dekhiyÄ govinda Äste-vyaste strÄ«ke varjilÄ
tÄre nÄmÄite prabhu govinde niá¹£edhilÄ
dekhiyÄ - seeing; govinda - the personal servant of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu; Äste-vyaste - with great haste; strÄ«ke - the woman; varjilÄ - got down; tÄre - her; nÄmÄite - to get down; prabhu - ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu; govinde - Govinda; niá¹£edhilÄ - forbade.
When he saw this, Caitanya MahÄprabhu’s personal servant, Govinda, hastily got her down from her position. ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, however, chastised him for this.
Because Garuá¸a is the carrier of Lord Viṣṇu, he is the supreme Vaiṣṇava. Therefore to touch his body with one’s feet or to climb the column of Garuá¸a is certainly a vaiṣṇava-aparÄdha, an offense to a Vaiṣṇava. The woman was also offensive to Kṛṣṇa by putting her foot on the shoulder of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu. Seeing all these offenses, Govinda very hastily made her get down.
