Mahaprabhu blesses Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya with Mahaprasad

 

20 March: One day not long afterward Sarvabhauma had become Lord’s devotee, Mahaprabhu came to Sarvabhauma’s house with Lord Jagannath’s Maha Prasad and offered the prasad to him. Sarvabhauma had not yet bathed, cleaned his teeth or performed his morning rituals. Despite his ritually impure state, he joyfully honored the prasad, quoting a verse from the Padma-purana:

 

shushkam paryushitam vapi

nitam va dura-deshatah

prapti-matrena bhoktavyam

natra kala-vicarana

                                               

“One should honor prasad as soon as one receives prasad, whether prasad is dried up, stale or brought from afar. In this, there should be no consideration of time or circumstances.

                                                                        (Chaitanya Charitamrita 2.6.225)

 

Mahaprabhu was delighted to see that Sarvabhauma had developed faith in maha prasad and immediately started to dance in ecstasy. Sarvabhauma joined him and the two danced madly, shedding tears and trembling in their divine joy. Mahaprabhu said,

 

“Today I have been transported beyond the three worlds and have been taken to Vaikuntha. All my desires have been fulfilled simply because Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya has developed faith in maha prasad.    (Chaintanya Charitamrita 2.6.230-1)