kÄhÄá¹… bhaá¹á¹ÄcÄryera pÅ«rva jaá¸a-vyavahÄra
kÄhÄá¹… ei paramÄnanda, — karaha vicÄra
kÄhÄá¹… - where; bhaá¹á¹ÄcÄryera - of SÄrvabhauma Bhaá¹á¹ÄcÄrya; pÅ«rva - previous; jaá¸a-vyavahÄra - material behavior; kÄhÄá¹… - where; ei - this; parama-Änanda - transcendental bliss; karaha vicÄra - just try to consider.
SÄrvabhauma Bhaá¹á¹ÄcÄrya was previously a smÄrta-brÄhmaṇa — that is, one who strictly follows the Vedic principles on the mundane platform. On the mundane platform one cannot believe that prasÄdam is transcendental, that Govinda is the original form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or that a Vaiṣṇava is a liberated person. These transcendental considerations are out of the ordinary Vedic scholar’s jurisdiction. Most Vedic scholars are called VedÄntists. These so-called followers of VedÄnta philosophy consider the Absolute Truth to be impersonal. They also believe that a person born in a particular caste cannot change his caste until he dies and takes rebirth. The smÄrta-brÄhmaṇas also reject the fact that mahÄ-prasÄdam (food offered to the Deity) is transcendental and materially uncontaminated. Originally, SÄrvabhauma Bhaá¹á¹ÄcÄrya was subjected to all the rules and regulations of the Vedic principles on the mundane platform. Now GopÄ«nÄtha Ä€cÄrya pointed out how SÄrvabhauma Bhaá¹á¹ÄcÄrya had been converted by the causeless mercy of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu. Being converted, SÄrvabhauma partook of prasÄdam with the Vaiṣṇavas. Indeed, he sat by the side of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu.