Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 8.274 Talks Between Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Ramananda Raya: sthavara-jangama dekhe, na dekhe tara murti sarvatra haya nija ista-deva-sphurti
SYNONYMS
sthavara-jangama–movable and inert; dekhe–he sees; na–not; dekhe–sees; tara–its; murti–form; sarvatra–everywhere; haya–there is; nija–his own; ista-deva–worshipable Lord; sphurti–manifestation.
TRANSLATION
"The maha-bhagavata, the advanced devotee, certainly sees everything mobile and immobile, but he does not exactly see their forms. Rather, everywhere he immediately sees manifest the form of the Supreme Lord.
PURPORT
Due to his deep ecstatic love for Krishna, the maha-bhagavata sees Krishna everywhere and nothing else. This is confirmed in the Brahma-samhita (5.38): premanjana-cchurita-bhakti- vilocanena santah sadaiva hrdayesu vilokayanti. As soon as a devotee sees something- be it movable or inert – he immediately remembers Krishna."
Note: ACT AS ACHARYA is about OFFICIATING ACHARYA (RITVIK REPRESENTATIVE OF SRILA PRABHUPADA THE ACHARYA) Conversations, May 28, 1977, Vrindavana
Prabhupada: Yes. I shall recommend some of you. After this is settled up, I shall recommend some of you to act as OFFICIATING ACHARYAS.
Tamala Krishna: Is that called ritvik-acharya?
Prabhupada: RITVIK, YES.
Note: OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE. The DUTIES are as per July 9th 1977 Ritvik Representative (Officiating Acharya) are DEFINED: Madhya 24.330 The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse Similarly, a disciple's qualifications must be observed by the spiritual master before he is accepted as a disciple. In our Krishna consciousness movement, the requirement is that one must be prepared to give up the four pillars of sinful life – illicit sex, meat-eating, intoxication and gambling. In Western countries especially, we first observe whether a potential disciple is prepared to follow the regulative principles. Then he is given the name of a Vaishnava servant and initiated to chant the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, at least sixteen rounds daily. In this way the disciple renders devotional service under the guidance of the spiritual master OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE FOR at least six months to a year. He is then recommended for a second initiation, during which a sacred thread is offered and the disciple is accepted as a bona fide brahmana.
Note: “ACT AS ACHARYA” means OFFICAITING ACHARYA AS ABOVE. Not that OFFICIATING ACHARYA HAS HIS OWN VYASA PUJA, ETC.
Officiating Acharya ACTS as Acharya. Ritvik is just another name of Officiating Acharya: Ritvik – **representative** of the acharya, for the purpose of performing initiations, both first initiation and second initiation.
This is for the benefit of those who have ears to hear.
Ritvik–**representative** of the acharya, for the purpose of performing initiations, both first initiation and second initiation.
Note the word *representative* indicated below which was also mentioned in July 9th 1977 directive.
Chaitanya-charitamrita, Madhya 24.330: "Similarly, a disciple's qualifications must be observed by the spiritual master before he is accepted as a disciple. In our Krishna consciousness movement, the requirement is that one must be prepared to give up the four pillars of sinful life – illicit sex, meat-eating, intoxication and gambling. In Western countries especially, we first observe whether a potential disciple is prepared to follow the regulative principles. Then he is given the name of a Vaishnava servant and initiated to chant the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, at least sixteen rounds daily. In this way the disciple renders devotional service under the guidance of the spiritual master or his representative for at least six months to a year. He is then recommended for a second initiation, during which a sacred thread is offered and the disciple is accepted as a bona fide brahmana."
Note: we know that without becoming a maha-bhagavata it is an offense against the chanting of the holy name (3rd offense in chanting) to be worshipped as good as God (Acharya). Ritvik –the representative of the acharya allows for this function of worshipping the acharya (Prabhupada) without slaughtering the spiritual lives of others. [ ] "When one has attained the topmost position of maha-bhagavata, he is to be accepted as a guru and worshiped exactly like Hari, the Personality of Godhead. Only such a person is eligible to occupy the post of a guru." Srila Prabhupada is revealing his position as the jagad-guru (Spiritual Master of the entire
world). It is Srila Prabhupada that has distributed the Holy Name (through his books) all over the world. Krishna is His pure devotee Prabhupada's property to give.