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>|Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krsna, after

>|displaying His pastimes as Lord Krsna, thought it wise to

>|make His advent in the form of a devotee to explain

>|the Vedic literature, the foremost occupational duty for

>|humanity in this Age of Kali is nama-sankirtana, or

>|congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord. The

>|incarnation for this age especially preaches this process,

>|but only Krsna Himself can explain the confidential loving

>|service performed in the four principal varieties of loving

>|affairs between the Supreme Lord and His devotees. Lord

>|Krsna therefore personally appeared, with His plenary

>|in Navadvipa in the form of Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

5|Krsnadasa Kaviraja has herein presented much authentic

>|evidence from Srimad-Bhagavatam and other scriptures to

>|substantiate the identity of Lord Caitanya with Sri Krsna

>|Himself. He has described bodily symptoms in Lord Caitanya

>|that are visible only in the person of the Supreme Lord,

>|and he has proved that Lord Caitanya appeared with His

>|personal associates-Sri Nityananda, Advaita, Gadadhara,

>|Srivasa and other devotees-to preach the special

>|significance of chanting Hare Krsna. The appearance of Lord

>|Caitanya is both significant and confidential. He can be

>|appreciated only by pure devotees and only through the

>|process of devotional service. The Lord tried to conceal

>|His identity as the Supreme Personality of Godhead by

>|representing Himself as a devotee, but His pure devotees

>|Puranas foretell the appearance of Lord Caitanya, but still

>|He is sometimes called, significantly, the concealed

>|descent of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

6|Advaita Acarya was a contemporary of Lord Caitanya's father.

>| He felt sorry for the condition of the world because even

>|after Lord Krsna's appearance, no one had interest in

>|devotional service to Krsna. This forgetfulness was so

>|overwhelming that Advaita Prabhu was convinced that no one

>|but Lord Krsna Himself could enlighten people about

>|devotional service to the Supreme Lord. Therefore Advaita

>|requested Lord Krsna to appear as Lord Caitanya. Offering

>|tulasi leaves and Ganges water, He cried for the Lord's

>|appearance. The Lord, being satisfied by His pure devotees,

>|descends to satisfy them. As such, being pleased by Advaita

>|Acarya, Lord Caitanya appeared.

7|Adi 3.1

8|TEXT 1

9|TEXT

10|sri-caitanya-prabhum vande

11|yat-padasraya-viryatah

12|sangrhnaty akara-vratad

13|ajnah siddhanta-san-manin

14|SYNONYMS

15|sri-caitanya-prabhum-to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; vande-I

>|offer my respectful obeisances; yat-of whom; pada-asraya-of

>|the shelter of the lotus feet; viryatah-from the power;

>|sangrhnati-collects; akara-vratat-from the multitude of

>|mines in the form of scriptures; ajnah-a fool; siddhanta-of

>|conclusion; sat-manin-the best jewels.

16|TRANSLATION

17|I offer my respectful obeisances to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

>| By the potency of the shelter of His lotus feet, even a

>|fool can collect the valuable jewels of conclusive truth

>|from the mines of the revealed scriptures.

18|Adi 3.2

19|TEXT 2

20|TEXT

21|jaya jaya sri-caitanya jaya nityananda

22|jayadvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda

23|SYNONYMS

24|jaya jaya-all glories; sri-caitanya-to Lord Caitanya

>|Mahaprabhu; jaya-all glories; nityananda-to Lord Nityananda;

>| jaya-all glories; advaita-candra-to Advaita Acarya; jaya-

>|all glories; gaura-bhakta-vrnda-to all the devotees of Lord

>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

25|TRANSLATION

27|Adi 3.3

28|TEXT 3

29|TEXT

30|trtiya slokera artha kaila vivarana

31|caturtha slokera artha suna bhakta-gana

32|SYNONYMS

33|trtiya-third; slokera-of the verse; artha-meaning; kaila-

>|there was; vivarana-description; caturtha-fourth; slokera-

>|of the verse; artha-meaning; suna-please hear; bhakta-gana-

>|O devotees.

34|TRANSLATION

35|I have given the purport of the third verse. Now, O

>|devotees, please listen to the meaning of the fourth with

>|full attention.

36|Adi 3.4

37|TEXT 4

38|TEXT

39|anarpita-carim cirat karunayavatirnah kalau

40|samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasam sva-bhakti-sriyam

41|harih purata-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandipitah

42|sada hrdaya-kandare sphuratu vah saci-nandanah

43|SYNONYMS

44|anarpita-not bestowed; carim-having been formerly; cirat-

>|for a long time; karunaya-by causeless mercy; avatirnah-

>|descended; kalau-in the Age of Kali; samarpayitum-to bestow;

>| unnata-elevated; ujjvala-rasam-the conjugal mellow; sva-

>|bhakti-of His own service; sriyam-the treasure; harih-the

>|Supreme Lord; purata-than gold; sundara-more beautiful;

>|dyuti-of splendor; kadamba-with a multitude; sandipitah-

>|illuminated; sada-always; hrdaya-kandare-in the cavity of

>|the heart; sphuratu-let Him be manifest; vah-your; saci-

>|nandanah-the son of mother Saci.

45|TRANSLATION

>|innermost core of your heart. Resplendent with the radiance

>|of molten gold, He has descended in the Age of Kali by His

>|causeless mercy to bestow what no incarnation has ever

>|offered before: the most elevated mellow of devotional

>|service, the mellow of conjugal love."

47|PURPORT

>|drama compiled and edited by Srila Rupa Gosvami.

49|Adi 3.5

50|TEXT 5

51|TEXT

52|purna bhagavan krsna vrajendra-kumara

53|goloke vrajera saha nitya vihara

54|SYNONYMS

55|purna-full; bhagavan-the Supreme Personality of Godhead;

>|krsna-Lord Krsna; vrajendra-kumara-the son of the King of

>|Vraja; goloke-in Goloka; vrajera saha-along with Vrajadhama;

>| nitya-eternal; vihara-pastimes.

56|TRANSLATION

57|Lord Krsna, the son of the King of Vraja, is the Supreme

>|Lord. He eternally enjoys transcendental pastimes in His

>|eternal abode, Goloka, which includes Vrajadhama.

58|PURPORT

59|In the previous chapter it has been established that Krsna,

>|the son of Vrajendra (the King of Vraja), is the Supreme

>|Personality of Godhead, with six opulences. He eternally

>|enjoys transcendentally variegated opulences on His planet,

>|which is known as Goloka. The eternal pastimes of the Lord

>|in the spiritual planet Krsnaloka are called aprakata, or

>|unmanifested, pastimes because they are beyond the purview

>|of the conditioned souls. Lord Krsna is always present

>|everywhere, but when He is not present before our eyes, He

>|is said to be aprakata, or unmanifested.

60|Adi 3.6

61|TEXT 6

62|TEXT

63|brahmara eka dine tinho eka-bara

64|avatirna hana karena prakata vihara

65|SYNONYMS

66|brahmara-of Lord Brahma; eka-one; dine-in the day; tinho-He;

>| eka-bara-one time; avatirna-descended; hana-being; karena-

>|performs; prakata-manifest; vihara-pastimes.

67|TRANSLATION

68|Once in a day of Brahma, He descends to this world to

>|manifest His transcendental pastimes.

69|Adi 3.7

70|TEXT 7

71|TEXT

72|satya, treta, dvapara, kali, cari-yuga jani

73|sei cari-yuge divya eka-yuga mani

74|SYNONYMS

75|satya-Satya; treta-Treta; dvapara-Dvapara; kali-Kali; cari-

>|yuga-four ages; jani-we know; sei-these; cari-yuge-in the

>|four ages; divya-divine; eka-yuga-one age; mani-we consider.

76|TRANSLATION

77|We know that there are four ages [yugas], namely Satya,

>|divya-yuga.

78|Adi 3.8

79|TEXT 8

80|TEXT

81|ekattara catur-yuge eka manv-antara

82|caudda manv-antara brahmara divasa bhitara

83|SYNONYMS

84|ekattara-seventy-one; catuh-yuge-in cycles of four ages;

>|eka-one; manu-antara-period of a Manu; caudda-fourteen;

>|manu-antara-periods of Manu; brahmara-of Lord Brahma;

>|divasa-a day; bhitara-within.

85|TRANSLATION

86|Seventy-one divya-yugas constitute one manv-antara. There

>|are fourteen manv-antaras in one day of Brahma.

87|PURPORT

88|A manv-antara is the period controlled by one Manu. The

>|reign of fourteen Manus equals the length of one day (

>|twelve hours) in the life of Brahma, and the night of

>|Brahma is of the same duration. These calculations are

>|given in the authentic astronomy book known as the Surya-

>|by the great professor of astronomy and mathematics Bimal

>|Prasad Datta, later known as Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

>|Gosvami, who was our merciful spiritual master. He was

>|Maharaja was added when he accepted sannyasa, the renounced

>|order of life.

89|Adi 3.9

90|TEXT 9

91|TEXT

92|'vaivasvata'-nama ei saptama manv-antara

93|sataisa catur-yuga tahara antara

94|SYNONYMS

95|vaivasvata-nama-named Vaivasvata; ei-this; saptama-seventh;

>|manu-antara-period of Manu; sataisa-twenty-seven; catuh-

>|yuga-cycles of four ages; tahara-of that; antara-period.

96|TRANSLATION

97|The present Manu, who is the seventh, is called Vaivasvata [

>|the son of Vivasvan]. Twenty-seven divya-yugas [27 x 4,320,

>|000 solar years] of his age have now passed.

98|PURPORT

99|The names of the fourteen Manus are as follows: (1)

>|Svayambhuva, (2) Svarocisa, (3) Uttama, (4) Tamasa, (5)

>|Raivata, (6) Caksusa, (7) Vaivasvata, (8) Savarni, (9)

>|Daksa-savarni, (10) Brahma-savarni, (11) Dharma-savarni, (

>|12) Rudraputra (Rudra-savarni), (13) Raucya, or Deva-

>|savarni, (14) and Bhautyaka, or Indra-savarni.

100|Adi 3.10

101|TEXT 10

102|TEXT

103|astavimsa catur-yuge dvaparera sese

104|vrajera sahite haya krsnera prakase

105|SYNONYMS

106|astavimsa-twenty-eighth; catuh-yuge-in the cycle of four

>|ages; dvaparera-of the Dvapara-yuga; sese-at the end;

>|vrajera sahite-along with Vraja; haya-is; krsnera-of Lord

>|Krsna; prakase-manifestation.

107|TRANSLATION

108|At the end of the Dvapara-yuga of the twenty-eighth divya-

>|yuga, Lord Krsna appears on earth with the full

>|paraphernalia of His eternal Vraja-dhama.

109|PURPORT

110|Now is the term of Vaivasvata Manu, during which Lord

>|Caitanya appears. First Lord Krsna appears at the close of

>|the Dvapara-yuga of the twenty-eighth divya-yuga, and then

>|Lord Caitanya appears in the Kali-yuga of the same divya-

>|yuga. Lord Krsna and Lord Caitanya appear once in each day

>|of Brahma, or once in fourteen manv-antaras, each of

>|seventy-one divya-yugas in duration.

111|From the beginning of Brahma's day of 4,320,000,000 years,

>|six Manus appear and disappear before Lord Krsna appears.

>|Thus 1,975,320,000 years of the day of Brahma elapse before

>|the appearance of Lord Krsna. This is an astronomical

>|calculation according to solar years.

112|Adi 3.11

113|TEXT 11

114|TEXT

115|dasya, sakhya, vatsalya, srngara-cari rasa

116|cari bhavera bhakta yata krsna tara vasa

117|SYNONYMS

118|dasya-servitude; sakhya-friendship; vatsalya-parental

>|affection; srngara-conjugal love; cari-four; rasa-mellows;

>|cari-four; bhavera-of the sentiments; bhakta-devotees; yata-

>|as many as there are; krsna-Lord Krsna; tara-by them; vasa-

>|subdued.

119|TRANSLATION

120|Servitude [dasya], friendship [sakhya], parental affection [

>|vatsalya] and conjugal love [srngara] are the four

>|transcendental mellows [rasas]. By the devotees who cherish

>|these four mellows, Lord Krsna is subdued.

121|PURPORT

122|Dasya, sakhya, vatsalya and srngara are the transcendental

>|modes of loving service to the Lord. Santa-rasa, or the

>|neutral stage, is not mentioned in this verse because

>|although in santa-rasa one considers the Absolute Truth the

>|sublime great, one does not go beyond that conception.

>|Santa-rasa is a very grand idea for materialistic

>|philosophers, but such idealistic appreciation is only the

>|beginning; it is the lowest among the relationships in the

>|spiritual world. Santa-rasa is not given much importance

>|because as soon as there is a slight understanding between

>|the knower and the known, active loving transcendental

>|reciprocations and exchanges begin. Dasya-rasa is the basic

>|relationship between Krsna and His devotees; therefore this

>|verse considers dasya the first stage of transcendental

>|devotional service.

123|Adi 3.12

124|TEXT 12

125|TEXT

126|dasa-sakha-pita-mata-kanta-gana lana

127|vraje krida kare krsna premavista hana

128|SYNONYMS

129|dasa-servants; sakha-friends; pita-mata-father and mother;

>|kanta-gana-lovers; lana-taking; vraje-in Vraja; krida kare-

>|plays; krsna-Lord Krsna; prema-avista-absorbed in love;

>|hana-being.

130|TRANSLATION

131|Absorbed in such transcendental love, Lord Sri Krsna enjoys

>|in Vraja with His devoted servants, friends, parents and

>|conjugal lovers.

132|PURPORT

133|The descent of Sri Krsna, the Absolute Personality of

>|Godhead, is very purposeful. In the Bhagavad-gita it is

>|said that one who knows the truth about Sri Krsna's descent

>|and His various activities is at once liberated and does

>|not have to fall again to this existence of birth and death

>|after he leaves his present material body. In other words,

>|one who factually understands Krsna makes his life perfect.

>|Imperfect life is realized in material existence, in five

>|different relationships we share with everyone within the

>|material world: neutrality, servitorship, friendship,

>|lover and beloved. These five enjoyable relationships

>|within the material world are perverted reflections of

>|relationships with the Absolute Personality of Godhead in

>|the transcendental nature. That Absolute Personality, Sri

>|Krsna, descends to revive the five eternally existing

>|relationships. Thus He manifests His transcendental

>|pastimes in Vraja so that people may be attracted into that

>|sphere of activities and leave aside their imitation

>|relationships with the mundane. Then, after fully

>|exhibiting all such activities, the Lord disappears.

134|Adi 3.13

135|TEXT 13

136|TEXT

137|yathesta vihari' krsna kare antardhana

138|antardhana kari' mane kare anumana

139|SYNONYMS

140|yatha-ista-as much as He wishes; vihari'-enjoying; krsna-

>|Lord Krsna; kare-makes; antardhana-disappearance;

>|antardhana kari'-disappearing; mane-in the mind; kare-He

>|makes; anumana-consideration.

