(Continued)
TEXT 73
TEXT
vajrad api kathorani
mrduni kusumad api
lokottaranam cetamsi
ko nu vijnatum isvarah
SYNONYMS
vajrat api--than a thunderbolt; kathorani--harder; mrduni--softer;
kusumat api--than a flower; loka-uttaranam--persons above the human platform of
behavior; cetamsi--the hearts; kah--who; nu--but; vijnatum--to understand;
isvarah--able.
TRANSLATION
"The hearts of those above common behavior are sometimes harder
than a thunderbolt and sometimes softer than a flower. How can one accommodate
such contradictions in great personalities?"
TEXT 74
TEXT
nityananda prabhu bhattacarye uthaila
tanra loka-sange tanre ghare pathaila
SYNONYMS
nityananda prabhu--Lord Sri Nityananda Prabhu; bhattacarye--Sarvabhauma
Bhattacarya; uthaila--raised; tanra--His; loka-sange--along with associates;
tanre--him (the Bhattacarya); ghare--to his home; pathaila--sent.
TRANSLATION
Lord Nityananda Prabhu raised Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya and with the help
of His men saw him to his home.
TEXT 75
TEXT
bhakta-gana sighra asi' laila prabhura satha
vastra-prasada lana tabe aila gopinatha
SYNONYMS
bhakta-gana--devotees; sighra--very swiftly; asi'--coming; laila--took;
prabhura--of the Lord; satha--the company; vastra--the garments; prasada--and
Lord Jagannatha's prasada; lana--with; tabe--thereafter; aila--came;
gopinatha--Gopinatha Acarya.
TRANSLATION
Immediately all the devotees came and partook of Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu's company. Afterwards, Gopinatha Acarya came with the garments and
prasada.
TEXT 76
TEXT
saba-sange prabhu tabe alalanatha aila
namaskara kari' tare bahu-stuti kaila
SYNONYMS
saba-sange--with all of them; prabhu--Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
tabe--then; alalanatha--the place named Alalanatha; aila--reached; namaskara
kari'--offering obeisances; tare--Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
bahu-stuti--many prayers; kaila--offered.
TRANSLATION
All the devotees followed Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to a place known as
Alalanatha. There they all offered respects and various prayers.
TEXT 77
TEXT
premavese nrtya-gita kaila kata-ksana
dekhite aila tahan vaise yata jana
SYNONYMS
prema-avese--in the great ecstasy of love of Godhead;
nrtya-gita--dancing and chanting; kaila--performed; kata-ksana--for some time;
dekhite--to see; aila--came; tahan--there; vaise--who live; yata jana--all the
men.
TRANSLATION
In great ecstasy, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu danced and chanted for some
time. Indeed, all the neighbors came to see Him.
TEXT 78
TEXT
caudikete saba loka bale 'hari' 'hari'
premavese madhye nrtya kare gaurahari
SYNONYMS
caudikete--all around; saba loka--all persons; bale--shout; hari
hari--the holy name of the Lord; prema-avese--in ecstatic love; madhye--in the
middle; nrtya kare--dances; gaurahari--Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
TRANSLATION
All around Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is also known as Gaurahari,
people began to shout the holy name of Hari. Lord Caitanya, immersed in His
usual ecstasy of love, danced in the midst of them.
TEXT 79
TEXT
kancana-sadrsa deha, aruna vasana
pulakasru-kampa-sveda tahate bhusana
SYNONYMS
kancana-sadrsa--like molten gold; deha--a body; aruna--saffron;
vasana--garments; pulaka-asru--standing of hair and crying; kampa--trembling;
sveda--perspiration; tahate--therein; bhusana--the ornaments.
TRANSLATION
The body of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was naturally very beautiful. It was
like molten gold dressed in saffron cloth. Indeed, He was most beautiful for
being ornamented with the ecstatic symptoms, which caused His hair to stand on
end, tears to well in His eyes, and His body to tremble and perspire all over.
TEXT 80
TEXT
dekhiya
lokera mane haila camatkara
yata loka aise, keha nahi yaya ghara
SYNONYMS
dekhiya--seeing all this; lokera--of the people; mane--in the minds;
haila--there was; camatkara--astonishment; yata--all; loka--people; aise--came
there; keha--anyone; nahi--not; yaya--goes; ghara--home.
TRANSLATION
Everyone present was astonished to see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's dancing
and His bodily transformations. Whoever came did not want to return home.
TEXT 81
TEXT
keha nace, keha gaya, 'sri-krsna' 'gopala'
premete bhasila loka,----stri-vrddha-abala
SYNONYMS
keha nace--someone dances; keha gaya--someone chants; sri-krsna--Lord
Sri Krsna's name; gopala--Gopala's name; premete--in love of Godhead;
bhasila--floated; loka--all the people; stri--women; vrddha--old men; a-bala--from
the children.
TRANSLATION
Everyone--including children, old men and women--began to dance and
chant the holy names of Sri Krsna and Gopala. In this way they all floated in
the ocean of love of Godhead.
TEXT 82
TEXT
dekhi' nityananda prabhu kahe bhakta-gane
ei-rupe nrtya age habe grame-grame
SYNONYMS
dekhi'--seeing this; nityananda--Lord Nityananda Prabhu; prabhu--the
Lord; kahe--says; bhakta-gane--unto the devotees; ei-rupe--in this way;
nrtya--dancing; age--ahead; habe--there will be; grame-grame--in every village.
