ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html><head><title>The Sampradaya Sun - Independent Vaisnava News - Editorial Stories - February 2012</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7"> </head> <body bgcolor="white" width=800 link="#990000" alink="#990000" vlink="#000088"> <table width=750 border=1 bordercolor="#CC9933" bordercolordark="990000" bordercolorlight="CC9933" cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0 bgcolor="white"> <tr> <td valign=top><font size=2><font face="Verdana"><font size=2> <center><P> <img src="../head1.gif" width=605 height=99 border=0 usemap="#nav1"></center> <center><table width=700 border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 bgcolor="white"> <tr> <td valign=top colspan=2><font size=2><font face="Verdana"><font size=2> <MAP NAME="nav1"> <AREA COORDS="23,17,110,82" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../index.htm"> <AREA COORDS="1,87,46,98" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../../media/mantra.wav" target="_blank"> <AREA COORDS="76,86,111,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../news/news.htm"> <AREA COORDS="121,86,189,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../editorials/editorials.htm"> <AREA COORDS="199,86,256,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../features/features.htm"> <AREA COORDS="266,86,329,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../sunblogs/sunblogs.htm"> <AREA COORDS="339,86,412,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../classifieds/classifieds.htm"> <AREA COORDS="421,86,466,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../events/events.htm"> <AREA COORDS="476,86,539,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../recipes/recipes.htm"> <AREA COORDS="549,86,796,604" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../podcasts/podcasts.htm"> </MAP> <P><BR> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=700> <P><BR> <blockquote> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+2><p style='text-align:justify'> Shri Chaitanya Chandrodaya <P> <font face="verdana"><font size=2><p style='text-align:justify'> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2><B>Feb 02, 2012 &#151; CANADA (SUN) &#151; The Rising of the Moon of Lord Shri Chaitanya (in 10 Acts) by Shrila Kavi Karnapura. </b> </font></font><p><br><CENTER><font face="verdana"><font size=+1>ACT NINE  MATHURAGAMANAM <BR> Journey to Mathura, Part One </CENTER> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>1 (Enter a Kinnara couple) </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2> The Man: Beloved, this year Lord Jagannatha's Gundica festival was more beautiful than any year before. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>2 The Woman: Why is that? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>3 Man: Because this year Shri Krishna Chaitanya, who is personified bliss, who is splendid as golden Mount Meru, who wears the garments of the greatest sannyasi, and who has descended to this world, to accept the role of a devotee, has come, the festival was very sweet. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>4 Woman: Alas! Alas! Why did I not meet Him? Why did I not see Him? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>5 Man: Beloved, next year you will see Him. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>6 Woman: If He is still in Jagannatha Puri next year. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>7 Man: From now on He will stay here. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>8 Woman: How do you know that? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>9 Man: I know. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>10 Woman: How do you know? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>11 Man: By listening to the conversations of His followers. They know all about His pastimes. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>12 Woman: What did they say? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>13 Man: Beloved, listen. The Lord grants His mercy to this world in three ways. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>14 Woman: What three ways? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>15 Man: First, by directly appearing before His devotee. Second by personally entering His devotee's heart. Third by appearing in His devotee's thoughts. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>16 Man: The Lord directly appears before the pilgrims who come to Purusottama-ksetra. Each year many thousands of pilgrims, more than anyone has ever seen or heard of before, cross from many different countries to Purusottama-ksetra. They are more eager to see Lord Krishna Chaitanya then they are to see Lord Jagannatha Himself. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>18 Woman: Then? Then? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>19 Man: Among all these people the pilgrims from Bengal are most dear to the Lord, and among these a few hundred Bengalis are especially dear to Him. They are very happy to see the Lord, but when they cannot see Him they cannot see happiness anywhere. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>20 Narahari, Raghunandana, and the other residents of Khanda-grama are very fortunate. Although at first they were not able to see the Lord, eventually they were able to come to Purusottama-ksetra every autumn. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>21 The residents of Kulina-grama, the family of Gunaraja Khan, and the associates of Ramananda Vasu, are all very dear friends of the Lord. They, the philosopher Bhagavan Acarya, and the other wise devotees filled with the nectar of pure love, come to Purusottama-ksetra every autumn. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>22 The philosopher Bhagavan Acarya is so eager to see the Lord that he vowed to stay his whole life in Purusottama-ksetra. For those unable to come to see Him, the Lord gives His mercy by personally entering their hearts. In this way the Lord has entered the hearts of Advaita Acarya, Nakula Brahmacari and others also. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>23 Woman: Tell me something about it. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>24 Man: The story of the Lord entering Advaita Acarya's heart is very famous. It has been told many times. Listen, I will tell you how the Lord entered Nakula Brahmacari's heart. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>25 Woman: Tell. I am listening. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>26 Man: In the village of Ambu-grama lives a great devotee and lifelong brahmacari named Nakula. One day he became like a man possessed. Tears of joy flowed from his eyes, and the hairs of his body stood erect. When they saw him, all the people became convinced that Shri Chaitanya had entered his heart. He passed many days and nights in this way. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>27 Woman: Then? Then? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>28 Man: Filling the skies with a golden splendour, and so blissful he was not aware of external events, He was worshipped by countless affectionate people, both young and old. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>29 Woman: Then? Then? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>30 Man: At that time, by the arrangement of providence, Sivananda Sena, a personal associate of Lord Chaitanya, came to that place. Hearing about Nakula Brahmacari, Sivananda felt doubt in his heart. He desired to see Nakula Brahmacari with his own eyes. He thought "Why should I be eager to see Nakula Brahmacari, when I can directly see Lord Chaitanya Himself? Will I become like these people, overcome with happiness to see Nakula Brahmacari? I think not." </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2> Again in his heart he thought: "If I stay far from the crowds around him, and he personally calls me to him and tells me my worshipable mantra, then I will know it is true that Lord Chaitanya has personally entered within him." Thinking this, he went there and stayed far away from the crowds. At the very moment Sivananda arrived at the outskirts of that place, Nakula Brahmacari suddenly became silent. He said: "Who, who has come here? At this moment Sivananda is in the outskirts of this place. He should be called here." On this order many men went searching for Sivananda and calling for him by name. They found him and brought him to Nakula brahmacari. Nakula then said to him: "O Sivananda, please listen with all your heart. Your worshipable mantra is the four-syllable Gaura-Gopala mantra." When Sivananda heard this he believed that it was true that Lord Chaitanya had entered Nakula Brahmacari's heart. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>31 Woman: O noble husband, what is the third way the Lord appears before his devotees? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>32 Man: The third way is when the Lord appears in the meditation of his devotees. Please listen. Sivananda's nephew Shrikanta once went to Purusottama-ksetra, where he saw the feet of Lord Chaitanya. At that time, in the company of Paramananda Puri, Svarupa Damodara and the other devotees, Lord Chaitanya, the only friend of the entire world, cheerfully said to Shrikanta: "Please tell Advaita Acarya and the other great devotees they should not come to see Me this year. I will go to see them. Tell your uncle Sivananda that I will come to see him in the month of December. Jagadananda is there and he will give Me offerings of food." When Shrikanta repeated the Lord's orders to them, Advaita Acarya and all the other devotees immediately stopped all arrangements to travel to see the Lord. When he heard the Lord wished to come, Sivananda gathered saka, moca, and other ingredients for cooking the Lord's favourite foods, and patiently waited for the Lord's arrival. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>33 Woman: Then? Then? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>34 Man: When the appointed time came, by the arrangement of providence the Lord was staying on the bank of the Godavari River with Ramananda Raya, and the Lord had no wish to leave. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>35 Woman: Then? Then? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>36 Man: There is a great yogi named Nrsimhananda Brahmacari, who is like Lord Nrsimhadeva Himself, He had been named Pradyumna Brahmacari, but because of his perfect worship of Lord Nrsimha, he was given the name "Nrsimhananda" by Lord Chaitanya Himself. At that time Sivananda went to Nrsimhananda Brahmacari and said: "O Lord, although Lord Chaitanya promised "I will come to visit", He has not come. When I see the vegetables I have e gathered for Him, my heart becomes filled with grief." </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>37 Woman: Then? Then? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>38 Man: Then Nrsimhananda said: "Please wait patiently. In two days I will being Him here." Aware of Nrsimhananda's spiritual potency, Sivananda believed him. From that time Nrsimhananda, who was very pleasing to Lord Nrsimhadeva, became absorbed in meditation on Lord Chaitanya. After two days he called for Sivananda and said to him: "I have now brought Lord Chaitanya to Raghava Pandita's home. Tomorrow morning He will come here. I will personally cook for Him. Please give me all kinds of cooking ingredients. Hearing this, Sivananda gave him all kinds of cooking ingredients. The next day Nrsimhananda arose at dawn, bathed, and being very pure and clean, cooked Lord Chaitanya's favourite foods. When the cooking was completed, he divided it in three parts for His Deities of Lord Chaitanya, Lord Jagannatha and Lord Nrsimha. After he had offered the food to the three Deities, he left the Deity room. He then closed his eyes in meditation and saw Lord Chaitanya eat all three offerings. At that moment Nrsimhananda became full of bliss and tears flowed from his eyes. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2> Filled with the anger of love, he then loudly rebuked the Lord, saying, "Well done! Oh well done! You are one with Jagannatha, so You may eat His offering, but why do You eat the food I offered to Lord Nrsimha? Now Lord Nrsimha must fast!" Then he began to cry loudly. Sivananda approached him and said, "My lord, why are you crying?" </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>39 Woman: Then? Then? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>40 Man: Nrsimhananda then replied: "Your Chaitanya Gosvami ate all three offerings and left Lord Nrsimhadeva to fast." </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>41 Woman: Then? Then? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>42 Man: Then Sivananda said to him, "Please cook again for Lord Nrsimha." Nrsimhananda did that, and became very happy and cheerful again. At that time Sivananda in his heart began to doubt, "Is this appearance of Lord Chaitanya simply a story made up by Nrsimhananda, or is it the truth?" </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2> In another year Sivananda went to Purusottama-ksetra and again met Lord Chaitanya. When Nrsimhananda was present, Lord Chaitanya praised him and specifically mentioned his excellent cooking. Before the doubting devotees Lord Chaitanya praised the offering Nrsimhananda gave Him during December of the previous year. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2> Lord Chaitanya insisted that He had gone to Nrsimhananda's home to see how expert he was in the art of cooking. When everyone heard this, they doubted that Lord Chaitanya had actually gone to Nrsimhananda's home. At that moment Sivananda became free from all doubts. He believed the Lord. In this way I have described the three ways the Lord shows His mercy. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>43 Woman: Wonderful! Wonderful! Now tell me why Ramananda forbade Lord Chaitanya to go to Bengal. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>44 Man: Beloved, because he is full of love for the Lord, Ramananda cannot tolerate any separation from Him. Even though for a long time the Lord wished to go to Vrndavana, he delayed His departure for two years on Ramananda's account. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>45 Woman: Will the Lord stay here or go to Mathura? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>46 Man: Beloved, repeatedly requested by the Lord, Ramananda finally gave his permission. The Lord is now travelling on the path to Bengal. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>47 Woman: O noble husband, will the Lord again come here? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>48 Man: Yes. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>49 Woman: Because He is most fond of Mathura, I doubt He will return here. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>50 Man: That may be so, but still, to lighten the burden of Lord Jagannatha, who descended to this world to deliver the fallen souls, the Supreme Person Shri Chaitanya will again return to Purusottama-ksetra. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>51 Woman: Yes. He will come here again. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>52 A Voice From Behind the Scenes: Bhattacarya, why did Ramananda allow Him to do this? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>53 Man: Beloved, listen to this. It is as I said. King Prataparudra, distressed by separation from the Lord, is talking with Sarvabhauma. Let us go sing and offer prayers to Lord Jagannatha. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2> (They both exit). </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>54 (The king enters and sits on a throne. Sarvabhauma also enters). </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2> King: Bhattacarya, untying the knot in the rope of His mercy to Ramananda, the Lord has escaped. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>55 Sarvabhauma: Who can force the Supreme Personality of Godhead to do anything? Still, He delayed his departure for two years. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>56 King: Bhattacarya, Ramananda did me a great favour. He led the merciful Supreme Lord to the pathway of my eyes. He made the very-difficult-to-attain touch to the Lord's lotus feet very easy for me to attain. He mercifully gave the sweet nectar of the Lord's words to my ears to drink. Still, now that the Lord has gone, my heart has become a barren desert. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>57 Sarvabhauma: O king, Ramananda is a great devotee of the Lord. He is described in the Bhagavatam verse that says: "He who with the rope of love ties his heart to the lotus feet of the Lord, is the best of devotees." </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2> A devotee like him brings the Supreme Personality of Godhead under his control. It is because of Ramananda's mercy that Lord Chaitanya has been merciful to you. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>58 King: How far did Ramananda travel looking for Him? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>59 Sarvabhauma: I heard he travelled as far as Bhadraka. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>60 King: How many went with the Lord. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>61 Sarvabhauma: Paramananda Puri, Damodara, Jagadananda, Gopinatha, and Govinda. Those five. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>62 King: Even though the almighty Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Jagannatha, the master of Nilacala, remains sitting on His throne, if Lord Chaitanya has again gone north, then all the three worlds are now a barren desert. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>63 Sarvabhauma: King, real, unlimited love is like this. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>64 King: Persons like myself are not allowed to follow the Lord? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>65 Sarvabhauma: O king, these are the words of love. Where is there anyone like you? Here comes someone carrying a message for you. He will answer all your questions. Your men have already entered every home. They fill each house with sweet words. Now their feet have become tired. They tremble with fatigue. Lord Chaitanya knows what Ramananda had done. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>66 (A doorkeeper enters). </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2> Doorkeeper: My Lord, Ramananda Raya stands at the door. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>67 King: Bring him at once. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>68 Doorkeeper: As you command. (He exits and returns with Ramananda. Ramananda approaches and offers respectful obeisances.) </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>69 King: (respectfully offering Ramananda a seat) Tell me, how far did you go searching for the Lord. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>70 Ramananda: Even though at every step I was begged "Let us stop going from here to there", I went as far as Bhadraka. O king, it was very hard to leave the search. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>Alas! Alas! I am afraid Lord Chaitanya, the ocean of mercy, the deliverer of the fallen, has left. I don't know why I have not died yet. It is only because my body is hard and strong as a thunderbolt I can return. (He sheds tears). </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>71 Sarvabhauma: Ramananda, you are intelligent. Why do you lament? The Supreme Lord always performs pastimes like this. He left the people of Vraja and went to Mathura, and He left Mathura and went to Dvaraka, and then He left Dvaraka and went here and there. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2> How can the devotees bear separation from the Lord? Even though separation from Him is intolerable, still the Lord gives the devotees strength somehow to tolerate it. What is the use of this lament? You should be comforting the king. You should not make him unhappy with this lament. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>72 King: Speak. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>73 Ramananda: My most intelligent men have travelled all over your kingdom searching for the Lord. Some have gone as far as the Bengali border. Some are returning now from far away, and some are still searching in distant places. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>74 (Doorkeeper enters). </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2> Doorkeeper: My Lord, the men Ramananda Raya sent to search for the Lord have now returned. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>75 King: Have them come in at once. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>76 (The Doorkeeper does that. The men enter). </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2> Men: Glory! Glory to the king! </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>77 Ramananda: Tell us: "How far did the Lord go? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>78 A Man: As far as Kuliya-grama. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>79 (The king glances at Sarvabhauma) </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2> Sarvabhauma: My lord, Kuliya is the name of a town on the farther shore of the Ganges, past Navadvipa. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>80 King: Tell the whole story from the beginning. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>81 Man: My lord, by your power all the roads in your kingdom are now closed. No one is travelling on them. Three roads lead to the Bengali border. Two are closed and one is flooded with water. This last road is the crest jewel of all bad roads. It tortures anyone who tries to travel on it. It is very difficult for anyone now to leave the country. Everyone is afraid to travel on this road. No one has spoken any news of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. The border guards have not seen anyone. No one has approached the border. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>82 King: Then? Then? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>83 Man: Then I approached one of the guards and said, "If you allow me, I will leave your kingdom to search for Shri Krishna Chaitanya." </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>84 King: Then? Then? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>85 Man: Then the guard said: "A group of three or four men recently crossed the border. One of them bowed down before the feet of the leader and said, "O Lord, with this person's help we can travel very easily. Please glance mercifully on him." When the leader glanced, this yavana became like a man possessed. His hairs stood up, his voice became choked, and he shed tears." At that moment Gopinatha Acarya said, "Ah! How will Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu travel here? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>86 King: Then? Then? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>87 Man: Then the yavana asked, "How far would you like to go?" Gopinatha Acarya replied, "We will go as far as Panihati". </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>88 King: Then? Then? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>89 Man: Then, the hairs of His body standing erect, and tears flowing from His eyes, this person said in a voice choked with emotion, "I am very fortunate. Now I will be able to serve the Supreme Lord." At that moment a boat equipped with a cabin and carrying some honest men as passengers, arrived at that place on the shore. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2> The passengers disembarked, the pilot washed the boat, and when the boat was cleansed, he said to the passengers, "Now you may come aboard again." Then the Lord and the other passengers entered the boat. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2> Concerned about the presence of pirates on the river, the Lord personally stayed at the boat's prow chanting various mantras for protection. When they reached the village of Picchanada, the Lord called out "Hari bol!" and distributed Lord Jagannatha's manohara-laddu prasadam to everyone. In this way the Lord manifested the symptoms of a pure devotee. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>90 (The king is struck with wonder). </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2> Sarvabhauma: These are the pastimes of the Lord. The independent Lord may shower His mercy on a person who seems to be unqualified, and again He may completely ignore a person who seems very qualified. Lord Ramacandra befriended the candala Guhaka, and Lord Krishna remained silent and indifferent to the Lord Brahma who was bowing before Him and speaking many prayers. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>91 Man: By the Lord's order everyone on the boat chanted the names of Lord Krishna. 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