141|TRANSLATION

142|Lord Krsna enjoys His transcendental pastimes as long as He

>|wishes, and then He disappears. After disappearing, however,

>| He thinks thus:

143|Adi 3.14

144|TEXT 14

145|TEXT

146|cira-kala nahi kari prema-bhakti dana

147|bhakti vina jagatera nahi avasthana

148|SYNONYMS

149|cira-kala-for a long time; nahi kari-I have not done; prema-

>|bhakti-loving devotional service; dana-giving; bhakti-

>|devotional service; vina-without; jagatera-of the universe;

>|nahi-not; avasthana-existence.

150|TRANSLATION

151|"For a long time I have not bestowed unalloyed loving

>|service to Me upon the inhabitants of the world. Without

>|such loving attachment, the existence of the material world

>|is useless.

152|PURPORT

153|The Lord seldom awards pure transcendental love, but

>|without such pure love of God, freed from fruitive

>|activities and empiric speculation, one cannot attain

>|perfection in life.

154|Adi 3.15

155|TEXT 15

156|TEXT

157|sakala jagate more kare vidhi-bhakti

158|vidhi-bhaktye vraja-bhava paite nahi sakti

159|SYNONYMS

160|sakala-all; jagate-in the universe; more-to Me; kare-they

>|do; vidhi-bhakti-regulative devotional service; vidhi-

>|bhaktye-by regulative devotional service; vraja-bhava-the

>|feelings of those in Vraja; paite-to obtain; nahi-not;

>|sakti-the power.

161|TRANSLATION

162|"Everywhere in the world people worship Me according to

>|scriptural injunctions. But simply by following such

>|regulative principles one cannot attain the loving

>|sentiments of the devotees in Vrajabhumi.

163|Adi 3.16

164|TEXT 16

165|TEXT

166|aisvarya-jnanete saba jagat misrita

167|aisvarya-sithila-preme nahi mora prita

168|SYNONYMS

169|aisvarya-jnanete-with knowledge of the opulences; saba-all;

>|jagat-the world; misrita-mixed; aisvarya-sithila-preme-to

>|love enfeebled by opulence; nahi-there is not; mora-My;

>|prita-attraction.

170|TRANSLATION

171|"Knowing My opulences, the whole world looks upon Me with

>|awe and veneration. But devotion made feeble by such

>|reverence does not attract Me.

172|PURPORT

173|After His appearance, Lord Krsna thought that He had not

>|distributed the transcendental personal dealings with His

>|devotees in dasya, sakhya, vatsalya and madhurya. One may

>|understand the science of the Supreme Personality of

>|devotee of the Lord and worship Him within the regulative

>|principles described in the scriptures, but one will not

>|know in this way how Krsna is served by the residents of

>|Vrajabhumi. One cannot understand the dealings of the Lord

>|in Vrndavana simply by executing the ritualistic regulative

>|principles mentioned in the scriptures. By following

>|scriptural injunctions one may enhance his appreciation for

>|the glories of the Lord, but there is no chance for one to

>|enter into personal dealings with Him. Giving too much

>|attention to understanding the exalted glories of the Lord

>|reduces the chance of one's entering into personal loving

>|affairs with the Lord. To teach the principles of such

>|loving dealings, the Lord decided to appear as Lord

>|Caitanya.

174|Adi 3.17

175|TEXT 17

176|TEXT

177|aisvarya-jnane vidhi-bhajana kariya

178|vaikunthake yaya catur-vidha mukti pana

179|SYNONYMS

180|aisvarya-jnane-in knowledge of the opulences; vidhi-

>|according to rules and regulations; bhajana-worship; kariya-

>|doing; vaikunthake-to Vaikuntha; yaya-they go; catuh-vidha-

>|four kinds; mukti-liberation; pana-achieving.

181|TRANSLATION

182|"By performing such regulated devotional service in awe and

>|veneration, one may go to Vaikuntha and attain the four

>|kinds of liberation.

183|Adi 3.18

184|TEXT 18

185|TEXT

186|sarsti, sarupya, ara samipya, salokya

187|sayujya na laya bhakta yate brahma-aikya

188|SYNONYMS

189|sarsti-opulences equal with the Lord's; sarupya-the same

>|form as the Lord's; ara-and; samipya-personal association

>|with the Lord; salokya-residence on a Vaikuntha planet;

>|sayujya-oneness with the Lord; na laya-they do not accept;

>|bhakta-devotees; yate-since; brahma-aikya-oneness with

>|Brahman.

190|TRANSLATION

191|"These liberations are sarsti [achieving opulences equal to

>|those of the Lord], sarupya [having a form the same as the

>|Lord's], samipya [living as a personal associate of the

>|Lord] and salokya [living on a Vaikuntha planet]. Devotees

>|never accept sayujya, however, since that is oneness with

>|Brahman.

192|PURPORT

193|Those engaged in devotional service according to the

>|ritualistic principles mentioned in the scriptures attain

>|these different kinds of liberation. But although such

>|devotees can attain sarsti, sarupya, samipya and salokya,

>|they are not concerned with these liberations, for such

>|devotees are satisfied only in rendering transcendental

>|loving service to the Lord. The fifth kind of liberation,

>|sayujya, is never accepted even by devotees who perform

>|only ritualistic worship. To attain sayujya, or merging

>|into the Brahman effulgence of the Supreme Personality of

>|Godhead, is the aspiration of the impersonalists. A devotee

>|never cares for sayujya liberation.

194|Adi 3.19

195|TEXT 19

196|TEXT

197|yuga-dharma pravartaimu nama-sankirtana

198|cari bhava-bhakti diya nacamu bhuvana

199|SYNONYMS

200|yuga-dharma-the religion of the age; pravartaimu-I shall

>|inaugurate; nama-sankirtana-chanting of the holy name; cari-

>|four; bhava-of the moods; bhakti-devotion; diya-giving;

>|nacamu-I shall cause to dance; bhuvana-the world.

201|TRANSLATION

202|"I shall personally inaugurate the religion of the age-nama-

>|sankirtana, the congregational chanting of the holy name. I

>|shall make the world dance in ecstasy, realizing the four

>|mellows of loving devotional service.

203|Adi 3.20

204|TEXT 20

205|TEXT

206|apani karimu bhakta-bhava angikare

207|apani acari' bhakti sikhaimu sabare

208|SYNONYMS

209|apani-personally; karimu-I shall make; bhakta-bhava-the

>|position of a devotee; angikare-acceptance; apani-

>|personally; acari'-practicing; bhakti-devotional service;

>|sikhaimu-I shall teach; sabare-to all.

210|TRANSLATION

211|"I shall accept the role of a devotee, and I shall teach

>|devotional service by practicing it Myself.

212|PURPORT

213|When one associates with a pure devotee, he becomes so

>|elevated that he does not aspire even for sarsti, sarupya,

>|samipya or salokya, because he feels that such liberation

>|is a kind of sense gratification. Pure devotees do not ask

>|anything from the Lord for their personal benefit. Even if

>|offered personal benefits, pure devotees do not accept them,

>| because their only desire is to satisfy the Supreme

>|Personality of Godhead by transcendental loving service. No

>|one but the Lord Himself can teach this highest form of

>|devotional service. Therefore, when the Lord took the place

>|of the incarnation of Kali-yuga to spread the glories of

>|chanting Hare Krsna-the system of worship recommended in

>|this age-He also distributed the process of devotional

>|service performed on the platform of transcendental

>|spontaneous love. To teach the highest principles of

>|spiritual life, the Lord Himself appeared as a devotee in

>|the form of Lord Caitanya.

214|Adi 3.21

215|TEXT 21

216|TEXT

217|apane na kaile dharma sikhana na yaya

218|ei ta' siddhanta gita-bhagavate gaya

219|SYNONYMS

220|apane-personally; na kaile-if not practiced; dharma-

>|religion; sikhana-the teaching; na yaya-does not advance;

>|ei-this; ta'-certainly; siddhanta-conclusion; gita-in the

>|Bhagavad-gita; bhagavate-in Srimad-Bhagavatam; gaya-they

>|sing.

221|TRANSLATION

222|"Unless one practices devotional service himself, he cannot

>|teach it to others. This conclusion is indeed confirmed

>|throughout the Gita and Bhagavatam.

223|Adi 3.22

224|TEXT 22

225|TEXT

226|yada yada hi dharmasya

227|glanir bhavati bharata

228|abhyutthanam adharmasya

229|tadatmanam srjamy aham

230|SYNONYMS

231|yada yada-whenever; hi-certainly; dharmasya-of religious

>|principles; glanih-decrease; bhavati-there is; bharata-O

>|descendant of Bharata; abhyutthanam-increase; adharmasya-of

>|irreligion; tada-then; atmanam-Myself; srjami-manifest;

>|aham-I.

232|TRANSLATION

233|" 'Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious

>|practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise

>|of irreligion-at that time I descend Myself.

234|Adi 3.23

235|TEXT 23

236|TEXT

237|paritranaya sadhunam

238|vinasaya ca duskrtam

239|dharma-samsthapanarthaya

240|sambhavami yuge yuge

241|SYNONYMS

242|paritranaya-for the deliverance; sadhunam-of the devotees;

>|vinasaya-for the destruction; ca-and; duskrtam-of the

>|miscreants; dharma-religious principles; samsthapana-

>|arthaya-for the purpose of establishing; sambhavami-I

>|appear; yuge yuge-in every age.

243|TRANSLATION

244|" 'To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants,

>|as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I

>|Myself appear, millennium after millennium.'

245|PURPORT

246|Texts 22 and 23 were spoken by Lord Krsna in the Bhagavad-

247|Adi 3.24

248|TEXT 24

249|TEXT

250|utsideyur ime loka

251|na kuryam karma ced aham

252|sankarasya ca karta syam

253|upahanyam imah prajah

254|SYNONYMS

>|kuryam-did not perform; karma-action; cet-if; aham-I;

>|creator; syam-would become; upahanyam-would spoil; imah-

>|these; prajah-living entities.

256|TRANSLATION

257|" 'If I did not show the proper principles of religion, all

>|unwanted population and would spoil all these living beings.

>|'

258|Adi 3.25

259|TEXT 25

260|TEXT

261|yad yad acarati sresthas

262|tat tad evetaro janah

263|sa yat pramanam kurute

264|lokas tad anuvartate

265|SYNONYMS

266|yat yat-however; acarati-behaves; sresthah-the best man;

>|tat tat-that; eva-certainly; itarah-the lesser; janah-man;

>|sah-he; yat-which; pramanam-standard; kurute-shows; lokah-

>|the people; tat-that; anuvartate-follow.

267|TRANSLATION

268|" 'Whatever actions a great man performs, common people

>|follow. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts,

>|all the world pursues.'

269|Adi 3.26

270|TEXT 26

271|TEXT

272|yuga-dharma-pravartana haya amsa haite

273|ama vina anye nare vraja-prema dite

274|SYNONYMS

275|yuga-dharma-of the religion of the age; pravartana-the

>|inauguration; haya-is; amsa-the plenary portion; haite-from;

>| ama-for Me; vina-except; anye-another; nare-is not able;

>|vraja-prema-love like that of the residents of Vraja; dite-

>|to bestow.

276|TRANSLATION

277|"My plenary portions can establish the principles of

>|religion for each age. No one but Me, however, can bestow

>|the kind of loving service performed by the residents of

>|Vraja.

278|Adi 3.27

279|TEXT 27

280|TEXT

281|santv avatara bahavah

282|pankaja-nabhasya sarvato-bhadrah

283|krsnad anyah ko va latasv

284|api prema-do bhavati

285|SYNONYMS

286|santu-let there be; avatarah-incarnations; bahavah-many;

>|pankaja-nabhasya-of the Lord, from whose navel grows a

>|lotus flower; sarvatah-bhadrah-completely auspicious;

>|krsnat-than Lord Krsna; anyah-other; kah va-who possibly;

>|latasu-on the surrendered souls; api-also; prema-dah-the

>|bestower of love; bhavati-is.

287|TRANSLATION

288|" 'There may be many all-auspicious incarnations of the

>|Personality of Godhead, but who other than Lord Sri Krsna

>|can bestow love of God upon the surrendered souls?'

289|PURPORT

>|found in the Laghu-bhagavatamrta (1.5.37).

291|Adi 3.28

292|TEXT 28

293|TEXT

294|tahate apana bhakta-gana kari' sange

295|prthivite avatari' karimu nana range

296|SYNONYMS

297|tahate-in that; apana-My own; bhakta-gana-with devotees;

>|kari'-doing; sange-in association; prthivite-on the earth;

>|avatari'-descending; karimu-I shall perform; nana-various;

>|range-colorful pastimes.

298|TRANSLATION

299|"Therefore in the company of My devotees I shall appear on

>|earth and perform various colorful pastimes."

300|Adi 3.29

301|TEXT 29

302|TEXT

303|eta bhavi' kali-kale prathama sandhyaya

304|avatirna haila krsna apani nadiyaya

305|SYNONYMS

306|eta-thus; bhavi'-thinking; kali-kale-in the Age of Kali;

>|prathama-first; sandhyaya-in the junction; avatirna haila-

>|descended; krsna-Lord Krsna; apani-Himself; nadiyaya-in

>|Nadia.

307|TRANSLATION

308|Thinking thus, the Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna

>|Himself, descended at Nadia early in the Age of Kali.

309|PURPORT

310|The prathama-sandhya is the beginning of the age. According

>|to astronomical calculation, the age is divided into twelve

>|parts. The first of these twelve divisions is known as the

>|prathama-sandhya. The prathama-sandhya and sesa-sandhya,

>|the last division of the preceding age, form the junction

>|of the two ages. According to the Surya-siddhanta, the

>|prathama-sandhya of Kali-yuga lasts 36,000 solar years.

>|Lord Caitanya appeared in the prathama-sandhya after 4,586

>|solar years of Kali-yuga had passed.

311|Adi 3.30

312|TEXT 30

313|TEXT

314|caitanya-simhera navadvipe avatara

315|simha-griva, simha-virya, simhera hunkara

316|SYNONYMS

317|caitanya-simhera-of the lionlike Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu;

>|navadvipe-at Navadvipa; avatara-the incarnation; simha-

>|griva-having the neck of a lion; simha-virya-the strength

>|of a lion; simhera hunkara-the roar of a lion.

318|TRANSLATION

319|Thus the lionlike Lord Caitanya has appeared in Navadvipa.

>|He has the shoulders of a lion, the powers of a lion, and

>|the loud voice of a lion.

320|Adi 3.31

321|TEXT 31

322|TEXT

323|sei simha vasuk jivera hrdaya-kandare

324|kalmasa-dvirada nase yanhara hunkare

325|SYNONYMS

326|sei-that; simha-lion; vasuk-let Him sit; jivera-of the

>|living entities; hrdaya-of the heart; kandare-in the cavern;

>| kalmasa-of sins; dvi-rada-the elephant; nase-destroys;

>|yanhara-of whom; hunkare-the roar.

327|TRANSLATION

328|May that lion be seated in the core of the heart of every

>|living being. Thus with His resounding roar may He drive

>|away one's elephantine vices.

