1|Adi 17-1975: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu in
>|His Youth
2|Chapter 17
3|The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu in His Youth
4|This Seventeenth Chapter, as summarized by Srila
>|Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya, describes
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's pastimes from His sixteenth year
>|until the time He accepted the renounced order of life.
>|Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura has already vividly described
>|these pastimes in the Caitanya-bhagavata . Therefore Krsna
>|dasa Kaviraja Gosvami describes them only briefly. Vivid
>|descriptions of some portions of His pastimes are seen in
>|this chapter, however, because Vrndavana dasa Thakura has
>|not elaborately described them.
5|In this chapter we shall find descriptions of the mango
>|distribution festival and Lord Caitanya's discourses with
>|Chand Kazi. Finally, the chapter shows that the same son of
>|mother Yasoda, Lord Krsna, tasted four transcendental
>|mellows of devotional service in His form of Sacinandana,
>|the son of mother Saci. To understand Srimati Radharani's
>|ecstatic love for Him, Lord Sri Krsna assumed the form of
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The attitude of Srimati Radharani
>|is considered the superexcellent devotional mentality. As
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Krsna Himself assumed the position of
>|Srimati Radharani to taste Her ecstatic situation. No one
>|else could do this.
6|When Sri Krsna assumed the form of the four-armed Narayana,
>|the gopis showed their respect, but they were not very much
>|interested in Him. In the ecstatic love of the gopis, all
>|worshipable forms but Krsna are rejected. Among all the
>|gopis, Srimati Radharani has the highest ecstatic love.
>|When Krsna in His form of Narayana saw Radharani, He could
>|not keep His position as Narayana, and again He assumed the
>|form of Krsna.
7|The King of Vrajabhumi is Nanda Maharaja, and the same
>|person in Navadvipa is Jagannatha Misra, the father of
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Similarly, mother Yasoda is the Queen
>|of Vrajabhumi, and in the pastimes of Lord Caitanya she is
>|Sacimata. Therefore the son of Saci is the son of Yasoda.
>|Sri Nityananda occupies an ecstatic position of parental
>|love in servitude and fraternal attraction. Sri Advaita
>|Prabhu exhibits the ecstasy of both fraternity and
>|servitude. All the Lord's other associates, situated in
>|their original love, engage in the service of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu.
8|The same Absolute Truth who enjoys as Krsna, Syamasundara,
>|who plays His flute and dances with the gopis, sometimes
>|takes birth in a brahmana family and plays the part of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, accepting the renounced order of life.
>|It appears contradictory that the same Krsna accepted the
>|ecstasy of the gopis, and of course this is very difficult
>|for an ordinary person to understand. But if we accept the
>|inconceivable energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
>|we can understand that everything is possible. There is no
>|need of mundane arguments in this connection because
>|mundane arguments are meaningless in regard to
>|inconceivable potency.
9|In the end of this Seventeenth Chapter Srila Krsnadasa
>|Kaviraja Gosvami, following in the footsteps of Srila
>|Vyasadeva, has analyzed all the Adi-lila pastimes
>|separately.
10|Adi 17.1
11|TEXT 1
12|TEXT
13|vande svairadbhuteham tam
14|caitanyam yat-prasadatah
15|yavanah sumanayante
16|krsna-nama-prajalpakah
17|SYNONYMS
18|vande-let me offer my obeisances; svaira-completely
>|independent; adbhuta-and uncommon; iham-whose activities;
>|tam-unto Him; caitanyam-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; yat-of
>|whom; prasadatah-by the mercy; yavanah-even the unclean;
>|sumanayante-are transformed into gentlemen; krsna-nama-of
>|the holy name of Lord Krsna; prajalpakah-taking to the
>|chanting.
19|TRANSLATION
20|Let me offer my respectful obeisances to Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, by whose mercy even unclean yavanas become
>|perfectly well-bred gentlemen by chanting the holy name of
>|the Lord. Such is the power of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
21|PURPORT
22|There is a persistent misunderstanding between caste
>|brahmanas and advanced Vaisnavas, or gosvamis, because
>|caste brahmanas, or smartas, are of the opinion that one
>|cannot become a brahmana unless he changes his body. As we
>|have discussed several times, it is to be understood that
>|by the supremely powerful potency of the Lord, as described
>|by Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, everything is possible.
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu is as fully independent as Krsna.
>|Therefore no one can interfere with His activities. If He
>|wants, by His mercy He can convert even a yavana, an
>|unclean follower of non-Vedic principles, into a perfectly
>|well-behaved gentleman. This is actually happening in our
>|propagation of the Krsna consciousness movement. The
>|members of the present Krsna consciousness movement were
>|not born in India, nor do they belong to the Vedic culture,
>|but within the short time of four or five years they have
>|become such wonderful devotees , simply by chanting the
>|Hare Krsna mantra , that even in India they are well
>|received as perfectly well -behaved Vaisnavas wherever they
>|go.
23|Although less intelligent men cannot understand it, this is
>|the special power of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Actually,
>|the body of a Krsna conscious person changes in many ways.
>|Even in the United States, when our devotees chant on the
>|street, American ladies and gentlemen inquire from them
>|whether they are actually Americans because no one could
>|expect Americans to become such nice devotees all of a
>|sudden. Even Christian priests are greatly surprised that
>|all these boys from Jewish and Christian families have
>|joined this Krsna consciousness movement; before joining,
>|they never regarded any principles of religion seriously,
>|but now they have become sincere devotees of the Lord.
>|Everywhere people express this astonishment, and we take
>|great pride in the transcendental behavior of our students.
>|Such wonders are possible, however, only by the mercy of
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. They are not ordinary or mundane.
24|Adi 17.2
25|TEXT 2
26|TEXT
27|jaya jaya sri-caitanya jaya nityananda
28|jayadvaitacandra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda
29|SYNONYMS
30|jaya jaya-all glories; sri-caitanya-to Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; jaya-all glories; nityananda-to Lord Nityananda
>|Prabhu; jaya advaita-candra-all glories to Advaita Acarya;
>|jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda-all glories to the devotees of Lord
>|Caitanya.
31|TRANSLATION
32|All glories to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu! All glories to
>|Lord Nityananda Prabhu! All glories to Advaita Acarya! And
>|all glories to the devotees of Lord Caitanya!
33|Adi 17.3
34|TEXT 3
35|TEXT
36|kaisora-lilara sutra karila ganana
37|yauvana-lilara sutra kari anukrama
38|SYNONYMS
39|kaisora-lilara-of the activities before His youth; sutra-
>|synopsis; karila-I have done; ganana-an enumeration;
>|yauvana-lilara-of the pastimes of youth; sutra-synopsis;
>|kari-I enumerate; anukrama-in chronological order.
40|TRANSLATION
41|I have already given a synopsis of the kaisora-lila of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Now let me enumerate His youthful
>|pastimes in chronological order.
42|Adi 17.4
43|TEXT 4
44|TEXT
45|vidya-saundarya-sad-vesa-
46|sambhoga-nrtya-kirtanaih
47|prema-nama-pradanais ca
48|gauro divyati yauvane
49|SYNONYMS
50|vidya-education; saundarya-beauty; sat-vesa-nice dress;
>|sambhoga-enjoyment; nrtya-dancing; kirtanaih-by chanting;
>|prema-nama-the holy name of the Lord, which induces one to
>|become a devotee; pradanaih-by distributing; ca-and; gaurah-
>|Lord Sri Gaurasundara; divyati-illuminated; yauvane-in His
>|youth.
51|TRANSLATION
52|Exhibiting His scholarship, beauty and fine dress, Lord
>|Caitanya danced, as He chanted and distributed the
>|holy name of the Lord to awaken dormant love of Krsna. Thus
>|Lord Sri Gaurasundara shone in His youthful pastimes.
53|Adi 17.5
54|TEXT 5
55|TEXT
56|yauvana-pravese angera anga vibhusana
57|divya vastra, divya vesa, malya-candana
58|SYNONYMS
59|yauvana-pravese-on the entrance of His youth; angera-of the
>|body; anga-limbs; vibhusana-ornaments; divya-transcendental;
>| vastra-garments; divya-transcendental; vesa-dress; malya-
>|garland; candana-(smeared with) sandalwood pulp.
60|TRANSLATION
61|As He entered His youth, the Lord decorated Himself with
>|ornaments, dressed Himself in fine cloth, garlanded Himself
>|with flowers and smeared Himself with sandalwood.
62|Adi 17.6
63|TEXT 6
64|TEXT
65|vidyara auddhatye kahon na kare ganana
66|sakala pandita jini' kare adhyapana
67|SYNONYMS
68|vidyara auddhatye-because of pride in education; kahon-
>|anyone; na-does not; kare-do; ganana-care; sakala-all;
>|pandita-learned scholars; jini'-conquering; kare-does;
>|adhyapana-studies.
69|TRANSLATION
70|By dint of pride in His education, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
>|not caring for anyone else, defeated all kinds of learned
>|scholars while executing His studies.
71|Adi 17.7
72|TEXT 7
73|TEXT
74|vayu-vyadhi-cchale kaila prema parakasa
75|bhakta-gana lana kaila vividha vilasa
76|SYNONYMS
77|vayu-vyadhi-disease caused by disturbance of the air in the
>|body; chale-on the plea of; kaila-made; prema-love of
>|Godhead; parakasa-manifestation; bhakta-gana-the devotees;
>|lana-taking with Him; kaila-did; vividha-varieties of;
>|vilasa-pastimes.
78|TRANSLATION
79|In His youth, the Lord exhibited His ecstatic love of Krsna
>|on the plea of disturbances of the bodily airs. Accompanied
>|by His confidential devotees, He enjoyed various pastimes
>|in this way.
80|PURPORT
81|According to Ayur-vedic treatment, the entire physiological
>|system is conducted by three elements, namely, vayu, pitta
>|and kapha (air, bile and mucus). Secretions within the body
>|transform into other secretions like blood, urine and stool,
>| but if there are disturbances in the metabolism, the
>|secretions turn into kapha (mucus) by the influence of the
>|air within the body. According to the Ayur-vedic system,
>|when the secretion of bile and formation of mucus disturb
>|the air circulating within the body, fifty-nine varieties
>|of disease may occur. One of such diseases is craziness.
82|On the plea of disturbance of the bodily air and metabolism,
>| Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu acted as if crazy. Thus in His
>|school He began to explain the grammar of verbs through
>|Krsna consciousness. Explaining everything in grammar in
>|relationship to Krsna, the Lord induced His students to
>|refrain from worldly education, for it is better to become
>|Krsna conscious and in this way attain the highest
>|perfectional platform of education. On these grounds, Sri
>|Jiva Gosvami later compiled the grammar entitled Hari-
>|namamrta-vyakarana. People in general consider such
>|explanations crazy. Therefore the Lord's purpose in His
>|attitude of craziness was to explain that there is nothing
>|within our experience but Krsna consciousness, for
>|everything may be dovetailed with Krsna consciousness.
>|These pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu have been very
>|vividly described in the Caitanya-bhagavata, Madhya-khanda,
>|Chapter One.
83|Adi 17.8
84|TEXT 8
85|TEXT
86|tabeta karila prabhu gayate gamana
87|isvara-purira sange tathai milana
88|SYNONYMS
89|tabeta-thereafter; karila-did; prabhu-Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; gayate-to Gaya; gamana-travel; isvara-purira
>|sange-with Isvara Puri; tathai-there; milana-meeting.
90|TRANSLATION
91|Thereafter the Lord went to Gaya. There He met Srila Isvara
>|Puri.
92|PURPORT
93|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to Gaya to offer respectful
>|oblations to His forefathers. This process is called pinda-
>|dana. In Vedic society, after the death of a relative,
>|especially one's father or mother, one must go to Gaya and
>|there offer oblations to the lotus feet of Lord Visnu.
>|Therefore hundreds and thousands of men gather in Gaya
>|daily to offer such oblations, or sraddha. Following this
>|principle, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu also went there to
>|offer pinda to His dead father. Fortunately He met Isvara
>|Puri there.
94|Adi 17.9
95|TEXT 9
96|TEXT
97|diksa-anantare haila, premera prakasa
98|dese agamana punah premera vilasa
99|SYNONYMS
100|diksa-initiation; anantare-immediately after; haila-became;
>|premera-of love of Godhead; prakasa-exhibition; dese-in His
>|home country; agamana-coming back; punah-again; premera-of
>|love of God; vilasa-enjoyment.
101|TRANSLATION
102|In Gaya, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was initiated by Isvara
>|Puri, and immediately afterwards He exhibited signs of love
>|of Godhead. He again displayed such symptoms after
>|returning home.
103|PURPORT
104|When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to Gaya, accompanied by
>|many of His disciples, He became sick on the way. He had
>|such a high fever that He asked His students to bring water
>|that had washed the feet of brahmanas, and when they
>|brought it the Lord drank it and was cured. Therefore
>|everyone should respect the position of a brahmana, as
>|indicated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Neither the Lord nor
>|His followers displayed any disrespect to brahmanas.
105|The followers of the Lord must be prepared to offer
>|brahmanas all due respect. But preachers of Lord Caitanya's
>|cult object if someone presents himself as a brahmana
>|without having the necessary qualifications. The followers
>|of Lord Caitanya cannot blindly accept that everyone born
>|in a brahmana family is a brahmana. Therefore one should
>|not indiscriminately follow the Lord's example of showing
>|respect to brahmanas by drinking water that has washed
>|their feet. Gradually the brahmana families have become
>|degraded because of the contamination of Kali-yuga. Thus
>|they misguide people by exploiting their sentiments.
106|Adi 17.10
107|TEXT 10
108|TEXT
109|sacike prema-dana, tabe advaita-milana
110|advaita paila visvarupa-darasana
111|SYNONYMS
112|sacike-unto mother Sacidevi; prema-dana-giving love of
>|Godhead; tabe-thereafter; advaita-with Advaita Acarya;
>|milana-meeting; advaita-Advaita Acarya; paila-received;
>|visva-rupa-of the universal form of the Lord; darasana-
>|vision.
113|TRANSLATION
114|Thereafter the Lord delivered love of Krsna to His mother,
>|Sacidevi, nullifying her offense at the feet of Advaita
>|Acarya. Thus there was a meeting with Advaita Acarya, who
>|later had a vision of the Lord's universal form.
115|PURPORT
116|One day Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was sitting on the throne
>|of Visnu in the house of Srivasa Prabhu, and in a mood of
>|His own He said, "My mother has offended the lotus feet of
>|Advaita Acarya. Unless she nullifies this offense at the
>|lotus feet of a Vaisnava, it will not be possible for her
>|to achieve love of Krsna." Hearing this, all the devotees
>|went to bring Advaita Acarya there. While coming to see the
>|Lord, Advaita Acarya was glorifying the characteristics of
>|mother Sacidevi, and thus upon arriving He fell down on the
>|ground in ecstasy. Then, under the instruction of Lord
>|Caitanya, Sacidevi took advantage of this situation to
>|touch Advaita Acarya's lotus feet. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|was very much pleased by His mother's action, and He said, "
>|Now My mother's offense at the lotus feet of Advaita Acarya
>|has been rectified, and she may have love of Krsna without
>|difficulty." By this example Lord Caitanya taught everyone
>|that although one may be very much advanced in Krsna
>|consciousness, if one offends the lotus feet of a Vaisnava
>|his advancement will not bear fruit. We should therefore be
>|very much conscious not to offend a Vaisnava.
