kare vipra — nā karila rosha

SYNONYMS

eta bali' — saying this; nāce — he dances; gāya — chants; karaye santosha — becomes satisfied; krishna-kārya — the duties of Deity worship; kare — performs; vipra — the brāhmana; nā karila — did not become; rosha — angry.

TRANSLATION

After saying this, he danced and sang to his heart's content, but the brāhmana did not become angry, for he was then serving Lord Krishna.

PURPORT

Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa was a great devotee of Lord Nityānanda. When he entered the house of Krishnadāsa Kavirāja, Gunārnava Miśra, the priest who was worshiping the Deity installed in the house, did not receive him very well. A similar event occurred when Romaharshana-sūta was speaking to the great assembly of sages at Naimishāranya. Lord Baladeva entered that great assembly, but since Romaharshana-sūta was on the vyāsāsana, he did not get down to offer respect to Lord Baladeva. The behavior of Gunārnava Miśra indicated that he had no great respect for Lord Nityānanda, and this idea was not at all palatable to Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa. For this reason the mentality of Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa is never deprecated by devotees.

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