329|Adi 3.32

330|TEXT 32

331|TEXT

332|prathama lilaya tanra 'visvambhara' nama

333|bhakti-rase bharila, dharila bhuta-grama

334|SYNONYMS

335|prathama-first; lilaya-in the pastimes; tanra-of Him;

>|visvambhara nama-the name Visvambhara; bhakti-rase-with the

>|mellow of devotional service; bharila-He filled; dharila-

>|saved; bhuta-grama-all the living entities.

336|TRANSLATION

337|In His early pastimes He is known as Visvambhara because He

>|floods the world with the nectar of devotion and thus saves

>|the living beings.

338|Adi 3.33

339|TEXT 33

340|TEXT

341|dubhrn dhatura artha-posana, dharana

342|pusila, dharila prema diya tri-bhuvana

343|SYNONYMS

344|dubhrn-known as dubhrn (bhr); dhatura-of the verbal root;

>|artha-the meaning; posana-nourishing; dharana-maintaining;

>|pusila-nourished; dharila-maintained; prema diya-

>|distributing love of God; tri-bhuvana-in the three worlds.

345|TRANSLATION

346|The verbal root "dubhrn" [which is the root of the word "

>|visvambhara"] indicates nourishing and maintaining. He [

>|Lord Caitanya] nourishes and maintains the three worlds by

>|distributing love of God.

347|Adi 3.34

348|TEXT 34

349|TEXT

350|sesa-lilaya dhare nama 'sri-krsna-caitanya'

351|sri-krsna janaye saba visva kaila dhanya

352|SYNONYMS

353|sesa-lilaya-in His final pastimes; dhare-He held; nama-the

>|name; sri-krsna-caitanya-Sri Krsna Caitanya; sri-krsna-

>|about Lord Krsna; janaye-He taught; saba-all; visva-the

>|world; kaila-made; dhanya-fortunate.

354|TRANSLATION

355|In His later pastimes He is known as Lord Sri Krsna

>|Caitanya. He blesses the whole world by teaching about the

>|name and fame of Lord Sri Krsna.

356|PURPORT

357|Lord Caitanya remained a householder only until His twenty-

>|fourth year had passed. Then He entered the renounced order

>|and remained manifest in this material world until His

>|portion of His activities, lasted twenty-four years.

358|Some so-called Vaisnavas say that the renounced order of

>|very intelligent proposition. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took

>|the sannyasa order from Sripada Kesava Bharati, who

>|belonged to the Sankara sect, which approves of only ten

>|names for sannyasis. Long before the advent of Sripada

>|Sankaracarya, however, the sannyasa order existed in the

>|sannyasa names and 108 different names for sannyasis who

>|accept the tri-danda, the triple staff of sannyasa. This is

>|approved by the Vedic rules. Therefore Vaisnava sannyasa

>|was existent even before the appearance of Sankaracarya,

>|although those who know nothing about Vaisnava sannyasa

>|unnecessarily declare that there is no sannyasa in the

>|Vaisnava sampradaya.

359|During the time of Lord Caitanya, the influence of

>|Sankaracarya in society was very strong. People thought

>|that one could accept sannyasa only in the disciplic

>|succession of Sankaracarya. Lord Caitanya could have

>|performed His missionary activities as a householder, but

>|He found householder life an obstruction to His mission.

>|Therefore He decided to accept the renounced order,

>|sannyasa. Since His acceptance of sannyasa was also

>|designed to attract public attention, Lord Caitanya, not

>|wishing to disturb the social convention, took the

>|renounced order of life from a sannyasi in the disciplic

>|succession of Sankaracarya, although sannyasa was also

>|sanctioned in the Vaisnava sampradaya.

360|In the Sankara-sampradaya there are ten different names

>|awarded to sannyasis: (1) Tirtha, (2) Asrama, (3) Vana, (4)

>|Aranya, (5) Giri, (6) Parvata, (7) Sagara, (8) Sarasvati, (

>|9) Bharati and (10) Puri. Before one enters sannyasa, he

>|has one of the various names for a brahmacari, the

>|assistant to a sannyasi. Sannyasis with the titles Tirtha

>|and Asrama generally stay at Dvaraka, and their brahmacari

>|name is Svarupa. Those known by the names Vana and Aranya

>|stay at Purusottama, or Jagannatha Puri, and their

>|brahmacari name is Prakasa. Those with the names Giri,

>|Parvata and Sagara generally stay at Badarikasrama, and

>|their brahmacari name is Ananda. Those with the titles

>|Sarasvati, Bharati and Puri usually live at Srngeri in

>|South India, and their brahmacari name is Caitanya.

361|Sripada Sankaracarya established four monasteries in India,

>|he entrusted them to four sannyasis who were his disciples.

>|Now there are hundreds of branch monasteries under these

>|four principal monasteries, and although there is an

>|official symmetry among them, there are many differences in

>|their dealings. The four different sects of these

>|monasteries are known as Anandavara, Bhogavara, Kitavara

>|and Bhumivara, and in course of time they have developed

>|different ideas and different slogans.

362|According to the regulation of the disciplic succession,

>|one who wishes to enter the renounced order in Sankara's

>|sect must first be trained as a brahmacari under a bona

>|fide sannyasi, The brahmacari's name is ascertained

>|according to the group to which the sannyasi belongs. Lord

>|Caitanya accepted sannyasa from Kesava Bharati. When He

>|first approached Kesava Bharati, He was accepted as a

>|brahmacari with the name Sri Krsna Caitanya Brahmacari.

>|After He took sannyasa, He preferred to keep the name Krsna

>|Caitanya.

363|The great authorities in the disciplic succession had not

>|offered to explain why Lord Caitanya refused to take the

>|name Bharati after He took sannyasa from a Bharati, until

>|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Maharaja

>|volunteered the explanation that because a sannyasi in the

>|Sankara-sampradaya thinks that he has become the Supreme,

>|Lord Caitanya, wanting to avoid such a misconception, kept

>|the name Sri Krsna Caitanya, placing Himself as an eternal

>|servitor. A brahmacari is supposed to serve the spiritual

>|master; therefore He did not negate that relationship of

>|servitude to His spiritual master. Accepting such a

>|position is favorable for the relationship between the

>|disciple and the spiritual master.

364|The authentic biographies also mention that Lord Caitanya

>|accepted the danda (rod) and begging pot, symbolic of the

>|sannyasa order, at the time He took sannyasa.

365|Adi 3.35

366|TEXT 35

367|TEXT

368|tanra yugavatara jani' garga mahasaya

369|krsnera nama-karane kariyache nirnaya

370|SYNONYMS

371|tanra-of Him; yuga-avatara-incarnation for the age; jani'-

>|knowing; garga-Garga Muni; mahasaya-the great personality;

>|krsnera-of Lord Krsna; nama-karane-in the name-giving

>|ceremony; kariyache-made; nirnaya-ascertainment.

372|TRANSLATION

373|Knowing Him [Lord Caitanya] to be the incarnation for Kali-

>|yuga, Garga Muni, during the naming ceremony of Krsna,

>|predicted His appearance.

374|Adi 3.36

375|TEXT 36

376|TEXT

377|asan varnas trayo hy asya

378|grhnato 'nu-yugam tanuh

379|suklo raktas tatha pita

380|idanim krsnatam gatah

381|SYNONYMS

382|asan-were; varnah-colors; trayah-three; hi-certainly; asya-

>|of this one; grhnatah-who is manifesting; anu-yugam-

>|according to the age; tanuh-bodies; suklah-white; raktah-

>|red; tatha-thus; pitah-yellow; idanim-now; krsnatam-

>|blackness; gatah-obtained.

383|TRANSLATION

384|"This boy [Krsna] has three other colors-white, red and

>|yellow-as He appears in different ages. Now He has appeared

>|in a transcendental blackish color."

385|PURPORT

386|This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.8.13).

387|Adi 3.37

388|TEXT 37

389|TEXT

390|sukla, rakta, pita-varna-ei tina dyuti

391|satya-treta-kali-kale dharena sri-pati

392|SYNONYMS

393|sukla-white; rakta-red; pita-varna-the color yellow; ei-

>|these; tina-three; dyuti-lusters; satya-in Satya-yuga;

>|treta-in Treta-yuga; kali-kale-in the Age of Kali; dharena-

>|manifests; sri-pati-the husband of the goddess of fortune.

394|TRANSLATION

395|White, red and yellow-these are the three bodily lusters

>|that the Lord, the husband of the goddess of fortune,

>|assumes in the ages of Satya, Treta and Kali respectively.

396|Adi 3.38

397|TEXT 38

398|TEXT

399|idanim dvapare tinho haila krsna-varna

400|ei saba sastragama-puranera marma

401|SYNONYMS

402|idanim-now; dvapare-in the Dvapara-yuga; tinho-He; haila-

>|was; krsna-varna-blackish color; ei-these; saba-all; sastra-

>|agama-and Vedic literatures; puranera-of the Puranas; marma-

>|the core.

403|TRANSLATION

404|Now, in the Dvapara-yuga, the Lord had descended in a

>|blackish hue. This is the essence of the statements in the

>|Puranas and other Vedic literatures with reference to the

>|context.

405|Adi 3.39

406|TEXT 39

407|TEXT

408|dvapare bhagavan syamah

409|pita-vasa nijayudhah

410|sri-vatsadibhir ankais ca

411|laksanair upalaksitah

412|SYNONYMS

413|dvapare-in the Dvapara-yuga; bhagavan-the Supreme

>|Personality of Godhead; syamah-blackish; pita-vasah-having

>|yellow clothes; nija-own; ayudhah-having weapons; srivatsa-

>|adibhih-such as Srivatsa; ankaih-by bodily markings; ca-and;

>| laksanaih-by external characteristics such as the

>|Kaustubha jewel; upalaksitah-characterized.

414|TRANSLATION

415|"In the Dvapara-yuga the Personality of Godhead appears in

>|a blackish hue. He is dressed in yellow, He holds His own

>|weapons, and He is decorated with the Kaustubha jewel and

>|marks of Srivatsa. This is how His symptoms are described."

416|PURPORT

417|This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.5.27), spoken by

>|Saint Karabhajana, one of the nine royal mystics who

>|explained to King Nimi the different features of the Lord

>|in different ages.

418|Adi 3.40

419|TEXT 40

420|TEXT

421|kali-yuge yuga-dharma-namera pracara

422|tathi lagi' pita-varna caitanyavatara

423|SYNONYMS

424|kali-yuge-in the Age of Kali; yuga-dharma-the religious

>|practice for the age; namera-of the holy name; pracara-

>|propagation; tathi-this; lagi'-for; pita-varna-having a

>|yellow color; caitanya-avatara-the incarnation of Lord

>|Caitanya.

425|TRANSLATION

426|The religious practice for the Age of Kali is to broadcast

>|the glories of the holy name. Only for this purpose has the

>|Lord, in a yellow color, descended as Lord Caitanya.

427|PURPORT

428|In this Age of Kali the practical system of religion for

>|everyone is the chanting of the name of Godhead. This was

>|introduced in this age by Lord Caitanya. Bhakti-yoga

>|actually begins with the chanting of the holy name, as

>|confirmed by Madhvacarya in his commentary on the Mundaka

>|Upanisad. He quotes this verse from the Narayana-samhita:

429|dvapariyair janair visnuh

430|pancaratrais tu kevalaih

431|kalau tu nama-matrena

432|pujyate bhagavan harih

433|"In the Dvapara-yuga people should worship Lord Visnu only

>|by the regulative principles of the Narada-pancaratra and

>|other such authorized books. In the Age of Kali, however,

>|people should simply chant the holy names of the Supreme

>|Personality of Godhead." The Hare Krsna mantra is

>|specifically mentioned in many Upanisads, such as the Kali-

>|santarana Upanisad, where it is said:

434|hare krsna hare krsna

435|krsna krsna hare hare

436|hare rama hare rama

437|rama rama hare hare

438|iti sodasakam namnam

439|kali-kalmasa-nasanam

440|natah parataropayah

441|sarva-vedesu drsyate

>|cannot find a method of religion more sublime for this age

>|than the chanting of Hare Krsna."

443|Adi 3.41

444|TEXT 41

445|TEXT

446|tapta-hema-sama-kanti, prakanda sarira

447|nava-megha jini kantha-dhvani ye gambhira

448|SYNONYMS

449|tapta-hema-as molten gold; sama-kanti-same luster; prakanda-

>|enormous; sarira-body; nava-megha-new clouds; jini-

>|conquering; kantha-dhvani-the sound of the voice; ye-that;

>|gambhira-deep.

450|TRANSLATION

451|The luster of His expansive body resembles molten gold. The

>|deep sound of His voice conquers the thundering of newly

>|assembled clouds.

452|Adi 3.42

453|TEXT 42

454|TEXT

455|dairghya-vistare yei apanara hata

456|cari hasta haya 'maha-purusa' vikhyata

457|SYNONYMS

458|dairghya-in length; vistare-and in breadth; yei-who;

>|apanara-of his own; hata-hand; cari-four; hasta-cubits;

>|haya-is; maha-purusa-as a great personality; vikhyata-

>|celebrated.

459|TRANSLATION

460|One who measures four cubits in height and in breadth by

>|his own hand is celebrated as a great personality.

461|Adi 3.43

462|TEXT 43

463|TEXT

464|'nyagrodha-parimandala' haya tanra nama

465|nyagrodha-parimandala-tanu caitanya guna-dhama

466|SYNONYMS

467|nyagrodha-parimandala-nyagrodha-parimandala; haya-is; tanra-

>|of him; nama-the name; nyagrodha-parimandala-nyagrodha-

>|parimandala; tanu-having such a body; caitanya-Lord

>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; guna-dhama-the abode of good qualities.

468|TRANSLATION

469|Such a person is called nyagrodha-parimandala. Sri Caitanya

>|Mahaprabhu, who personifies all good qualities, has the

>|body of a nyagrodha-parimandala.

470|PURPORT

471|No one other than the Supreme Lord Himself, who has engaged

>|the conditioned souls by His own illusory energy, can

>|possess these bodily features. These features certainly

>|indicate an incarnation of Visnu and no one else.

472|Adi 3.44

473|TEXT 44

474|TEXT

475|ajanulambita-bhuja kamala-locana

476|tilaphula-jini-nasa, sudhamsu-vadana

477|SYNONYMS

478|a-janu-lambita-bhuja-arms that reach the knees; kamala-

>|locana-with lotus eyes; tila-phula-the blossom of the

>|sesame plant; jini-conquering; nasa-whose nose; sudha-amsu-

>|vadana-whose face is like the moon.

479|TRANSLATION

480|His arms are long enough to reach His knees, His eyes are

>|just like lotus flowers, His nose is like a sesame flower,

>|and His face is as beautiful as the moon.