>|Caitanya-caritamrta has described such an offense as
>|follows:
117|yadi vaisnava-aparadha uthe hati mata
118|upade va chinde, tara sukhi' yaya pata
119|(Cc. Madhya 19.156)
120|As a mad elephant may trample all the plants in a garden,
>|so by committing one offense at the lotus feet of a
>|Vaisnava one may spoil all the devotional service he has
>|accumulated in his life.
121|After this incident, one day Advaita Acarya Prabhu
>|requested Caitanya Mahaprabhu to display the universal form
>|He had very kindly shown Arjuna. Lord Caitanya agreed to
>|this proposal, and Advaita Prabhu was fortunate enough to
>|see the universal form of the Lord.
122|Adi 17.11
123|TEXT 11
124|TEXT
125|prabhura abhiseka tabe karila srivasa
126|khate vasi' prabhu kaila aisvarya prakasa
127|SYNONYMS
128|prabhura-of the Lord; abhiseka-worship; tabe-after that;
>|karila-did; srivasa-of the name Srivasa; khate-on the cot;
>|vasi'-sitting; prabhu-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kaila-
>|did; aisvarya-opulence; prakasa-manifestation.
129|TRANSLATION
130|Srivasa Thakura then worshiped Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu by
>|the process of abhiseka. Sitting on a cot, the Lord
>|exhibited transcendental opulence.
131|PURPORT
132|Abhiseka is a special function for the installation of the
>|Deity. In this ceremony the Deity is bathed with milk and
>|water and then worshiped and given a change of dress. This
>|abhiseka function was especially observed at the house of
>|Srivasa. All the devotees, according to their means,
>|worshiped the Lord with all kinds of paraphernalia, and the
>|Lord gave benedictions to each devotee according to his
>|desire.
133|Adi 17.12
134|TEXT 12
135|TEXT
136|tabe nityananda-svarupera agamana
137|prabhuke miliya paila sad-bhuja-darsana
138|SYNONYMS
139|tabe-thereafter; nityananda-svarupera-of the Personality of
>|Godhead Nityananda; agamana-appearance; prabhuke-Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; miliya-meeting; paila-obtained; sat-
>|bhuja-darsana-a vision of the six-armed Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu.
140|TRANSLATION
141|After this function at the house of Srivasa Thakura,
>|Nityananda Prabhu appeared, and when He met with Lord
>|Caitanya He got the opportunity to see Him in His six-armed
>|form.
142|PURPORT
143|The form of Sad-bhuja, the six-armed Lord Gaurasundara, is
>|a representation of three incarnations. The form of Sri
>|Ramacandra is symbolized by a bow and arrow
>|, the form of Lord Sri Krsna is symbolized by a
>|stick and flute like those generally held by a cowherd
>|boy, and Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu is symbolized by a
>|sannyasa-danda and kamandalu, or waterpot.
144|Srila Nityananda Prabhu was born in the village of
>|Ekacakra in the district of Birbhum as the son of
>|Padmavati and Hadai Pandita. In His childhood He played
>|like Balarama. When He was growing up, a sannyasi came to
>|the house of Hadai Pandita , begging to have the
>|pandita's son as his brahmacari assistant. Hadai Pandita
>|immediately agreed and delivered his son to him, although
>|the separation was greatly shocking, so much so that Hadai
>|lost his life after the separation. Nityananda Prabhu
>|traveled on many pilgrimages with the sannyasi. It is said
>|that for many days He lived at Mathura with him, and at
>|that time He heard about Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's
>|pastimes in Navadvipa. Therefore He came down to Bengal to
>|see the Lord. When Lord Nityananda came to Navadvipa, He
>|was a guest at the house of Nandana Acarya. Understanding
>|that Nityananda Prabhu had arrived, Lord Caitanya sent His
>|devotees to Him, and thus there was a meeting between Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu.
145|Adi 17.13
146|TEXT 13
147|TEXT
148|prathame sad-bhuja tanre dekhaila isvara
149|sankha-cakra-gada-padma-sarnga-venu-dhara
150|SYNONYMS
151|prathame-at first; sat-bhuja-six-armed; tanre-unto Him;
>|dekhaila-showed; isvara-the Lord; sankha-conchshell; cakra-
>|disc; gada-club; padma-lotus flower; sarnga-bow; venu-flute;
>| dhara-carrying.
152|TRANSLATION
153|One day Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu exhibited to Lord
>|Nityananda Prabhu a six-armed form bearing a conchshell,
>|disc, club, lotus flower, bow and flute.
154|Adi 17.14
155|TEXT 14
156|TEXT
157|tabe catur-bhuja haila, tina anga vakra
158|dui haste venu bajaya, duye sankha-cakra
159|SYNONYMS
160|tabe-thereafter; catuh-bhuja-four-armed; haila-became; tina-
>|three; anga-body; vakra-curved; dui haste-in two hands;
>|venu bajaya-blowing the flute; duye-in two (hands); sankha-
>|cakra-conchshell and disc.
161|TRANSLATION
162|Thereafter the Lord showed Him His four-armed form,
>|standing in a three-curved posture. With two hands He
>|played upon a flute, and in the other two He carried a
>|conchshell and disc.
163|Adi 17.15
164|TEXT 15
165|TEXT
166|tabe ta' dvi-bhuja kevala vamsi-vadana
167|syama-anga pita-vastra vrajendra-nandana
168|SYNONYMS
169|tabe-thereafter; ta'-certainly; dvi-bhuja-two-handed;
>|kevala-only; vamsi-flute; vadana-on the mouth; syama-bluish;
>| anga-body; pita-vastra-yellow dress; vrajendra-nandana-the
>|son of Nanda Maharaja.
170|TRANSLATION
171|Finally the Lord showed Nityananda Prabhu His two-armed
>|form of Krsna, the son of Maharaja Nanda, simply playing on
>|His flute, His bluish body dressed in yellow garments.
172|PURPORT
173|Sri Caitanya-mangala vividly elaborates upon this
>|description.
174|Adi 17.16
175|TEXT 16
176|TEXT
177|tabe nityananda-gosanira vyasa-pujana
178|nityanandavese kaila musala dharana
179|SYNONYMS
180|tabe-thereafter; nityananda-of the name Nityananda;
>|gosanira-of the Lord; vyasa-pujana-worshiping Vyasadeva or
>|the spiritual master; nityananda-avese-in the ecstasy of
>|becoming Nityananda; kaila-did; musala dharana-carrying a
>|plowlike weapon called a musala.
181|TRANSLATION
182|Nityananda Prabhu then arranged to offer Vyasa-puja, or
>|worship of the spiritual master, to Lord Sri Gaurasundara.
>|But Lord Caitanya carried the plowlike weapon called musala
>|in the ecstasy of being Nityananda Prabhu.
183|PURPORT
184|By the order of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Nityananda Prabhu
>|arranged for Vyasa-puja of the Lord on the night of the
>|full moon. He arranged for the Vyasa-puja, or guru-puja,
>|through the agency of Vyasadeva. Since Vyasadeva is the
>|original guru (spiritual master) of all who follow the
>|Vedic principles, worship of the spiritual master is called
>|Vyasa-puja. Nityananda Prabhu arranged for the Vyasa-puja,
>|and sankirtana was going on, but when He tried to put a
>|garland on the shoulder of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, He saw
>|Himself in Lord Caitanya. There is no difference between
>|the spiritual positions of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and
>|Nityananda Prabhu, or Krsna and Balarama. All of Them are
>|but different manifestations of the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead. During this special ceremony, all the devotees of
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu could understand that there is no
>|difference between Lord Caitanya and Nityananda Prabhu.
185|Adi 17.17
186|TEXT 17
187|TEXT
188|tabe saci dekhila, rama-krsna-dui bhai
189|tabe nistarila prabhu jagai-madhai
190|SYNONYMS
191|tabe-thereafter; saci-mother Sacidevi; dekhila-saw; rama-
>|krsna-Lord Krsna and Lord Balarama; dui bhai-two brothers;
>|tabe-thereafter; nistarila-delivered; prabhu-the Lord;
>|jagai-madhai-the two brothers Jagai and Madhai.
192|TRANSLATION
193|Thereafter mother Sacidevi saw the brothers Krsna and
>|Balarama in Their manifestation of Lord Caitanya and
>|Nityananda. Then the Lord delivered the two brothers Jagai
>|and Madhai.
194|PURPORT
195|One night Sacidevi dreamt that the Deities in her house,
>|Krsna and Balarama, had taken the forms of Caitanya and
>|Nityananda and were fighting one another, as children do,
>|to eat the naivedya, or offering to the Deities. On the
>|next day, by the will of Lord Caitanya, Sacidevi invited
>|Nityananda to take prasada at her house. Thus Visvambhara (
>|Lord Caitanya) and Nityananda were eating together, and
>|Sacidevi realized that They were none other than Krsna and
>|Balarama. Seeing this, she fainted.
196|Jagai and Madhai were two brothers born in Navadvipa in a
>|respectable brahmana family who later became addicted to
>|all kinds of sinful activities. By the order of Lord
>|Caitanya, both Nityananda Prabhu and Haridasa Thakura used
>|to preach the cult of Krsna consciousness door to door. In
>|the course of such preaching they found Jagai and Madhai,
>|two maddened drunken brothers, who, upon seeing them, began
>|to chase them. On the next day, Madhai struck Nityananda
>|Prabhu on the head with a piece of earthen pot, thus
>|drawing blood. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu heard of this,
>|He immediately came to the spot, ready to punish both
>|brothers, but when the all-merciful Lord Gauranga saw Jagai'
>|s repentant behavior, He immediately embraced him. By
>|seeing the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face and
>|embracing Him, both the sinful brothers were at once
>|cleansed. Thus they received initiation into the chanting
>|of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra from the Lord and were
>|delivered.
197|Adi 17.18
198|TEXT 18
199|TEXT
200|tabe sapta-prahara chila prabhu bhavavese
201|yatha tatha bhakta-gana dekhila visese
202|SYNONYMS
203|tabe-thereafter; sapta-prahara-twenty-one hours; chila-
>|remained; prabhu-the Lord; bhava-avese-in ecstasy; yatha-
>|anywhere; tatha-everywhere; bhakta-gana-the devotees;
>|dekhila-saw; visese-specifically.
204|TRANSLATION
205|After this incident, the Lord remained in an ecstatic
>|position for twenty-one hours, and all the devotees saw His
>|specific pastimes.
206|PURPORT
207|In the Deity's room there must be a bed for the Deity
>|behind the Deity 's throne. (This system should immediately
>|be introduced in all our centers. It does not matter
>|whether the bed is big or small; it should be of a size the
>|Deity room can conveniently accommodate, but there must be
>|at least a small bed.) One day in the house of Srivasa
>|Thakura, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu sat down on the bed of
>|Visnu, and all the devotees worshiped Him with the Vedic
>|mantras of the Purusa-sukta, beginning with sahasra-sirsa
>|purusah sahasraksah sahasra-pat. This veda-stuti should
>|also be introduced, if possible, for installations of
>|Deities. While bathing the Deity, all the priests and
>|devotees must chant this Purusa-sukta and offer the
>|appropriate paraphernalia for worshiping the Deity, such as
>|flowers, fruits, incense, arati paraphernalia, naivedya,
>|vastra and ornaments. All the devotees worshiped Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu in this way, and the Lord remained in
>|ecstasy for seven praharas, or twenty-one hours. He took
>|this opportunity to show the devotees that He is the
>|original Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, who is the
>|source of all other incarnations, as confirmed in the
>|Bhagavad-gita (10.8): aham sarvasya prabhavo mattah sarvam
>|pravartate. All the different forms of the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead, or visnu-tattva, emanate from the
>|body of Lord Krsna. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu exposed all
>|the private desires of the devotees, and thus all of them
>|became fully confident that Lord Caitanya is the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead.
208|Some devotees call this exhibition of ecstasy by the Lord
>|sata-prahariya bhava, or "the ecstasy of twenty-one hours,"
>|and others call it mahabhava-prakasa or maha-prakasa. There
>|are other descriptions of this sata-prahariya bhava in the
>|Caitanya- bhavagata , Chapter Nine, which
>|mentions that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu blessed a maidservant
>|named Duhkhi with the name Sukhi. He called for Kholaveca
>|Sridhara , and showed him His maha-prakasa. Then He called
>|for Murari Gupta and showed him His feature as Lord
>|Ramacandra. He offered His blessings to Haridasa Thakura,
>|and at this time He also asked Advaita Prabhu to explain
>|the Bhagavad-gita as it is (gitara satya-patha) and showed
>|special favor to Mukunda.
209|Adi 17.19
210|TEXT 19
211|TEXT
212|varaha-avesa haila murari-bhavane
213|tanra skandhe cadi' prabhu nacila angane
214|SYNONYMS
215|varaha-avesa-the ecstasy of becoming Varahadeva; haila-
>|became; murari-bhavane-in the house of Murari Gupta; tanra
>|skandhe-on the shoulders of Murari Gupta; cadi'-riding;
>|prabhu-the Lord; nacila-danced; angane-in the yard.
216|TRANSLATION
217|One day Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu felt the ecstasy of the
>|boar incarnation and got up on the shoulders of Murari
>|Gupta. Thus they both danced in Murari Gupta's courtyard.
218|PURPORT
219|One day Caitanya Mahaprabhu began to cry out, "Sukara!
>|Sukara!" Thus crying out for the boar incarnation of the
>|Lord, He assumed His form as the boar incarnation and got
>|up on the shoulders of Murari Gupta. He carried a small
>|gadu, a small waterpot with a nozzle, and thus He
>|symbolically picked up the earth from the depths of the
>|ocean, for this is the pastime of Lord Varaha.
220|Adi 17.20
221|TEXT 20
222|TEXT
223|tabe suklambarera kaila tandula-bhaksana
224|'harer nama' slokera kaila artha vivarana
225|SYNONYMS
226|tabe-thereafter; suklambarera-of Suklambara Brahmacari;
>|kaila-did; tandula-raw rice; bhaksana-eating; harer nama
>|slokera-of the verse celebrated as such; kaila-did; artha-
>|of the meaning; vivarana-explanation.
227|TRANSLATION
228|After this incident the Lord ate raw rice given by
>|Suklambara Brahmacari and explained very elaborately the
>|import of the "harer nama" sloka mentioned in the Brhan-
>|naradiya Purana.
229|PURPORT
230|Suklambara Brahmacari resided in Navadvipa on the bank of
>|the Ganges. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was dancing in
>|ecstasy, he approached the Lord with a begging bag
>|containing rice. The Lord was so pleased with His devotee
>|that immediately He snatched the bag and began
>|to eat the raw rice. No one forbade Him, and thus He
>|finished the entire supply of rice.
231|Adi 17.21
232|TEXT 21
233|TEXT
234|harer nama harer nama
235|harer namaiva kevalam
236|kalau nasty eva nasty eva
237|nasty eva gatir anyatha
238|SYNONYMS
239|hareh nama-the holy name of the Lord; hareh nama-the holy
>|name of the Lord; hareh nama-the holy name of the Lord; eva-
>|certainly; kevalam-only; kalau-in the Age of Kali; na asti-
>|there is none; eva-certainly; na asti-there is none; eva-
>|certainly; na asti-there is none; eva-certainly; gatih-
>|destination; anyatha-otherwise.
