CC daily 30 – M 4.110-113 – Change of perspective in story conveys depth of character

Our humility also, thank you Advaitha Acharya's house he came to Shantipur and then he came to Advaitha Acharya's house so when Acharya saw the love of Puri then he felt enormous joy within himself enormous bliss within himself a devotee doesn't delight just only in one's own devotion, a devotee delights in others devotion also and often when the mainstream culture is materialistic or non-devotional then it is difficult to meet it, then often the association of devotees is difficult to have and when one gets the association of devotees it is to be relished and cherished so Madhavendra Puri did exactly that by so Advaitha Acharya did exactly that when Madhavendra Puri came to his house he hosted him, served him and a devotee doesn't exhibit love for Krishna but still that love for Krishna comes out naturally through the actions through the words, through the expressions and all the more so when one is advanced devotee one can also perceive the level of advancement of others so so Advaitha Acharya he was stunned to see, he was delighted to see the love of Madhavendra Puri now it is also explained that Advaitha Acharya eventually took initiation from Madhavendra Puri, that will be mentioned in the next verse Chalila Dakshine Puri Tandre Diksha Diya so Tandre Thani Mantra Laila that he decided that I need to take initiation from him, there is so much love for Krishna and he begged him please give me initiation and then Chalila Dakshine Puri and then so Dakshine, now it is described, earlier it was described at the east so from Vrindavan Bengal was towards the east south east actually but from Bengal towards Orissa is more or less in the eastern direction so it's Chalila Dakshine Puri, Tandre Diksha Diya so he gave initiation to him and then he moved on, that is what is mentioned here that now it's interesting that Advaitha Acharya he just met Madhavendra Puri saw his love for her and it's not mentioned over here how many days they interacted with each other but the potency of Madhavendra Puri was so great, the intensity of his devotion, the purity of his character was so so amazing that within whatever short time it's clear that Madhavendra Puri would not have stayed with Advaita Acharya for a very long time because Madhavendra Puri was an emission my lord's my lord's body is burning with heat, I have to do whatever I can to relieve him of that heat so I have to go immediately as fast as possible so he would not have stayed for long but still in a journey, long journey there are breaks required so Madhavendra Puri found that Advaita Acharya was also a great devotee so he stayed in his house and during that brief period not only Advaita Acharya became so inspired to take initiation from Madhavendra Puri but Madhavendra Puri also recognized that Advaita Acharya is a great devotee and he is truly an exalted person and therefore he gave him initiation and in that way the the loving interactions happened in a very wonderful way now it's interesting that here Advaita Acharya was a grahastha, a brahmana and he took initiation from Madhavendra Puri who was a kanyasi so there are different situations in which different spiritual masters or different people may take initiation from different people so often in the tradition the spiritual masters were householders because the householders would stay at one place and the people could take regular guidance from those local spiritual masters but if some saint was very inspiring people would take initiation even from them so Madhavendra Puri fell in that category and although Advaita Acharya knew that I am not going to see Madhavendra Puri again but still he was delighted to have shelter of Madhavendra Puri through initiation and he took initiation now here we see that the story's perspective shifts slightly till now the story has been told from Madhavendra Puri's perspective that Madhavendra Puri saw Krishna in a dream and Madhavendra Puri felt happy but here suddenly there is a shift of perspective wherein Madhavendra Puri's emotions are not told but it is told Advaita Acharya's emotions, Ananda Antara it is, Advaita Acharya's emotions because the focus is that Advaita Acharya was inspired over here that oh Madhavendra Puri is a great saint, I need initiation from him so often in narrative the shifts in perspective sometimes are subtle sometimes are overt but they convey important points which are relevant for us in understanding the mood and stress of the narrative so after describing that Ananda, so the emotions of Madhavendra Puri in giving initiation are described the emotions of Advaita Acharya in having the darshan in the Sangha of Madhavendra Puri so that way also Madhavendra Puri's glory is being depicted because that Madhavendra Puri just by a brief association could bring ecstasy and give inspiration to the point of having someone seek initiation that also demonstrates Madhavendra Puri's potency and then Madhavendra Puri went on as he was going south eastward then he came to so he came to Remona and there in Remona what happened Gopinath Darshan he beheld in Remona the famous deity of Gopinath this deity is known as Kheerchor Gopinath now that will happen because of the interaction of this deity with Madhavendra Puri so at this stage he is not known as Kheerchor Gopinath at this stage he is known as Gopinath so Gopinath Darshan he had darshan of Gopinath and then what happened when he beheld the beautiful form of Gopinath what happened by that his mind his heart became filled with ecstasy transformed with ecstasy overwhelmed so a devotee loves the lord and the devotee is beholding meditating contemplating the form of the lord in the heart at the same time when the devotee sees the deity of the lord where the lord is beautifully being served and the lord is manifesting his beauty the devotee gets overwhelmed by love that's what happened over here I love you Vallamal taking darshan of the deity for a great devotee is not a core is not just a matter of sadhana bhakti of vaidhi bhakti but it is a matter of great delight as he took darshan and then naturally this ecstasy of Madanthapuri expressed itself to his actions so now naturally when a devotee comes a devotee wants to serve the lord and one way of serving the lord is by dancing and singing for his pleasure so Madanthapuri did that he was himself in ecstasy but then when the lord is there and the devotee's mood is I am a servant of the lord so the gopis would dance for Krishna's pleasure sometimes even the gopas would dance for Krishna's pleasure and of course Krishna would dance also with the gopis so here Krishna is manifesting as the deity so he danced for the lord's pleasure Jagamohane Vasila then afterwards after he danced with him he sat down in the corridor Jagamohane the corridor of the temple is called Jagamohane because it is from that place the whole world can become Mohana where the whole world can see the beauty of the lord and by seeing the beauty of the lord they can become attracted, captivated, transformed and naturally Madanthapuri wanted to increase his service to the lord so he asked immediately kya kya bhoga lage brahmane puchila he asked brahmanas now he was thinking oh this deity is so beautiful Krishna is manifesting so beautifully over here surely Krishna must be so wonderfully over here so he asked kya kya bhoga lage so wherever we see excellent service to Krishna being performed we can also inquire how is service being performed over here so that we can learn and we can try to improve our service also thank you.