481|Adi 3.45

482|TEXT 45

483|TEXT

484|santa, danta, krsna-bhakti-nistha-parayana

485|bhakta-vatsala, susila, sarva-bhute sama

486|SYNONYMS

487|santa-peaceful; danta-controlled; krsna-bhakti-to the

>|service of Lord Krsna; nistha-parayana-fully devoted;

>|bhakta-vatsala-affectionate toward the devotees; su-sila-

>|good character; sarva-bhute-to all living beings; sama-

>|equal.

488|TRANSLATION

489|He is peaceful, self-controlled and fully devoted to the

>|transcendental service of Lord Sri Krsna. He is

>|affectionate toward His devotees, He is gentle, and He is

>|equally disposed toward all living beings.

490|Adi 3.46

491|TEXT 46

492|TEXT

493|candanera angada-bala, candana-bhusana

494|nrtya-kale pari' karena krsna-sankirtana

495|SYNONYMS

496|candanera-of sandalwood; angada-and armlets; bala-bangles;

>|candana-of sandalwood pulp; bhusana-decorations; nrtya-kale-

>|at the time of dancing; pari'-putting on; karena-does;

>|krsna-sankirtana-congregational chanting of the name of

>|Krsna.

497|TRANSLATION

498|He is decorated with sandalwood bangles and armlets and

>|anointed with the pulp of sandalwood. He especially wears

>|these decorations to dance in sri-krsna-sankirtana.

499|Adi 3.47

500|TEXT 47

501|TEXT

502|ei saba guna lana muni vaisampayana

503|sahasra-name kaila tanra nama-ganana

504|SYNONYMS

505|ei-these; saba-all; guna-qualities; lana-taking; muni-the

>|sage; vaisampayana-named Vaisampayana; sahasra-name-in the

>|Visnu-sahasra-nama; kaila-did; tanra-of Him; nama-ganana-

>|counting of the name.

506|TRANSLATION

507|Recording all these qualities of Lord Caitanya, the sage

>|Vaisampayana included His name in the Visnu-sahasra-nama.

508|Adi 3.48

509|TEXT 48

510|TEXT

511|dui lila caitanyera-adi ara sesa

512|dui lilaya cari cari nama visesa

513|SYNONYMS

514|dui-two; lila-pastimes; caitanyera-of Lord Caitanya

>|Mahaprabhu; adi-first; ara-and; sesa-final; dui-two; lilaya-

>|in pastimes; cari-four; cari-and four; nama-names; visesa-

>|specific.

515|TRANSLATION

516|The pastimes of Lord Caitanya have two divisions-the early

>|pastimes [adi-lila] and the later pastimes [sesa-lila]. He

>|has four names in each of these two lilas.

517|Adi 3.49

518|TEXT 49

519|TEXT

520|suvarna-varno hemango

521|varangas candanangadi

522|sannyasa-krc chamah santo

523|nistha-santi-parayanah

524|SYNONYMS

525|suvarna-of gold; varnah-having the color; hema-angah-whose

>|body was like molten gold; vara-angah-having a most

>|beautiful body; candana-angadi-whose body was smeared with

>|sandalwood; sannyasa-krt-practicing the renounced order of

>|life; samah-equipoised; santah-peaceful; nistha-devotion;

>|santi-and of peace; parayanah-the highest resort.

526|TRANSLATION

527|"In His early pastimes He appears as a householder with a

>|golden complexion. His limbs are beautiful, and His body,

>|smeared with the pulp of sandalwood, seems like molten gold.

>| In His later pastimes He accepts the sannyasa order, and

>|He is equipoised and peaceful. He is the highest abode of

>|peace and devotion, for He silences the impersonalist

>|nondevotees."

528|PURPORT

529|This is a verse from the Mahabharata (Dana-dharma, Visnu-

>|sahasra-nama-stotra). In his commentary on the Visnu-

>|Vidyabhusana, commenting upon this verse, asserts that Lord

>|Caitanya is the Supreme Personality of Godhead according to

>|the evidence of the Upanisads. He explains that suvarna-

>|varnah means a golden complexion. He also quotes the Vedic

>|injunction yada pasyah pasyate rukma-varnam kartaram isam

>|varnam kartaram isam refers to the Supreme Personality of

>|Godhead as having a complexion the color of molten gold.

>|Purusam means the Supreme Lord, and brahma-yonim indicates

>|that He is also the Supreme Brahman. This evidence, too,

>|proves that Lord Caitanya is the Supreme Personality of

>|Godhead Krsna. Another meaning of the description of the

>|Lord as having a golden hue is that Lord Caitanya's

>|personality is as fascinating as gold is attractive. Srila

>|Baladeva Vidyabhusana has explained that the word varanga

>|means "exquisitely beautiful."

530|Lord Caitanya accepted sannyasa, leaving aside His

>|householder life, to preach His mission. He has equanimity

>|in different senses. First, He describes the confidential

>|truth of the Personality of Godhead, and second, He

>|satisfies everyone by knowledge and attachment to Krsna. He

>|is peaceful because He renounces all topics not related to

>|the service of Krsna. Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana has

>|explained that the word nistha indicates His being rigidly

>|fixed in chanting the holy name of Sri Krsna. Lord Caitanya

>|subdued all disturbing opponents of devotional service,

>|especially the monists, who are actually averse to the

>|personal feature of the Supreme Lord.

531|Adi 3.50

532|TEXT 50

533|TEXT

534|vyakta kari' bhagavate kahe bara bara

535|kali-yuge dharma-nama-sankirtana sara

536|SYNONYMS

537|vyakta-evident; kari'-making; bhagavate-in Srimad-

>|Bhagavatam; kahe-they say; bara bara-time and time again;

>|kali-yuge-in the Age of Kali; dharma-the religion; nama-

>|sankirtana-congregational chanting of the holy name; sara-

>|the essence.

538|TRANSLATION

539|In Srimad-Bhagavatam it is repeatedly and clearly said that

>|the essence of religion in the Age of Kali is the chanting

>|of the holy name of Krsna.

540|Adi 3.51

541|TEXT 51

542|TEXT

543|iti dvapara urv-isa

544|stuvanti jagad-isvaram

545|nana-tantra-vidhanena

546|kalav api yatha srnu

547|SYNONYMS

548|iti-thus; dvapare-in the Dvapara Age; uru-isa-O King;

>|stuvanti-they praise; jagat-isvaram-the Lord of the

>|universe; nana-various; tantra-of scriptures; vidhanena-by

>|the regulations; kalau-in the Age of Kali; api-also; yatha-

>|in which manner; srnu-please hear.

549|TRANSLATION

550|"O King, in this way people in Dvapara-yuga worshiped the

>|Lord of the universe. In Kali-yuga they also worship the

>|Supreme Personality of Godhead by the regulations of the

>|revealed scriptures. Kindly now hear of that from me.

551|PURPORT

552|This verse is spoken by Saint Karabhajana in Srimad-

>|Bhagavatam (11.5.31).

553|Adi 3.52

554|TEXT 52

556|krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam

557|sangopangastra-parsadam

558|yajnaih sankirtana-prayair

559|yajanti hi su-medhasah

560|SYNONYMS

561|krsna-varnam-repeating the syllables krs-na; tvisa-with a

>|luster; akrsnam-not black (golden); sa-anga-along with

>|associates; upanga-servitors; astra-weapons; parsadam-

>|confidential companions; yajnaih-by sacrifice; sankirtana-

>|prayaih-consisting chiefly of congregational chanting;

>|yajanti-they worship; hi-certainly; su-medhasah-intelligent

>|persons.

562|TRANSLATION

563|"In the Age of Kali, intelligent persons perform

>|congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of

>|Godhead who constantly sings the name of Krsna. Although

>|His complexion is not blackish, He is Krsna Himself. He is

>|accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and

>|confidential companions."

564|PURPORT

565|This text is from Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.5.32). Srila Jiva

>|Gosvami has explained this verse in his commentary on the

>|Bhagavatam, known as the Krama-sandarbha, wherein he says

>|that Lord Krsna also appears with a golden complexion. That

>|golden Lord Krsna is Lord Caitanya, who is worshiped by

>|intelligent men in this age. That is confirmed in Srimad-

>|Bhagavatam by Garga Muni, who said that although the child

>|Krsna was blackish, He also appears in three other colors-

>|red, white and yellow. He exhibited His white and red

>|complexions in the Satya and Treta ages respectively. He

>|did not exhibit the remaining color, yellow-gold, until He

>|appeared as Lord Caitanya, who is known as Gaura Hari.

566|Srila Jiva Gosvami explains that krsna-varnam means Sri

>|Krsna Caitanya. Krsna-varna and Krsna Caitanya are

>|equivalent. The name Krsna appears with both Lord Krsna and

>|Lord Caitanya Krsna. Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the

>|Supreme Personality of Godhead, but He always engages in

>|describing Krsna and thus enjoys transcendental bliss by

>|chanting and remembering His name and form. Lord Krsna

>|Himself appears as Lord Caitanya to preach the highest

>|gospel.

567|Lord Caitanya always chants the holy name of Krsna and

>|describes it also, and because He is Krsna Himself, whoever

>|meets Him will automatically chant the holy name of Krsna

>|and later describe it to others. He injects one with

>|transcendental Krsna consciousness, which merges the

>|chanter in transcendental bliss. In all respects, therefore,

>| He appears before everyone as Krsna, either by personality

>|or by sound. Simply by seeing Lord Caitanya one at once

>|remembers Lord Krsna. One may therefore accept Him as visnu-

>|tattva. In other words, Lord Caitanya is Lord Krsna Himself.

568|Sangopangastra-parsadam further indicates that Lord

>|Caitanya is Lord Krsna. His body is always decorated with

>|ornaments of sandalwood and with sandalwood paste. By His

>|superexcellent beauty He subdues all the people of the age.

>|In other descents the Lord sometimes used weapons to defeat

>|the demoniac, but in this age the Lord subdues them with

>|His all-attractive figure as Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila

>|Jiva Gosvami explains that His beauty is His astra, or

>|weapon, to subdue the demons. Because He is all-attractive,

>|it is to be understood that all the demigods lived with Him

>|as His companions. His acts were uncommon and His

>|associates wonderful. When He propagated the sankirtana

>|movement, He attracted many great scholars and acaryas,

>|especially in Bengal and Orissa. Lord Caitanya is always

>|accompanied by His best associates like Lord Nityananda,

>|Advaita, Gadadhara and Srivasa.

569|Srila Jiva Gosvami cites a verse from the Vedic literature

>|which says that there is no necessity of performing

>|sacrificial demonstrations or ceremonial functions. He

>|comments that instead of engaging in such external, pompous

>|exhibitions, all people, regardless of caste, color or

>|creed, can assemble together and chant Hare Krsna to

570|Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, a famous disciple of Lord

>|Caitanya, said, "The principle of transcendental devotional

>|service having been lost, Sri Krsna Caitanya has appeared

>|kind that He is distributing love of Krsna. Everyone should

>|be attracted more and more to His lotus feet, as humming

>|bees are attracted to a lotus flower."

571|Adi 3.53

572|TEXT 53

573|TEXT

574|suna, bhai, ei saba caitanya-mahima

575|ei sloke kahe tanra mahimara sima

576|SYNONYMS

577|suna-please hear; bhai-O brothers; ei-this; saba-all;

>|caitanya-of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; mahima-the glories;

>|ei-this; sloke-verse; kahe-says; tanra-of Him; mahimara-of

>|the glories; sima-the limit.

578|TRANSLATION

579|My dear brothers, please hear all these glories of Lord

>|Caitanya. This verse clearly summarizes His activities and

>|characteristics.

580|Adi 3.54

581|TEXT 54

582|TEXT

583|'krsna' ei dui varna sada yanra mukhe

584|athava, krsnake tinho varne nija sukhe

585|SYNONYMS

586|krsna-krs-na; ei-these; dui-two; varna-syllables; sada-

>|always; yanra-of whom; mukhe-in the mouth; athava-or else;

>|krsnake-Lord Krsna; tinho-He; varne-describes; nija-His own;

>| sukhe-in happiness.

587|TRANSLATION

588|The two syllables "krs-na" are always in His mouth; or, He

>|constantly describes Krsna with great pleasure.

589|Adi 3.55

590|TEXT 55

591|TEXT

592|krsna-varna-sabdera artha dui ta pramana

593|krsna vinu tanra mukhe nahi aise ana

594|SYNONYMS

595|krsna-varna-sabdera-of the word krsna-varna; artha-the

>|meaning; dui-two; ta-certainly; pramana-examples; krsna-

>|Krsna; vinu-except for; tanra-of Him; mukhe-in the mouth;

>|nahi aise-does not come; ana-anything else.

596|TRANSLATION

597|These are two meanings of the word "krsna-varna." Indeed,

>|nothing else but Krsna issues from His mouth.

598|Adi 3.56

599|TEXT 56

600|TEXT

601|keha tanre bale yadi krsna-varana

602|ara visesane tara kare nivarana

603|SYNONYMS

604|keha-someone; tanre-to Him; bale-ascribes; yadi-if; krsna-

>|black; varana-the color; ara-another; visesane-in the

>|adjective; tara-of that; kare-does; nivarana-prevention.

605|TRANSLATION

606|If someone tries to describe Him as being of blackish

>|complexion, the next adjective [tvisa akrsnam] immediately

>|restricts him.

607|Adi 3.57

608|TEXT 57

609|TEXT

610|deha-kantye haya tenho akrsna-varana

611|akrsna-varane kahe pita-varana

612|SYNONYMS

613|deha-kantye-in the luster of the body; haya-is; tenho-He;

>|akrsna-not black; varana-the color; akrsna-varane-by a

>|color that is not blackish; kahe-one means; pita-yellow;

>|varana-the color.

614|TRANSLATION

615|His complexion is certainly not blackish. Indeed, His not

>|being blackish indicates that His complexion is yellow.

616|Adi 3.58

617|TEXT 58

618|TEXT

619|kalau yam vidvamsah sphutam abhiyajante dyuti-bharad

620|akrsnangam krsnam makha-vidhibhir utkirtana-mayaih

621|upasyam ca prahur yam akhila-caturthasrama-jusam

622|sa devas caitanyakrtir atitaram nah krpayatu

623|SYNONYMS

624|kalau-in the Age of Kali; yam-Him whom; vidvamsah-the

>|learned men; sphutam-clearly manifested; abhiyajante-

>|worship; dyuti-bharat-due to an abundance of bodily luster;

>|akrsna-angam-whose body is not blackish; krsnam-Lord Krsna;

>|makha-vidhibhih-by the performances of sacrifice; utkirtana-

>|mayaih-consisting of loud chanting of the holy name;

>|upasyam-worshipable object; ca-and; prahuh-they said; yam-

>|whom; akhila-all; caturtha-asrama-jusam-of those who are in

>|the fourth order of life (sannyasa); sah-He; devah-the

>|Supreme Personality of Godhead; caitanya-akrtih-having the

>|form of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; atitaram-excessively; nah-

>|unto us; krpayatu-let Him show His mercy.

625|TRANSLATION

626|"By performing the sacrifice of congregational chanting of

>|the holy name, learned scholars in the Age of Kali worship

>|great upsurge of the feelings of Srimati Radharani. He is

>|the only worshipable Deity for the paramahamsas, who have

>|attained the highest stage of the fourth order [sannyasa].

