Guest guest Posted November 26, 2001 Report Share Posted November 26, 2001 >Anyone who eats eggplants, Lord Sri Hari always stays a far distance from >him. > > Srila Prabhupada ate eggplant, so what should a neophyte who reads all > this think. One day he (Srila Gaura Kisora Dasa Babaji Maharaja) picked up an unripe egg plant from the market and sat down at the base of a jhao tree at, Baganbari. He cut the egg plant into pieces and dipped them into Ganges water and put a Tulasi leaf on them. He offered them to his Istadevata (personal deity) and sang a song of offering : Bhaja patita uddharana Sri Gaura Hari - " O Lord Caitanya, please accept the worship of this fallen soul". He then said to his deity "I don't know the right method of cooking this, but please a little of this food". As soon as he said this, his voice became choked and his body turned bright red and began to swell. While tears flowed from his eyes in streams soaking his face and chest. Seeing these signs of love, Lalita didi a close freind was amazed. When the transcendental emotions subsided nearly an hour later, he again sang a song. Putting his deity to sleep, he ate the unripe egg plant. His face showed, expressions of great pleasure and happiness, more intense than one would make, if tasting Pancamrita(a sweet drink, considered a delicacy)" ------From Sri Sri Gaudiya Vaisnava Jivana, by Haridasa Dasa, quoted in an article "Divine Madness - The life of Gaura Kisora Das Babaji Maharaja" by HG Satyaraja Prabhu in Back To Godhead magazine Nov/Dec 2001. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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