Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu next spoke some relishable words to Rāghava Paṇḍita. He said, “I am obliged to you due to your pure love for Me.” (68) Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then informed everyone, “Just hear about the pure devotional service rendered to Kṛṣṇa by Rāghava Paṇḍita. Indeed, Rāghava Paṇḍita’s service is supremely pure and highly accomplished. (69) “Apart from other commodities, just hear about his offering of coconuts. A coconut is sold at the rate of five gaṇḍās each. (70) “Although he already has hundreds of trees and millions of fruits, he is still very eager to hear about the place where sweet coconuts are available. (71) “He collects coconuts with great endeavor from a place twenty miles away, and he pays four paṇas each for them. (72) “Every day five to seven coconuts are clipped and put into water to keep cool. (73) “At the time of offering bhoga, the coconuts are again clipped and cleansed. After holes are made in them at the top, they are offered to Lord Kṛṣṇa. (74) “Lord Kṛṣṇa drinks the juice from these coconuts, and sometimes the coconuts are left drained of juice. At other times the coconuts remain filled with juice. (75)
“When Rāghava Paṇḍita sees that the juice has been drunk from the coconuts, he is very pleased. He then breaks the coconuts, takes out the pulp and puts it on another plate. (76) “After offering the pulp, he meditates outside the temple door. In the meantime, Lord Kṛṣṇa, having eaten the pulp, leaves the plate empty. (77) “Sometimes, after eating the pulp, Kṛṣṇa fills the plate again with new pulp. In this way, the faith of Rāghava Paṇḍita increases, and he floats in an ocean of love. (78) “One day it so happened that about ten coconuts were properly clipped and brought by a servant to offer to the Deity. (79) “When the coconuts were brought, there was little time to offer them because it was already late. The servant, holding the container of coconuts, remained standing at the door. (80) “Rāghava Paṇḍita then saw that the servant touched the ceiling above the door and then touched the coconuts with the same hand. (81) “Rāghava Paṇḍita then said, ‘People are always coming and going through that door. The dust from their feet blows up and touches the ceiling. (82)
“‘After touching the ceiling above the door, you have touched the coconuts. Now they are no longer fit to be offered to Kṛṣṇa because they are contaminated.’ (83) “Such is the service of Rāghava Paṇḍita. He did not accept the coconuts but threw them over the wall. His service is purely based on unalloyed love, and it conquers the whole world. (84) “Thereafter, Rāghava Paṇḍita had other coconuts gathered, cleansed and clipped, and with great attention he offered them to the Deity to eat. (85) “In this way, from distant villages he collects excellent bananas, mangoes, oranges, jackfruits and whatever other first- class fruits he has heard about. (86) “All these fruits are collected from distant places and bought at a high price. After trimming them with great care and purity, Rāghava Paṇḍita offers them to the Deity. (87) “Thus with great care and attention Rāghava Paṇḍita prepares spinach, other vegetables, radishes, fruits, chipped rice, powdered rice and sweetmeats. (88) “He prepares cakes, sweet rice, condensed milk and everything else with great attention, and the cooking conditions are purified so that the food is first class and delicious. (89)
“Rāghava Paṇḍita also offers all kinds of pickles, such as kāśamdi. He offers various scents, garments, ornaments and the best of everything. (90) “Thus Rāghava Paṇḍita serves the Lord in an incomparable way. Everyone is very much satisfied just to see him.” (91) Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then mercifully embraced Rāghava Paṇḍita. The Lord also offered all the other devotees a farewell with similar respect. (92) The Lord also respectfully told Śivānanda Sena, “Take care of Vāsudeva Datta very nicely. (93) “Vāsudeva Datta is very liberal. Every day, whatever income he receives, he spends. He does not keep any balance. (94) “Being a householder, Vāsudeva Datta needs to save some money. Because he is not doing so, it is very difficult for him to maintain his family. (95) “Please take care of Vāsudeva Datta’s family affairs. Become his manager and make the proper adjustments. (96) “Come every year and bring all My devotees with you to the Guṇḍicā festival. I also request you to maintain all of them.” (97)
The Lord then with great respect extended an invitation to all the inhabitants of Kulīna- grāma, asking them to come every year and bring silken rope to carry Lord Jagannātha during the Ratha- yātrā festival. (98) Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then said, “Guṇarāja Khān of Kulīna- grāma compiled a book named Śrī Kṛṣṇa- vijaya, in which there is a sentence revealing the author’s ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa.” (99) Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “‘Kṛṣṇa, the son of Nanda Mahārāja, is my life and soul.’ By this statement I am sold into the hands of the descendants of Guṇarāja Khān. (100) “To say nothing of you, even a dog living in your village is very dear to Me. What, then, to speak of others?” (101) After this, Rāmānanda Vasu and Satyarāja Khān both submitted questions at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. (102) Satyarāja Khān said, “My dear Lord, being a householder and a materialistic man, I do not know the process of advancing in spiritual life. I therefore submit myself unto Your lotus feet and request You to give me orders.” (103)
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “Without cessation continue chanting the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Whenever possible, serve Him and His devotees, the Vaiṣṇavas.” (104) Upon hearing this, Satyarāja said, “How can I recognize a Vaiṣṇava? Please let me know what a Vaiṣṇava is. What are his common symptoms?” (105) Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “Whoever chants the holy name of Kṛṣṇa just once is worshipable and is the topmost human being. (106) “Simply by chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa once, a person is relieved from all the reactions of a sinful life. One can complete the nine processes of devotional service simply by chanting the holy name. (107) “One does not have to undergo initiation or execute the activities required before initiation. One simply has to vibrate the holy name with his lips. Thus even a man in the lowest class [caṇḍāla] can be delivered. (108)
“By chanting the holy name of the Lord, one dissolves his entanglement in material activities. After this, one becomes very much attracted to Kṛṣṇa, and thus dormant love for Kṛṣṇa is awakened. (109) “‘The holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa is an attractive feature for many saintly, liberal people. It is the annihilator of all sinful reactions and is so powerful that, save for the dumb who cannot chant it, it is readily available to everyone, including the lowest type of man, the caṇḍāla. The holy name of Kṛṣṇa is the controller of the opulence of liberation, and it is identical with Kṛṣṇa. When a person simply chants the holy name with his tongue, immediate effects are produced. Chanting the holy name does not depend on initiation, pious activities or the puraścaryā regulative principles generally observed before initiation. The holy name does not wait for any of these activities. It is self- sufficient.’” (110) Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then finally advised, “One who is chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra is understood to be a Vaiṣṇava; therefore you should offer all respects to him.” (111)
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