>|May that Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Caitanya,

>|show us His great causeless mercy."

627|PURPORT

629|Adi 3.59

630|TEXT 59

631|TEXT

632|pratyaksa tanhara tapta-kancanera dyuti

633|yanhara chataya nase ajnana-tamastati

634|SYNONYMS

635|pratyaksa-vivid; tanhara-of Him; tapta-molten; kancanera-of

>|gold; dyuti-effulgence; yanhara-of whom; chataya-by the

>|luster; nase-destroys; ajnana-of ignorance; tamastati-the

>|extent of the darkness.

636|TRANSLATION

637|One can vividly see His glowing complexion of molten gold,

>|which dispels the darkness of ignorance.

638|Adi 3.60

639|TEXT 60

640|TEXT

641|jivera kalmasa-tamo nasa karibare

642|anga-upanga-nama nana astra dhare

643|SYNONYMS

644|jivera-of the living entity; kalmasa-of sinful activities;

>|tamah-the darkness; nasa karibare-for destroying; anga-

>|associates; upanga-devotees; nama-holy names; nana-various;

>|astra-weapons; dhare-He holds.

645|TRANSLATION

646|The sinful life of the living beings results from ignorance.

>| To destroy that ignorance, He has brought various weapons,

>|such as His plenary associates, His devotees and the holy

>|name.

647|Adi 3.61

648|TEXT 61

649|TEXT

650|bhaktira virodhi karma-dharma va adharma

651|tahara 'kalmasa' nama, sei maha-tamah

652|SYNONYMS

653|bhaktira-to devotional service; virodhi-averse; karma-

>|activity; dharma-religious; va-or; adharma-irreligious;

>|tahara-of that; kalmasa-sin; nama-the name; sei-this; maha-

>|tamah-great darkness.

654|TRANSLATION

655|The greatest ignorance consists of activities, whether

>|religious or irreligious, that are opposed to devotional

>|service. They are to be known as sins [kalmasa].

656|Adi 3.62

657|TEXT 62

658|TEXT

659|bahu tuli' hari bali' prema-drstye caya

660|kariya kalmasa nasa premete bhasaya

661|SYNONYMS

662|bahu tuli'-raising the arms; hari bali'-chanting the holy

>|name; prema-drstye-with His glance of deep love; caya-He

>|looks; kariya-causing; kalmasa-to sins; nasa-destruction;

>|premete-in love of God; bhasaya-He floods.

663|TRANSLATION

664|Raising His arms, chanting the holy name and looking upon

>|all with deep love, He drives away all sins and floods

>|everyone with love of Godhead.

665|Adi 3.63

666|TEXT 63

667|TEXT

668|smitalokah sokam harati jagatam yasya parito

669|giram tu prarambhah kusala-patalim pallavayati

670|padalambhah kam va pranayati na hi prema-nivaham

671|sa devas caitanyakrtir atitaram nah krpayatu

672|SYNONYMS

673|smita-smiling; alokah-glance; sokam-the bereavement; harati-

>|takes away; jagatam-of the world; yasya-whose; paritah-all

>|around; giram-of the speech; tu-also; prarambhah-the

>|beginning; kusala-of auspiciousness; patalim-the mass;

>|pallavayati-causes to blossom; pada-alambhah-the taking

>|hold of the lotus feet; kam va-what possibly; pranayati-

>|leads to; na-not; hi-certainly; prema-nivaham-quantity of

>|love of Godhead; sah-He; devah-the Supreme Personality of

>|Godhead; caitanya-akrtih-having the form of Lord Caitanya

>|Mahaprabhu; atitaram-excessively; nah-unto us; krpayatu-may

>|He show His mercy.

674|TRANSLATION

675|"May the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the form of Lord

>|Sri Caitanya bestow His causeless mercy upon us. His

>|smiling glance at once drives away all the bereavements of

>|the world, and His very words enliven the auspicious

>|creepers of devotion by expanding their leaves. Taking

>|shelter of His lotus feet invokes transcendental love of

>|God at once."

676|Adi 3.64

677|TEXT 64

678|TEXT

679|sri-anga, sri-mukha yei kare darasana

680|tara papa-ksaya haya, paya prema-dhana

681|SYNONYMS

682|sri-anga-His body; sri-mukha-His face; yei-anyone who; kare-

>|does; darasana-seeing; tara-of him; papa-ksaya-destruction

>|of sins; haya-there is; paya-obtains; prema-dhana-the

>|wealth of love of Godhead.

683|TRANSLATION

684|Anyone who looks upon His beautiful body or beautiful face

>|becomes freed from all sins and obtains the wealth of love

>|of Godhead.

685|Adi 3.65

686|TEXT 65

687|TEXT

688|anya avatare saba sainya-sastra sange

689|caitanya-krsnera sainya anga-upange

690|SYNONYMS

691|anya-other; avatare-in incarnations; saba-all; sainya-

>|soldiers; sastra-and weapons; sange-along with; caitanya-

>|krsnera-of Lord Krsna as Lord Caitanya; sainya-soldiers;

>|anga-plenary parts; upange-and associates.

692|TRANSLATION

693|In other incarnations the Lord descended with armies and

>|weapons, but in this incarnation His soldiers are His

>|plenary parts and associates.

694|Adi 3.66

695|TEXT 66

696|TEXT

697|sadopasyah sriman dhrta-manuja-kayaih pranayitam

698|vahadbhir gir-vanair girisa-paramesthi-prabhrtibhih

699|sva-bhaktebhyah suddham nija-bhajana-mudram upadisan

700|sa caitanyah kim me punar api drsor yasyati padam

701|SYNONYMS

702|sada-always; upasyah-worshipable; sriman-beautiful; dhrta-

>|who accepted; manuja-kayaih-the bodies of men; pranayitam-

>|love; vahadbhih-who were bearing; gih-vanaih-by the

>|demigods; girisa-Lord Siva; paramesthi-Lord Brahma;

>|prabhrtibhih-headed by; sva-bhaktebhyah-unto His own

>|devotees; suddham-pure; nija-bhajana-of His own worship;

>|mudram-the mark; upadisan-instructing; sah-He; caitanyah-

>|Lord Caitanya; kim-what; me-my; punah-again; api-certainly;

>|drsoh-of the two eyes; yasyati-He will go; padam-to the

>|abode.

703|TRANSLATION

704|"Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is always the most

>|worshipable Deity of the demigods, including Lord Siva and

>|Lord Brahma, who came in the garb of ordinary men, bearing

>|love for Him. He instructs His own pure devotional service

>|to His own devotees. Will He again be the object of my

>|vision?"

705|Adi 3.67

706|TEXT 67

707|TEXT

708|angopanga astra kare sva-karya-sadhana

709|'anga'-sabdera artha ara suna diya mana

710|SYNONYMS

711|anga-upanga-plenary parts and associates; astra-weapons;

>|kare-do; sva-karya-of their own business; sadhana-as the

>|accomplishment; anga-sabdera-of the word anga; artha-the

>|meaning; ara-another; suna-please hear; diya-giving; mana-

>|the mind.

712|TRANSLATION

713|His plenary parts and associates perform the work of

>|weapons as their own specific duties. Please hear from me

>|another meaning of the word "anga."

714|Adi 3.68

715|TEXT 68

716|TEXT

717|'anga'-sabde amsa kahe sastra-paramana

718|angera avayava 'upanga'-vyakhyana

719|SYNONYMS

720|anga-sabde-by the word anga, or limb; amsa-part; kahe-says;

>|sastra-of the scriptures; paramana-the evidence; angera-of

>|the limb; avayava-the constituent part; upanga-vyakhyana-

>|the exposition of the word upanga.

721|TRANSLATION

722|According to the evidence of the revealed scriptures, a

>|bodily limb [anga] is also called a part [amsa], and a part

>|of a limb is called a partial part [upanga].

723|Adi 3.69

724|TEXT 69

725|TEXT

726|narayanas tvam na hi sarva-dehinam

727|atmasy adhisakhila-loka-saksi

728|narayano 'ngam nara-bhu-jalayanat

729|tac capi satyam na tavaiva maya

730|SYNONYMS

731|narayanah-Lord Narayana; tvam-You; na-not; hi-certainly;

>|sarva-all; dehinam-of the embodied beings; atma-the

>|Supersoul; asi-You are; adhisa-O Lord; akhila-loka-of all

>|the worlds; saksi-the witness; narayanah-known as Narayana;

>|angam-plenary portion; nara-of Nara; bhu-born; jala-in the

>|water; ayanat-due to the place of refuge; tat-that; ca-and;

>|api-certainly; satyam-highest truth; na-not; tava-Your; eva-

>|at all; maya-the illusory energy.

732|TRANSLATION

733|"O Lord of lords, You are the seer of all creation. You are

>|indeed everyone's dearest life. Are You not, therefore, my

>|father, Narayana? 'Narayana' refers to one whose abode is

>|in the water born from Nara [Garbhodakasayi Visnu], and

>|that Narayana is Your plenary portion. All Your plenary

>|portions are transcendental. They are absolute and are not

>|creations of maya."

734|PURPORT

735|This text was spoken to Lord Krsna by Brahma in Srimad-

>|Bhagavatam (10.14.14).

736|Adi 3.70

737|TEXT 70

738|TEXT

739|jala-sayi antar-yami yei narayana

740|seho tomara amsa, tumi mula narayana

741|SYNONYMS

742|jala-sayi-lying in the water; antah-yami-indwelling

>|Supersoul; yei-He who; narayana-Lord Narayana; seho-He;

>|tomara-Your; amsa-plenary portion; tumi-You; mula-original;

>|narayana-Narayana.

743|TRANSLATION

744|The manifestation of the Narayana who predominates in

>|everyone's heart, as well as the Narayana who lives in the

>|waters [Karana, Garbha and Ksira], is Your plenary portion.

>|You are therefore the original Narayana.

745|Adi 3.71

746|TEXT 71

747|TEXT

748|'anga'-sabde amsa kahe, seho satya haya

749|maya-karya nahe-saba cid-ananda-maya

750|SYNONYMS

751|anga-sabde-by the word anga; amsa-plenary portion; kahe-one

>|means; seho-that; satya-the truth; haya-is; maya-of the

>|material energy; karya-the work; nahe-is not; saba-all; cit-

>|ananda-maya-full of knowledge and bliss.

752|TRANSLATION

753|The word "anga" indeed refers to plenary portions. Such

>|manifestations should never be considered products of

>|material nature, for they are all transcendental, full of

>|knowledge and full of bliss.

754|PURPORT

755|In the material world, if a fragment is taken from an

>|original object, the original object is reduced by the

>|removal of that fragment. But the Supreme Personality of

>|Godhead is not at all affected by the actions of maya. The

>|Isopanisad says:

756|om purnam adah purnam idam

757|purnat purnam udacyate

758|purnasya purnam adaya

759|purnam evavasisyate

760|"The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete, and

>|because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him,

>|such as this phenomenal world, are perfectly equipped as

>|complete wholes. Whatever is produced of the complete whole

>|is also complete in itself. Because He is the complete

>|whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him,

>|He remains the complete balance." (Sri Isopanisad,

>|Invocation)

761|In the realm of the Absolute, one plus one equals one, and

>|one minus one equals one. Therefore one should not conceive

>|of a fragment of the Supreme Lord in the material sense. In

>|the spiritual world there is no influence of the material

>|energy or material calculations of fragments. In the

>|Fifteenth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gita, the Lord says that

>|the living entities are His parts and parcels. There are

>|innumerable living entities throughout the material and

>|spiritual universes, but still Lord Krsna is full in

>|Himself. To think that God has lost His personality because

>|His many parts and parcels are distributed all over the

>|universe is an illusion. That is a material calculation.

>|Such calculations are possible only under the influence of

>|the material energy, maya. In the spiritual world the

>|material energy is conspicuous only by its absence.

762|In the category of visnu-tattva there is no loss of power

>|from one expansion to the next, any more than there is a

>|loss of illumination as one candle kindles another.

>|and all will have the same candle power. In this way it is

>|to be understood that although all the visnu-tattvas, from

>|Krsna and Lord Caitanya to Rama, Nrsimha, Varaha and so on,

>|appear with different features in different ages, all are

>|equally invested with supreme potency.

763|Demigods such as Lord Brahma and Lord Siva come in contact

>|with the material energy, and their power and potency are

>|therefore of different gradations. All the incarnations of

>|Visnu, however, are equal in potency, for the influence of

>|maya cannot even approach Them.

764|Adi 3.72

765|TEXT 72

766|TEXT

767|advaita, nityananda-caitanyera dui anga

768|angera avayava-gana kahiye upanga

769|SYNONYMS

770|advaita-Advaita Acarya; nityananda-Lord Nityananda;

>|caitanyera-of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dui-two; anga-limbs;

>| angera-of the limbs; avayava-gana-the constituent parts;

>|kahiye-I say; upanga-parts.

771|TRANSLATION

772|Sri Advaita Prabhu and Sri Nityananda Prabhu are both

>|plenary portions of Lord Caitanya. Thus They are the limbs [

>|angas] of His body. The parts of these two limbs are called

>|the upangas.

773|Adi 3.73

774|TEXT 73

775|TEXT

776|angopanga tiksna astra prabhura sahite

777|sei saba astra haya pasanda dalite

778|SYNONYMS

779|anga-upanga-plenary portions and parts; tiksna-sharp; astra-

>|weapons; prabhura sahite-along with Lord Caitanya

>|Mahaprabhu; sei-these; saba-all; astra-weapons; haya-are;

>|pasanda-the atheists; dalite-to trample.

780|TRANSLATION

>|of His parts and plenary portions. All these weapons are

>|competent enough to crush the faithless atheists.

782|PURPORT

783|The word pasanda is very significant here. One who compares

>|the Supreme Personality of Godhead to the demigods is known

>|as a pasanda. Pasandas try to bring the Supreme Lord down

>|to a mundane level. Sometimes they create their own

>|imaginary God or accept an ordinary person as God and

>|advertise him as equal to the Supreme Personality of

>|Godhead. They are so foolish that they present someone as

>|the next incarnation of Lord Caitanya or Krsna although His

>|activities are all contradictory to those of a genuine

>|incarnation, and thus they fool the innocent public. One

>|who is intelligent and who studies the characteristics of

>|the Supreme Personality of Godhead with reference to the

>|Vedic context cannot be bewildered by the pasandas.

784|Pasandas, or atheists, cannot understand the pastimes of

>|the Supreme Lord or transcendental loving service to the

>|Lord. They think that devotional service is no better than

>|ordinary fruitive activities (karma). As the Bhagavad-gita (

>|4.8) confirms, however, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

>|and His devotees, saving the righteous and chastising the

>|miscreants (paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya ca duskrtam),

>|always curb these nonsensical atheists. Miscreants always

>|want to deny the Supreme Personality of Godhead and put

>|stumbling blocks in the path of devotional service. The

>|Lord sends His bona fide representatives and appears

>|Himself to curb this nonsense.