TRANSLATION
Upon seeing the chanting and dancing of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
Lord Nityananda predicted that later there would be dancing and chanting in
every village.
PURPORT
This prediction of Sri Nityananda Prabhu is applicable not only in India
but also all over the world. That is now happening by His grace. The members of
the International Society for Krishna Consciousness are now traveling from one
village to another in the Western countries and are even carrying the Deity
with them. These devotees distribute various scriptures all over the world. We
hope that these devotees who are preaching the message of Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu will very seriously follow strictly in His footsteps. If they follow
the rules and regulations and chant sixteen rounds daily, their endeavor to preach
the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu will certainly be successful.
TEXT 83
TEXT
atikala haila, loka chadiya na yaya
tabe nityananda-gosani srjila upaya
SYNONYMS
atikala--very late; haila--it was; loka--the people in general;
chadiya--giving up; na yaya--do not go; tabe--at that time; nityananda--Srila
Nityananda Prabhu; gosani--the spiritual master; srjila--invented; upaya--a
means.
TRANSLATION
Seeing that it was already getting late, Lord Nityananda Prabhu, the
spiritual master, invented a means to disperse the crowd.
TEXT 84
TEXT
madhyahna karite gela prabhuke lana
taha dekhi' loka aise caudike dhana
SYNONYMS
madhyahna karite--to take lunch at noon; gela--went; prabhuke--Lord Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; lana--taking; taha dekhi'--seeing that; loka--the people
in general; aise--came; caudike--all around; dhana--running.
TRANSLATION
When Lord Nityananda Prabhu took Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu for lunch at
noon, everyone came running around Them.
TEXT 85
TEXT
madhyahna kariya aila devata-mandire
nija-gana pravesi' kapata dila bahir-dvare
SYNONYMS
madhyahna kariya--performing bathing, etc; aila--came back;
devata-mandire--to the temple of the Lord; nija-gana pravesi'--allowing His own
men; kapata dila--shut; bahir-dvare--the outside door.
TRANSLATION
After finishing Their baths, They returned at noon to the temple.
Admitting His own men, Sri Nityananda Prabhu closed the outside door.
TEXT 86
TEXT
tabe gopinatha dui-prabhure bhiksa karaila
prabhura sesa prasadanna sabe banti' khaila
SYNONYMS
tabe--thereupon; gopinatha--Gopinatha Acarya; dui-prabhure--unto the two
Lords Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu; bhiksa karaila--gave prasada
to eat; prabhura--of the Lord; sesa--the remnants; prasada-anna--food;
sabe--all of them; banti'--sharing; kbaila--ate.
TRANSLATION
Gopinatha Acarya then brought prasada for the two Lords to eat, and
after They had eaten, the remnants of the food were distributed to all the
devotees.
TEXT 87
TEXT
suni' suni' loka-saba asi' bahir-dvare
'hari' 'hari' bali' loka kolahala kare
SYNONYMS
suni' suni'--hearing this; loka-saba--all the people; asi'--coming
there; bahir-dvare--to the outside door; hari hari--the holy name of the Lord;
bali'--chanting; loka--all the people; kolahala--tumultuous sound; kare--made.
TRANSLATION
Hearing about this, everyone there came to the outside door and began
chanting the holy name, "Hari! Hari!" Thus there was a tumultuous
sound.
TEXT 88
TEXT
tabe mahaprabhu dvara karaila mocana
anande asiya loka paila darasana
SYNONYMS
tabe--thereupon; mahaprabhu--Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dvara--the door;
karaila--made; mocana--opening; anande--in great pleasure; asiya--coming;
loka--all the people; paila--got; darasana--sight.
TRANSLATION
After lunch, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu made them open the door. In this
way everyone received His audience with great pleasure.
TEXT 89
TEXT
ei-mata sandhya paryanta loka ase, yaya
'vaisnava' ha-ila loka, sabe nace, gaya
SYNONYMS
ei-mata--in this way; sandhya paryanta--until evening; loka--people; ase
yaya--come and go; vaisnava--devotees; ha-ila--became; loka--all the people;
sabe--all of them; nace--dance; gaya--and chant.
TRANSLATION
The people came and went until evening, and all of them became Vaisnava
devotees and began to chant and dance.
TEXT 90
TEXT
ei-rupe sei thani bhakta-gana-sange
sei ratri
gonaila krsna-katha-range
SYNONYMS
ei-rupe--in this way; sei thani--in that place; bhakta-gana-sange--with
the devotees; sei ratri--that night; gonaila--passed; krsna-katha-range--in
great pleasure discussing Lord Krsna.
TRANSLATION
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then passed the night there and discussed the
pastimes of Lord Krsna with His devotees with great pleasure.
TEXT 91
TEXT
pratah-kale snana kari' karila gamana
bhakta-gane vidaya dila kari' alingana
SYNONYMS
pratah-kale--in the morning; snana--bath; kari'--after taking;
karila--started; gamana--tour; bhakta-gane--to all the devotees;
vidaya--farewell; dila--gave; kari'--doing; alingana--embracing.
