Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami
The Supreme Form
During his travels in South India, Mahaprabhu had some discussion with the tattva-vadisin Udupi. Although he didn't agree with the tattva-vadis,
Mahaprabhu accepted the Madhva sampradaya, which is known as the tattva-vadi sampradaya.
Why did he accept it?
sabe, eka guna dekhi tomara sampradaye
satya-vigraha kari' isvare karaha niscaye
— [Cc. madhya 9.277]
Mahaprabhu told them, "You are tattva-vadis. All of your philosophies are detrimental to pure devotion, suddha-bhakti, because they stress on karma. Still,
I find one good quality in your sampradaya. You have accepted the all-beautiful form of Krishna." In Udupi, the Madhva-sampradaya worships the deity of Gopal. In one hand Gopal has a rope and in the other hand is a manthara-danda, a churning stick. Mahaprabhu said, "My grand guru Madhavendra Puri has accepted this sampradaya, so I accept it."
Vipralambha-bhava bhajana, worship in separation, began from Madhavendra Puri. In the Madhva-sampradaya up to Lakshmipati, the guru of Madhavendra Puri, this mood was not there. It came with Madhavendra Puri. So Mahaprabhu accepted thissampradaya.
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