785|Adi 3.74

786|TEXT 74

787|TEXT

788|nityananda gosani saksat haladhara

789|advaita acarya gosani saksat isvara

790|SYNONYMS

791|nityananda gosani-Lord Nityananda Gosani; saksat-directly;

>|hala-dhara-Lord Balarama, the holder of the plow; advaita

>|acarya gosani-Sri Advaita Acarya Gosani; saksat-directly;

>|isvara-the Personality of Godhead.

792|TRANSLATION

793|Sri Nityananda Gosani is directly Haladhara [Lord Balarama],

>| and Advaita Acarya is the Personality of Godhead Himself.

794|Adi 3.75

795|TEXT 75

796|TEXT

797|srivasadi parisada sainya sange lana

798|dui sena-pati bule kirtana kariya

799|SYNONYMS

800|srivasa-adi-Srivasa and others; parisada-associates; sainya-

>|soldiers; sange-along with; lana-taking; dui-two; sena-pati-

>|captains; bule-travel; kirtana kariya-chanting the holy

>|name.

801|TRANSLATION

802|These two captains, with Their soldiers such as Srivasa

>|Thakura, travel everywhere, chanting the holy name of the

>|Lord.

803|Adi 3.76

804|TEXT 76

805|TEXT

806|pasanda-dalana-vana nityananda raya

807|acarya-hunkare papa-pasandi palaya

808|SYNONYMS

809|pasanda-dalana-of trampling the atheists; vana-having the

>|feature; nityananda-Lord Nityananda; raya-the honorable;

>|acarya-of Advaita Acarya; hunkare-by the war cry; papa-sins;

>| pasandi-and atheists; palaya-run away.

810|TRANSLATION

811|Lord Nityananda's very features indicate that He is the

>|subduer of the unbelievers. All sins and unbelievers flee

>|from the loud shouts of Advaita Acarya.

812|Adi 3.77

813|TEXT 77

814|TEXT

815|sankirtana-pravartaka sri-krsna-caitanya

816|sankirtana-yajne tanre bhaje, sei dhanya

817|SYNONYMS

818|sankirtana-pravartaka-the initiator of congregational

>|chanting; sri-krsna-caitanya-Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu;

>|sankirtana-of congregational chanting; yajne-by the

>|sacrifice; tanre-Him; bhaje-worships; sei-he; dhanya-

>|fortunate.

819|TRANSLATION

820|Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya is the initiator of sankirtana [

>|congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord]. One

>|who worships Him through sankirtana is fortunate indeed.

821|Adi 3.78

822|TEXT 78

823|TEXT

824|sei ta' sumedha, ara kubuddhi samsara

825|sarva-yajna haite krsna-nama-yajna sara

826|SYNONYMS

827|sei-he; ta'-certainly; su-medha-intelligent; ara-others; ku-

>|buddhi-poor understanding; samsara-in the material world;

>|sarva-yajna haite-than all other sacrifices; krsna-nama-of

>|chanting the name of Lord Krsna; yajna-the sacrifice; sara-

>|the best.

828|TRANSLATION

829|Such a person is truly intelligent, whereas others, who

>|have but a poor fund of knowledge, must endure the cycle of

>|repeated birth and death. Of all sacrificial performances,

>|the chanting of the Lord's holy name is the most sublime.

830|PURPORT

831|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the father and inaugurator

>|of the sankirtana movement. One who worships Him by

>|sacrificing his life, money, intelligence and words for the

>|sankirtana movement is recognized by the Lord and endowed

>|with His blessings. All others may be said to be foolish,

>|for of all sacrifices in which a man may apply his energy,

>|a sacrifice made for the sankirtana movement is the most

>|glorious.

832|Adi 3.79

833|TEXT 79

834|TEXT

835|koti asvamedha eka krsna nama sama

836|yei kahe, se pasandi, dande tare yama

837|SYNONYMS

838|koti-ten million; asvamedha-horse sacrifices; eka-one;

>|krsna-of Lord Krsna; nama-name; sama-equal to; yei-one who;

>|kahe-says; se-he; pasandi-atheist; dande-punishes; tare-him;

>| yama-Yamaraja.

839|TRANSLATION

840|One who says that ten million asvamedha sacrifices are

>|equal to the chanting of the holy name of Lord Krsna is

>|undoubtedly an atheist. He is sure to be punished by

>|Yamaraja.

841|PURPORT

842|In the list of the ten kinds of offenses in chanting the

>|holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hare Krsna,

>| the eighth offense is dharma-vrata-tyaga-hutadi-sarva-

>|subha-kriya-samyam api pramadah. One should never consider

>|the chanting of the holy name of Godhead equal to pious

>|activities like giving charity to brahmanas or saintly

>|persons, opening charitable educational institutions,

>|distributing free food and so on. The results of pious

>|activities do not equal the results of chanting the holy

>|name of Krsna.

843|The Vedic scriptures say:

844|go-koti-danam grahane khagasya

845|prayaga-gangodaka-kalpa-vasah

846|yajnayutam meru-suvarna-danam

847|govinda-kirter na samam satamsaih

848|"Even if one distributes ten million cows in charity during

>|an eclipse of the sun, lives at the confluence of the

>|Ganges and Yamuna for millions of years, or gives a

>|mountain of gold in sacrifice to the brahmanas, he does not

>|earn one hundredth part of the merit derived from chanting

>|Hare Krsna." In other words, one who accepts the chanting

>|of Hare Krsna to be some kind of pious activity is

>|completely misled. Of course, it is pious; but the real

>|fact is that Krsna and His name, being transcendental, are

>|far above all mundane pious activity. Pious activity is on

>|the material platform, but chanting of the holy name of

>|Krsna is completely on the spiritual plane. Therefore,

>|although pasandis do not understand this, pious activity

>|can never compare to the chanting of the holy name.

849|Adi 3.80

850|TEXT 80

851|TEXT

852|'bhagavata-sandarbha'-granthera mangalacarane

853|e-sloka jiva-gosani kariyachena vyakhyane

854|SYNONYMS

855|bhagavata-sandarbha-granthera-of the book called Bhagavata-

>|sandarbha; mangala-acarane-in the auspicious introduction;

>|e-sloka-this verse; jiva-gosani-Jiva Gosvami; kariyachena-

>|has made; vyakhyane-in explaining.

856|TRANSLATION

>|Srila Jiva Gosvami has given the following verse as an

>|explanation.

858|Adi 3.81

859|TEXT 81

860|TEXT

861|antah krsnam bahir gauram

862|darsitangadi-vaibhavam

863|kalau sankirtanadyaih sma

864|krsna-caitanyam asritah

865|SYNONYMS

866|antah-internally; krsnam-Lord Krsna; bahih-externally;

>|gauram-fair-colored; darsita-displayed; anga-limbs; adi-

>|beginning with; vaibhavam-expansions; kalau-in the Age of

>|Kali; sankirtana-adyaih-by congregational chanting, etc.;

>|sma-certainly; krsna-caitanyam-unto Lord Caitanya

>|Mahaprabhu; asritah-sheltered.

867|TRANSLATION

868|"I take shelter of Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who

>|is outwardly of a fair complexion but is inwardly Krsna

>|Himself. In this Age of Kali He displays His expansions [

>|His angas and upangas] by performing congregational

>|chanting of the holy name of the Lord."

869|PURPORT

870|Srila Jiva Gosvami has placed the verse from Srimad-

>|sandarbha, or Sat-sandarbha. He has composed this text (81),

>| which is, in effect, an explanation of the Bhagavatam

>|verse, as the second verse of the same work. The verse from

>|Srimad-Bhagavatam was enunciated by Karabhajana, one of the

>|nine great sages, and it is elaborately explained by the

>|Sarva-samvadini, Jiva Gosvami's commentary on his own Sat-

>|sandarbha.

871|Antah krsna refers to one who is always thinking of Krsna.

>|This attitude is a predominant feature of Srimati Radharani.

>| Even though many devotees always think of Krsna, none can

>|surpass the gopis, among whom Radharani is the leader in

>|thinking of Krsna. Radharani's Krsna consciousness

>|surpasses that of all other devotees. Lord Caitanya

>|accepted the position of Srimati Radharani to understand

>|Krsna; therefore He was always thinking of Krsna in the

>|same way as Radharani. By thinking of Lord Krsna, He always

>|overlapped Krsna.

872|Sri Krsna Caitanya, who was outwardly very fair, with a

>|complexion like molten gold, simultaneously manifested His

>|eternal associates, opulences, expansions and incarnations.

>|He preached the process of chanting Hare Krsna, and those

>|who are under His lotus feet are glorious.

873|Adi 3.82

874|TEXT 82

875|TEXT

876|upa-puraneha suni sri-krsna-vacana

877|krpa kari vyasa prati kariyachena kathana

878|SYNONYMS

879|upa-puraneha-in the Upapuranas; suni-we hear; sri-krsna-

>|vacana-the words of Lord Krsna; krpa kari-having mercy;

>|vyasa prati-toward Vyasadeva; kariyachena-He did; kathana-

>|speaking.

880|TRANSLATION

881|In the Upapuranas we hear Sri Krsna showing His mercy to

>|Vyasadeva by speaking to him as follows.

882|Adi 3.83

883|TEXT 83

884|TEXT

885|aham eva kvacid brahman

886|sannyasasramam asritah

887|hari-bhaktim grahayami

888|kalau papa-hatan naran

889|SYNONYMS

890|aham-I; eva-certainly; kvacit-somewhere; brahman-O brahmana;

>| sannyasa-asramam-the renounced order of life; asritah-

>|taking recourse to; hari-bhaktim-devotional service to the

>|Supreme Personality of Godhead; grahayami-I shall give;

>|kalau-in the Age of Kali; papa-hatan-sinful; naran-to men.

891|TRANSLATION

892|"O learned brahmana, sometimes I accept the renounced order

>|of life to induce the fallen people of the Age of Kali to

>|accept devotional service to the Lord."

893|Adi 3.84

894|TEXT 84

895|TEXT

896|bhagavata, bharata-sastra, agama, purana

897|caitanya-krsna-avatare prakata pramana

898|SYNONYMS

899|bhagavata-Srimad-Bhagavatam; bharata-sastra-Mahabharata;

>|caitanya-as Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; krsna-of Lord Krsna;

>|avatare-in the incarnation; prakata-displayed; pramana-

>|evidence.

900|TRANSLATION

901|Srimad-Bhagavatam, the Mahabharata, the Puranas and other

>|Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the incarnation of

>|Krsna.

902|Adi 3.85

903|TEXT 85

904|TEXT

905|pratyakse dekhaha nana prakata prabhava

906|alaukika karma, alaukika anubhava

907|SYNONYMS

908|pratyakse-directly; dekhaha-just see; nana-various; prakata-

>|manifested; prabhava-influence; alaukika-uncommon; karma-

>|activities; alaukika-uncommon; anubhava-realizations in

>|Krsna consciousness.

909|TRANSLATION

910|One can also directly see Lord Caitanya's manifest

>|influence in His uncommon deeds and uncommon Krsna

>|conscious realization.

911|Adi 3.86

912|TEXT 86

913|TEXT

914|dekhiya na dekhe yata abhaktera gana

915|uluke na dekhe yena suryera kirana

916|SYNONYMS

917|dekhiya-seeing; na dekhe-they do not see; yata-all;

>|abhaktera-of nondevotees; gana-crowds; uluke-the owl; na

>|dekhe-does not see; yena-just as; suryera-of the sun;

>|kirana-rays.

918|TRANSLATION

919|But faithless unbelievers do not see what is clearly

>|evident, just as owls do not see the rays of the sun.

920|Adi 3.87

921|TEXT 87

922|TEXT

923|tvam sila-rupa-caritaih parama-prakrstaih

924|sattvena sattvikataya prabalais ca sastraih

925|prakhyata-daiva-paramartha-vidam matais ca

926|naivasura-prakrtayah prabhavanti boddhum

927|SYNONYMS

928|tvam-You; sila-character; rupa-forms; caritaih-by acts;

>|parama-most; prakrstaih-eminent; sattvena-by uncommon power;

>| sattvikataya-with the quality of predominant goodness;

>|prabalaih-great; ca-and; sastraih-by the scriptures;

>|prakhyata-renowned; daiva-divine; parama-artha-vidam-of

>|those who know the highest goal; mataih-by the opinions; ca-

>|and; na-not; eva-certainly; asura-prakrtayah-those whose

>|disposition is demoniac; prabhavanti-are able; boddhum-to

>|know.

929|TRANSLATION

930|"O my Lord, those influenced by demoniac principles cannot

>|realize You, although You are clearly the Supreme by dint

>|of Your exalted activities, forms, character and uncommon

>|power, which are confirmed by all the revealed scriptures

>|in the quality of goodness and the celebrated

>|transcendentalists in the divine nature."

931|PURPORT

932|This is a verse from the Stotra-ratna (12) of Yamunacarya,

>|the spiritual master of Ramanujacarya. The authentic

>|scriptures describe the transcendental activities, features,

>| form and qualities of Krsna, and Krsna explains Himself in

>|the Bhagavad-gita, the most authentic scripture in the

>|world. He is further explained in Srimad-Bhagavatam, which

>|is considered the explanation of the Vedanta-sutra. Lord

>|Krsna is accepted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead by

>|these authentic scriptures, not simply by vox populi. In

>|the modern age a certain class of fools think that they can

>|vote anyone into the position of God, as they can vote a

>|man into the position of a political executive head. But

>|the transcendental Supreme Personality of Godhead is

>|perfectly described in the authentic scriptures. In the

>|Bhagavad-gita the Lord says that only fools deride Him,

>|thinking that anyone can speak like Krsna.

933|Even according to historical references, Krsna's activities

>|are most uncommon. Krsna has affirmed, "I am God," and He

>|has acted accordingly. Mayavadis think that everyone can

>|claim to be God, but that is their illusion, for no one

>|else can perform such extraordinary activities as Krsna.

>|When He was a child on the lap of His mother, He killed the

>|demon Putana. Then He killed the demons Trnavarta,

>|Vatsasura and Baka. When He was a little more grown up, He

>|killed the demons Aghasura and Rsabhasura. Therefore God is

>|God from the very beginning. The idea that someone can

>|become God by meditation is ridiculous. By hard endeavor

>|one may realize his godly nature, but he will never become

>|God. The asuras, or demons, who think that anyone can

>|become God, are condemned.

934|The authentic scriptures are compiled by personalities like

>|Vyasadeva, Narada, Asita and Parasara, who are not ordinary

>|men. All the followers of the Vedic way of life have

>|accepted these famous personalities, whose authentic

>|scriptures conform to the Vedic literature. Nevertheless,

>|the demoniac do not believe their statements, and they

>|purposely oppose the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His

>|devotees. Today it is fashionable for common men to write

>|whimsical words as so-called incarnations of God and be

>|accepted as authentic by other common men. This demoniac

>|mentality is condemned in the Seventh Chapter of the

>|Bhagavad-gita, wherein it is said that those who are

>|miscreants and the lowest of mankind, who are fools and

>|asses, cannot accept the Supreme Personality of Godhead

>|because of their demoniac nature. They are compared to

>|ulukas, or owls, who cannot open their eyes in the sunlight.