TRANSLATION
The next morning, after taking His bath, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu started
on His South Indian tour. He bade farewell to the devotees by embracing them.
TEXT 92
TEXT
murcchita hana sabe bhumite padila
tanha-saba pane prabhu phiri' na cahila
SYNONYMS
murcchita hana--becoming unconscious; sabe--all; bhumite--to the ground;
padila--fell down; tanha-saba--all of them; pane--toward; prabhu--Lord Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; phiri'--turning; na--not; cahila--saw.
TRANSLATION
Although they all fell to the ground unconscious, the Lord did not turn
to see them but proceeded onward.
TEXT 93
TEXT
vicchede vyakula prabhu calila duhkhi hana
pache krsnadasa yaya jala-patra lana
SYNONYMS
vicchede--in separation; vyakula--perturbed; prabhu--Lord Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu; calila--went on; duhkhi--unhappy; hana--becoming; pache--just behind;
krsnadasa--His servant Krsnadasa; yaya--went; jala-patra--the waterpot;
lana--taking.
TRANSLATION
In separation, the Lord became very perturbed and walked on unhappily.
His servant, Krsnadasa, who was carrying His waterpot, followed behind.
TEXT 94
TEXT
bhakta-gana upavasi tahani rahila
ara dine duhkhi hana nilacale aila
SYNONYMS
bhakta-gana--the devotees; upavasi--fasting; tahani--there;
rahila--remained; ara dine--on the next day; duhkhi--unhappy; hana--becoming;
nilacale--to Jagannatha Puri; aila--returned.
TRANSLATION
All the devotees remained there and fasted, but the next day they all
unhappily returned to Jagannatha Puri.
TEXT 95
TEXT
matta-simha-praya prabhu karila gamana
premavese yaya kari' nama-sankirtana
SYNONYMS
matta-simha--a mad lion; praya--almost like; prabhu--Lord Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu; karila--did; gamana--touring; prema-avese--in ecstatic love;
yaya--goes; kari'--performing; nama-sankirtana--chanting Krsna's name.
TRANSLATION
Almost like a mad lion, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went on His tour
filled with ecstatic love and performing sankirtana, chanting Krsna's names as
follows.
TEXT 96
TEXT
krsna! krsna! krsna! krsna! krsna! krsna! krsna! he
krsna! krsna! krsna! krsna! krsna! krsna! krsna! he
krsna! krsna! krsna! krsna! krsna! krsna! raksa mam
krsna! krsna! krsna! krsna! krsna! krsna! pahi mam
rama! raghava! rama! raghava! rama! raghava! raksa mam
krsna! kesava! krsna! kesava! krsna! kesava! pahi mam
SYNONYMS
krsna--Lord Krsna; he--O; raksa--please protect; mam--Me; pahi--please
maintain; rama--Lord Rama; raghava--descendant of King Raghu; kesava--killer of
the Kesi demon.
TRANSLATION
The Lord chanted:
Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! he
Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! he
Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Raksa mam
Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Pahi mam
That is, "O Lord Krsna, please protect Me and maintain Me." He
also chanted:
Rama! Raghava! Rama! Raghava!
Rama! Raghava! Raksa mam
Krsna! Kesava! Krsna! Kesava! Krsna! Kesava! pahi mam
That is, "O Lord Rama, descendant of King Raghu, please protect Me.
O Krsna, O Kesava, killer of the Kesi demon, please maintain Me."
TEXT 97
TEXT
ei sloka padi' pathe calila gaurahari
loka dekhi' pathe kahe,----bala 'hari' 'hari'
SYNONYMS
ei sloka padi'--reciting this verse krsna! krsna!; pathe--on the way;
calila--went; gaurahari--Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; loka dekhi'--seeing
other people; pathe--on the way; kahe--He says; bala--say; hari hari--the holy
name of Lord Hari.
TRANSLATION
Chanting this verse, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, known as Gaurahari,
went on His way. As soon as He saw someone, He would request him to chant
"Hari! Hari!"
TEXT 98
TEXT
sei loka prema-matta hana
bale 'hari' 'krsna'
prabhura pache sange yaya darsana-satrsna
SYNONYMS
sei loka--that person; prema-matta--maddened in love of Godhead;
hana--becoming; bale--says; hari krsna--the holy name of Lord Hari and Lord
Krsna; prabhura pache--behind the Lord; sange--with Him; yaya--goes;
darsana-satrsna--being very eager to see Him.
TRANSLATION
Whoever heard Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu chant "Hari, Hari,"
also chanted the holy name of Lord Hari and Krsna. In this way they all
followed the Lord, very eager to see Him.
TEXT 99
TEXT
kata-ksane rahi' prabhu tare alingiya
vidaya karila tare
sakti sancariya
SYNONYMS
kata-ksane rahi'--after remaining for some time; prabhu--Lord Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tare--them; alingiya--embracing; vidaya karila--bade
farewell; tare--in them; sakti--spiritual potency; sancariya--investing.
TRANSLATION
After some time the Lord would embrace these people and bid them to
return home, having investing them with spiritual potency.
PURPORT
In his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura explains that
this spiritual potency is the essence of the pleasure potency and the knowledge
potency. By these two potencies, one is empowered with devotional service. Lord
Krsna Himself or His representative, the unalloyed devotee, can mercifully
bestow these combined potencies upon any man. Being thus endowed with such
potencies, one can become an unalloyed devotee of the Lord. Anyone favored by
Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was empowered with this bhakti-sakti. Thus the
Lord's followers were able to preach Krsna consciousness by divine grace.
