Part 1) A spontaneous play by Srila Narayana Maharajas Sanyasis Part 1

2009 European Bhakti Festival in Italy

A spontaneous play by Srila Narayana Maharajas Sanyasis Part 1

What was supposed to be a short description of how Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu delivered the two rascals jagai and Madhai, by Sripad BV Ashram Maharaja, turned out to be a wonderful spontaneous drama enacted by some of the various present sanyasis for the pleasure of His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja and to the delight of all devotees.

Jagai and Madhai had but one fault—they were addicted to sinful activity. However, volumes of sinful activity can be burned to ashes simply by a dim reflection of the chanting of Your holy name.

PURPORT By His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Srila Rupa Gosvamiand Sanatana Gosvami presented themselves as being lower than the two brothers Jagai and Madhai, who were delivered by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. When Rupa and Sanatana compared themselves to Jagai and Madhai, they found themselves inferior because the Lord had no trouble in delivering two drunken brothers. This was so because, despite the fact that they were addicted to sinful activity, in other ways their life was brilliant. They belonged to the brahmana caste of Navadvipa, and such brahmanas were pious by nature. Although they had been addicted to some sinful activities due to bad association, those unwanted things could vanish simply because of the chanting of the holy name of the Lord. Another point for Jagai and Madhai was that, as members of a brahmana family, they did not accept service under anyone. The sastras strictly forbid a brahmana to accept service under anyone. The idea is that by accepting a master, one accepts the occupation of a dog. In other words, a dog cannot thrive without having a master, and for the sake of pleasing the master, dogs offend many people. They bark at innocent people just to please the master. Similarly, when one is a servant, he has to perform abominable activities according to the orders of the master. Therefore, when Dabira Khasa and Sakara Mallika compared their position to that of Jagai and Madhai, they found Jagai and Madhais position far better. Jagai and Madhai never accepted the position of serving a low-class person, nor were they forced to execute abominable activities under the order of a low-class master. Jagai and Madhai chanted the name of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu by way of blasphemy, but because they simply chanted His name, they immediately became free from the reactions of sinful activities. Thus later they were saved.
Madhya 1.195

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Those drunkards were funny!! I have read that story somewhere in my books.