240|TRANSLATION
241|" 'In this Age of Kali there is no other means, no other
>|means, no other means for self-realization than chanting
>|the holy name, chanting the holy name, chanting the holy
>|name of Lord Hari.'
242|Adi 17.22
243|TEXT 22
244|TEXT
245|kali-kale nama-rupe krsna-avatara
246|nama haite haya sarva-jagat-nistara
247|SYNONYMS
248|kali-kale-in this Age of Kali; nama-rupe-in the form of the
>|holy name; krsna-Lord Krsna; avatara-incarnation; nama-holy
>|name; haite-from; haya-becomes; sarva-all; jagat-of the
>|world; nistara-deliverance.
249|TRANSLATION
250|"In this Age of Kali, the holy name of the Lord, the Hare
>|Krsna maha-mantra, is the incarnation of Lord Krsna. Simply
>|by chanting the holy name, one associates with the Lord
>|directly. Anyone who does this is certainly delivered.
251|Adi 17.23
252|TEXT 23
253|TEXT
254|dardhya lagi' 'harer nama'-ukti tina-vara
255|jada loka bujhaite punah 'eva'-kara
256|SYNONYMS
257|dardhya lagi'-in the matter of emphasizing; harer nama-of
>|the holy name of Lord Hari; ukti-there is utterance; tina-
>|vara-three times; jada loka-ordinary common people;
>|bujhaite-just to make them understand; punah-again; eva-
>|kara-the word eva, or "certainly."
258|TRANSLATION
259|"This verse repeats the word 'eva' ['certainly'] three
>|times for emphasis, and it also three times repeats 'harer
>|nama' ['the holy name of the Lord'], just to make common
>|people understand.
260|PURPORT
261|To emphasize something to an ordinary person, one may
>|repeat it three times, just as one might say, "You must do
>|this! You must do this! You must do this!" Thus the Brhan-
>|naradiya Purana repeatedly emphasizes the chanting of the
>|holy name so that people may take it seriously and thus
>|free themselves from the clutches of maya. It is our
>|practical experience in the Krsna consciousness movement
>|all over the world that many millions of people are
>|factually coming to the spiritual stage of life simply by
>|chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra regularly, according to
>|the prescribed principles. Therefore our request to all our
>|students is that they daily chant at least sixteen rounds
>|of this harer nama maha-mantra
>|offenselessly, following the regulative principles. Thus
>|their success will be assured without a doubt.
262|Adi 17.24
263|TEXT 24
264|TEXT
265|'kevala'-sabde punarapi niscaya-karana
266|jnana-yoga-tapa-karma-adi nivarana
267|SYNONYMS
268|'kevala'-sabde-by the word kevala, or "only"; punarapi-
>|again; niscaya-karana-final decision; jnana-cultivation of
>|knowledge; yoga-practice of the mystic yoga system; tapa-
>|austerity; karma-fruitive activities; adi-and so on;
>|nivarana-prohibition.
269|TRANSLATION
270|"The use of the word 'kevala' ['only'] prohibits all other
>|processes, such as cultivation of knowledge, practice
>|of mystic yoga, and performance of austerities and fruitive
>|activities.
271|PURPORT
272|Our Krsna consciousness movement stresses the chanting of
>|the Hare Krsna mantra only, whereas those who do not know
>|the secret of success for this Age of Kali unnecessarily
>|indulge in the cultivation of knowledge, the practice of
>|mystic yoga or the performance of fruitive activities or
>|useless austerities. They are simply wasting their time and
>|misleading their followers. When we point this out very
>|plainly to an audience, members of opposing groups become
>|angry at us. But according to the injunctions of the
>|sastras, we cannot make compromises with these so-called
>|jnanis, yogis, karmis and tapasvis. When they say they are
>|as good as we are, we must say that only we are good and
>|that they are not good. This is not our obstinacy; it is
>|the injunction of the sastras. We must not deviate from the
>|injunctions of the sastras. This is confirmed in the next
>|verse of Caitanya-caritamrta.
273|Adi 17.25
274|TEXT 25
275|TEXT
276|anyatha ye mane, tara nahika nistara
277|nahi, nahi, nahi-e tina 'eva'-kara
278|SYNONYMS
279|anyatha-otherwise; ye-anyone who; mane-accepts; tara-of him;
>| nahika-there is no; nistara-deliverance; nahi nahi nahi-
>|there is nothing else, nothing else, nothing else; e-in
>|this; tina-three; eva-kara-bearing the meaning of emphasis.
280|TRANSLATION
281|"This verse clearly states that anyone who accepts any
>|other path cannot be delivered. This is the reason for the
>|triple repetition 'nothing else, nothing else, nothing else,
>|' which emphasizes the real process of self-realization.
282|Adi 17.26
283|TEXT 26
284|TEXT
285|trna haite nica hana sada labe nama
286|apani nirabhimani, anye dibe mana
287|SYNONYMS
288|trna-grass; haite-than; nica-lower; hana-becoming; sada-
>|always; labe-chant; nama-the holy name; apani-personally;
>|nirabhimani-without honor; anye-unto others; dibe-you
>|should give; mana-all respect.
289|TRANSLATION
290|"To chant the holy name always, one should be humbler than
>|the grass in the street and devoid of all desire for
>|personal honor, but one should offer others all respectful
>|obeisances.
291|Adi 17.27
292|TEXT 27
293|TEXT
294|taru-sama sahisnuta vaisnava karibe
295|bhartsana-tadane kake kichu na balibe
296|SYNONYMS
297|taru-sama-like a tree; sahisnuta-forbearance; vaisnava-
>|devotee; karibe-should practice; bhartsana-rebuking; tadane-
>|chastising; kake-unto anyone; kichu-something; na-not;
>|balibe-will utter.
298|TRANSLATION
299|"A devotee engaged in chanting the holy name of the Lord
>|should practice forbearance like that of a tree. Even if
>|rebuked or chastised, he should not say anything to others
>|to retaliate.
300|Adi 17.28
301|TEXT 28
302|TEXT
303|katileha taru yena kichu na bolaya
304|sukaiya mare, tabu jala na magaya
305|SYNONYMS
306|katileha-even being cut; taru-the tree; yena-as; kichu-
>|something; na-not; bolaya-says; sukaiya-drying up; mare-
>|dies; tabu-still; jala-water; na-does not; magaya-ask for.
307|TRANSLATION
308|"For even if one cuts a tree, it never protests, and even
>|if it is drying up and dying it does not ask anyone for
>|water.
309|PURPORT
310|This practice of forbearance (trnad api sunicena) is very
>|difficult, but when one actually engages in chanting the
>|Hare Krsna mantra, the quality of forbearance automatically
>|develops. A person advanced in spiritual consciousness
>|through the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra need not
>|practice to develop it separately, for a devotee develops
>|all good qualities simply by chanting the Hare Krsna mantra
>|regularly.
311|Adi 17.29
312|TEXT 29
313|TEXT
314|ei-mata vaisnava kare kichu na magiba
315|ayacita-vrtti, kimva saka-phala khaiba
316|SYNONYMS
317|ei-mata-in this way; vaisnava-a devotee; kare-from anyone;
>|kichu-anything; na-not; magiba-shall ask for; ayacita-vrtti-
>|the profession of not asking for anything; kimva-or; saka-
>|vegetables; phala-fruits; khaiba-shall eat.
318|TRANSLATION
319|"Thus a Vaisnava should not ask anything from anyone else.
>|If someone gives him something without being asked, he
>|should accept it, but if nothing comes, a Vaisnava should
>|be satisfied to eat whatever vegetables and fruits are
>|easily available.
320|Adi 17.30
321|TEXT 30
322|TEXT
323|sada nama la-iba, yatha-labhete santosa
324|eita acara kare bhakti-dharma-posa
325|SYNONYMS
326|sada-always; nama-the holy name; la-iba-one should chant;
>|yatha-inasmuch as; labhete-gains; santosa-satisfaction;
>|eita-this; acara-behavior; kare-does; bhakti-dharma-of
>|devotional service; posa-maintenance.
327|TRANSLATION
328|"One should strictly follow the principle of always
>|chanting the holy name, and one should be satisfied with
>|whatever he gets easily. Such devotional behavior solidly
>|maintains one's devotional service.
329|Adi 17.31
330|TEXT 31
331|TEXT
332|trnad api su-nicena
333|taror iva sahisnuna
334|amanina mana-dena
335|kirtaniyah sada harih
336|SYNONYMS
337|trnat api-than downtrodden grass; su-nicena-being lower;
>|taroh-than a tree; iva-like; sahisnuna-with tolerance;
>|amanina-without being puffed up by false pride; mana-dena-
>|giving respect to all; kirtaniyah-to be chanted; sada-
>|always; harih-the holy name of the Lord.
338|TRANSLATION
339|"One who thinks himself lower than the grass, who is more
>|tolerant than a tree, and who does not expect personal
>|honor yet is always prepared to give all respect to others
>|can very easily always chant the holy name of the Lord."
340|PURPORT
341|The grass is specifically mentioned in this verse because
>|everyone tramples upon it yet the grass never protests.
>|This example indicates that a spiritual master or leader
>|should not be proud of his position; being always humbler
>|than an ordinary common man, he should go on preaching the
>|cult of Caitanya Mahaprabhu by chanting the Hare Krsna
>|mantra.
342|Adi 17.32
343|TEXT 32
344|TEXT
345|urdhva-bahu kari' kahon, suna, sarva-loka
346|nama-sutre ganthi' para kanthe ei sloka
347|SYNONYMS
348|urdhva-bahu-raising my hands; kari'-doing so; kahon-I
>|declare; suna-please hear; sarva-loka-all persons; nama-of
>|the holy name; sutre-on the thread; ganthi-stringing; para-
>|get it; kanthe-on the neck; ei-this; sloka-verse.
349|TRANSLATION
350|Raising my hands, I declare, "Everyone please hear me!
>|String this verse on the thread of the holy name and wear
>|it on your neck for continuous remembrance."
351|PURPORT
352|When chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, in the beginning
>|one may commit many offenses, which are called namabhasa
>|and nama-aparadha. In this stage there is no possibility of
>|achieving perfect love of Krsna by chanting the Hare Krsna
>|maha-mantra. Therefore one must chant the Hare Krsna maha-
>|mantra according to the principles of the above verse,
>|trnad api su-nicena taror iva sahisnuna. One should note in
>|this connection that chanting involves the activities of
>|the upper and lower lips as well as the tongue. All three
>|must be engaged in chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. The
>|words "Hare Krsna" should be very distinctly pronounced and
>|heard. Sometimes one mechanically produces a hissing sound
>|instead of chanting with the proper pronunciation with the
>|help of the lips and tongue. Chanting is very simple, but
>|one must practice it seriously. Therefore the author of
>|Caitanya-caritamrta, Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, advises
>|everyone to keep this verse always strung about his neck.
353|Adi 17.33
354|TEXT 33
355|TEXT
356|prabhu-ajnaya kara ei sloka acarana
357|avasya paibe tabe sri-krsna-carana
358|SYNONYMS
359|prabhu-of the Lord; ajnaya-on the order; kara-do; ei sloka-
>|of this verse; acarana-practice; avasya-certainly; paibe-he
>|will get; tabe-afterwards; sri-krsna-carana-the lotus feet
>|of Lord Krsna.
360|TRANSLATION
361|One must strictly follow the principles given by Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu in this verse. If one simply follows in
>|the footsteps of Lord Caitanya and the Gosvamis, certainly
>|he will achieve the ultimate goal of life, the lotus feet
>|of Sri Krsna.
362|Adi 17.34
363|TEXT 34
364|TEXT
365|tabe prabhu srivasera grhe nirantara
366|ratre sankirtana kaila eka samvatsara
367|SYNONYMS
368|tabe-thereafter; prabhu-the Lord, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|srivasera-of Srivasa Thakura; grhe-in the home; nirantara-
>|always; ratre-at night; sankirtana-congregational chanting
>|of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra; kaila-performed; eka
>|samvatsara-one full year.
369|TRANSLATION
370|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu regularly led congregational
>|chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra in the house of
>|Srivasa Thakura every night for one full year.
371|Adi 17.35
372|TEXT 35
373|TEXT
374|kapata diya kirtana kare parama avese
375|pasandi hasite aise, na paya pravese
376|SYNONYMS
377|kapata-door; diya-closing; kirtana-chanting; kare-performed;
>| parama-very high; avese-in an ecstatic condition; pasandi-
>|nonbelievers; hasite-to laugh; aise-come; na-does not; paya-
>|get; pravese-entrance.
378|TRANSLATION
379|This ecstatic chanting was performed with the doors closed
>|so that nonbelievers who came to make fun could not gain
>|entrance.
380|PURPORT
381|Chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra is open to everyone,
>|but sometimes nonbelievers come to disturb the ceremony of
>|chanting. It is indicated herein that under such
>|circumstances the temple doors should be closed. Only bona
>|fide chanters should be admitted; others should not. But
>|when there is large-scale congregational chanting of the
>|Hare Krsna maha-mantra, we keep our temples for
>|everyone to join, and by the grace of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu this policy has given good results.
382|Adi 17.36
383|TEXT 36
384|TEXT
385|kirtana suni' bahire tara jvali' pudi' mare
386|srivasere duhkha dite nana yukti kare
387|SYNONYMS
388|kirtana suni'-after hearing the chanting; bahire-outside;
>|tara-the nonbelievers; jvali'-burned; pudi'-to ashes; mare-
>|die; srivasere-unto Srivasa Thakura; duhkha-troubles; dite-
>|to give; nana-various; yukti-plans; kare-do.
389|TRANSLATION
390|Thus the nonbelievers almost burned to ashes and died in
>| envy. To retaliate, they planned various ways to give
>|trouble to Srivasa Thakura.
391|Adi 17.37-38
392|TEXTS 37-38
393|TEXT
394|eka-dina vipra, nama-'gopala capala'
395|pasandi-pradhana sei durmukha, vacala
396|bhavani-pujara saba samagri lana
397|ratre srivasera dvare sthana lepana
398|SYNONYMS
399|eka-dina-one day; vipra-one brahmana; nama-named; gopala
>|capala-of the name Gopala Capala; pasandi-pradhana-the
>|chief of the nonbelievers; sei-he; durmukha-ferocious,
>|using strong words; vacala-talkative; bhavani-pujara-for
>|worshiping the goddess Bhavani; saba-all; samagri-
>|ingredients, paraphernalia; lana-taking; ratre-at night;
>|srivasera-of Srivasa Thakura; dvare-on the door; sthana-the
>|place; lepana-smearing.
400|TRANSLATION
401|One night while kirtana was going on inside Srivasa Thakura'
>|s house, a brahmana named Gopala Capala, the chief of the
>|nonbelievers, who was talkative and very rough in his
>|speech, placed all the paraphernalia for worshiping the
>|goddess Durga outside Srivasa Thakura's door.