TEXT 100
TEXT
sei-jana nija-grame kariya gamana
'krsna' bali' hase, kande, nace anuksana
SYNONYMS
sei-jana--that person; nija-grame--to his own village; kariya
gamana--returning there; krsna bali'--saying the holy name of Lord Krsna;
hase--laughs; kande--cries; nace--dances; anuksana--always.
TRANSLATION
Being thus empowered, they would return to their own villages, always
chanting the holy name of Krsna and sometimes laughing, crying and dancing.
TEXT 101
TEXT
yare dekhe, tare kahe,----kaha krsna-nama
ei-mata 'vaisnava' kaila saba nija-grama
SYNONYMS
yare dekhe--whomever he meets; tare--to him; kahe--he says; kaha
krsna-nama--kindly chant the Hare Krsna mantra; ei-mata--in this way;
vaisnava--devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; kaila--made;
saba--all; nija-grama--his own village.
TRANSLATION
These empowered people used to request everyone and anyone--whomever
they saw--to chant the holy name of Krsna. In this way all the villagers would
also become devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
In order to become an empowered preacher, one must be favored by Lord
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu or His devotee, the spiritual master. One must also
request everyone to chant the maha-mantra. In this way, such a person can
convert others to Vaisnavism, showing them how to become pure devotees of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TEXT 102
TEXT
gramantara haite dekhite aila yata jana
tanra darsana-krpaya haya tanra sama
SYNONYMS
grama-antara haite--from different villages; dekhite--to see;
aila--came; yata jana--all the persons; tanra--his; darsana-krpaya--by the
mercy of seeing him; haya--become; tanra sama--similar Vaisnavas.
TRANSLATION
Simply by seeing such empowered individuals, people from different
villages would become like them by the mercy of their glance.
TEXT 103
TEXT
sei yai' gramera loka vaisnava karaya
anya-grami asi' tanre dekhi' vaisnava haya
SYNONYMS
sei--that Vaisnava; yai'--going to his own village; gramera loka--all
the people of the village; vaisnava--devotees; karaya--makes;
anya-grami--inhabitants from different villages; asi'--coming there; tanre
dekhi'--by seeing them; vaisnava haya--become devotees.
TRANSLATION
When these individuals returned to their villages, they also converted others
into devotees. When others came to see them, they also were converted.
TEXT 104
TEXT
sei yai' ara grame kare upadesa
ei-mata 'vaisnava' haila saba daksina-desa
SYNONYMS
sei--that man; yai'--going; ara--different; grame--to the villages;
kare--gives; upadesa--instruction; ei-mata--in this way; vaisnava--devotees;
haila--became; saba--all; daksina-desa--the people of South India.
TRANSLATION
In this way, as those men went from one village to another, all the
people of South India became devotees.
TEXT 105
TEXT
ei-mata
pathe yaite sata sata jana
'vaisnava' karena tanre kari' alingana
SYNONYMS
ei-mata--in this way; pathe--on the way; yaite--while passing; sata
sata--hundreds and hundreds; jana--persons; vaisnava--devotees; karena--makes;
tanre--Him; kari'--doing; alingana--embracing.
TRANSLATION
Thus many hundreds of people became Vaisnavas when they passed the Lord
on the way and were embraced by Him.
TEXT 106
TEXT
yei grame rahi' bhiksa karena yanra ghare
sei gramera yata loka aise dekhibare
SYNONYMS
yei grame--in whatever village; rahi'--staying; bhiksa--alms;
karena--accepts; yanra--whose; ghare--at home; sei--that; gramera--of the
village; yata loka--all the persons; aise--come; dekhibare--to see.
TRANSLATION
In whatever village Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu stayed to accept alms, many
people came to see Him.
TEXT 107
TEXT
prabhura krpaya haya mahabhagavata
sei saba acarya hana tarila jagat
SYNONYMS
prabhura krpaya--by the mercy of the Lord; haya--become;
maha-bhagavata--first-class devotees; sei saba--all such persons;
acarya--teachers; hana--becoming; tarila--liberated; jagat--the whole world.
TRANSLATION
By the mercy of the Supreme Lord, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, everyone
became a first-class devotee. Later they became teachers or spiritual masters
and liberated the entire world.
TEXT 108
TEXT
ei-mata kaila yavat gela setubandhe
sarva-desa 'vaisnava' haila prabhura sambandhe
SYNONYMS
ei-mata--in this way; kaila--performed; yavat--until; gela--went;
setubandhe--to the southernmost part of India; sarva-desa--all the countries;
vaisnava--devotees; haila--became; prabhura--Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
sambandhe--in connection with.
TRANSLATION
In this way the Lord went to the extreme southern part of India, and He
converted all the provinces to Vaisnavism.
TEXT 109
TEXT
navadvipe yei sakti na kaila prakase
se sakti prakasi' nistarila daksina-dese
SYNONYMS
navadvipe--at Navadvipa; yei--that which; sakti--the potency; na--not;
kaila--did; prakase--manifestation; se--that; sakti--potency;
prakasi'--manifesting; nistarila--delivered; daksina-dese--South India.
