Once Nityānanda Prabhu and Srila Haridāsa Ṭhākura were walking down a main road in Navadvīpa when they saw a crowd of people raising an outcry. Upon inquiring from passers- by, they learned that two brothers named Jagāi and Mādhāi were creating a public disturbance in a drunken state. They also heard that these two brothers had been born in a respectable brāhmaṇa family but because of low association had turned into debauchees of the worst type. They were not only drunkards but also meat-eaters, womanizers, dacoits, and sinners of all description.
Srila Nityānanda Prabhu heard all of these stories and decided that these two fallen souls must be the first to be delivered. If they were delivered from their sinful life, then the good name of Lord Caitanya would be even still more glorified. Thinking in this way, Nityānanda Prabhu and Haridāsa Ṭhākura pushed their way through the crowd and asked the two brothers to chant the holy name of Lord Hari. The brothers became enraged upon this request and attacked Nityānanda Prabhu with filthy language. Both brothers chased them a considerable distance. In the evening the report of the preaching work was submitted to the Lord, and He was glad to learn that Nityānanda and Haridāsa had attempted to deliver such a stupid pair of fellows.
The next day Nityānanda Prabhu went to see the brothers, and as soon as He approached them, one of them threw a piece of earthen pot at Him. This struck Him on the forehead, and immediately blood began to flow. But Nityānanda Prabhu was so kind that instead of protesting this heinous act, He said, "It does not matter that you have thrown this stone at Me. I still request you to chant the holy name of Lord Hari."
One of the brothers, Jagāi, was astonished to see this behavior by Nityānanda Prabhu, and he immediately fell down at His feet and asked Him to pardon his sinful brother. When Mādhāi again attempted to hurt Nityānanda, Jagāi stopped him and implored him to fall down at His feet. In the meantime the news of Nityānanda's injury had reached the Lord, who at once hurried to the spot in a fiery and angry mood. The Lord immediately invoked His sudarsana disc, His ultimate weapon, to kill the sinners. But Nityānanda Prabhu reminded Him of His mission—to deliver the hopeless fallen souls of Kālī-yuga. The brothers Jagāi and Mādhāi were typical examples of these fallen souls.
When the Lord was invoking His sudarsana disc and Srila Nityānanda Prabhu was imploring Him to forgive the two brothers, both brothers fell down at the lotus feet of the Lord and begged His pardon for their gross behavior. Nityānanda Prabhu also asked the Lord to accept these repenting souls, and the Lord agreed, but on one condition: that they henceforward completely give up all their sinful activities and habits of debauchery. Both the brothers agreed, and the kind Lord accepted them.
In this Kālī-yuga practically all people are of the quality of Jagāi and Mādhāi. If they want to be relieved from the reactions of their misdeeds, they must take shelter of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and refrain from further misdeeds.