Sri Caitanya-candrodaya, Part 5

BY: SUN STAFF

Lord Caitanya's Sankirtana Party

Jan 31, CANADA (SUN) —

Sri Caitanya-candrodaya

Act One

By Srila Kavi-karnapura

Text 133

prahrada-carita-sravana-kale tam eva samayam asadya sadyamana-jnano mrityu-vasam gatah, patito 'smi tad-bhavanalindato 'ngana-talam, tad anu kenapi mrityu-mukhan mocitam citam ca punar ayushetyatmanam manyamano vivasa iva punar utthitavan asmi. tasminn eva samaye sarva eva mam utthapya griham aninyuh.

While listening to the story of Prahlada Maharaja, the moment arrived. I became unconscious and, under the spell of death, I fell from a balcony to the courtyard below. Then someone rescued me from the mouth of death. Understanding that I was still alive, I was overcome. Again I stood. Helping me stand, everyone brought me to my home.

Text 134

bhagavan: nisam samaya sa maya svapno darsitah pragata-jivito 'vito 'pi punar-jivita-danena.
(sarve vismayam natayanti)

bhagavan: It was I that appeared to you in a dream. It was I that gave back your life when it was ended.
(Everyone is filled with wonder.)

Text 135

bhagavan:

sparsa-maneh sparsa-vasat
kanaki-bhavam prayatam iva lauham
tava tu tad eva sariram
narada-sakti-pravesato 'nyad iva

As iron becomes gold by a sparsamani jewel's touch, so your body became like another body by Narada-sakti's entrance.

Text 136

advaitah: evam tat, anyatha na mritah punar jivati. kintu bhagavan, sarva evaite tava sahaja-svabhava-bhava-sahacaras tathapi mad-bhajanena janena sarirantaram iva labhyata iti sikshaya 'kshayanandena bhagavatedam adhyavasitam. vastutah stuta-mahimayam tava bhakti-sri-vasah srivasah. bhagavan: advaita, satyam etat.

Advaita: It is so. Otherwise a dead man cannot live again. Lord, everyone here loves You and is Your servant. This proves the eternally blissful Lord's teaching: "A person who worships Me attains a new body." Srivasa is glorious. He is the home (vasa) of the glory (sri) of love for You.
Bhagavan: Advaita, that is the truth.

Text 137

advaitah: bhagavan, murari-mukundadayo 'py ete tava dasya-bhava-bhava-dataro dataro nayananandasya.
bhagavan: advaita, antar anayor anayo mahan asti.
(ubhau sasankam vepate patena kulisasyeva)

Advaita: Lord, Murari, Mukunda, and these other devotees transform others into Your loving servants. The give pleasure to the eyes.
Bhagavan: Advaita, there is a great fault in both of them.
(They both tremble in fear as if struck by a thunderbolt.)

Text 138

advaitah: deva, ko 'sau.
bhagavan: murarer manasi na sidhyati bhakti-raso rasona-daurgandhyam iva visari-katavam adhyatma-bhavanavanagraha-grahilatvam evasti, yat ayam adyapy anukshana-kshana eva vasishtha-vishaye.

Advaita: Lord, what is it?
Bhagavan: The nectar of devotional service is not perfectly situated in Murari's heart. His heart is filled with the bitter adhyatma-yoga philosophy, putrid as onions. Even today he spend a long time studying the Vasishtha Yoga-sastra.

Text 139

advaitah: kim aparaddham adhyatma-yogena.
bhagavan: tvaya katham idam ucyate.

Advaita: What is the fault in adhyatma-yoga?
Bhagavan: How can You speak these words?

Text 140

yasya bhaktir bhagavati
harau nihsreyasesvare
vikridato 'mritambhodhau
kim kshudraih khatakodakaih

"A person fixed in the devotional service of the Supreme Lord, Hari, the Lord of the highest auspiciousness, swims in the ocean of nectar. For him what is the use of the water in small ditches?"*

Note: This verse is quoted from Srimad-Bhagavatam (6.12.22).

Text 141

advaitah: mukundena kim aparaddham.
bhagavan: anena nirucyate rucyate hi bhagavatas catur-bhuja-rupa eva, tad evopasyam.

Advaita: What is Mukunda's offense?
Bhagavan: As he himself admits, he is attracted to the Lord's four-armed form. That is his object of worship.