402|PURPORT
403|This brahmana, Gopala Capala, wanted to defame Srivasa
>|Thakura by proving that he was actually a sakta, or a
>|worshiper of Bhavani, the goddess Durga, but was externally
>|posing as a Vaisnava. In Bengal there is perpetual
>|competition between the devotees of Goddess Kali and the
>|devotees of Lord Krsna. Generally Bengalis, especially
>|those who are meat-eaters and drunkards, are very much
>|attached to worshiping the goddesses Durga, Kali, Sitala
>|and Candi. Such devotees, who are known as saktas, or
>|worshipers of the sakti-tattva, are always envious of
>|Vaisnavas. Since Srivasa Thakura was a well-known and
>|respected Vaisnava in Navadvipa, Gopala Capala wanted to
>|reduce his prestige by bringing him down to the platform of
>|the saktas. Therefore outside Srivasa Thakura's door he
>|placed various paraphernalia for worshiping Bhavani, the
>|wife of Lord Siva, such as a red flower, a plantain leaf, a
>|pot of wine, and reddish sandalwood paste. In the morning,
>|when Srivasa Thakura saw all this paraphernalia in front of
>|his door, he called for the respectable gentlemen of the
>|neighborhood and showed them that at night he was
>|worshiping Bhavani. Very much sorry, these gentlemen called
>|for a sweeper to cleanse the place and purify it by
>|sprinkling water and cow dung there. This incident
>|concerning Gopala Capala is not mentioned in the Caitanya-
>|bhagavata.
404|Adi 17.39
405|TEXT 39
406|TEXT
407|kalara pata upare thuila oda-phula
408|haridra, sindura ara rakta-candana, tandula
409|SYNONYMS
410|kalara pata-a banana leaf; upare-upon it; thuila-placed;
>|oda-phula-a particular type of flower; haridra-turmeric;
>|sindura-vermilion; ara-and; rakta-candana-red sandalwood;
>|tandula-rice.
411|TRANSLATION
412|On the upper portion of a plantain leaf he placed such
>|paraphernalia for worship as oda-phula, turmeric, vermilion,
>| red sandalwood and rice.
413|Adi 17.40
414|TEXT 40
415|TEXT
416|madya-bhanda-pase dhari' nija-ghare gela
417|pratah-kale srivasa taha ta' dekhila
418|SYNONYMS
419|madya-bhanda-a pot of wine; pase-by the side of; dhari'-
>|placing; nija-ghare-to his own home; gela-went; pratah-kale-
>|in the morning; srivasa-Srivasa Thakura; taha-all those
>|things; ta'-certainly; dekhila-saw.
420|TRANSLATION
421|He placed a pot of wine beside all this, and in the morning
>|when Srivasa Thakura opened his door he saw this
>|paraphernalia.
422|Adi 17.41
423|TEXT 41
424|TEXT
425|bada bada loka saba anila bolaiya
426|sabare kahe srivasa hasiya hasiya
427|SYNONYMS
428|bada bada-respectable; loka-persons; saba-all; anila-
>|brought them; bolaiya-causing to be called; sabare-to
>|everyone; kahe-addresses; srivasa-Srivasa Thakura; hasiya
>|hasiya-while smiling.
429|TRANSLATION
430|Srivasa Thakura called for all the respectable gentlemen of
>|the neighborhood and smilingly addressed them as follows.
431|Adi 17.42
432|TEXT 42
433|TEXT
434|nitya ratre kari ami bhavani-pujana
435|amara mahima dekha, brahmana-sajjana
436|SYNONYMS
437|nitya ratre-every night; kari-I do; ami-I; bhavani-pujana-
>|worship of Bhavani, the wife of Lord Siva; amara-my; mahima-
>|glories; dekha-you see; brahmana-sat-jana-all respectable
>|brahmanas.
438|TRANSLATION
439|"Gentlemen, every night I worship the goddess Bhavani.
>|Since the paraphernalia for the worship is present here,
>|now all you respectable brahmanas and members of the higher
>|castes can understand my position."
440|PURPORT
441|According to the Vedic system there are four castes-the
>|brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras-and below them are
>|the pancamas, who
>|are lower than the sudras. The higher castes-the brahmanas,
>|the ksatriyas and even the vaisyas-were known as brahmana-
>|saj-jana. The brahmanas especially were known as sajjana
>|, or respectable gentlemen who guided the entire
>|society. If there were disputes in the village, people
>|would approach these respectable brahmanas to settle them.
>|Now it is very difficult to find such brahmanas and saj-
>|janas, and thus every village and town is so disrupted that
>|there is no peace and happiness anywhere. To revive a fully
>|cultured civilization, the scientific division of society
>|into brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras must be
>|introduced all over the world. Unless some people are
>|trained as brahmanas, there cannot be peace in human
>|society.
442|Adi 17.43
443|TEXT 43
444|TEXT
445|tabe saba sista-loka kare hahakara
446|aiche karma hetha kaila kon duracara
447|SYNONYMS
448|tabe-thereafter; saba-all; sista-loka-gentlemen; kare-
>|exclaimed; haha-kara-alas, alas; aiche-such; karma-
>|activities; hetha-here; kaila-did; kon-who; duracara-sinful
>|person.
449|TRANSLATION
450|Then all the assembled gentlemen exclaimed, "What is this?
>|What is this? Who has performed such mischievous activities?
>| Who is that sinful man?"
451|Adi 17.44
452|TEXT 44
453|TEXT
454|hadike aniya saba dura karaila
455|jala-gomaya diya sei sthana lepaila
456|SYNONYMS
457|hadike-a sweeper; aniya-calling; saba-all; dura karaila-
>|caused to be thrown far; jala-water; gomaya-cow dung; diya-
>|mixing; sei-that; sthana-place; lepaila-caused to be
>|smeared over.
458|TRANSLATION
459|They called for a sweeper [hadi], who threw all the items
>|of worship far away and cleansed the place by mopping it
>|with a mixture of water and cow dung.
460|PURPORT
461|The men in Vedic society who engage in public sanitary
>|activities like picking up stool and sweeping the street
>|are called hadis. Sometimes they are untouchable,
>|especially when engaged in their profession, yet such hadis
>|also have the right to become devotees. This is established
>|by Sri Bhagavad-gita (9.32), where the Lord declares:
462|mam hi partha vyapasritya
463|ye 'pi syuh papa -
>|yonayah
464|striyo
>| vaisyas tatha
>|sudras
465|te 'pi yanti param gatim
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
466|"O son of Prtha, those who take
>|shelter in Me, though they be
>|
>|
>|of lower
>|birth -women, vaisyas [ merchants]
>|, as well as
>| sudras [workers ]-can
>|
>|approach
>|the supreme
>|
>|
>| destination. "
467|There are many untouchables of the
>|lower caste in India, but according to
>|Vaisnava principles everyone
>|
>| is welcome to
>|accept this Krsna consciousness movement on the
>|spiritual platform of
>|life
>| and thus
>| be freed from trouble
>|
>|. Equality or fraternity on the
>|material platform is impossible.
468|When Lord Caitanya declares, trnad api su-nicena taror iva
>|sahisnuna, He indicates that one must be above the material
>|conception of life. When one thoroughly understands that he
>|is not the material body but a spiritual soul, he is even
>|humbler than a man of the lower castes, for he is
>|spiritually elevated. Such humility, in which one thinks
>|himself lower than the grass, is called su-nicatva, and
>|being more tolerant than a tree is called sahisnutva,
>|forbearance. Being situated in devotional service, not
>|caring for the material conception of life, is called
>|amanitva, indifference to material respect; yet a devotee
>|thus situated is called mana-da, for he is prepared to give
>|honor to others without hesitation.
469|Mahatma Gandhi started the hari-jana movement to purify the
>|untouchables, but he was a failure because he thought that
>|one could become a hari-jana, a personal associate of the
>|Lord, through some kind of material adjustment. That is not
>|possible. Unless one fully realizes that he is not the body
>|but a spiritual soul, there is no question of his becoming
>|a hari-jana. Those who do not follow in the footsteps of
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His disciplic succession
>|cannot distinguish between matter and spirit, and therefore
>|all their ideas are but a mixed-up hodgepodge of problems.
>|They are virtually lost in the bewildering network of
>|Mayadevi.
470|Adi 17.45
471|TEXT 45
472|TEXT
473|tina dina rahi' sei gopala-capala
474|sarvange ha-ila kustha, vahe rakta-dhara
475|SYNONYMS
476|tina dina-three days; rahi'-remaining in that way; sei-that;
>| gopala-capala-of the name Gopala Capala; sarva-ange-all
>|over the body; ha-ila-became visible; kustha-leprosy; vahe-
>|discharging; rakta-dhara-a flow of blood.
477|TRANSLATION
478|After three days, leprosy attacked Gopala Capala, and blood
>|oozed from sores all over his body.
479|Adi 17.46
480|TEXT 46
481|TEXT
482|sarvanga bedila kite, kate nirantara
483|asahya vedana, duhkhe jvalaye antara
484|SYNONYMS
485|sarva-anga-all over the body; bedila-became covered; kite-
>|by insects; kate-biting; nirantara-always; asahya-
>|unbearable; vedana-pain; duhkhe-in unhappiness; jvalaye-
>|burns; antara-without cessation.
486|TRANSLATION
487|Incessantly covered with germs and insects biting him all
>|over his body, Gopala Capala felt unbearable pain. His
>|entire body burned in distress.
488|Adi 17.47
489|TEXT 47
490|TEXT
491|ganga-ghate vrksa-tale rahe ta' vasiya
492|eka dina bale kichu prabhuke dekhiya
493|SYNONYMS
494|ganga-ghate-on the bank of the Ganges; vrksa-tale-
>|underneath a tree; rahe-remains; ta'-certainly; vasiya-
>|sitting; eka dina-one day; bale-says; kichu-something;
>|prabhuke-the Lord; dekhiya-seeing.
495|TRANSLATION
496|Since leprosy is an infectious disease, Gopala Capala left
>|the village to sit down on the bank of the Ganges
>|underneath a tree. One day, however, he saw Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu passing by and spoke to Him as follows.
497|Adi 17.48
498|TEXT 48
499|TEXT
500|grama-sambandhe ami tomara matula
501|bhagina, mui kustha-vyadhite hanachi vyakula
502|SYNONYMS
503|grama-sambandhe-in a village relationship; ami-I (am);
>|tomara-Your; matula-maternal uncle; bhagina-nephew; mui-I;
>|kustha-vyadhite-by the disease of leprosy; hanachi-have
>|become; vyakula-too much afflicted.
504|TRANSLATION
505|"My dear nephew, I am Your maternal uncle in our village
>|relationship. Please see how greatly this attack of leprosy
>|has afflicted me.
506|Adi 17.49
507|TEXT 49
508|TEXT
509|loka saba uddharite tomara avatara
510|muni bada dukhi, more karaha uddhara
511|SYNONYMS
512|loka-people; saba-all; uddharite-to deliver; tomara-Your;
>|avatara-incarnation; muni-I (am); bada-very; dukhi-unhappy;
>|more-unto me; karaha-please do; uddhara-deliverance.
513|TRANSLATION
514|"As an incarnation of God, You are delivering so many
>|fallen souls. I am also a greatly unhappy fallen soul.
>|Kindly deliver me by Your mercy."
515|PURPORT
516|It appears that although Gopala Capala was sinful,
>|talkative and insulting, he nevertheless had the
>|qualification of simplicity. Thus he believed Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu to be the incarnation of the Supreme Personality
>|of Godhead who had come to deliver all fallen souls, and he
>|appealed for his own deliverance, seeking the mercy of the
>|Lord. He did not know, however, that the deliverance of the
>|fallen does not consist of curing their bodily diseases,
>|although it is also a fact that when a man is delivered
>|from the material clutches his material bodily diseases are
>|automatically cured. Gopala Capala simply wanted to be
>|delivered from the bodily sufferings of leprosy, but Sri
>|Caitanya, although accepting his sincere appeal, wanted to
>|inform him of the real cause of suffering.
517|Adi 17.50
518|TEXT 50
519|TEXT
520|eta suni' mahaprabhura ha-ila kruddha mana
521|krodhavese bale tare tarjana-vacana
522|SYNONYMS
523|eta-thus; suni'-hearing; mahaprabhura-of Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; ha-ila-there was; kruddha-angry; mana-mind;
>|krodha-avese-out of intense anger; bale-says; tare-unto him;
>| tarjana-chastising; vacana-words.
524|TRANSLATION
525|Hearing this, Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared greatly angry,
>|and in that angry mood He spoke some words chastising him.
526|Adi 17.51
527|TEXT 51
528|TEXT
529|are papi, bhakta-dvesi, tore na uddharimu
530|koti-janma ei mate kidaya khaoyaimu
531|SYNONYMS
532|are-O; papi-you sinful person; bhakta-dvesi-envious of
>|devotees; tore-you; na uddharimu-I shall not deliver; koti-
>|janma-for ten million births; ei mate-in this way; kidaya-
>|by the germs; khaoyaimu-I shall cause you to be bitten.
533|TRANSLATION
534|"O sinful person, envious of pure devotees, I shall not
>|deliver you! Rather, I shall have you bitten by these germs
>|for many millions of years.
535|PURPORT
536|We should note herein that all our sufferings in this
>|material world, especially from disease, are due to our
>|past sinful activities. And of all sinful activities,
>|actions directed against a pure devotee out of sheer envy
>|are considered extremely severe. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|wanted Gopala Capala to understand the cause of his
>|suffering. Any person who disturbs a pure devotee engaged
>|in broadcasting the holy name of the Lord is certainly
>|punished like Gopala Capala. This is the instruction of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. As we shall see, one who offends a
>|pure devotee can never satisfy Caitanya Mahaprabhu unless
>|and until he sincerely regrets his offense and thus
>|rectifies it.
537|Adi 17.52
538|TEXT 52
539|TEXT
540|srivase karaili tui bhavani-pujana
541|koti janma habe tora raurave patana
542|SYNONYMS
543|srivase-unto Srivasa Thakura; karaili-you have caused to do;
>| tui-you; bhavani-pujana-worshiping the goddess Bhavani;
>|koti janma-for ten million births; habe-there will be; tora-
>|your; raurave-in hell; patana-fall down.
544|TRANSLATION
545|"You have made Srivasa Thakura appear to have been
>|worshiping the goddess Bhavani. Simply for this offense,
>|you will have to fall down into hellish life for ten
>|million births.
546|PURPORT
547|There are many tantric followers who
>| practice the black art of worshiping the
>|goddess Bhavani in a crematorium , wishing to eat meat and
>|drink wine. Such fools also consider this bhavani-puja
>|as good as worship of Lord Krsna in devotional service.
>|such abominable tantric activities performed by so-
>|called svamis and yogis are herein condemned , however, by
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He declares that such bhavani-
>|puja for drinking wine and eating meat quickly plunges one
>|into hellish life. The method of worship itself is already
>|hellish, and its results must also be hellish and nothing
>|more.
548|Many rascals say that whatever way one accepts, one will
>|ultimately reach Brahman. Yet we can see from this verse
>|how such persons reach Brahman. Brahman spreads everywhere,
>|but appreciation of Brahman in different objects leads to
>|different results. In the Bhagavad-gita (4.11) the Lord
>|says, ye yatha mam prapadyante tams tathaiva bhajamy aham: "
>|I reward everyone according to his surrender unto Me."
