CC daily 153 – M 6.225 – Urgency to honor prasad can be due to sense gratification or due to spontaneous devotion

Thank you. Here Sarvabhauma Atacharya is speaking in an early morning meeting with Lord Chaitanya. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu after having the darshan, the early morning darshan of Lord Jagannath comes to the house of Sarvabhauma to give him prasad and Sarvabhauma has just woken up and is about to, has not even brushed his teeth or done sandhya or taken bath and here when Chaitanya Mahaprabhu offers prasad, he takes it immediately.
Now when he takes the prasad, prasadanna, so what is his thought? Is it that there are people who take, who want bedtime coffee or tea next to their bed. They feel that unless I drink some tea or coffee on the bed itself, I cannot get up. So Sarvabhauma Atacharya was not like that, that a person who is so overcome by ignorance that a person needs some readymade dose of rajas, readymade dose of passion in the form of a sense gratificatory drink to even rise from ignorance to passion.
Now that is unhygienic, that is an indication, that sort of indulgence is often reflective of a very irregrettable domination of the person by the lower modes of material nature. But Sarvabhauma is not like that nor is he like an impulsive child who on seeing some food just wants to grab it and eat it. We see that Sarvabhauma had woken up, had woken up with chanting the names of Krishna, had come and offered obeisances to Lord Chaitanya, had taken, had offered Lord Chaitanya a seat and after inviting him to his house and then had taken a seat himself.
So all these activities indicated that he was quite in clear, he was fully awake, he was in clear consciousness, it was not that he was tamoguna, nor was he a child, it was not that he was impulsively grabbing the sweet and eating it. When he takes this food, he chants a verse and the fact that he could remember the appropriate verse at that time and chant the verse indicates that his intelligence was quite clear and it was not that his situation was not bhogaishvara pasaktanam taya parita chetasam, it was not that his consciousness was abducted by the desire for enjoyment nor was his knowledge abducted. Kama ista ista hrita jnana, so Krishna talks about abduction in these two different places, 2.44 and 7.20 and neither of them which are situations in which material desire abducts a person’s consciousness or knowledge, neither of them applied to Sarvabhauma.
He was conscious and well in possession of his faculties, he knew what was happening, what he was doing and that is evident from the fact that he had offered obeisances and now that he is offering prayers also and so the prayer that he is offering is a stuti, is a praise of prasad and he is saying that even if the prasad is from the material point of view, whatever it seems to be, one should not look at the material conditions, even if it has come from a far place because of which it might not be clean or it might be spoiled or because of being cooked a long time ago, it has now become a little decayed, putrid, whatever be the situation, prapti matre na bhokta ho, as soon as one gets prasad, one should take that prasad and now is this a call for instant gratification or is this actually a devotional glorification? We may have some doubts, that’s understandable but the point is that there are some people may say that instant gratification means as soon as you get it, enjoy it, don’t lose the opportunity, don’t risk losing the opportunity also, the principle of opportunity applies to Sarobhoma’s analysis of prasad, he says that prasad is such a great mercy and when mercy comes, we should immediately accept that mercy with respect and with gratitude and not look at the material package in which it is coming, not look at the externals of that mercy, this is the food that the lord has eaten and now I have the opportunity to eat it. The specific situation that Sarobhoma is talking about may not have occurred earlier but the principle of that situation is not unprecedented, so Sarobhoma is quoting a parallel verse which depicts a situation not exactly similar to his but not entirely dissimilar also. So when food is being taken, there are multiple considerations, you could say two primarily, the food itself is not in a proper condition to be consumed and second is the eater, the potential food eater is not in a proper condition to eat the food.
So both these improper, the improper in both cases refers to the material circumstances. So here it is being said that the verse Sarobhoma quotes is that don’t look at the material circumstances of the prasad, look at the principle that this is Krishna’s mercy manifesting and Krishna’s mercy is so rare and so potent that we should not let any opportunity pass for unleashing it. So therefore don’t let that mercy go away rather grab it immediately.
So the same way what the verse quotes is about material circumstances wherein the food may be considered by some to be unsuitable to eat. Sarobhoma’s situation is the unsuitability comes not from the food, the food has actually come from Jagannath and it has been offered to him that very morning so it’s entirely fresh and suitable for eating but he is not in the condition to eat it because he is not yet bathed and brushed his teeth and things like that but he says that don’t look at the material suitability or unsuitability. As soon as you get prasad, take it.
Now this capacity for seeing beyond the material circumstances of a thing to the spiritual mercy is very rare and that Sarobhoma has developed and that is the indication of his deep transformational level of devotion and it is this devotion that will immensely please Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu as he will mention in a few verses later which we will discuss in our future talks.