Text 142

advaitah: kim idam matam amatam aho.
bhagavan: aicchikam hi bhagavatas catur-bhujatvam, svabhavikam hi dvi bhujatvam eva. tatha hi, "narakriti param brahma", "gudham param brahma manushya-lingam", "paramatma narakritih" iti, narakrititvam dvi-bhujatvam eva.

Advaita: Is that wrong?
Bhagavan: If the Supreme Lord likes He can assume a four-armed form, but His original form has two arms. The scriptures say "narakriti param brahma" (The original form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is like that of a human being.) The scriptures again say: "gudham param brahma manushya-lingam" (The confidential, original form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is like the form of a human being.) The scriptures again say: "paramatma narakritih" (The Supreme Lord's original form resembles that of a human being.) Therefore the original form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead has two arms, like the form of a human being.

Text 143

advaitah: "svayam evatmanatmanam vettha tvam purushottama" tadajnapayantu nija-rupa-tattvam iti.
bhagavan: (sangraham) tat te darsayitavyam.

Advaita: In Bhagavad-gita, Arjuna says: "You alone know Yourself by Your own potencies, O Supreme Person."* Therefore please explain the truth of Your personal form.
Bhagavan: (with kindness) It will be seen.

Text 144

advaitah: anugrihito 'smi, kintu bhagavann anayoh prasida evaitau krita-mano-'rusha parushaparadhena.

Advaita: You are kind to Me. Lord, please be kind to them. A terrible offense had stolen their intelligence.

Text 145

durvasana-visha-visada-hare susima-
cchayakare puru-kripa-makaranda-varshe
ambhoja-ganjana-kriti caranatapatre
murdhny etayoh kuru vidheti tatha prasadam

Please be kind to these two and place on their heads Your two parasol-feet, which create a pleasant cool shade, mock the lotus, remove the poison of material desires, and shower the nectar of great mercy.

Text 146

bhagavan: (tatha kritva)

nayam sukhapo bhagavan
dehinam gopika-sutah
jnaninam catma-bhutanam
yatha bhakti-matam iha

Bhagavan: (As He does that, He says) "The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, the son of mother Yasoda, is accessible to devotees engaged in spontaneous loving service, but He is not as easily accessible to mental speculators, to those striving for self-realization by severe austerities and penances, or to those who consider the body the same as the self."*

Note: This verse is quoted from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.9.22).

Text 147

(iti pathitva sanukampam) natah param vijatiya-vasana-sanathau bhavatam.

(with kindness) From now on do not be servants of these heresies.

Text 148

ubhau: (dandavat patitva)

aham hare tava padaika-mula-
dasanudaso bhavitasmi bhuyah
manah smaretasu-pater gunam te
grinita vak karma karotu kayah iti pathatah.

Both of Them: (falling down as sticks) "O my Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, will I again be able to be a servant of Your eternal servants who find shelter only at Your lotus feet? O Lord of my life, may I again become their servant so that my mind may always think of Your transcendental attributes, my words always glorify those attributes, and my body always engage in the loving service of Your Lordship?"* Note: This verse is quoted from Srimad-Bhagavatam (6.11.24).

Text 149

Bhagavan: tathastu.

Bhagavan: So be it.

Text 150

suklambarah: (sa-dainyam) deva,

taptani bhurini tapamsi natha
bahuni tirthani ca sevitani
tathapi ceto na hi me prasannam
kripa-kataksham kuru me prasida

Suklambara: (with humility) Lord, I have performed many severe austerities and visited many holy places. Still my heart is not satisfied. Please be kind. Please give me Your glance of mercy.

Text 151

(iti pathitva nihsadhvasam sadhva-sankocena tat-pada-padmayoh siro nidadhati)
srivasa: (alokya janantikam) gadadhara, pasya pasya.

(Without fear or shame he places his head on Lord Caitanya's feet.)
Srivasa: (Looking, he says to Gadadhara) Gadadhara! Look! Look!

Text 152

kathinatara-tapasyojjrimbha-dambha-pralambhad
asani-sani-kathoram cittam asya dvijasya
sapadi bhagavad-anghri-sparsanad eva bhutva
drutam iva nayanabhyam romabhis cojjihite

This brahmana's heart which pride of very hard austerities had made hard as a thunderbolt, is now, by the touch of the Lord's feet, suddenly melting, making tears flow from his eyes and the hairs of his body stand erect in ecstasy.