>|Mayavadis certainly realize Brahman in certain aspects, but
>|realization of Brahman in the aspects of wine, women and
>|meat is not the same realization of Brahman that devotees
>|achieve by chanting, dancing and eating prasada. Mayavadi
>|philosophers, being educated in paltry knowledge, think all
>|sorts of Brahman realization one and the same and do not
>|consider varieties. But although Krsna is everywhere, by
>|His inconceivable potency He is simultaneously not
>|everywhere. Thus the Brahman realization of the tantric
>|cult is not the same Brahman realization as that of pure
>|devotees. Unless one reaches the highest point of Brahman
>|realization, Krsna consciousness, he is punishable. All
>|people except Krsna conscious devotees are to some
>|proportion pasandis, or demons, and thus they are
>|punishable by the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead,
>|as stated below.
549|Adi 17.53
550|TEXT 53
551|TEXT
552|pasandi samharite mora ei avatara
553|pasandi samhari' bhakti karimu pracara
554|SYNONYMS
555|pasandi-demons, atheists; samharite-to kill; mora-My; ei-
>|this; avatara-incarnation; pasandi-atheist; samhari'-
>|killing; bhakti-devotional service; karimu-I shall do;
>|pracara-preaching.
556|TRANSLATION
557|"I have appeared in this incarnation to kill the demons [
>|pasandis] and, after killing them, to preach the cult of
>|devotional service."
558|PURPORT
559|Lord Caitanya's mission is the same as that of Lord Krsna,
>|as He states in the Bhagavad-gita (4.7 -8):
560|yada yada hi dharmasya
561|glanir bhavati bharata
562|abhyutthanam adharmasya
563|tadatmanam srjamy aham
564|paritranaya sadhunam
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
565|vinasaya ca duskrtam
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
566|dharma
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|-
>|samsthapanarthaya
>|
>|
567|sambhavami yuge yuge
568|"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. In order to
>|deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well
>|as to reestablish the principles of religion, I advent
>|Myself millennium after millennium"
569|As explained here, the real purpose of an incarnation of
>|Godhead is to kill the atheists and maintain the devotees.
>|He does not say, like so many rascal incarnations, that
>|both atheists and devotees are on the same platform. Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, or Lord Sri Krsna, the real
>|Personality of Godhead, does not advocate such an idea.
570|Atheists are punishable, whereas devotees are to be
>|protected. To maintain this principle is the mission of all
>|avataras, or incarnations. One must therefore identify an
>|incarnation by His activities, not by popular votes or
>|mental concoctions. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave protection
>|to devotees and killed many demons in the course of His
>|preaching work. He specifically mentioned that the Mayavadi
>|philosophers are the greatest demons. Therefore He warned
>|all others not to hear the Mayavada philosophy. Mayavadi-
>|bhasya sunile haya sarva-nasa. Simply by hearing the
>|Mayavada interpretation of the sastras, one is doomed (Cc.
>|Madhya 6.169).
571|Adi 17.54
572|TEXT 54
573|TEXT
574|eta bali' gela prabhu karite ganga-snana
575|sei papi duhkha bhoge, na yaya parana
576|SYNONYMS
577|eta bali'-saying this; gela-went away; prabhu-the Lord;
>|karite-to take; ganga-snana-a bath in the Ganges; sei-that;
>|papi-sinful man; duhkha-pains; bhoge-suffers; na-not; yaya-
>|go away; parana-the life.
578|TRANSLATION
579|After saying this, the Lord left to take His bath in the
>|Ganges, and that sinful man did not give up his life but
>|continued to suffer.
580|PURPORT
581|It appears that an offender to a Vaisnava continues to
>|suffer and does not give up his life. We have actually seen
>|that a great vaisnava-aparadhi is continuously suffering so
>|much that it is difficult for him to move, and yet he does
>|not die.
582|Adi 17.55-56
583|TEXTS 55-56
584|TEXT
585|sannyasa kariya yabe prabhu nilacale gela
586|tatha haite yabe kuliya grame aila
587|tabe sei papi prabhura la-ila sarana
588|hita upadesa kaila ha-iya karuna
589|SYNONYMS
590|sannyasa kariya-after accepting the renounced order of life;
>| yabe-when; prabhu-Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; nilacale-to
>|Jagannatha Puri; gela-went; tatha haite-from there; yabe-
>|when; kuliya-of the name Kuliya; grame-to the village; aila-
>|came back; tabe-at that time; sei-that; papi-sinful man;
>|prabhura-of the Lord; la-ila-took; sarana-shelter; hita-
>|beneficial; upadesa-advice; kaila-gave; ha-iya-becoming;
>|karuna-merciful.
591|TRANSLATION
592|When Sri Caitanya, after accepting the renounced order of
>|life, went to Jagannatha Puri and then came back to the
>|village of Kuliya, upon His return that sinful man took
>|shelter at the Lord's lotus feet. The Lord, being merciful
>|to him, gave him instructions for his benefit.
593|PURPORT
594|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, in his Anubhasya,
>|has given the following note in connection with the village
>|Kuliya. The village originally known as Kuliya has
>|developed into what is now the city of Navadvipa. In
>|various authorized books like Bhakti-ratnakara,
>|Caitanya-carita-mahakavya, Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka and
>|Caitanya-bhagavata it is mentioned that the village
>|Kuliya is on the western side of the Ganges. Even now,
>|within the area known as Koladvipa, there is a place known
>|as kuliara ganja and a place called kuliara daha, both
>|within the jurisdiction of the present municipality of
>|Navadvipa. In the time of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu there
>|were two villages , named
>|Kuliya and Pahadapura ,
>| on the western side
>|of the Ganges , both belonging to the jurisdiction
>|of Bahiradvipa . At that time the place on the
>|eastern side of the Ganges now known as Antardvipa was
>|known as Navadvipa. At Sri Mayapur that place is still
>|known as Dvipera Matha. There is another place of the name
>|Kuliya near Kancadapada, but it is not the same Kuliya
>|mentioned here. It cannot be accepted as aparadha-
>|bhanjanera pata, or the place where the offense was excused,
>| for that occurred in the above-mentioned Kuliya on the
>|western side of the Ganges. For business reasons many
>|envious persons oppose excavation of the real place, and
>|sometimes they advertise unauthorized places as the
>|authorized one.
595|Adi 17.57-58
596|TEXTS 57-58
597|TEXT
598|srivasa panditera sthane ache aparadha
599|tatha yaha, tenho yadi karena prasada
600|tabe tora habe ei papa-vimocana
601|yadi punah aiche nahi kara acarana
602|SYNONYMS
603|srivasa panditera-of Srivasa Thakura; sthane-at the lotus
>|feet; ache-there is; aparadha-offense; tatha-there; yaha-go;
>| tenho-he; yadi-if; karena-does; prasada-blessings; tabe-
>|then; tora-your; habe-there will be; ei-this; papa-vimocana-
>|immunity from sinful reaction; yadi-if; punah-again; aiche-
>|such; nahi kara-you do not commit; acarana-behavior.
604|TRANSLATION
605|"You have committed an offense at the lotus feet of Srivasa
>|Thakura," the Lord said. "First you must go there and beg
>|for his mercy, and then if he gives you his blessings and
>|you do not commit such sins again, you will be freed from
>|these reactions."
606|Adi 17.59
607|TEXT 59
608|TEXT
609|tabe vipra la-ila asi srivasa sarana
610|tanhara krpaya haila papa-vimocana
611|SYNONYMS
612|tabe-after that; vipra-the brahmana (Gopala Capala); la-ila-
>|took shelter; asi-coming; srivasa-Srivasa Thakura; sarana-
>|shelter of his lotus feet; tanhara krpaya-by his mercy;
>|haila-became; papa-vimocana-free from all sinful reaction.
613|TRANSLATION
614|Then the brahmana, Gopala Capala, went to Srivasa Thakura
>|and took shelter of his lotus feet, and by Srivasa Thakura'
>|s mercy he was freed from all sinful reactions.
615|Adi 17.60
616|TEXT 60
617|TEXT
618|ara eka vipra aila kirtana dekhite
619|dvare kapata,-na paila bhitare yaite
620|SYNONYMS
621|ara-another; eka-one; vipra-brahmana; aila-came; kirtana-
>|chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra; dekhite-to see; dvare-in
>|the gateway; kapata-the door (being closed); na paila-did
>|not get; bhitare-inside; yaite-to go.
622|TRANSLATION
623|Another brahmana also came to see the kirtana performance,
>|but the door was closed, and he could not enter the hall.
624|Adi 17.61
625|TEXT 61
626|TEXT
627|phiri' gela vipra ghare mane duhkha pana
628|ara dina prabhuke kahe gangaya laga pana
629|SYNONYMS
630|phiri' gela-went back; vipra-the brahmana; ghare-to his
>|home; mane-within his mind; duhkha-unhappiness; pana-
>|getting; ara dina-the next day; prabhuke-unto the Lord;
>|kahe-says; gangaya-on the bank of the Ganges; laga-touch;
>|pana-getting.
631|TRANSLATION
632|He returned home with an unhappy mind, but on the next day
>|he met Lord Caitanya on the bank of the Ganges and spoke to
>|Him.
633|Adi 17.62
634|TEXT 62
635|TEXT
636|sapiba tomare muni, panachi mano-duhkha
637|paita chindiya sape pracanda durmukha
638|SYNONYMS
639|sapiba-I shall curse; tomare-You; muni-I; panachi-I have;
>|manah-duhkha-mentally very much aggrieved; paita-sacred
>|thread; chindiya-breaking; sape-cursing; pracanda-fiercely;
>|durmukha-one who speaks harshly.
640|TRANSLATION
641|That brahmana was expert in talking harshly and cursing
>|others. Thus he broke his sacred thread and declared, "I
>|shall now curse You, for Your behavior has greatly
>|aggrieved me."
642|Adi 17.63
643|TEXT 63
644|TEXT
645|samsara-sukha tomara ha-uka vinasa
646|sapa suni' prabhura citte ha-ila ullasa
647|SYNONYMS
648|samsara-sukha-material happiness; tomara-Your; ha-uka-may
>|it become; vinasa-all vanquished; sapa suni'-hearing this
>|curse; prabhura-of the Lord; citte-within His mind; ha-ila-
>|there was; ullasa-jubilation.
649|TRANSLATION
650|The brahmana cursed the Lord, "You shall be bereft of all
>|material happiness!" When the Lord heard this, He felt
>|great jubilation within Himself.
651|Adi 17.64
652|TEXT 64
653|TEXT
654|prabhura sapa-varta yei sune sraddhavan
655|brahma-sapa haite tara haya paritrana
656|SYNONYMS
657|prabhura-of the Lord; sapa-varta-the incident of the curse;
>|yei-anyone who; sune-hears; sraddhavan-with affection;
>|brahma-sapa-cursing by a brahmana; haite-from; tara-his;
>|haya-becomes; paritrana-deliverance.
658|TRANSLATION
659|Any faithful person who hears of this brahmana's cursing
>|Lord Caitanya is delivered from all brahminical curses.
660|PURPORT
661|One should know with firm conviction that the Lord, being
>|transcendental, is never subject to any curse or
>|benediction. Only ordinary living entities are subjected to
>|curses and the punishments of Yamaraja. As the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is beyond
>|such punishments and benedictions. When one understands
>|this fact with faith and love, he personally becomes free
>|from all curses uttered by brahmanas or anyone else. This
>|incident is not mentioned in the Caitanya-bhagavata.
662|Adi 17.65
663|TEXT 65
664|TEXT
665|mukunda-dattere kaila danda-parasada
666|khandila tahara cittera saba avasada
667|SYNONYMS
668|mukunda-dattere-unto Mukunda Datta; kaila-did; danda-
>|punishment; parasada-benediction; khandila-vanquished;
>|tahara-his; cittera-of the mind; saba-all kinds of; avasada-
>|depressions.
669|TRANSLATION
670|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu blessed Mukunda Datta with
>|punishment and in that way vanquished all his mental
>|depression.
671|PURPORT
672|Mukunda Datta was once forbidden to enter the association
>|of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu because of his mixing with the
>|Mayavadi impersonalists. When Lord Caitanya manifested His
>|maha-prakasa, He called all the devotees one after another
>|and blessed them, while Mukunda Datta stood outside the
>|door. The devotees informed the Lord that Mukunda Datta was
>|waiting outside, but the Lord replied, "I shall not soon be
>|pleased with Mukunda Datta, for he explains
>|devotional service among devotees, but then he goes to
>|Mayavadis to hear from them the Yoga-vasistha-ramayana,
>|which is full of Mayavada philosophy. For this I am greatly
>|displeased with him." Hearing the Lord speak in that way,
>|Mukunda Datta, standing outside, was exceedingly glad that
>|the Lord would at some time be pleased with him, although
>|He was not pleased at that moment. But when the Lord
>|understood that Mukunda Datta was going to give up the
>|association of the Mayavadis for good, He was pleased, and
>|He at once called to see Mukunda. Thus He delivered him
>|from the association of the Mayavadis and gave him the
>|association of pure devotees.
673|Adi 17.66
674|TEXT 66
675|TEXT
676|acarya-gosanire prabhu kare guru-bhakti
677|tahate acarya bada haya duhkha-mati
678|SYNONYMS
679|acarya-gosanire-unto Advaita Acarya; prabhu-the Lord; kare-
>|does; guru-bhakti-offering respects like a spiritual master;
>| tahate-in that way; acarya-Advaita Acarya; bada-very;
>|haya-becomes; duhkha-mati-aggrieved.
680|TRANSLATION
681|Lord Caitanya respected Advaita Acarya as His spiritual
>|master, but Advaita Acarya Prabhu was greatly aggrieved by
>|such behavior.
682|Adi 17.67
683|TEXT 67
684|TEXT
685|bhangi kari' jnana-marga karila vyakhyana
686|krodhavese prabhu tare kaila avajnana
687|SYNONYMS
688|bhangi kari'-doing it in fun; jnana-marga-the path of
>|philosophical speculation; karila-did; vyakhyana-
>|explanation; krodha-avese-in the mood of anger; prabhu-the
>|Lord; tare-to Him; kaila-did; avajnana-disrespect.
689|TRANSLATION
690|Thus He whimsically began to explain the path of
>|philosophical speculation, and the Lord, in His anger,
>|seemingly disrespected Him.
691|Adi 17.68
692|TEXT 68
693|TEXT
694|tabe acarya-gosanira ananda ha-ila
695|lajjita ha-iya prabhu prasada karila
696|SYNONYMS
697|tabe-at that time; acarya-gosanira-of Advaita Acarya;
>|ananda-pleasure; ha-ila-aroused; lajjita-ashamed; ha-iya-
>|becoming; prabhu-the Lord; prasada-benediction; karila-
>|offered.
698|TRANSLATION
699|At that time Advaita Acarya was greatly pleased. The Lord
>|understood this, and He was somewhat ashamed, but He
>|offered Advaita Acarya His benediction.