TRANSLATION
Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not manifest His spiritual potencies at
Navadvipa, but He did manifest them in South India and liberated all the people
there.
PURPORT
At that time there were many smartas (nondevotee followers of Vedic
rituals) at the holy place of Navadvipa, which was also the birthplace of Lord
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Followers of the smrti-sastra are called smartas. Most
of them are nondevotees, and their main business is following the brahminical
principles strictly. However, they are not enlightened in devotional service.
In Navadvipa all the learned scholars are followers of the smrti-sastra, and
Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not attempt to convert them. Therefore the author
has remarked that the spiritual potency Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not
manifest at Navadvipa was by His grace manifest in South India. Thus everyone
there became a Vaisnava. By this it is to be understood that people are really
interested in preaching in a favorable situation. If the candidates for
conversion are too disturbing, a preacher may not attempt to spread Krsna
consciousness amongst them. It is better to go where the situation is more
favorable. This Krsna consciousness movement was first attempted in India, but
the people of India, being absorbed in political thoughts, did not take to it.
They were entranced by the political leaders. We preferred, therefore, to come
to the West, following the order of our spiritual master, and by the grace of
Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu this movement is becoming successful.
TEXT 110
TEXT
prabhuke ye bhaje, tare tanra krpa haya
sei se e-saba lila satya kari' laya
SYNONYMS
prabhuke--Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; ye--anyone who; bhaje--worships;
tare--unto him; tanra--of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; krpa--the mercy;
haya--there is; sei se--such person; e-saba--all these; lila--pastimes;
satya--truth; kari'--accepting as; laya--takes.
TRANSLATION
Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's empowering of others can be understood by
one who is actually a devotee of the Lord and who has received His mercy.
TEXT 111
TEXT
alaukika-lilaya yara na haya visvasa
iha-loka, para-loka tara haya nasa
SYNONYMS
alaukika--uncommon; lilaya--in the pastimes; yara--of someone; na--not;
haya--there is; visvasa--faith; iha-loka--in this world; para-loka--in the next
world; tara--of him; haya--there is; nasa--destruction.
TRANSLATION
If one does not believe in the uncommon, transcendental pastimes of the
Lord, he is vanquished both in this world and in the next.
TEXT 112
TEXT
prathamei kahila prabhura ye-rupe gamana
ei-mata janiha yavat
daksina-bhramana
SYNONYMS
prathamei--at the beginning; kahila--I have explained; prabhura--of Lord
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; ye-rupe--as; gamana--the touring; ei-mata--in this
way; janiha--you should know; yavat--as long as; daksina-bhramana--touring in
South India.
TRANSLATION
Whatever I have stated about the beginning of the Lord's movement should
also be understood to hold for as long as the Lord toured South India.
TEXT 113
TEXT
ei-mata yaite yaite gela kurma-sthane
kurma dekhi' kaila tanre stavana-praname
SYNONYMS
ei-mata--in this way; yaite yaite--while passing; gela--He went;
kurma-sthane--to the place of pilgrimage known as Kurma-ksetra; kurma
dekhi'--seeing Lord Kurma; kaila--offered; tanre--unto Him; stavana--prayers;
praname--and obeisances.
TRANSLATION
When Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu came to the holy place known as
Kurma-ksetra, He saw the Deity and offered prayers and obeisances.
PURPORT
This Kurma-sthana is a well-known place of pilgrimage. There is a temple
there of Kurmadeva. In the Prapannamrta it is said that Lord Jagannatha took
Sri Ramanujacarya from Jagannatha Puri and one night threw him to Kurma-ksetra.
This Kurma-ksetra is situated on the line of the Southern Railway in India. One
has to go to the railway station known as Cika Kola Road. From this station one
goes eight miles to the east to reach the holy place known as Kurmacala. Those
who speak the Telugu language consider this holy place very important. This
statement is reported in the government gazette known as Ganjama Manual. There
is the Deity of Kurma there, and Srila Ramanujacarya was thrown from Jagannatha
Puri to this place. At that time he thought that the Deity of Kurma was Lord
Siva's deity; therefore he was fasting there. Later, when he understood that
the kurma-murti was another form of Lord Visnu, he instituted very gorgeous
worship of Lord Kurma. This statement is found in the Prapannamrta (Chapter
Thirty-six). This holy place of Kurma-ksetra, or Kurma-sthana, was actually
reestablished by Sripada Ramanujacarya under the influence of Lord
Jagannatha-deva at Jagannatha Puri. Later the temple came under the
jurisdiction of the king of Vijaya-nagara. The Deity was worshiped by the
Vaisnavas of the Madhvacarya-sampradaya. In the temple there are some
inscriptions said to be written by Sri Narahari Tirtha, who was in the
disciplic succession of Madhvacarya. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
explains those inscriptions as follows: (1) Sri Purusottama Yati appeared as the
instructor of many learned men. He was a very favorite devotee of Lord Visnu.
(2) His preaching was accepted throughout the world with great respect, and by
his power he would liberate many nondevotees with strong reason and logic. (3)
He initiated Ananda Tirtha and converted many foolish men to accept sannyasa
and punished them with his rod. (4) All his writings and words are very potent.
