The Lord punishes Advaita 

The Lord punishes Advaita 

It is also said that Mahaprabhu taught Advaita the real meaning of the Bhagavad-gita. 

Vishvambhara explained the true understanding of the Gita to Advaita, he hid the gates which held back the understanding of bhakti.  

Advaita prepared another wonderful pastime to show the fallen jivas how auspicious it is to receive punishment from the lord, or from the guru or a Vaishnava. How fortunate is a devotee who is chastised by his guru! This is described in the seventeenth chapter of the Caitanya Caritamrita, about which Bhaktivinoda Thakura has made the following comments in his Amrita-pravaha-bhashya: 

“Advaita Acarya is the godbrother of Mahaprabhu’s guru, Isvara Puri. For this reason, Mahaprabhu treated Advaita as his elder and spiritual master, even though Advaita considered himself to be Mahaprabhu’s servant. Advaita was pained to see Mahaprabhu treat him with such respect and so, in order to seek out the merciful punishment of the lord, returned to Shantipur and began to explain the path of knowledge to a few unfortunate individuals. When the Lord caught wind of this, he became extremely angry and went to Shantipur to give him a good thrashing. When he was thrashed in this way, Advaita danced for joy, saying, “Look. My desires have been fulfilled today! Mahaprabhu was previously miserly with me, treating me as his respectful elder. Now he has acted toward me as though I were his servant or disciple, by trying to save me from the heresy of mayavada.” When the lord understood that this had all been a ruse on Advaita’s part, he was embarrassed but pleased with him. 

The Lord treated Advaita with the respect deserved by a guru. This caused the Acarya great distress, so he adopted a ruse of teaching the path of knowledge. Mahaprabhu became angry and scorned Advaita, causing him great bliss. When he saw his satisfaction with the turn of events, the Lord became ashamed and was merciful to him. 

“Previously Mahaprabhu would honor me. This made me unhappy, so I thought that if I start giving lectures on the Yoga-vashishtha, explaining mukti as the supreme goal of life, the lord would become angry and insult me.” 

 

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