Lord Advaita Acharya cheats the cheater

Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna!

Shri Chaitanya Bhagavata, Madhya Khanda, Chapter 2:

"One day the Lord and Gadadhara Pandita visited the house of Advaita Acarya Prabhu. Entering his house, They saw that the Acarya was busy offering water and tulasi to the Lord. With raised hands he was calling out, "Hari! Hari!", sometimes laughing and sometimes crying, completely oblivious to himself. He emitted loud, roaring sounds like a mad lion full of raging fury, as if He were the incarnation of the Lord of destruction, Rudra. When Lord Visvambhara saw Advaita Acarya Prabhu overcome with spiritual emotions, He fell down unconscious.

Due to pure devotional insight Advaita Acarya Prabhu could see that this person, Lord Visvambhara, was his most worshipable Lord. He thought to himself, "Today I have captured You, You are a thief. How will You escape from me today? All this time You have been hiding Your real identity from me and everyone, but now somehow You have come here. You cannot always cheat me. I know who You are, and now I will cheat the cheater."

Advaita Acarya Prabhu made all arrangements to worship the Lord, and reveal to the world the supreme absolute position of Lord Visvambhara, who so far had very cunningly hidden His true supreme spiritual identity. He brought all the different paraphernalia for worshiping the Lord. He offered incense, flowers and lamp to the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya while repeating one verse over and over again, "My Lord, You are the well-wisher of the cows and the brahmanas, and You are the well-wisher of the entire human society and world."

Sri Advaita was very happy to recognize the Lord of his heart, and he cried tears of joy, washing the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya with his tears. He stood with folded hands before Him and worshiped His lotus feet, chanting one sloka continuously.

A little amused, but nevertheless respectful, Gadadhara Pandita told Advaita Acarya Prabhu, "Oh Gosvami, it does not befit you to behave like this with someone so much younger than yourself, a mere lad."

Advaita Acarya Prabhu slightly laughed at Gadadhara Pandita's words and replied, "Oh Gadadhara Pandita! How long are you going to see Him as a mere lad?" A more profound thought dawned on Gadadhara Pandita's heart and he said, "Is He the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead?"

Yours aspiring for the mercy of Lord Advaita Acharya,
Matus

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