Keshavabharati

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On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Sanjay Dadlani wrote:

> *Why* Sandipani Muni chose to take birth as a

> "mayavadi" to participate in Gaura-lila would be an

> interesting question to pose that would surely open

> the floodgates for more Krishna-katha.

 

Since Navadvipa was at great center of learning in those days, it

seems possible that one or two juniors of Kesavabharati or Lord Caitanya

may have questioned them too. Of course, any such persons have long since

passed into insignificance (or worse), but fortunately, what we can infer

from Kavakarnapura's descriptions in Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika saves most

of us from making similar mistakes.

 

Whatever any other available explanations may offer, the sometimes

bewildering activities of such nitya-siddhas are ultimately not subject

to censure by lesser beings (Bhagavatam, 7.7.14, purport):

 

"It is said, vaisnavera kriya-mudra vijne na bujhaya. Even if a

man is very advanced in learning, he cannot understand the behavior of a

Vaisnava. . . . Narada Muni, Haridasa Thakura and similar acaryas

especially empowered to broadcast the glories of the Lord cannot be

brought down to the material platform. Therefore one is strictly forbidden

to think that the acarya is an ordinary human being (gurusu nara-matih)."

 

MDd