700|PURPORT
701|Advaita Acarya was a disciple of Madhavendra Puri, Isvara
>|Puri's spiritual master. Therefore Isvara Puri, the
>|spiritual master of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, was Advaita
>|Acarya's Godbrother. As such , Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu treated Advaita Acarya as His spiritual master,
>|but Sri Advaita Acarya did not like this behavior of Lord
>|Caitanya, for He wanted to be treated as His eternal
>|servant. Advaita Prabhu's aspiration was to be a servant of
>|the Lord, not His spiritual master. He therefore devised a
>|plan to antagonize the Lord. He began to explain the path
>|of philosophical speculation in the midst of some
>|unfortunate Mayavadis, and when Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|heard about this, He immediately went there and in a very
>|angry mood began to beat Advaita Acarya. At that time,
>|Advaita Acarya, greatly pleased, began to dance, saying, "
>|Just see how My desire has now been fulfilled! Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to treat Me honorably for so long,
>|but now He is treating Me neglectfully. This is My reward.
>|His affection for Me is so great that He wanted to save Me
>|from the hands of the Mayavadis." Hearing this statement,
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu was somewhat ashamed, but He was
>|very much pleased with Advaita Acarya.
702|Adi 17.69
703|TEXT 69
704|TEXT
705|murari-gupta-mukhe suni' rama-guna-grama
706|lalate likhila tanra 'ramadasa' nama
707|SYNONYMS
708|murari-gupta-of Murari Gupta; mukhe-from the mouth; suni'-
>|hearing; rama-of Lord Ramacandra; guna-grama-glories;
>|lalate-on the forehead; likhila-wrote; tanra-of Murari
>|Gupta; rama-dasa-the eternal servant of Lord Ramacandra;
>|nama-the name.
709|TRANSLATION
710|Murari Gupta was a great devotee of Lord Ramacandra. When
>|Lord Caitanya heard Lord Ramacandra's glories from his
>|mouth, He immediately wrote on his forehead "ramadasa" [the
>|eternal servant of Lord Ramacandra].
711|Adi 17.70
712|TEXT 70
713|TEXT
714|sridharera lauha-patre kaila jala-pana
715|samasta bhaktere dila ista vara-dana
716|SYNONYMS
717|sridharera-of Sridhara; lauha-patre-from the iron pot;
>|kaila-did; jala-pana-drinking of water; samasta-all;
>|bhaktere-to the devotees; dila-gave; ista-desired; vara-
>|dana-benediction.
718|TRANSLATION
719|Once Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to the house of Sridhara
>|after kirtana and drank water from his damaged iron pot.
>|Then He bestowed His benediction upon all the devotees
>|according to their desires.
720|PURPORT
721|After the mass nagara-sankirtana in protest against the
>|magistrate Chand Kazi, the Kazi was converted to a devotee.
>|Then Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu returned with His sankirtana
>|party to the house of Sridhara, and Chand Kazi followed Him.
>| All the devotees rested there for some time and drank
>|water from Sridhara's damaged iron pot. The Lord accepted
>|the water because the pot belonged to a devotee. Chand Kazi
>|then returned home. The place where they rested is still
>|situated on the northeastern side of Mayapur, and it is
>|known as kirtana-visrama-sthana, "the resting place of the
>|kirtana party."
722|Adi 17.71
723|TEXT 71
724|TEXT
725|haridasa thakurere karila prasada
726|acarya-sthane matara khandaila aparadha
727|SYNONYMS
728|haridasa thakurere-unto Haridasa Thakura; karila-did;
>|prasada-benediction; acarya-sthane-in the home of Advaita
>|Acarya; matara-of Sacimata; khandaila-vanquished; aparadha-
>|the offense.
729|TRANSLATION
730|After this incident the Lord blessed Haridasa Thakura and
>|vanquished the offense of His mother at the home of Advaita
>|Acarya.
731|PURPORT
732|On the maha-prakasa day, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu embraced
>|Haridasa Thakura and informed him that he was none other
>|than an incarnation of Prahlada Maharaja. When Visvarupa
>|took sannyasa, Sacimata thought that Advaita Acarya had
>|persuaded Him to do so. Therefore she accused Him
>| of this, which was an offense at Advaita Acarya's
>|lotus feet. Later Lord Caitanya induced His mother to take
>|the dust of Advaita Acarya's lotus feet, and thus her
>|vaisnava-aparadha was nullified.
733|Adi 17.72
734|TEXT 72
735|TEXT
736|bhakta-gane prabhu nama-mahima kahila
737|suniya paduya tahan artha-vada kaila
738|SYNONYMS
739|bhakta-gane-unto the devotees; prabhu-the Lord; nama-mahima-
>|glories of the holy name; kahila-explained; suniya-hearing;
>|paduya-the students; tahan-there; artha-vada-interpretation;
>| kaila-did.
740|TRANSLATION
741|Once the Lord explained the glories of the holy name
>|to the devotees, but some ordinary students who heard Him
>|fashioned their own interpretation.
742|Adi 17.73
743|TEXT 73
744|TEXT
745|name stuti-vada suni' prabhura haila duhkha
746|sabare nisedhila,-ihara na dekhiha mukha
747|SYNONYMS
748|name-in the holy name of the Lord; stuti-vada-exaggeration;
>|suni'-hearing; prabhura-of the Lord; haila-became; duhkha-
>|aggrieved; sabare-unto everyone; nisedhila-warned; ihara-of
>|him; na-do not; dekhiha-see; mukha-face.
749|TRANSLATION
750|When a student interpreted the glories of the holy name as
>|a prayer of exaggeration, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, greatly
>|unhappy, immediately warned everyone not to see the student'
>|s face henceforward.
751|PURPORT
752|when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu explained the glories of
>|the transcendental potency of the Lord's holy name, the
>|Hare Krsna maha-mantra, one unfortunate student said that
>|such glorification of the holy name was an exaggeration in
>|the sastras to induce people to take to it. In this way the
>|student interpreted the glories of the holy name. This is
>|called artha-vada, and it is one of the ten offenses at the
>|lotus feet of the holy name of the Lord. There are many
>|kinds of offenses, but the offense known as nama-aparadha,
>|an offense at the lotus feet of the holy name, is extremely
>|dangerous. The Lord therefore warned everyone not to see
>|the face of the offender. He immediately took a bath
>|in the Ganges with all His clothes to teach everyone to
>|avoid such a nama-aparadha. The holy name is identical with
>|the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There is no difference
>|between the person God and His holy name. This is the
>|absolute position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
>|Therefore one who distinguishes between the Lord and His
>|name is called a pasandi, or nonbeliever, an atheistic
>|demon. Glorification of the holy name is glorification of
>|the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One should never
>|attempt to distinguish between the Lord and His name or
>|interpret the glories of the holy name as mere
>|exaggerations.
753|Adi 17.74
754|TEXT 74
755|TEXT
756|sagane sacele giya kaila ganga-snana
757|bhaktira mahima tahan karila vyakhyana
758|SYNONYMS
759|sa-gane-with His followers; sa-cele-without leaving the
>|clothes; giya-going; kaila-did; ganga-snana-bathing in the
>|Ganges; bhaktira-of devotional service; mahima-glories;
>|tahan-there; karila-did; vyakhyana-explanation.
760|TRANSLATION
761|Without even changing His garments, Lord Caitanya took a
>|bath in the Ganges with His companions. There He explained
>|the glories of devotional service.
762|Adi 17.75
763|TEXT 75
764|TEXT
765|jnana-karma-yoga-dharme nahe krsna vasa
766|krsna-vasa-hetu eka-prema-bhakti-rasa
767|SYNONYMS
768|jnana-the path of speculative knowledge; karma-fruitive
>|activities; yoga-the process of controlling the senses;
>|dharme-in the activities, in such an occupation; nahe-is
>|not; krsna-Lord Krsna; vasa-pleased; krsna-of Lord Krsna;
>|vasa-for the pleasure; hetu-reason; eka-one; prema-love;
>|bhakti-devotional service; rasa-such a mellow.
769|TRANSLATION
770|"By following the paths of speculative philosophical
>|knowledge, fruitive activity or mystic yoga to control the
>|senses, one cannot satisfy Krsna, the Supreme Lord.
>|Unalloyed devotional love for Krsna is the only cause for
>|the Lord's satisfaction.
771|Adi 17.76
772|TEXT 76
773|TEXT
774|na sadhayati mam yogo
775|na sankhyam dharma uddhava
776|na svadhyayas tapas tyago
777|yatha bhaktir mamorjita
778|SYNONYMS
779|na-never; sadhayati-causes to remain satisfied; mam-Me;
>|yogah-the process of control; na-nor; sankhyam-the process
>|of gaining philosophical knowledge about the Absolute Truth;
>| dharmah-such an occupation; uddhava-My dear Uddhava; na-
>|nor; svadhyayah-study of the Vedas; tapah-austerities;
>|tyagah-renunciation, acceptance of sannyasa, or charity;
>|yatha-as much as; bhaktih-devotional service; mama-unto Me;
>|urjita-developed.
780|TRANSLATION
781|"[The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, said:] 'My
>|dear Uddhava, neither through astanga-yoga [the mystic yoga
>|system to control the senses], nor through impersonal
>|monism or an analytical study of the Absolute Truth, nor
>|through study of the Vedas, nor through practice of
>|austerities, nor through charity , nor through acceptance
>|of sannyasa can one satisfy Me as much as one can by
>|developing unalloyed devotional service unto Me.' "
782|PURPORT
783|Karmis, jnanis, yogis, tapasvis and students of Vedic
>|literature who do not have Krsna consciousness simply beat
>|around the bush and do not get any final profit because
>|they have no clear knowledge of the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead. Nor do they have faith in approaching Him by
>|discharging devotional service, although everywhere such
>|service is repeatedly emphasized, as it is in this verse
>|from Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.14.20). The Bhagavad-gita (Bg.
>|18.55) also declares, bhaktya mam abhijanati yavan yas
>|casmi tattvatah: "One can understand the Supreme
>|Personality as He is only by devotional service." If one
>|wants to understand the Supreme Personality factually, he
>|must take to the path of devotional service and not waste
>|time in profitless philosophical speculation, fruitive
>|activity, mystic yogic practice or severe austerity and
>|penance. Elsewhere in the Bhagavad-gita (12.5) the Lord
>|confirms, kleso 'dhikataras tesam avyaktasakta-cetasam: "
>|For those whose minds are attached to the unmanifested,
>|impersonal feature of the Supreme, advancement is very
>|troublesome." People who are attached to the impersonal
>|feature of the Lord are obliged to take great trouble, yet
>|nevertheless they cannot understand the Absolute Truth. As
>|explained in Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.2.11), brahmeti
>|paramatmeti bhagavan iti sabdyate. Unless one understands
>|the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the original source of
>|both Brahman and Paramatma, one is still in darkness about
>|the Absolute Truth.
784|Adi 17.77
785|TEXT 77
786|TEXT
787|murarike kahe tumi krsna vasa kaila
788|suniya murari sloka kahite lagila
789|SYNONYMS
790|murarike-unto Murari; kahe-says; tumi-you; krsna-Lord Krsna;
>| vasa-satisfied; kaila-made; suniya-hearing; murari-of the
>|name Murari; sloka-verse; kahite-to speak; lagila-began.
791|TRANSLATION
792|Lord Caitanya then praised Murari Gupta, saying, "You have
>|satisfied Lord Krsna." Hearing this, Murari Gupta quoted a
>|verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam.
793|Adi 17.78
794|TEXT 78
795|TEXT
796|kvaham daridrah papiyan
797|kva krsnah sri-niketanah
798|brahma-bandhur iti smaham
799|bahubhyam parirambhitah
800|SYNONYMS
801|kva-whereas; aham-I (am); daridrah-very poor; papiyan-
>|sinful; kva-whereas; krsnah-the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead; sri-niketanah-the shelter of the goddess of
>|fortune; brahma-bandhuh-a caste brahmana without
>|brahminical qualifications; iti-thus; sma-certainly; aham-I
>|(am); bahubhyam-by the arms; parirambhitah-embraced.
802|TRANSLATION
803|" 'Since I am but a poor, sinful brahma-bandhu, not
>|brahminically qualified although born in a brahmana family,
>|and You, Lord Krsna, are the shelter of the goddess of
>|fortune, it is simply wonderful, my dear Lord Krsna, that
>|You have embraced me with Your arms.' "
804|PURPORT
805|This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.81.16) spoken by
>|Sudama Vipra in the presence of Lord Sri Krsna. This and
>|the previous verse quoted from Srimad-Bhagavatam clearly
>|indicate that although Krsna is so great that it is not
>|possible for anyone to satisfy Him, He exhibits His
>|greatness by being personally satisfied even with one who
>|is disqualified from so many angles of vision. Sudama Vipra
>|was born in a family of brahmanas, and he was a learned
>|scholar and a class friend of Krsna's, yet he considered
>|himself unfit to be strictly called a brahmana. He called
>|himself a brahma-bandhu, meaning "one born in a brahmana
>|family but not brahminically qualified." Because of His
>|great respect for brahmanas, however, Krsna embraced Sudama
>|Vipra, although he was not a regular brahmana but a brahma-
>|bandhu, or friend of a brahmana family. Murari Gupta could
>|not be called even a brahma-bandhu because he was born of a
>|vaidya family and according to the social structure was
>|therefore considered a sudra. But Krsna bestowed special
>|mercy upon Murari Gupta because he was a beloved devotee of
>|the Lord, as stated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The purport
>|of Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura's elaborate
>|discussion of this subject is that no qualification in this
>|material world can satisfy the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead, Krsna, yet everything becomes successful simply
>|through development of devotional service to the Lord.
806|The members of the International Society for Krishna
>|Consciousness cannot even call themselves brahma-bandhus.
>|Therefore our only means for satisfying Krsna is to pursue
>|the injunctions of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who says:
807|yare dekha, tare kaha 'krsna'-upadesa
808|amara ajnaya guru hana tara' ei desa
809|"Whomever you meet, instruct him on the teachings of Krsna.
>|In this way, on My order, become a spiritual master and
>|deliver the people of this country." (Cc. Madhya 7.128)
>|Simply trying to follow the orders of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, we speak to the people of the world about
>|Bhagavad-gita As It Is. This will make us qualified to
>|satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna.
810|Adi 17.79
811|TEXT 79
812|TEXT
813|eka-dina prabhu saba bhakta-gana lana
814|sankirtana kari' vaise srama-yukta hana
815|SYNONYMS
816|eka-dina-one day; prabhu-the Lord; saba-all; bhakta-gana-
>|devotees; lana-taking into company; sankirtana-chanting the
>|Hare Krsna mantra; kari'-doing so; vaise-sat; srama-yukta-
>|feeling fatigued; hana-thus being.
817|TRANSLATION
818|One day the Lord performed sankirtana with all His devotees,
>| and when they were greatly fatigued they sat down.
819|Adi 17.80
820|TEXT 80
821|TEXT
822|eka amra-bija prabhu angane ropila
823|tat-ksane janmila vrksa badite lagila
824|SYNONYMS
825|eka-one; amra-bija-seed of a mango; prabhu-the Lord; angane-
>|in the yard; ropila-sowed; tat-ksane-immediately; janmila-
>|fructified; vrksa-a tree; badite-to grow; lagila-began.
826|TRANSLATION
827|The Lord then sowed a mango seed in the yard, and
>|immediately the seed fructified into a tree and began to
>|grow.