He gave people devotional service to Lord Visnu so they could be elevated to
liberation in the spiritual world. (5) His instructions in devotional service
were able to elevate any man to the lotus feet of the Lord. (6) Narahari Tirtha
was also initiated by him, and he became the ruler of the Kalinga province. (7)
Narahari Tirtha fought with the Sabaras, who were candalas, or hunters, and
thus saved the temple of Kurma. (8) Narahari Tirtha was a very religious and
powerful king. (9) He died in the Saka Era 1203, in the month of Vaisakha in
the fortnight of the moon's waxing period, on the day of Ekadasi, after the
temple was constructed and dedicated to the holy name of Yogananda Nrsimhadeva.
The tablet is dated A.D. 1281, 29 March, Saturday.
TEXT 114
TEXT
premavese hasi' kandi' nrtya-gita kaila
dekhi' sarva lokera citte camatkara haila
SYNONYMS
prema-avese--in great ecstasy of love of Godhead; hasi'--laughing;
kandi'--crying; nrtya-gita--dancing and chanting; kaila--performed;
dekhi'--seeing; sarva lokera--of all the people there; citte--within the
hearts; camatkara--astonishment; haila--there was.
TRANSLATION
While at this place, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was in His usual
ecstasy of love of Godhead and was laughing, crying, dancing and chanting.
Everyone who saw Him was astonished.
TEXT 115
TEXT
ascarya suniya loka aila dekhibare
prabhura rupa-prema dekhi' haila camatkare
SYNONYMS
ascarya--wonderful occurrence; suniya--hearing; loka--people;
aila--came; dekhibare--to see; prabhura--of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
rupa--beauty; prema--and love of Godhead; dekhi'--seeing; haila--there was;
camatkare--astonishment.
TRANSLATION
After hearing of these wonderful occurrences, everyone came to see Him
there. When they saw the beauty of the Lord and His ecstatic condition, they
were all struck with wonder.
TEXT 116
TEXT
darsane 'vaisnava' haila, bale 'krsna' 'hari'
premavese nace loka urdhva bahu kari'
SYNONYMS
darsane--in seeing; vaisnava haila--they became devotees; bale--started
to say; krsna--Lord Krsna; hari--Lord Hari; prema-avese--in the great ecstasy
of love of Godhead; nace--dance; loka--all the people; urdhva bahu
kari'--raising the arms.
TRANSLATION
Just by seeing Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, everyone became a devotee. They
began to chant "Krsna" and "Hari" and all the holy names.
They all were merged in a great ecstasy of love, and they began to dance,
raising their arms.
TEXT 117
TEXT
krsna-nama loka-mukhe suni' avirama
sei loka 'vaisnava' kaila anya saba grama
SYNONYMS
krsna-nama--the holy name of Lord Krsna; loka-mukhe--from the mouth of
those people; suni'--hearing; avirama--always; sei loka--those persons;
vaisnava--devotees; kaila--made; anya--other; saba--all; grama--villages.
TRANSLATION
Always hearing them chant the holy names of Lord Krsna, the residents of
all the other villages also became Vaisnavas.
TEXT 118
TEXT
ei-mata paramparaya desa 'vaisnava' haila
krsna-namamrta-vanyaya desa bhasaila
SYNONYMS
ei-mata--in this way; paramparaya--by disciplic succession; desa--the
country; vaisnava haila--became devotees; krsna-nama-amrta--of the nectar of
the holy name of Krsna; vanyaya--in the inundation; desa--the whole country;
bhasaila--overflooded.
TRANSLATION
By hearing the holy name of Krsna, the entire country became Vaisnava.
It was as if the nectar of the holy name of Krsna overflooded the entire country.
TEXT 119
TEXT
kata-ksane prabhu yadi bahya prakasila
kurmera sevaka bahu sammana karila
SYNONYMS
kata-ksane--after some time; prabhu--Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
yadi--when; bahya--external consciousness; prakasila--manifested; kurmera--of
the Lord Kurma Deity; sevaka--a servant; bahu--much; sammana--respect;
karila--showed.
TRANSLATION
After some time, when Lord Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu manifested His external consciousness, a priest of the Lord
Kurma Deity gave Him various offerings.
TEXT 120
TEXT
yei grame yaya tahan ei vyavahara
eka thani kahila, na kahiba ara bara
SYNONYMS
yei grame--to whichever village; yaya--He goes; tahan--there; ei--this;
vyavahara--behavior; eka thani--one place; kahila--described; na--not;
kahiba--shall describe; ara--another; bara--time.
TRANSLATION
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mode of preaching has already been explained,
and I shall not repeat the explanation. In whichever village the Lord entered,
His behavior was the same.
TEXT 121
TEXT
'kurma'-name sei grame vaidika brahmana
bahu sraddha-bhaktye kaila prabhura nimantrana
SYNONYMS
kurma-name--of the name Kurma; sei--that; grame--in the village; vaidika
brahmana--a Vedic brahmana; bahu--much; sraddha-bhaktye--with faith and
devotion; kaila--made; prabhura--of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; nimantrana--invitation.
TRANSLATION
In one village there was a Vedic brahmana named Kurma. He invited Lord
Caitanya Mahaprabhu to his home with great respect and devotion.