>|themselves from it and never see it. They cannot believe

>|that there is such illumination.

935|Adi 3.88

936|TEXT 88

937|TEXT

938|apana lukaite krsna nana yatna kare

939|tathapi tanhara bhakta janaye tanhare

940|SYNONYMS

941|apana-Himself; lukaite-to hide; krsna-Lord Krsna; nana-

>|various; yatna-efforts; kare-makes; tathapi-still; tanhara-

>|His; bhakta-devotees; janaye-know; tanhare-Him.

942|TRANSLATION

943|Lord Sri Krsna tries to hide Himself in various ways, but

>|nevertheless His pure devotees know Him as He is.

944|Adi 3.89

945|TEXT 89

946|TEXT

947|ullanghita-trividha-sima-samatisayi-

948|sambhavanam tava parivradhima-svabhavam

949|maya-balena bhavatapi niguhyamanam

950|pasyanti kecid anisam tvad-ananya-bhavah

951|SYNONYMS

952|ullanghita-passed over; tri-vidha-three kinds; sima-the

>|limitations; sama-of equal; atisayi-and of excelling;

>|sambhavanam-by which the adequacy; tava-Your; parivradhima-

>|of supremacy; svabhavam-the real nature; maya-balena-by the

>|strength of the illusory energy; bhavata-Your; api-although;

>| niguhyamanam-being hidden; pasyanti-they see; kecit-some;

>|anisam-always; tvat-to You; ananya-bhavah-those who are

>|exclusively devoted.

953|TRANSLATION

954|"O my Lord, everything within material nature is limited by

>|time, space and thought. Your characteristics, however,

>|being unequaled and unsurpassed, are always transcendental

>|to such limitations. You sometimes cover such

>|characteristics by Your own energy, but nevertheless Your

>|unalloyed devotees are always able to see You under all

>|circumstances."

955|PURPORT

956|This verse is also quoted from the Stotra-ratna (13) of

>|Yamunacarya. Everything covered by the influence of maya is

>|within the limited boundaries of space, time and thought.

>|Even the greatest manifestation we can conceive, the sky,

>|also has limitations. From the authentic scriptures,

>|however, it is evident that beyond the sky is a covering of

>|seven layers, each ten times thicker than the one preceding

>|it. The covering layers are vast, but with or without

>|coverings, space is limited. Our power to think about space

>|and time is also limited. Time is eternal; we may imagine

>|billions and trillions of years, but that will still be an

>|inadequate estimate of the extent of time. Our imperfect

>|senses, therefore, cannot think of the greatness of the

>|Supreme Personality of Godhead, nor can we bring Him within

>|the limitations of time or our thinking power. His position

>|is accordingly described by the word ullanghita. He is

>|transcendental to space, time and thought; although He

>|appears within them, He exists transcendentally. Even when

>|the Lord's transcendental existence is disguised by space,

>|time and thought, however, pure devotees of the Supreme

>|Lord can see Him in His personal features beyond space,

>|time and thought. In other words, even though the Lord is

>|not visible to the eyes of ordinary men, those who are

>|beyond the covering layers because of their transcendental

>|devotional service can still see Him.

957|The sun may appear covered by a cloud, but actually it is

>|the eyes of the tiny people below the cloud that are

>|covered, not the sun. If those tiny people rose above the

>|cloud in an airplane, they could then see the sunshine and

>|the sun without impediment. Similarly, although the

>|covering of maya is very strong, Lord Krsna says in the

>|Bhagavad-gita (7.14):

958|daivi hy esa guna-mayi

959|mama maya duratyaya

960|mam eva ye prapadyante

961|mayam etam taranti te

962|"This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes

>|of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who

>|have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it." To

>|surpass the influence of the illusory energy is very

>|difficult, but those who are determined to catch hold of

>|the lotus feet of the Lord are freed from the clutches of

>|maya. Therefore, pure devotees can understand the Supreme

>|Personality of Godhead, but demons, because of their

>|miscreant behavior, cannot understand the Lord, in spite of

>|seeing the many revealed scriptures and the uncommon

>|activities of the Lord.

963|Adi 3.90

964|TEXT 90

965|TEXT

966|asura-svabhave krsne kabhu nahi jane

967|lukaite nare krsna bhakta-jana-sthane

968|SYNONYMS

969|asura-svabhave-those whose nature is demoniac; krsne-Lord

>|Krsna; kabhu-at any time; nahi-not; jane-know; lukaite-to

>|hide; nare-is not able; krsna-Lord Krsna; bhakta-jana-of

>|pure devotees; sthane-in a place.

970|TRANSLATION

971|Those whose nature is demoniac cannot know Krsna at any

>|time, but He cannot hide Himself from His pure devotees.

972|PURPORT

973|People who develop the nature of asuras like Ravana and

>|Hiranyakasipu can never know Krsna, the Personality of

>|Godhead, by challenging the authority of Godhead. But Sri

>|Krsna cannot hide Himself from His pure devotees.

974|Adi 3.91

975|TEXT 91

976|TEXT

977|dvau bhuta-sargau loke 'smin

978|daiva asura eva ca

979|visnu-bhaktah smrto daiva

980|asuras tad-viparyayah

981|SYNONYMS

982|dvau-two; bhuta-of the living beings; sargau-dispositions;

>|loke-in the world; asmin-in this; daivah-godly; asurah-

>|demoniac; eva-certainly; ca-and; visnu-bhaktah-a devotee of

>|Lord Visnu; smrtah-remembered; daivah-godly; asurah-

>|demoniac; tat-viparyayah-the opposite of that.

983|TRANSLATION

984|"There are two classes of men in the created world. One

>|consists of the demoniac and the other of the godly. The

>|devotees of Lord Visnu are the godly, whereas those who are

>|just the opposite are called demons."

985|PURPORT

986|This is a verse from the Padma Purana. Visnu-bhaktas, or

>|devotees in Krsna consciousness, are known as devas (

>|demigods). Atheists, who do not believe in God or who

>|declare themselves God, are asuras (demons). Asuras always

>|engage in atheistic material activities, exploring ways to

>|utilize the resources of matter to enjoy sense

>|gratification. The visnu-bhaktas, Krsna conscious devotees,

>|are also active, but their objective is to satisfy the

>|Supreme Personality of Godhead by devotional service.

>|Superficially both classes may appear to work in the same

>|way, but their purposes are completely opposite because of

>|a difference in consciousness. Asuras work for personal

>|sense gratification, whereas devotees work for the

>|satisfaction of the Supreme Lord. Both work conscientiously,

>| but their motives are different.

987|The Krsna consciousness movement is meant for devas, or

>|devotees. Demons cannot take part in Krsna conscious

>|activities, nor can devotees in Krsna consciousness take

>|part in demoniac activities or work like cats and dogs

>|simply for sense gratification. Such activity does not

>|appeal to those in Krsna consciousness. Devotees accept

>|only the bare necessities of life to keep themselves fit to

>|act in Krsna consciousness. The balance of their energy is

>|used for developing Krsna consciousness, through which one

>|can be transferred to the abode of Krsna by always thinking

>|of Him, even at the point of death.

988|Adi 3.92

989|TEXT 92

990|TEXT

991|acarya gosani prabhura bhakta-avatara

992|krsna-avatara-hetu yanhara hunkara

993|SYNONYMS

994|acarya gosani-Advaita Acarya Gosani; prabhura-of the Lord;

>|bhakta-avatara-incarnation of a devotee; krsna-of Lord

>|Krsna; avatara-of the incarnation; hetu-the cause; yanhara-

>|whose; hunkara-loud calls.

995|TRANSLATION

996|Advaita Acarya Gosvami is an incarnation of the Lord as a

>|devotee. His loud calling was the cause for Krsna's

>|incarnation.

997|Adi 3.93

998|TEXT 93

999|TEXT

1000|krsna yadi prthivite karena avatara

1001|prathame karena guru-vargera sancara

1002|SYNONYMS

1003|krsna-Lord Krsna; yadi-if; prthivite-on the earth; karena-

>|makes; avatara-incarnation; prathame-first; karena-makes;

>|guru-vargera-of the group of respectable predecessors;

>|sancara-the advent.

1004|TRANSLATION

1005|Whenever Sri Krsna desires to manifest His incarnation on

>|earth, first He creates the incarnations of His respectable

>|predecessors.

1006|Adi 3.94

1007|TEXT 94

1008|TEXT

1009|pita mata guru adi yata manya-gana

1010|prathame karena sabara prthivite janama

1011|SYNONYMS

1012|pita-father; mata-mother; guru-spiritual master; adi-headed

>|by; yata-all; manya-gana-respectable members; prathame-

>|first; karena-He makes; sabara-of all of them; prthivite-on

>|earth; janama-the births.

1013|TRANSLATION

1014|Thus respectable personalities such as His father, mother

>|and spiritual master all take birth on earth first.

1015|Adi 3.95

1016|TEXT 95

1017|TEXT

1018|madhava-isvara-puri, saci, jagannatha

1019|advaita acarya prakata haila sei satha

1020|SYNONYMS

1021|madhava-Madhavendra Puri; isvara-puri-Isvara Puri; saci-

>|Sacimata; jagannatha-Jagannatha Misra; advaita acarya-

>|Advaita Acarya; prakata-manifested; haila-were; sei-this;

>|satha-with.

1022|TRANSLATION

1023|Madhavendra Puri, Isvara Puri, Srimati Sacimata and Srila

>|Jagannatha Misra all appeared with Sri Advaita Acarya.

1024|PURPORT

1025|Whenever the Supreme Personality of Godhead descends in His

>|human form, He sends ahead all His devotees, who act as His

>|father, teacher and associates in many roles. Such

>|personalities appear before the descent of the Supreme

>|Personality of Godhead. Before the appearance of Lord Sri

>|Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, there appeared His devotees like

>|Sri Madhavendra Puri; His spiritual master, Sri Isvara Puri;

>|Jagannatha Misra; and Sri Advaita Acarya.

1026|Adi 3.96

1027|TEXT 96

1028|TEXT

1029|prakatiya dekhe acarya sakala samsara

1030|krsna-bhakti gandha-hina visaya-vyavahara

1031|SYNONYMS

1032|prakatiya-manifesting; dekhe-He saw; acarya-Advaita Acarya;

>|sakala-all; samsara-material existence; krsna-bhakti-of

>|devotion to Lord Krsna; gandha-hina-without a trace; visaya-

>|of the sense objects; vyavahara-affairs.

1033|TRANSLATION

1034|Advaita Acarya having appeared, He found the world devoid

>|of devotional service to Sri Krsna because people were

>|engrossed in material affairs.

1035|Adi 3.97

1036|TEXT 97

1037|TEXT

1038|keha pape, keha punye kare visaya-bhoga

1039|bhakti-gandha nahi, yate yaya bhava-roga

1040|SYNONYMS

1041|keha-someone; pape-in sinful activities; keha-someone;

>|punye-in pious activities; kare-do; visaya-of the sense

>|objects; bhoga-enjoyment; bhakti-gandha-a trace of

>|devotional service; nahi-there is not; yate-by which; yaya-

>|goes away; bhava-roga-the disease of material existence.

1042|TRANSLATION

1043|Everyone was engaged in material enjoyment, whether

>|sinfully or virtuously. No one was interested in the

>|transcendental service of the Lord, which can give total

>|relief from the repetition of birth and death.

1044|PURPORT

1045|Advaita Acarya saw the entire world to be engaged in

>|activities of material piety and impiety, without a trace

>|The fact is that in this material world there is no

>|scarcity of anything except Krsna consciousness. Material

>|necessities are supplied by the mercy of the Supreme Lord.

>|We sometimes feel scarcity because of our mismanagement,

>|but the real problem is that people are out of touch with

>|Krsna consciousness. Everyone is engaged in material sense

>|gratification, but people have no plan for making an

>|disease, old age and death. These four material miseries

>|are called bhava-roga, or material diseases. They can be

>|cured only by Krsna consciousness. Therefore Krsna

>|consciousness is the greatest benediction for human society.

1046|Adi 3.98

1047|TEXT 98

1048|TEXT

1049|loka-gati dekhi' acarya karuna-hrdaya

1050|vicara karena, lokera kaiche hita haya

1051|SYNONYMS

1052|loka-gati-the course of the world; dekhi'-seeing; acarya-

>|Advaita Acarya; karuna-hrdaya-compassionate heart; vicara

>|karena-considers; lokera-of the world; kaiche-how; hita-

>|welfare; haya-there is.

1053|TRANSLATION

1054|Seeing the activities of the world, the Acarya felt

>|compassion and began to ponder how He could act for the

>|people's benefit.

1055|PURPORT

1056|This sort of serious interest in the welfare of the public

>|makes one a bona fide acarya. An acarya does not exploit

>|his followers. Since the acarya is a confidential servitor

>|of the Lord, his heart is always full of compassion for

>|humanity in its suffering. He knows that all suffering is

>|due to the absence of devotional service to the Lord, and

>|therefore he always tries to find ways to change people's

>|activities, making them favorable for the attainment of

>|devotion. That is the qualification of an acarya. Although

>|Sri Advaita Prabhu Himself was powerful enough to do the

>|work, as a submissive servitor He thought that without the

>|personal appearance of the Lord, no one could improve the

>|fallen condition of society.

1057|In the grim clutches of maya, the first-class prisoners of

>|this material world wrongly think themselves happy because

>|they are rich, powerful, resourceful and so on. These

>|foolish creatures do not know that they are nothing but

>|play dolls in the hands of material nature and that at any

>|moment material nature's pitiless intrigues can crush to

>|dust all their plans for godless activities. Such foolish

>|prisoners cannot see that however they improve their

>|position by artificial means, the calamities of repeated

>|birth, death, disease and old age are always beyond the

>|jurisdiction of their control. Foolish as they are, they

>|neglect these major problems of life and busy themselves

>|with false things that cannot help them solve their real

>|problems. They know that they do not want to suffer death

>|or the pangs of disease and old age, but under the

>|influence of the illusory energy, they are grossly

>|negligent and therefore do nothing to solve the problems.

>|This is called maya. People held in the grip of maya are

>|thrown into oblivion after death, and as a result of their

>|karma, in the next life they become dogs or gods, although

>|most of them become dogs. To become gods in the next life,

>|they must engage in the devotional service of the Supreme

>|Personality of Godhead; otherwise, they are sure to become

>|dogs or hogs in terms of the laws of nature.

1058|The third-class prisoners, being less materially opulent

>|than the first-class prisoners, endeavor to imitate them,

>|for they also have no information of the real nature of

>|their imprisonment. Thus they also are misled by the

>|illusory material nature. The function of the acarya,

>|however, is to change the activities of both the first-

>|class and third-class prisoners for their real benefit.