Text 153

tad adhunasmin putra-dhiya kirtananandena saha viharamana vayam mat-tanayo 'nannopacityamibhir evonmadito dito 'py asya vyavahara-marga iti bahuso nirbhartsitah smah saci-devya.

Thinking Him her own son, Saci-devi scolded us, saying {.sy 168}The ecstasy of your kirtanas has driven my son mad and made him abandon the path of duty in this world."

Text 154

yady asav adhuna dhunanam atmaja-dhiyam atmajam atma-janandavesa-vivasam etam pasyati syati tadasmin putra-bhavam bhavam heyatvena. tat katham idam sampatsyate.

If she were to see Him now that He is overcome with ecstasy, she would no longer think He is her son. How can this be arranged?

Text 155

gadadharah: acaryas cet kathayanti.
advaitah: kim tat.
srivasah: (karne) evam eva.

Gadadhara: If Advaita Acarya speaks to her. . .
Advaita: What should I say?
Srivasa: (in His ear)! In this way.

Text 156

advaitah: sadhu sadhunaniyatam, kah sambhramo bhramo 'sya apayatu.

Advaita: Good. Bring her. Why worry? Her illusion will go.

Text 157

srivasah: yathajnapayasi, (iti nishkramya tam adaya punah pravisya ca) svaminn acarya, vicarya vij{.sy 241}apaya jagan-mataram etam rametam bhagavato 'tra kripa-prasadau.

Srivasa: As you order. (He exits and, bringing her, again enters.) Svami, Acarya, please carefully explain that the mother of the universe is now here to enjoy the Lord's happiness and mercy.

Text 158

advaitah: (a{.sy,241}jalim baddhva) deva, devahutih kapilena kila jnana-yoga-bhakti-yoga-yogatah kritarthi-krita, smapratam iyam visvambhara-janani visvambhara-jana-niti-kalaya parivrita kevala-balamana-premanandena kritarthi-kriyatam. (iti karagryenavalambya bhagavad-agrato 'vaiyagryato 'grya-toshena samupasarpayati.)

Advaita: (folding His hands) Lord, Devahuti attained perfection by understanding jnana-yoga and bhakti-yoga from Lord Kapila. O Visvambhara, may Your mother, who is endowed with all the virtues of the great devotees, attain perfection by being filled with the bliss of krishna-prema. (with great satisfaction He takes her by the hand and places her before the Lord.)

Text 159

saci: (sa-camatkara-vismayam svanandavesa-pesalam adbhutanayam tanayam vilokya jata-tad-anukampa kampayamana-sarira vag-devatavatara-pratibha pratibhasamaneva kincid apathit.)

Saci: (Seeing her wonderful son rapt in ecstasy, her body trembles with compassion. Filled with wonder, she speaks as if she were goddess Sarasvati.)

Text 160

visvam yad etat sva-tanau nisante
yathavakasam purushah paro bhavan
bibharti so 'yam mama garbho-go 'bhud
aho nri-lokasya vidambanam mahat

You, the Supreme divine person, within whose body the entire universe rests when there is cosmic devastation, rested in my womb. You only pretend to be an ordinary person in the world of men.

Text 161

(iti stuvati graha-grihiteva vihvala balad eva tac-caranau jighrikshati)

(After praying in this way, overwhelmed, she tries to grasp His feet by force.)

Text 162

advaitah: (nivarya sa-vismayam)

kuta iyam asyah sphurtir
bhavati hi sahajah sa matri-bhavo 'yam
dehantaram api bhajate
nirupahitah praktano bhavah

Advaita: (stopping her, with surprise He says) From where has this spontaneous maternal love come? She must have been His mother in a pervious life.

Text 163

bhagavan: devi, yadyapi jagaj-janani tvam asi, tathapi srivasadishu yo jatas te 'paradhas tad-uparame paramesvara-prasadas te bhavi, bha-vici-nikara-paripanthi hi bhagavataparadhah.

Bhagavan: Goddess, although you are the mother of the universe, You have offended Srivasa and the other devotees. Only when your offense is forgiven will the Supreme Lord be merciful to you. An offense to a devotee blocks the sunlight of the Lord's mercy.