TEXT 122
TEXT
ghare ani' prabhura
kaila pada praksalana
sei jala vamsa-sahita karila bhaksana
SYNONYMS
ghare ani'--after bringing Him home; prabhura--of Lord Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu; kaila--did; pada praksalana--washing of the lotus feet; sei
jala--that water; vamsa-sahita--with all the family members; karila
bhaksana--drank.
TRANSLATION
This brahmana brought Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu to his home, washed His
lotus feet and, with his family members, drank that water.
TEXT 123
TEXT
aneka-prakara snehe bhiksa karaila
gosanira sesanna sa-vamse khaila
SYNONYMS
aneka-prakara--various kinds; snehe--in affection; bhiksa--food;
karaila--made Him eat; gosanira--of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
sesa-anna--remnants of food; sa-vamse--with all the members of the family;
khaila--ate.
TRANSLATION
With great affection and respect, that Kurma brahmana made Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu eat all kinds of food. After that, the remnants were shared by all
the members of the family.
TEXT 124
TEXT
'yei pada-padma tomara brahma dhyana kare
sei pada-padma saksat aila mora ghare
SYNONYMS
yei--those; pada-padma--lotus feet; tomara--Your; brahma--Lord Brahma;
dhyana kare--meditates on; sei pada-padma--those lotus feet; saksat--directly;
aila--have come; mora--my; ghare--to the home.
TRANSLATION
The brahmana then began to pray, "O my Lord, Your lotus feet are
meditated upon by Lord Brahma, and these very lotus feet have come into my
home.
TEXT 125
TEXT
mora bhagyera sima na yaya kahana
aji mora slaghya haila janma-kula-dhana
SYNONYMS
mora--my; bhagyera--of the fortune; sima--the limit; na--not;
yaya--possible; kahana--describing; aji--today; mora--my; slaghya--glorious;
haila--became; janma--birth; kula--family; dhana--and wealth.
TRANSLATION
"My dear Lord, there is no limit to my great fortune. It cannot be
described. Today my family, birth and riches have all been glorified."
TEXT 126
TEXT
krpa kara,
prabhu, more, yan toma-sange
sahite na pari duhkha visaya-tarange'
SYNONYMS
krpa kara--kindly show favor; prabhu--O my Lord; more--unto me; yan--I
go; toma-sange--with You; sahite na pari--I cannot tolerate; duhkha--the
troubles; visaya-tarange--in the waves of materialistic life.
TRANSLATION
The brahmana begged Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, "My dear Lord, kindly
show me favor and let me go with You. I can no longer tolerate the waves of
misery caused by materialistic life."
PURPORT
This statement is applicable for everyone, regardless of how rich or
prosperous one may be. Narottama dasa Thakura has confirmed this statement:
samsara-visanale, diva-nisi hiya jvale. He states that the materialistic way of
life causes a burning in the heart. One cannot make any provisions for the
troublesome life of the material world. It is a fact that one may be very happy
as far as riches are concerned and one may be very opulent in every respect,
yet one has to manage the visayas to meet the demands of the body and of so
many family members and subordinates. One has to take so much trouble to
minister to others. Narottama dasa Thakura therefore prays: visaya chadiya kabe
suddha habe mana. Thus one must become freed from the materialistic way of
life. One has to merge himself in the ocean of transcendental bliss. In other
words, one cannot relish transcendental bliss without being freed from the materialistic
way of life. It appears that the brahmana named Kurma was materially very
happy, for he expressed his family tradition as janma-kula-dhana. Now, being
glorious, he wanted to leave all these material opulences. He wanted to travel
with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. According to the Vedic way of civilization, one
should leave his family after attaining fifty years of age and go to the forest
of Vrndavana to devote the rest of his life to the service of the Lord.
TEXT 127
TEXT
prabhu kahe,----"aiche bat kabhu na kahiba
grhe rahi' krsna-nama nirantara laiba
SYNONYMS
prabhu kahe--Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; aiche bat--such words;
kabhu--at any time; na kahiba--you should not speak; grhe rahi'--staying at
home; krsna-nama--the holy name of the Lord; nirantara--always; laiba--you
should chant.
TRANSLATION
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied, "Don't speak like that again.
Better to remain at home and chant the holy name of Krsna always.
PURPORT
It is not advisable in this Age of Kali to leave one's family suddenly,
for people are not trained as proper brahmacaris and grhasthas. Therefore Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu advised the brahmana not to be too eager to give up family
life. It would be better to remain with his family and try to become purified
by chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra regularly under the direction of a
spiritual master. This is the instruction of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. If this
principle is followed by everyone, there is no need to accept sannyasa. In the
next verse Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu advises everyone to become an ideal
householder by offenselessly chanting the Hare Krsna mantra and teaching the
same principle to everyone he meets.
TEXT 128
TEXT
yare dekha, tare kaha 'krsna'-upadesa
amara ajnaya guru hana tara' ei desa
SYNONYMS
yare--whomever; dekha--you meet; tare--him; kaha--tell;
krsna-upadesa--the instruction of the Bhagavad-gita as it is spoken by the Lord
or of Srimad-Bhagavatam, which advises one to worship Sri Krsna; amara
ajnaya--under My order; guru hana--becoming a spiritual master; tara'--deliver;
ei desa--this country.
