Volume 7 - Prabhupada

270 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 19TRANSLATIONSri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was very pleased to see Srila Rfipa Gosvami, andHe told him, "Stand up! Stand up! My dear Rfipa, come here."TEXT 49 ctl if! r.ift Of'!;: '19fr>: f: It"'l Clf CI $[ 'f r.J1 'lli 1{, llt•llna me 'bhaktas catur-vedimad-bhaktab svapacab priyabtasmai deyarh tato grahyarhsa ca pOjyo yatha hy ahamSYNONYMSna-not; me-My; abhaktab-devoid of pure devotional service; catubvedi-ascholar in the four Vedas; mat-bhaktab-My devotee; sva-pacab-evenfrom a family of dog-eaters; priyab-very dear; tasmai-to him (a pure devotee,even though born in a very low family); de yam-should be given; tatab-fromhim; grahyam-should be accepted (remnants of food); sab-that person; caalso;pOjyab-worshipable; yatha-as much as; hi-certainly; aham-1.TRANSLATION" 'Even though a person is a very learned scholar of the Sanskrit Vedicliteratures, he is not accepted as My devotee unless he is pure in devotional