828|Adi 17.81
829|TEXT 81
830|TEXT
831|dekhite dekhite vrksa ha-ila phalita
832|pakila aneka phala, sabei vismita
833|SYNONYMS
834|dekhite dekhite-as people were seeing; vrksa-the tree; ha-
>|ila-became; phalita-fully grown with fruits; pakila-ripened;
>| aneka-many; phala-fruits; sabei-every one of them; vismita-
>|struck with wonder.
835|TRANSLATION
836|As people looked on, the tree became fully grown, with
>|fruits that fully ripened. Thus everyone was struck with
>|wonder.
837|Adi 17.82
838|TEXT 82
839|TEXT
840|sata dui phala prabhu sighra padaila
841|praksalana kari' krsne bhoga lagaila
842|SYNONYMS
843|sata-hundred; dui-two; phala-fruits; prabhu-the Lord;
>|sighra-very soon; padaila-caused to be picked up;
>|praksalana-washing; kari'-doing; krsne-to Lord Krsna; bhoga-
>|offering; lagaila-made it so.
844|TRANSLATION
845|The Lord immediately picked about two hundred fruits, and
>|after washing them He offered them to Krsna to eat.
846|Adi 17.83
847|TEXT 83
848|TEXT
849|rakta-pita-varna,-nahi asthi-valkala
850|eka janera peta bhare khaile eka phala
851|SYNONYMS
852|rakta-pita-varna-the mangoes were red and yellow in color;
>|nahi-there was none; asthi-seed; valkala-or skin; eka-one;
>|janera-man's; peta-belly; bhare-filled up; khaile-if he
>|would eat; eka-one; phala-fruit.
853|TRANSLATION
854|The fruits were all red and yellow, with no seed inside and
>|no skin outside, and eating one fruit would immediately
>|fill a man's belly.
855|PURPORT
856|In India a mango is considered best when it is red and
>|yellow, its seed is very small, its skin is very thin, and
>|it is so palatable that if a person eats one fruit he will
>|be satisfied. The mango is considered the king of all
>|fruits.
857|Adi 17.84
858|TEXT 84
859|TEXT
860|dekhiya santusta haila sacira nandana
861|sabake khaoyala age kariya bhaksana
862|SYNONYMS
863|dekhiya-seeing this; santusta-satisfied; haila-became;
>|sacira-of mother Saci; nandana-son; sabake-everyone;
>|khaoyala-made to eat; age-in the beginning; kariya-doing;
>|bhaksana-eating Himself.
864|TRANSLATION
865|Seeing the quality of the mangoes, the Lord was greatly
>|satisfied, and thus after eating first, He fed all the
>|other devotees.
866|Adi 17.85
867|TEXT 85
868|TEXT
869|asthi-valkala nahi,-amrta-rasamaya
870|eka phala khaile rase udara puraya
871|SYNONYMS
872|asthi-seed; valkala-skin; nahi-there is none; amrta-nectar;
>|rasa-maya-full of juice; eka-one; phala-fruit; khaile-if
>|one eats; rase-with the juice; udara-belly; puraya-
>|fulfilled.
873|TRANSLATION
874|The fruits had no seeds or skins. They were full of
>|nectarean juice and were so sweet that a man would be fully
>|satisfied by eating only one.
875|Adi 17.86
876|TEXT 86
877|TEXT
878|ei-mata pratidina phale bara masa
879|vaisnava khayena phala,-prabhura ullasa
880|SYNONYMS
881|ei-mata-in this way; prati-dina-every day; phale-fruit grew;
>| bara-twelve; masa-months; vaisnava-the Vaisnavas; khayena-
>|eat; phala-the fruits; prabhura-the Lord's; ullasa-
>|satisfaction.
882|TRANSLATION
883|In this way, fruits grew on the tree every day throughout
>|the twelve months of the year, and the Vaisnavas used to
>|eat them, to the Lord's great satisfaction.
884|Adi 17.87
885|TEXT 87
886|TEXT
887|ei saba lila kare sacira nandana
888|anya loka nahi jane vina bhakta-gana
889|SYNONYMS
890|ei saba-all these; lila-pastimes; kare-performed; sacira-of
>|mother Saci; nandana-son; anya loka-other people; nahi-do
>|not; jane-know; vina-except; bhakta-gana-the devotees.
891|TRANSLATION
892|These are confidential pastimes of the son of Saci. Other
>|than devotees, no one knows of this incident.
893|PURPORT
894|Nondevotees cannot believe this incident, yet the place
>|where the tree grew still exists in Mayapur. It is called
>|Amra-ghatta or Ama-ghata.
895|Adi 17.88
896|TEXT 88
897|TEXT
898|ei mata bara-masa kirtana-avasane
899|amra-mahotsava prabhu kare dine dine
900|SYNONYMS
901|ei mata-in this way; bara-masa-for twelve months; kirtana-
>|chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra; avasane-at the end; amra-
>|maha-utsava-festival of eating mangoes; prabhu-the Lord;
>|kare-performs; dine dine-every day.
902|TRANSLATION
903|In this way the Lord Performed sankirtana every day, and at
>|the end of sankirtana there was a mango-eating festival
>|every day for twelve months.
904|PURPORT
905|On principle, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu would distribute
>|prasada at the end of kirtana performances. Similarly, the
>|members of the Krsna consciousness movement must distribute
>|some prasada to the audience after performing kirtana.
906|Adi 17.89
907|TEXT 89
908|TEXT
909|kirtana karite prabhu aila megha-gana
910|apana-icchaya kaila megha nivarana
911|SYNONYMS
912|kirtana-sankirtana; karite-performing; prabhu-the Lord;
>|aila-there was; megha-gana-bunches of clouds; apana-icchaya-
>|by self-will; kaila-made; megha-of the clouds; nivarana-
>|stopping.
913|TRANSLATION
914|Once while Caitanya Mahaprabhu was performing kirtana,
>|clouds assembled in the sky, and the Lord, by His own will,
>|immediately stopped them from pouring rain.
915|PURPORT
916|In this connection Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura says that
>|once when Lord Caitanya was performing sankirtana a short
>|way from the village, some clouds appeared overhead. By the
>|supreme will of the Lord, the clouds were asked to disperse,
>| and they did. Because of this incident, that place is
>|still known as Meghera-cara. Since the course of the Ganges
>|has now changed, the village of the name Belapukhuriya,
>|which was formerly situated in a different place, called
>|Taranavasa, has now become known as the Meghera-cara. The
>|Madhya-khanda of the Caitanya-
>|mangala also relates that once at the end of the day, when
>|evening clouds assembled overhead and thundered
>|threateningly, all the Vaisnavas were very much afraid. But
>|the Lord took His karatalas in His hands and personally
>|began chanting the Hare Krsna mantra, looking up towards
>|the sky as if to direct the demigods in the higher planets.
>|Thus all the assembled clouds dispersed, and as the sky
>|became clear, with the moon rising, the Lord began dancing
>|very happily with His jubilant and satisfied devotees.
917|Adi 17.90
918|TEXT 90
919|TEXT
920|eka-dina prabhu srivasere ajna dila
921|'brhat sahasra-nama' pada, sunite mana haila
922|SYNONYMS
923|eka-dina-one day; prabhu-the Lord; srivasere-unto Srivasa
>|Thakura; ajna-order; dila-gave; brhat-great; sahasra-nama-
>|one thousand names; pada-read; sunite-to hear; mana-mind;
>|haila-wanted.
924|TRANSLATION
925|One day the Lord ordered Srivasa Thakura to read the Brhat-
>|sahasra-nama [the thousand names of Lord Visnu], for He
>|wanted to hear them at that time.
926|Adi 17.91
927|TEXT 91
928|TEXT
929|padite aila stave nrsimhera nama
930|suniya avista haila prabhu gauradhama
931|SYNONYMS
932|padite-while reading; aila-came; stave-in the prayer;
>|nrsimhera-of Lord Nrsimha; nama-the holy name; suniya-
>|hearing; avista-absorbed; haila-became; prabhu-Lord; gaura-
>|dhama-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
933|TRANSLATION
934|As he read the thousand names of the Lord, in due course
>|the holy name of Lord Nrsimha appeared. When Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu heard the holy name of Lord Nrsimha, He became
>|fully absorbed in thought.
935|PURPORT
936|The Caitanya-mangala, Madhya-khanda, describes this
>|incident as follows: Srivasa Pandita was performing the
>|sraddha ceremony of his father, and as is customary, he
>|was hearing the thousand names of Lord Visnu. At that time
>|Gaurahari (Lord Caitanya) appeared on the scene, and He
>|also began to hear the thousand names of Visnu with full
>|satisfaction. When He thus heard the holy name of Lord
>|Nrsimha, Lord Caitanya became absorbed in thought, and He
>|became angry like Nrsimha Prabhu in His angry mood. His
>|eyes became red, His hairs stood on end, all the
>|parts of His body trembled, and He made a thundering sound.
>|All of a sudden He took up a club, and people became
>|greatly afraid, thinking, "We do not know what kind of
>|offense we have now committed!" But then Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu adjusted His thoughts and sat down on His seat.
937|Adi 17.92
938|TEXT 92
939|TEXT
940|nrsimha-avese prabhu hate gada lana
941|pasandi marite yaya nagare dhaiya
942|SYNONYMS
943|nrsimha-avese-in the ecstatic mood of Lord Nrsimha; prabhu-
>|the Lord; hate-in His hand; gada-club; lana-taking; pasandi-
>|the atheists; marite-to kill; yaya-goes; nagare-in the city;
>| dhaiya-running.
944|TRANSLATION
945|In the mood of Lord Nrsimhadeva, Lord Caitanya ran through
>|the city streets, club in hand, ready to kill all the
>|atheists.
946|Adi 17.93
947|TEXT 93
948|TEXT
949|nrsimha-avesa dekhi' maha-tejomaya
950|patha chadi' bhage loka pana bada bhaya
951|SYNONYMS
952|nrsimha-avesa-the ecstasy of Lord Nrsimhadeva; dekhi'-
>|seeing; maha-tejo-maya-very fierce; patha chadi'-giving up
>|the road; bhage-run away; loka-all people; pana-getting;
>|bada-very; bhaya-afraid.
953|TRANSLATION
954|Seeing Him appearing very fierce in the ecstasy of Lord
>|Nrsimha, people ran from the street and fled here and there,
>| afraid of His anger.
955|Adi 17.94
956|TEXT 94
957|TEXT
958|loka-bhaya dekhi' prabhura bahya ha-ila
959|srivasa-grhete giya gada phelaila
960|SYNONYMS
961|loka-bhaya-the fearful people; dekhi'-seeing this; prabhura-
>|of the Lord; bahya-external sense; ha-ila-appeared; srivasa-
>|grhete-in the house of Srivasa Pandita; giya-going there;
>|gada-the club; phelaila-threw away.
962|TRANSLATION
963|Seeing the people so afraid, the Lord came to His external
>|senses and thus returned to the house of Srivasa Thakura
>|and threw away the club.
964|Adi 17.95
965|TEXT 95
966|TEXT
967|srivase kahena prabhu kariya visada
968|loka bhaya paya,-mora haya aparadha
969|SYNONYMS
970|srivase-unto Srivasa Thakura; kahena-says; prabhu-the Lord;
>|kariya-becoming; visada-morose; loka-people; bhaya paya-
>|become afraid; mora-My; haya-there is; aparadha-offense.
971|TRANSLATION
972|The Lord became morose and said to Srivasa Thakura, "When I
>|adopted the mood of Lord Nrsimhadeva, people were greatly
>|afraid. Therefore I stopped, since causing fear among
>|people is an offense."
973|Adi 17.96
974|TEXT 96
975|TEXT
976|srivasa balena,-ye tomara nama laya
977|tara koti aparadha saba haya ksaya
978|SYNONYMS
979|srivasa balena-Srivasa Pandita said; ye-anyone who; tomara-
>|Your; nama-holy name; laya-takes; tara-his; koti-ten
>|million; aparadha-offenses; saba-all; haya-become; ksaya-
>|vanquished.
980|TRANSLATION
981|Srivasa Thakura replied, "Anyone who takes Your holy name
>|vanquishes ten million of his offenses immediately.
982|Adi 17.97
983|TEXT 97
984|TEXT
985|aparadha nahi, kaile lokera nistara
986|ye toma' dekhila, tara chutila samsara
987|SYNONYMS
988|aparadha-offense; nahi-did not; kaile-committed; lokera-of
>|the people; nistara-liberation; ye-anyone who; toma'-You;
>|dekhila-saw; tara-his; chutila-became free; samsara-
>|material bondage.
989|TRANSLATION
990|"There was no offense in Your appearing as Nrsimhadeva.
>|Rather, any man who saw You in that mood was immediately
>|liberated from the bondage of material existence."
991|Adi 17.98
992|TEXT 98
993|TEXT
994|eta bali' srivasa karila sevana
995|tusta hana prabhu aila apana-bhavana
996|SYNONYMS
997|eta bali'-saying this; srivasa-Srivasa Thakura; karila-did;
>|sevana-worship; tusta-satisfied; hana-becoming; prabhu-the
>|Lord; aila-came back; apana-bhavana-to His own home.
998|TRANSLATION
999|After saying this, Srivasa Thakura worshiped the Lord, who
>|was then greatly satisfied and returned to His own home.
1000|Adi 17.99
1001|TEXT 99
1002|TEXT
1003|ara dina siva-bhakta siva-guna gaya
1004|prabhura angane nace, damaru bajaya
1005|SYNONYMS
1006|ara dina-another day; siva-bhakta-a devotee of Lord Siva;
>|siva-guna-the qualities of Lord Siva; gaya-chants; prabhura-
>|of Lord Caitanya; angane-in the courtyard; nace-dances;
>|damaru-a kind of musical instrument; bajaya-plays on it.
1007|TRANSLATION
1008|On another day a great devotee of Lord Siva, chanting of
>|Lord Siva's qualities, came to Lord Caitanya's house, where
>|he began dancing in the courtyard and playing his damaru [a
>|musical instrument].
1009|Adi 17.100
1010|TEXT 100
1011|TEXT
1012|mahesa-avesa haila sacira nandana
1013|tara skandhe cadi nrtya kaila bahu-ksana
1014|SYNONYMS
1015|mahesa-avesa-in the mood of Lord Siva; haila-became; sacira-
>|of mother Saci; nandana-son; tara skandhe-on his shoulder;
>|cadi-getting on; nrtya-dance; kaila-did; bahu-ksana-for a
>|long time.
1016|TRANSLATION
1017|Then Lord Caitanya, adopting the mood of Lord Siva, got on
>|the man's shoulders, and thus they danced together for a
>|long time.
1018|PURPORT
1019|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu adopted the mood of Lord Siva, for
>|He is Siva also. According to the philosophy of acintya-
>|bhedabheda-tattva, Lord Siva is not different from Lord
>|Visnu, but still Lord Siva is not Lord Visnu, just as
>|yogurt is nothing but milk and yet is not milk nevertheless.
>| One cannot get the benefit of milk by drinking yogurt.
>|Similarly, one cannot get salvation by worshiping Lord Siva.