TRANSLATION
"Instruct everyone to follow the orders of Lord Sri Krsna as they
are given in the Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam. In this way become a
spiritual master and try to liberate everyone in this land."
PURPORT
This is the sublime mission of the International Society for Krishna
Consciousness. Many people come and inquire whether they have to give up family
life to join the Society, but that is not our mission. One can remain
comfortably in his residence. We simply request everyone to chant the
maha-mantra: Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare. Hare Rama, Hare
Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. If one is a little literate and can read the
Bhagavad-gita As It Is and Srimad-Bhagavatam, that is so much the better. These
works are now available in an English translation and are done very
authoritatively to appeal to all classes of men. Instead of living engrossed in
material activities, people throughout the world should take advantage of this
movement and chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra at home with their families. One
should also refrain from sinful activities--illicit sex, meat-eating, gambling
and intoxication. Out of these four items, illicit sex is very sinful. Every
person must get married. Every woman especially must get married. If the women
outnumber the men, some men can accept more than one wife. In that way there
will be no prostitution in society. If men can marry more than one wife,
illicit sex life will be stopped. One can also produce many nice preparations
to offer Krsna--grain, fruit, flowers and milk. Why should one indulge in
unnecessary meat-eating and maintain horrible slaughterhouses? What is the use
of smoking and drinking tea and coffee? People are already intoxicated by
material enjoyment, and if they indulge in further intoxication, what chance is
there for self-realization? Similarly, one should not partake in gambling and
unnecessarily agitate the mind. The real purpose of human life is to attain the
spiritual platform and return to Godhead. That is the summum bonum of spiritual
realization. The Krsna consciousness movement is trying to elevate human
society to the perfection of life by pursuing the method described by Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu in His advice to the brahmana Kurma. That is, one should
stay at home, chant the Hare Krsna mantra and preach the instructions of Krsna
as they are given in the Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam.
TEXT 129
TEXT
kabhu na badhibe tomara visaya-taranga
punarapi ei thani pabe mora sanga"
SYNONYMS
kabhu--at any time; na--not; badhibe--will obstruct; tomara--your;
visaya-taranga--materialistic way of life; punarapi--again; ei thani--at this
place; pabe--you will get; mora--My; sanga--association.
TRANSLATION
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu further advised the brahmana Kurma, "If you
follow this instruction, your materialistic life at home will not obstruct your
spiritual advancement. Indeed, if you follow these regulative principles, we
will again meet here, or, rather, you will never lose My company."
PURPORT
This is an opportunity for everyone. If one simply follows the
instructions of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, under the guidance of His
representative, and chants the Hare Krsna mantra, teaching everyone as far as
possible the same principle, the contamination of the materialistic way of life
will not even touch him. It does not matter whether one lives in a holy place
like Vrndavana, Navadvipa or Jagannatha Puri or in the midst of European
cities, where the materialistic way of life is very prominent. If a devotee
follows the instructions of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he lives in the company of
the Lord. Wherever he lives, he converts that place into Vrndavana and Navadvipa.
This means that materialism cannot touch him. This is the secret of success for
one advancing in Krsna consciousness.
TEXT 130
TEXT
ei mata yanra ghare kare prabhu bhiksa
sei aiche kahe, tanre karaya ei siksa
SYNONYMS
ei mata--in this way; yanra--of whom; ghare--at the home; kare--does;
prabhu--Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bhiksa--accepting prasada; sei--that man;
aiche--similarly; kahe--says; tanre--unto him; karaya--does; ei--this;
siksa--enlightenment.
TRANSLATION
At whosoever's house Sri Caitanya accepted His alms by taking prasada,
He would convert the dwellers to His sankirtana movement and advise them just
as He advised the brahmana named Kurma.
PURPORT
The cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is explained here very nicely. One
who surrenders to Him and is ready to follow Him with heart and soul does not
need to change his location. Nor is it necessary for one to change status. One
may remain a householder, a medical practitioner, an engineer or whatever. It
doesn't matter. One only has to follow the instruction of Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu, chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra and instruct relatives and friends
in the teachings of the Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam. One has to learn
humility and meekness at home, following the instructions of Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu, and in that way one's life will be spiritually successful. One
should not try to be an artificially advanced devotee, thinking, "I am a
first-class devotee." Such thinking should be avoided. It is best not to
accept any disciples. One has to become purified at home by chanting the Hare
Krsna maha-mantra and preaching the principles enunciated by Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu. Thus one can become a spiritual master and be freed from the
contamination of material life.
There are many sahajiyas who decry the activities of the six
Gosvamis--Srila Rupa, Sanatana, Raghunatha dasa, Bhatta Raghunatha, Jiva and
Gopala Bhatta Gosvamis--who are the personal associates of Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu and who enlightened society by writing books on devotional service.
Similarly, Narottama dasa Thakura and other great acaryas like Madhvacarya,
Ramanujacarya and others accepted many thousands of disciples to induce them to
render devotional service. However, there is a class of sahajiyas who think
that these activities are opposed to the principles of devotional service.
Indeed, they consider such activities simply another phase of materialism. Thus
opposing the principles of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, they commit offenses at His
lotus feet. They should better consider His instructions and, instead of
seeking to be considered humble and meek, should refrain from criticizing the
followers of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu who engage in preaching. To protect His
preachers, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has given much clear advice in these verses
of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta.
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