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Shri Chaitanjali Tandit, Madhya Nila, Chapter 6, Text 225 Shushkam Parishitam Vapi, Neetam Vadur Deshita, Prapti Matre Na Bhoktam Yam, Natra Kaal Vicharana Shushkam Parishitam Vapi Here Sarvabhauma Tacharya is speaking in an early morning meeting with Lord Chaitanya Chaitanya Mahaprabhu after having the Dhan Darshan, the early morning Darshan of Lord Jagannath comes to the house of Sarvabhauma to give him Prasad Annam and Sarvabhauma has just woken up and is about to, has not even brushed his teeth or done Sandhya or taken bath and yet when Chaitanya Mahaprabhu offers Prasad, he takes it immediately Now, when he takes the Prasad, Prasad Annam So, what is his thought? Is it that there are people who take, who want bedtime coffee or tea next to their bed and they feel that unless I drink some tea or coffee on the bed itself, I cannot get up So, Sarvabhauma Tacharya was not like that, that a person who is so overcome by ignorance that a person needs some, some readymade dose of Rajas, readymade dose of passion in the form of some sense gratificatory drink to even rise from ignorance to passion Now, that is unhygienic, that is an indication, that sort of indulgence is often reflective of a very irregrettable domination of the person by the lower modes of material nature But, Sarvabhauma is not like that, nor is he like an impulsive child who on seeing some food just wants to grab it and eat it You see that Sarvabhauma had woken up, had woken up with chanting the names of Krishna had come and offered obeisances to Lord Chaitanya had taken, had offered Lord Chaitanya a seat and after inviting him to his house, and then had taken a seat himself So, all these activities indicated that he was quite in clear, he was fully awake he was in clear consciousness, it was not that he was Tamoguna nor was he a child, it was not that he was impulsively grabbing the sweet and eating it When he takes this food, he chants the words and the fact that he could remember the appropriate words at that time and chant the words indicates that his intelligence was quite clear and it was not that, the situation was not It is not that his consciousness was abducted by the desire for enjoyment nor was his knowledge abducted So, Krishna talks about abduction in these two different places 2.44 and 7.20 and neither of them, which are situations in which material desire abducts a person's consciousness or knowledge neither of them applied to Sarovarma He was conscious and well in possession of his faculties He knew what was happening, what he was doing and that is evident from the fact that he had offered obeisances and now that he is offering prayers also and the prayer that he is offering is a stuti is a praise of prasad and he is saying that even if the prasad is from the material point of view whatever it seems to be one should not look at the material conditions even if it has come from a far place because of which it might not be clean or it might be spoiled or because of being cooked a long time ago, it has now become a little decayed, neutered whatever be the situation as soon as one gets prasad, one should take that prasad and now, is this a call for instant gratification or is this actually a devotional glorification we may have some doubts that's understandable but the point is that there are some people may say that instant gratification means as soon as you get it, enjoy it don't lose the opportunity don't risk losing the opportunity also the principle of opportunity applies to Sarobhoma's analysis of prasad he says that prasad is such a great mercy and when mercy comes we should immediately accept that mercy with respect and with gratitude and not look at the material package in which it is coming not look at the externals of that mercy this is the food that the lord has eaten and now I have the opportunity to eat it the specific situation that Sarobhoma is talking about may not have occurred earlier but the principle of that situation is not unprecedented so Sarobhoma is quoting a parallel verse which depicts a situation not exactly similar to his but not entirely dissimilar also so when food is being taken there are multiple considerations you could say two primarily the food itself is not in a proper condition to be consumed and second is the eater the potential food eater is not in a proper condition to eat the food so both these improper the improper in both cases refers to the material circumstances so here it is being said that the verse Sarobhoma quotes is that don't look at the material circumstances of the prasad look at the principle that this is Krishna's mercy manifesting and Krishna's mercy is so rare and so potent that we should not let any opportunity pass for unleashing it so therefore don't let that mercy go away rather grab it immediately so the same way what the verse quotes is about material circumstances wherein the food may be considered by some to be unsuitable to eat Sarobhoma's situation is the unsuitability comes not from the food the food has actually come from Jagannath and it has been offered to him that very morning so it's entirely fresh and suitable for eating but he is not in the condition to eat it because he is not yet bathed and brushed his teeth and things like that but he says that don't look at the material suitability or unsuitability as soon as you get prasad take it now this capacity for seeing beyond the material circumstances of a thing to the spiritual mercy is very rare and that Sarobhoma has developed and that is the indication of his deep transformational level of devotion and it is this devotion that will immensely please Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu as he will mention in a few verses later which we will discuss in our future talks thank you.