Text 164

advaitah: bhagavan, maivam,

naparadhyati jagaj-jananiyam
kvapi yaj-jathara-bhus tvam adhisah
hanta matari bhavanti sutanam
mantavah kila suteshu na matuh

Advaita: Lord, it is not so. The mother of the universe, within whose womb You, the Supreme Lord, have taken birth, cannot commit offenses. Sons can commit offenses to their mother, but a mother can never commit offenses to her sons.

Text 165

(srivasa sambodhya) hamho srivasa,

yady apisa-dhishana tanaye 'bhud
devakasya duhitur na tathapi
bhaktir idrig ajanishta yad esha
putra-pad-yuga-jighrikshur ihasit

(calling Srivasa) Srivasa! Although Devaki knew that her son was the Supreme Personality of Godhead, her devotion was not like this. She wants to touch her son's feet.

Text 166

srivasah: adhuna nihsankocah smah.
advaitah: bho bhoh srivasadayah asya kevala-balamanaisvaryavesena mataram prati matri-bhavo 'pi nirasto matri-matri-bhavo 'pi nirasto 'yam cet, tad yathayam aveso nivartate, tatha studhvam.
sarve: svaminn evam eva. (ity advaitena samam tatha kurvanti) bho deva.

Srivasa: Now we are relieved.
Advaita: O, O devotees headed by Srivasa, this display of the Lord's power and opulence has crushed her maternal love. Let us pray this display may come to an end.
Everyone: Lord, so be it. (They, with Advaita, do that.)

Text 167

sasvati bhagavato bhagavatta
natha bodha-sukha-cinmayata ca
hi tathapi hi bibharti yada yad
varshma tat-prakritim esha dadhati

Everyone: Lord, Your opulence, eternity, knowledge, and bliss are all eternal. Still, You appear in different forms with different personal characteristics.

Text 168

tad idanim bhavanto 'vanto 'nukampam tatha kartum arhanti, yad aviskrita-bhaktavatarataya saisavam arabhya mad-vidha-bhagyanusari-rupam grihnadbhir vayam amodita ditakhila-tapa bhavadbhis tad evadhuna prakatayitum arhanti.

You, our protector, should now be kind to us. Now You should display Your form as a devotee, a form that delighted us since childhood, brought us great good fortune, and destroyed all our sufferings.

Text 169

yad aharjunah, "tad eva me darsaya deva rupam" ity arabhya.

As Arjuna said (Bhagavad-gita 11.45): "After seeing this universal form, which I have never seen before, I am gladdened, but at the same time my mind is disturbed with fear. Therefore please bestow Your grace upon me and reveal again Your form as the Personality of Godhead, O Lord of lords, O abode of the universe."*

Text 170

drishtvedam manusham rupam
tava saumyam janardana
idanim asmi samvrittah
sa-cetah prakritim gatah iti.

"When Arjuna thus saw Krishna in His original form, he said: O Janardana, seeing this humanlike form, so very beautiful, I am now composed in mind, and am restored to my original nature."* (Bhagavad-gita 11.51)

Text 171

vastutas tu,

alaukike vastuni laukikatvam
nalaukikatvasya virodha-hetuh
manyantaranam guna-sannivesas
cintamaner na hy apakarsha-kari

When spiritual beings exhibit seemingly mundane qualities, their transcendental existence is in no way impaired. When a cintamani gem is placed on the same string with common stones, it is not made less.

Text 172

bhagavan: (smarita-bhaktavesas tatraiva krita-pravesah prakritim asthaya) bho advaitadayah, kim aham etavantam kalam susupta ivasam, katham bhavadbhir naham prabodhitah.
sarve: bhagavan, ananda-nidra-bhanga-bhiya.

Bhagavan: (Remembering His mood as a devotee, He again assumes that nature) O Advaita and other devotees, did I sleep all this time? Why did you not wake Me? Everyone: Lord, we were afraid to break Your ecstatic trance.

Text 173

bhagavan: hanta hanta etavan samayo mayopahata-jnanena vritha gamitas tad agaccha sri-krishnam kirtayamah.
sarve: (sa-harsham) yathajnapayati devah.
(iti nishkrantah sarve)

Bhagavan: Alas! Alas! I wasted all this time unconscious! Come, let us chant Hare Krishna.
Everyone: (with pleasure) As the Lord commands.
(Everyone exits.)

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