tomÄra vacana Å›uni' juá¸Äya Å›ravaṇa
tomÄra mÄdhurÄ« dekhi' juá¸Äya nayana
tomÄra - Your; vacana - speeches; Å›uni' - hearing; juá¸Äya - very much satisfied; Å›ravaṇa - aural reception; tomÄra - Your; mÄdhurÄ« - nectar; dekhi' - seeing; juá¸Äya - satisfies; nayana - our eyes.
“Dear Caitanya MahÄprabhu,†they said, “to tell You the truth, we are greatly pleased to hear Your words, and furthermore Your bodily features are so pleasing that we feel extraordinary satisfaction in seeing You.
In the Å›Ästras it is said:
ataḥ Å›rÄ«-kṛṣṇa-nÄmÄdi na bhaved grÄhyam indriyaiḥ
sevonmukhe hi jihvÄdau svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ
“With one’s materially contaminated senses one cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His name, form, qualities or paraphernalia, but if one renders service unto Him, the Lord reveals Himself.†(Bhakti-rasÄmá¹›ta-sindhu 1.2.234) Here one can see the effect of the MÄyÄvÄdÄ« sannyÄsÄ«s’ service toward NÄrÄyaṇa. Because the MÄyÄvÄdÄ«s offered a little respect to ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu and because they were pious and actually followed the austere rules and regulations of sannyÄsa, they had some understanding of VedÄnta philosophy, and by the grace of Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu they could appreciate that He was none other than the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is endowed with all six opulences. One of these opulences is His beauty. By His extraordinarily beautiful bodily features, the MÄyÄvÄdÄ« sannyÄsÄ«s recognized ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu as NÄrÄyaṇa Himself. He was not a farcical NÄrÄyaṇa like the daridra-nÄrÄyaṇas invented by so-called sannyÄsÄ«s.