>|This endeavor makes him a very dear devotee of the Lord,

>|who says clearly in the Bhagavad-gita that no one in human

>|society is dearer to Him than a devotee who constantly

>|engages in His service by finding ways to preach the

>|message of Godhead for the real benefit of the world. The

>|so-called acaryas of the Age of Kali are more concerned

>|with exploiting the resources of their followers than

>|mitigating their miseries; but Sri Advaita Prabhu, as an

>|ideal acarya, was concerned with improving the condition of

>|the world situation.

1059|Adi 3.99

1060|TEXT 99

1061|TEXT

1062|apani sri-krsna yadi karena avatara

1063|apane acari' bhakti karena pracara

1064|SYNONYMS

1065|apani-Himself; sri-krsna-Lord Krsna; yadi-if; karena-He

>|makes; avatara-incarnation; apane-Himself; acari'-

>|practicing; bhakti-devotional service; karena-does; pracara-

>|propagation.

1066|TRANSLATION

1067|[Advaita Acarya thought:] "If Sri Krsna were to appear as

>|an incarnation, He Himself could preach devotion by His

>|personal example.

1068|Adi 3.100

1069|TEXT 100

1070|TEXT

1071|nama vinu kali-kale dharma nahi ara

1072|kali-kale kaiche habe krsna avatara

1073|SYNONYMS

1074|nama vinu-except for the holy name; kali-kale-in the Age of

>|Kali; dharma-religion; nahi-there is not; ara-another; kali-

>|kale-in the Age of Kali; kaiche-how; habe-there will be;

>|krsna-Lord Krsna; avatara-incarnation.

1075|TRANSLATION

1076|"In this Age of Kali there is no religion other than the

>|chanting of the holy name of the Lord, but how in this age

>|will the Lord appear as an incarnation?

1077|Adi 3.101

1078|TEXT 101

1079|TEXT

1080|suddha-bhave kariba krsnera aradhana

1081|nirantara sadainye kariba nivedana

1082|SYNONYMS

1083|suddha-bhave-in a purified state of mind; kariba-I shall do;

>| krsnera-of Lord Krsna; aradhana-worship; nirantara-

>|constantly; sa-dainye-in humility; kariba-I shall make;

>|nivedana-request.

1084|TRANSLATION

1085|"I shall worship Krsna in a purified state of mind. I shall

>|constantly petition Him in humbleness.

1086|Adi 3.102

1087|TEXT 102

1088|TEXT

1089|aniya krsnere karon kirtana sancara

1090|tabe se 'advaita' nama saphala amara

1091|SYNONYMS

1092|aniya-bringing; krsnere-Lord Krsna; karon-I make; kirtana-

>|chanting of the holy name; sancara-advent; tabe-then; se-

>|this; advaita-nondual; nama-name; sa-phala-fulfilled; amara-

>|My.

1093|TRANSLATION

1094|"My name, 'Advaita,' will be fitting if I am able to induce

>|Krsna to inaugurate the movement of the chanting of the

>|holy name."

1095|PURPORT

1096|The nondualist Mayavadi philosopher who falsely believes

>|that he is nondifferent from the Lord is unable to call Him

>|like Advaita Prabhu. Advaita Prabhu is nondifferent from

>|the Lord, yet in His relationship with the Lord He does not

>|plenary portion. This is inconceivable for Mayavadis

>|because they think in terms of mundane sense perception and

>|therefore think that nondualism necessitates losing one's

>|separate identity. It is clear from this verse, however,

>|that Advaita Prabhu, although retaining His separate

>|identity, is nondifferent from the Lord.

1097|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu preached the philosophy of

>|inconceivable, simultaneous oneness with the Lord and

>|difference from Him. Conceivable dualism and monism are

>|conceptions of the imperfect senses, which are unable to

>|reach the Transcendence because the Transcendence is beyond

>|the conception of limited potency. The actions of Sri

>|Advaita Prabhu, however, give tangible proof of

>|inconceivable nondualism. One who therefore surrenders unto

>|Sri Advaita Prabhu can easily follow the philosophy of

1098|Adi 3.103

1099|TEXT 103

1100|TEXT

1101|krsna vasa karibena kon aradhane

1102|vicarite eka sloka aila tanra mane

1103|SYNONYMS

1104|krsna-Lord Krsna; vasa karibena-shall propitiate; kon

>|aradhane-by what worship; vicarite-while considering; eka-

>|one; sloka-verse; aila-came; tanra-of Him; mane-in the mind.

1105|TRANSLATION

1106|While He was thinking about how to propitiate Krsna by

>|worship, the following verse came to His mind.

1107|Adi 3.104

1108|TEXT 104

1109|TEXT

1110|tulasi-dala-matrena

1111|jalasya culukena va

1112|vikrinite svam atmanam

1113|bhaktebhyo bhakta-vatsalah

1114|SYNONYMS

1115|tulasi-of tulasi; dala-a leaf; matrena-by only; jalasya-of

>|water; culukena-by a palmful; va-and; vikrinite-sells; svam-

>|His own; atmanam-self; bhaktebhyah-unto the devotees;

>|bhakta-vatsalah-Lord Krsna, who is affectionate to His

>|devotees.

1116|TRANSLATION

1117|"Sri Krsna, who is very affectionate toward His devotees,

>|sells Himself to a devotee who offers Him merely a tulasi

>|leaf and a palmful of water."

1118|PURPORT

1119|This is a verse from the Gautamiya-tantra.

1122|TEXT

1123|ei slokartha acarya karena vicarana

1124|krsnake tulasi-jala deya yei jana

1125|tara rna sodhite krsna karena cintana-

1126|'jala-tulasira sama kichu ghare nahi dhana'

1127|SYNONYMS

1128|ei-this; sloka-of the verse; artha-the meaning; acarya-

>|Advaita Acarya; karena-does; vicarana-considering; krsnake-

>|to Lord Krsna; tulasi-jala-tulasi and water; deya-gives;

>|yei jana-that person who; tara-to Him; rna-the debt;

>|sodhite-to pay; krsna-Lord Krsna; karena-does; cintana-

>|thinking; jala-tulasira sama-equal to water and tulasi;

>|kichu-any; ghare-in the house; nahi-there is not; dhana-

>|wealth.

1129|TRANSLATION

1130|Advaita Acarya considered the meaning of the verse in this

>|There is no wealth in My possession that is equal to a

1131|Adi 3.107

1132|TEXT 107

1133|TEXT

1134|tabe atma veci' kare rnera sodhana

1135|eta bhavi' acarya karena aradhana

1136|SYNONYMS

1137|tabe-then; atma-Himself; veci'-selling; kare-does; rnera-of

>|the debt; sodhana-payment; eta-thus; bhavi'-thinking;

>|acarya-Advaita Acarya; karena-does; aradhana-worshiping.

1138|TRANSLATION

>|worshiping the Lord.

1140|PURPORT

1141|Through devotional service one can easily please Lord Krsna

>|with a leaf of the tulasi plant and a little water. As the

>|Lord says in the Bhagavad-gita (9.26), a leaf, a flower, a

>|fruit or some water (patram puspam phalam toyam), when

>|offered with devotion, very much pleases Him. He

>|universally accepts the services of His devotees. Even the

>|poorest of devotees in any part of the world can secure a

>|small flower, fruit or leaf and a little water, and if

>|these offerings, and especially tulasi leaves and Ganges

>|water, are offered to Krsna with devotion, He is very

>|devotional service that He offers Himself to His devotee in

>|exchange for it. Srila Advaita Acarya knew this fact, and

>|therefore He decided to call for the Personality of Godhead

>|Krsna to descend by worshiping the Lord with tulasi leaves

>|and the water of the Ganges.

1142|Adi 3.108

1143|TEXT 108

1144|TEXT

1145|ganga-jala, tulasi-manjari anuksana

1146|krsna-pada-padma bhavi' kare samarpana

1147|SYNONYMS

1148|ganga-jala-the water of the Ganges; tulasi-manjari-buds of

>|the tulasi plant; anuksana-constantly; krsna-of Lord Krsna;

>|pada-padma-lotus feet; bhavi'-thinking of; kare-does;

>|samarpana-offering.

1149|TRANSLATION

1150|Thinking of the lotus feet of Sri Krsna, He constantly

>|offered tulasi buds in water from the Ganges.

1151|Adi 3.109

1152|TEXT 109

1153|TEXT

1154|krsnera ahvana kare kariya hunkara

1155|e-mate krsnere karaila avatara

1156|SYNONYMS

1157|krsnera-of Lord Krsna; ahvana-invitation; kare-makes;

>|kariya-making; hunkara-loud shouts; e-mate-in this way;

>|krsnere-Lord Krsna; karaila-caused to make; avatara-

>|incarnation.

1158|TRANSLATION

1159|He appealed to Sri Krsna with loud calls and thus made it

>|possible for Krsna to appear.

1160|Adi 3.110

1161|TEXT 110

1162|TEXT

1163|caitanyera avatare ei mukhya hetu

1164|bhaktera icchaya avatare dharma-setu

1165|SYNONYMS

1166|caitanyera-of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; avatare-in the

>|incarnation; ei-this; mukhya-principal; hetu-cause;

>|bhaktera-of the devotee; icchaya-by the desire; avatare-He

>|descends; dharma-setu-protector of religion.

1167|TRANSLATION

1168|Therefore the principal reason for Sri Caitanya's descent

>|is this appeal by Advaita Acarya. The Lord, the protector

>|of religion, appears by the desire of His devotee.

1169|Adi 3.111

1170|TEXT 111

1171|TEXT

1172|tvam bhakti-yoga-paribhavita-hrt-saroja

1173|asse sruteksita-patho nanu natha pumsam

1174|yad yad dhiya ta urugaya vibhavayanti

1175|tat tad vapuh pranayase sad-anugrahaya

1176|SYNONYMS

1177|tvam-You; bhakti-yoga-by devotional service; paribhavita-

>|saturated; hrt-of the heart; saroje-on the lotus; asse-

>|dwell; sruta-heard; iksita-seen; pathah-whose path; nanu-

>|certainly; natha-O Lord; pumsam-by the devotees; yat yat-

>|whatever; dhiya-by the mind; te-they; uru-gaya-O Lord, who

>|are glorified in excellent ways; vibhavayanti-contemplate

>|upon; tat tat-that; vapuh-form; pranayase-You manifest; sat-

>|to Your devotees; anugrahaya-to show favor.

1178|TRANSLATION

1179|"O my Lord, You always dwell in the vision and hearing of

>|Your pure devotees. You also live in their lotuslike hearts,

>| which are purified by devotional service. O my Lord, who

>|are glorified by exalted prayers, You show special favor to

>|Your devotees by manifesting Yourself in the eternal forms

>|in which they welcome You."

1180|PURPORT

1181|This text from Srimad-Bhagavatam (3.9.11) is a prayer by

>|Lord Brahma to the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna for

>|His blessings in the work of creation. Knowledge of the

>|Supreme Personality of Godhead can be understood from the

>|descriptions of the Vedic scriptures. For example, the

>|Brahma-samhita (5.29) describes that in the abode of Lord

>|Krsna, which is made of cintamani (touchstone), the Lord,

>|acting as a cowherd boy, is served by hundreds and

>|thousands of goddesses of fortune. Mayavadis think that the

>|devotees have imagined the form of Krsna, but the authentic

>|Vedic scriptures have actually described Krsna and His

>|various transcendental forms.

1182|The word sruta in sruteksita-pathah refers to the Vedas,

>|and iksita indicates that the way to understand the Supreme

>|Personality of Godhead is by proper study of the Vedic

>|scriptures. One cannot imagine something about God or His

>|form. Such imagination is not accepted by those who are

>|serious about enlightenment. Here Brahma says that one can

>|know Krsna through the path of properly understanding the

>|Vedic texts. If by studying the form, name, qualities,

>|pastimes and paraphernalia of the Supreme Godhead one is

>|attracted to the Lord, he can execute devotional service,

>|and the form of the Lord will be impressed in his heart and

>|remain transcendentally situated there. Unless a devotee

>|actually develops transcendental love for the Lord, it is

>|not possible for him to think always of the Lord within his

>|heart. Such constant thought of the Lord is the sublime

>|perfection of the yogic process, as the Bhagavad-gita

>|confirms in the Sixth Chapter (47), stating that anyone

>|absorbed in such thought is the best of all yogis. Such

>|transcendental absorption is known as samadhi. A pure

>|devotee who is always thinking of the Supreme Personality

>|of Godhead is the person qualified to see the Lord.

1183|One cannot speak of Urugaya (the Lord, who is glorified by

>|sublime prayers) unless one is transcendentally elevated.

>|The Lord has innumerable forms, as the Brahma-samhita

>|The Lord expands Himself in innumerable svamsa forms. When

>|a devotee, hearing about these innumerable forms, becomes

>|attached to one and always thinks of Him, the Lord appears

>|to him in that form. Lord Krsna is especially pleasing to

>|because of their highly elevated transcendental love.

1184|Adi 3.112

1185|TEXT 112

1186|TEXT

1187|ei slokera artha kahi sanksepera sara

1188|bhaktera icchaya krsnera sarva avatara

1189|SYNONYMS

1190|ei-this; slokera-of the verse; artha-the meaning; kahi-I

>|relate; sanksepera-of conciseness; sara-the pith; bhaktera-

>|of the devotee; icchaya-by the desire; krsnera-of Lord

>|Krsna; sarva-all; avatara-incarnations.

1191|TRANSLATION

1192|The essence of the meaning of this verse is that Lord Krsna

>|appears in all His innumerable eternal forms because of the

>|desires of His pure devotees.

1193|Adi 3.113

1194|TEXT 113

1195|TEXT

1196|caturtha slokera artha haila suniscite

1197|avatirna haila gaura prema prakasite

1198|SYNONYMS

1199|caturtha-fourth; slokera-of the verse; artha-the meaning;

>|haila-was; su-niscite-very surely; avatirna haila-

>|incarnated; gaura-Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; prema-love of

>|God; prakasite-to manifest.

1200|TRANSLATION

1201|Thus I have surely determined the meaning of the fourth

>|verse. Lord Gauranga [Lord Caitanya] appeared as an

>|incarnation to preach unalloyed love of God.

1202|Adi 3.114

1203|TEXT 114

1204|TEXT

1205|sri-rupa-raghunatha-pade yara asa

1206|caitanya-caritamrta kahe krsnadasa

1207|SYNONYMS

1208|sri-rupa-Srila Rupa Gosvami; raghunatha-Srila Raghunatha

>|dasa Gosvami; pade-at the lotus feet of; yara-whose; asa-

>|expectation; caitanya-caritamrta-the book named Caitanya-

>|caritamrta; kahe-describes; krsna-dasa-Srila Krsnadasa

>|Kaviraja Gosvami.

1209|TRANSLATION

1210|Praying at the lotus feet of Sri Rupa and Sri Raghunatha,

>|always desiring their mercy, I, Krsnadasa, narrate Sri

>|Caitanya-caritamrta, following in their footsteps.

1211|Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Sri Caitanya-

>|caritamrta, Adi-lila, Third Chapter, describing the

>|Mahaprabhu.

1212|