ei — mahÄ-bhÄgavata, yÄá¹…hÄra darÅ›ane
vrajendra-nandana-smá¹›ti haya sarva-jane
ei - here is; mahÄ-bhÄgavata - a first-class devotee; yÄá¹…hÄra darÅ›ane - by the sight of whom; vrajendra-nandana - of the son of the King of Vraja; smá¹›ti - remembrance; haya - becomes; sarva-jane - for everyone.
“Here is a great devotee,†ŚrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu said. “Upon seeing him, everyone can remember the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, son of MahÄrÄja Nanda.â€
In his AnubhÄá¹£ya, ÅšrÄ«la BhaktisiddhÄnta SarasvatÄ« ṬhÄkura states that a materialist mistakenly accepts the body and mind as the source of material enjoyment. In other words, a materialist accepts the bodily conception of life. ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu did not regard the son of MahÄrÄja PratÄparudra with the idea that he was a materialist, being the son of a materialist. Nor did He consider Himself the enjoyer. MÄyÄvÄdÄ« philosophers make a great mistake by assuming that the sac-cid-Änanda-vigraha, the transcendental form of the Lord, is like a material body. However, there is no material contamination in transcendence, nor is there any possibility of imagining a spirituality in matter. One cannot accept matter as spirit. As indicated by the technical words bhauma ijya-dhīḥ (BhÄg. 10.84.13), materialistic MÄyÄvÄdÄ«s imagine the form of God in matter, although according to their imagination, God is ultimately formless. This is simply mental speculation. Even though ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He placed Himself in the position of a gopÄ«. He also accepted the King’s son directly as the son of MahÄrÄja Nanda, Vrajendra-nandana Hari. This is perfect vision according to the direction of the Vedic culture, as confirmed in ÅšrÄ«mad Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ: paṇá¸itÄḥ sama-darÅ›inaḥ. Such acceptance of the Absolute Truth according to Vaiṣṇava philosophy is explained in both the Muṇá¸aka Upaniá¹£ad (3.2.3) and the Kaá¹ha Upaniá¹£ad (1.2.23) in the following words:
nÄyam ÄtmÄ pravacanena labhyo
na medhayÄ na bahunÄ Å›rutena
yam evaiṣa vṛṇute tena labhyas
tasyaiá¹£a ÄtmÄ vivṛṇute tanÅ«á¹ svÄm
“The Supreme Lord is not obtained by expert explanations, by vast intelligence, nor even by much hearing. He is obtained only by one whom He Himself chooses. To such a person He manifests His own form.â€
The living entity is entangled in material existence due to his lack of such spiritual vision. ÅšrÄ«la Bhaktivinoda ṬhÄkura has sung in his KalyÄṇa-kalpataru: saá¹sÄre ÄsiyÄ praká¹›ti bhajiyÄ â€˜puruá¹£a’ abhimÄne mari. When the living entity comes to the material world, he thinks himself the enjoyer. Thus he becomes more and more entangled.