>| If one wants salvation, one must worship Lord Visnu. This
>|is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita (9.4): mat-sthani sarva-
>|bhutani na caham tesv avasthitah. Everything is resting on
>|the Lord, for everything is His potential energy, yet He is
>|not everywhere. Lord Caitanya's adopting the mood of Lord
>|Siva is not extraordinary, but one should not therefore
>|think that by worshiping Lord Siva one is worshiping Lord
>|Caitanya. That would be a mistake.
1020|Adi 17.101
1021|TEXT 101
1022|TEXT
1023|ara dina eka bhiksuka aila magite
1024|prabhura nrtya dekhi nrtya lagila karite
1025|SYNONYMS
1026|ara-another; dina-day; eka-one; bhiksuka-beggar; aila-came;
>|magite-to beg; prabhura-of the Lord; nrtya-dancing; dekhi-
>|seeing; nrtya-dancing; lagila-began; karite-to perform.
1027|TRANSLATION
1028|On another day a mendicant came to beg alms from the Lord's
>|house, but when he saw the Lord dancing, he also began to
>|dance.
1029|Adi 17.102
1030|TEXT 102
1031|TEXT
1032|prabhu-sange nrtya kare parama ullase
1033|prabhu tare prema dila, prema-rase bhase
1034|SYNONYMS
1035|prabhu-sange-along with the Lord; nrtya kare-was dancing;
>|parama-very; ullase-in satisfaction; prabhu-the Lord;
>|tare-him; prema-love of Godhead; dila-delivered; prema-rase-
>|in the mellows of love of God; bhase-began to float.
1036|TRANSLATION
1037|He danced with the Lord because he was favored by love of
>|Krsna. Thus he flowed in the mellows of love of Godhead.
1038|Adi 17.103
1039|TEXT 103
1040|TEXT
1041|ara dine jyotisa sarva-jna eka aila
1042|tahare sammana kari' prabhu prasna kaila
1043|SYNONYMS
1044|ara dine-some other day; jyotisa-an astrologer; sarva-jna-
>|who knows everything; eka-one; aila-came there; tahare-unto
>|him; sammana kari'-giving all honor; prabhu-the Lord;
>|prasna-question; kaila-put.
1045|TRANSLATION
1046|On another day an astrologer came who was supposed to know
>|everything-past, present and future. Thus Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu received him with all honor and put this
>|question before him.
1047|PURPORT
1048|Brahmanas generally used to become astrologers, Ayur-vedic
>|physicians, teachers and priests. Although highly learned
>|and respectable, such brahmanas went from door to door to
>|distribute their knowledge. A brahmana would first go to a
>|householder's home to give information about the functions
>|to be performed on a particular tithi, or date, but if
>|there were sickness in the family, the family members would
>|consult the brahmana as a physician, and the brahmana would
>|give instruction and some medicine. Often, since the
>|brahmanas were expert in astrology, people would also be
>|greatly inquisitive about their past, present and future.
1049|Although the brahmana appeared at Lord Caitanya's house as
>|a beggar, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu received him with great
>|respect because he was a qualified brahmana who knew the
>|astrological science perfectly. Although brahmanas would go
>|door to door just like beggars, they were honored as very
>|respectable guests. This was the system in Hindu society
>|five hundred years ago, during the time of Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu. This system was current even one hundred years
>|ago; even fifty or sixty years ago, when we were children,
>|such brahmanas would visit householders like humble beggars,
>| and people would derive great benefit from the mercy of
>|such brahmanas. The greatest benefit was that a householder
>|could save a great deal of money from being spent on doctor
>|bills because the brahmanas, aside from explaining the past,
>| present and future, could ordinarily cure all kinds of
>|diseases simply by giving instructions and some medicine.
>|Thus no one was bereft of the benefit of a first-class
>|physician, astrologer and priest. The important members of
>|ISKCON should give careful attention to our Dallas school,
>|where children are being taught Sanskrit and English to
>|become perfect brahmanas. If they are actually trained as
>|perfect brahmanas, they can save society from rogues and
>|ruffians; indeed, people can live happily under the
>|protection of qualified brahmanas. Therefore the Bhagavad-
>|gita (4.13) gives special stress to the division of society
>|(catur-varnyam maya srstam guna-karma-vibhagasah).
>|Unfortunately some people are now claiming to be brahmanas
>|simply by birthright, with no qualifications. Therefore the
>|entire society is in chaos.
1050|Adi 17.104
1051|TEXT 104
1052|TEXT
1053|ke achilun ami purva janme kaha gani'
1054|ganite lagila sarva-jna prabhu-vakya suni'
1055|SYNONYMS
1056|ke achilun ami-who I was; purva janme-in My previous birth;
>|kaha-please say; gani'-by your astrological calculation;
>|ganite-to calculate; lagila-began; sarva-jna-a man who
>|knows past, present and future; prabhu-vakya-the words of
>|Lord Caitanya; suni'-hearing.
1057|TRANSLATION
1058|"Please tell Me who I was in My previous birth," the Lord
>|said. "Please tell Me by your astrological computations."
>|Hearing the words of the Lord, the astrologer immediately
>|began to calculate.
1059|PURPORT
1060|Through astrology one can know past, present and future.
>|Modern Western astrologers have no knowledge of the past or
>|future, nor can they perfectly say anything about the
>|present. Herein we find, however, that after hearing Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu's order, the astrologer immediately
>|began his calculations. This was not a facade; he actually
>|knew how to ascertain one's past life through astrology. A
>|still-existing treatise called the Bhrgu-samhita describes
>|a system by which anyone can immediately get information
>|about what he was in the past and what he is going to be in
>|the future. The brahmanas who went door to door as if
>|beggars had perfect command of such vast knowledge. Thus
>|the highest knowledge was easily available even to the
>|poorest man in society. The poorest man could inquire from
>|an astrologer about his past, present and future, with no
>|need for business agreements or exorbitant payments. The
>|brahmana would give him all the benefit of his knowledge
>|without asking remuneration, and the poor man, in return,
>|would offer a handful of rice, or anything he had in his
>|possession, to satisfy the brahmana. In a perfect human
>|society, perfect knowledge in any science-medical,
>|astrological, ecclesiastical and so on-is available even to
>|the poorest man, with no anxiety over payment. In the
>|present day, however, no one can get justice, medical
>|treatment, astrological help or ecclesiastical
>|enlightenment without money, and since people are generally
>|poor, they are bereft of the benefits of all these great
>|sciences.
1061|Adi 17.105
1062|TEXT 105
1063|TEXT
1064|gani' dhyane dekhe sarva-jna,-maha-jyotirmaya
1065|ananta vaikuntha-brahmanda-sabara asraya
1066|SYNONYMS
1067|gani'-by calculation; dhyane-by meditation; dekhe-sees;
>|sarva-jna-knower of everything; maha-jyotir-maya-highly
>|effulgent body; ananta-unlimited; vaikuntha-spiritual world;
>| brahmanda-planets; sabara-of all of them; asraya-shelter.
1068|TRANSLATION
1069|Through calculation and meditation, the all-knowing
>|astrologer saw the greatly effulgent body of the Lord,
>|which is the resting place of all the unlimited Vaikuntha
>|planets.
1070|PURPORT
1071|Here we get some information of the Vaikuntha world, or
>|spiritual world. Vaikuntha means "without anxiety." In the
>|material world, everyone is full of anxiety, but another
>|world, where there is no anxiety, is described in the
>|Bhagavad-gita (8.20):
1072|paras tasmat tu bhavo 'nyo
1073|'vyakto ' vyaktat sanatanah
>|
1074|yah sa sarvesu bhutesu
1075|nasyatsu na vinasyati
1076|"Yet there is another unmanifest nature, which is eternal
>|and is transcendental to this manifested and unmanifested
>|matter. It is supreme and is never annihilated. When all in
>|this world is annihilated, that part remains as it is."
1077|As there are many planets within the material world, there
>|are many millions of planets, called Vaikunthalokas, in the
>|spiritual world. All these Vaikunthalokas, or superior
>|planets, rest on the effulgence of the Supreme Personality
>|of Godhead. As stated in the Brahma-samhita (yasya prabha
>|prabhavato jagad-anda-koti-), the Brahman
>|effulgence emanating from the body of the Supreme Lord
>|creates innumerable planets in both the spiritual and
>|material worlds; thus these planets are creations of the
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead. The astrologer saw Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu to be the very same Personality of
>|Godhead. We can just imagine how learned he was, yet he was
>|traveling door to door, just like an ordinary beggar, for
>|the highest benefit of human society.
1078|Adi 17.106
1079|TEXT 106
1080|TEXT
1081|parama-tattva, para-brahma, parama-isvara
1082|dekhi' prabhura murti sarva-jna ha-ila phanphara
1083|SYNONYMS
1084|parama-tattva-the Supreme Truth; para-brahma-the Supreme
>|Brahman; parama-isvara-the Supreme Lord; dekhi'-seeing;
>|prabhura-of the Lord; murti-form; sarva-jna-the all-knowing
>|astrologer; ha-ila-became; phanphara-confused.
1085|TRANSLATION
1086|Seeing Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu to be the same Absolute
>|Truth, the Supreme Brahman, the Personality of Godhead, the
>|astrologer was confused.
1087|PURPORT
1088|Herein it is clearly indicated that the Absolute Truth, the
>|Supreme Brahman, is, in the ultimate issue, the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead. Therefore a person is the beginning
>|of all things. As confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita (10.8),
>|mattah sarvam pravartate: everything begins from the
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Supreme Lord is the
>|supreme living entity. Therefore whatever exists, whether
>|matter or spirit, is all but an emanation from the Supreme
>|Person, or supreme life. The modern scientists' theory that
>|life begins from matter is nonsense. Both matter and life
>|begin from life. Unfortunately the scientists do not know
>|this scientific fact; they are drifting in the darkness of
>|their so-called knowledge.
1089|Adi 17.107
1090|TEXT 107
1091|TEXT
1092|balite na pare kichu, mauna ha-ila
1093|prabhu punah prasna kaila, kahite lagila
1094|SYNONYMS
1095|balite-to say; na pare-is not able; kichu-anything; mauna-
>|silent; ha-ila-became; prabhu-the Lord; punah-again; prasna-
>|question; kaila-put; kahite-to speak; lagila-began.
1096|Struck with wonder, the astrologer remained silent, unable
>|to speak. But when the Lord again put the question before
>|him, he replied as follows.
1097|Adi 17.108
1098|TEXT 108
1099|TEXT
1100|purva janme chila tumi jagat-asraya
1101|paripurna bhagavan-sarvaisvaryamaya
1102|SYNONYMS
1103|purva janme-in the previous birth; chila-were; tumi-You;
>|jagat-universe; asraya-shelter; paripurna-with full
>|potencies; bhagavan-the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
>|sarva-aisvarya-maya-full of all opulences.
1104|TRANSLATION
1105|"My dear sir, in Your previous birth You were the shelter
>|of all creation, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, full
>|of all opulences.
1106|Adi 17.109
1107|TEXT 109
1108|TEXT
1109|purve yaiche chila tumi ebeha se-rupa
1110|durvijneya nityananda-tomara svarupa
1111|SYNONYMS
1112|purve-in the past; yaiche-as much as; chila-You were; tumi-
>|You; ebeha-now also; se-rupa-the same thing; durvijneya-
>|inconceivable; nityananda-eternal happiness; tomara-Your;
>|svarupa-identity.
1113|TRANSLATION
1114|"You are now the same Personality of Godhead that You were
>|in Your previous birth. Your identity is inconceivable
>|eternal happiness."
1115|PURPORT
1116|By the power of astrological science one can even ascertain
>|the position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
>|Everything is to be identified by its symptoms. The Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead is identified by the symptoms
>|mentioned in the sastras. It is not that anyone and
>|everyone can become God without proof from sastras.
1117|Adi 17.110
1118|TEXT 110
1119|TEXT
1120|prabhu hasi' kaila,-tumi kichu na janila
1121|purve ami achilan jatite goyala
1122|SYNONYMS
1123|prabhu-the Lord; hasi'-smiling; kaila-said; tumi-you; kichu-
>|anything; na-not; janila-know; purve-in the past; ami-I;
>|achilan-was; jatite-by caste; goyala-cowherd.
1124|TRANSLATION
1125|When the astrologer was speaking so highly of Him, Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu stopped him and began to smile. "My
>|dear sir," He said, "I think you do not know very clearly
>|what I was, for I know that in My previous birth I was a
>|cowherd boy.
1126|Adi 17.111
1127|TEXT 111
1128|TEXT
1129|gopa-grhe janma chila, gabhira rakhala
1130|sei punye hailan ebe brahmana-chaoyala
1131|SYNONYMS
1132|gopa-grhe-in the house of a cowherd; janma-birth; chila-
>|there was; gabhira-of the cows; rakhala-protector; sei
>|punye-by those pious activities; hailan-became; ebe-now;
>|brahmana-of a brahmana; chaoyala-son.
1133|TRANSLATION
1134|"In My last birth I was born in the family of cowherd men,
>|and I gave protection to the calves and cows. Because of
>|such pious activities, I have now become the son of a
>|brahmana."
1135|PURPORT
1136|The words of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the greatest
>|authority, herein clearly indicate that one becomes pious
>|simply by keeping cows and protecting them. Unfortunately,
>|people have become such rascals that they do not even care
>|about the words of an authority. People generally consider
>|cowherd men lowly members of society, but herein Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu confirms that they are so pious that in their
>|next lives they are going to be brahmanas. The caste system
>|has a specific purpose. If this scientific system is
>|followed, human society will get the greatest benefit.
>|Heeding this instruction by the Lord, people should serve
>|cows and calves and in return get ample quantities of milk.
>|There is no loss in serving the cows and calves, but modern
>|human society has become so degraded that instead of giving
>|protection to the cows and serving them, people are killing
>|them. How can they expect peace and prosperity in human
>|society while committing such sinful activities? It is
>|impossible.
1137|Adi 17.112
1138|TEXT 112
1139|TEXT
1140|sarva-jna kahe ami taha dhyane dekhilan
1141|tahate aisvarya dekhi' phanphara ha-ilan
1142|SYNONYMS
1143|sarva-jna-the all-knowing astrologer; kahe-says; ami-I;
>|taha-that; dhyane-in meditation; dekhilan-saw; tahate-there;
>| aisvarya-opulence; dekhi'-by seeing; phanphara-confused;
>|ha-ilan-became.
1144|TRANSLATION
1145|The astrologer said, "What I saw in meditation was full of
>|opulence, and therefore I was confused.
1146|PURPORT
1147|It appears that the astrologer not only was a knower of
>|past, present and future through astrological calculation,
>|but was a great meditator as well. Therefore he was a great
>|devotee and could see Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu to be the
>|same personality as Krsna. He was puzzled, however, about
>|whether Krsna and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were actually the
>|same person.
1148|Adi 17.113
1149|TEXT 113
1150|TEXT
1151|sei-rupe ei-rupe dekhi ekakara
1152|kabhu bheda dekhi, ei mayaya tomara
1153|SYNONYMS
1154|sei-rupe-in that form; ei-rupe-in this form; dekhi-I see;
>|eka-akara-one form; kabhu-sometimes; bheda-difference;
>|dekhi-I see; ei-this; mayaya tomara-Your maya.
1155|TRANSLATION
1156|"I am certain that Your form and the form I saw in my
>|meditation are one and the same. If I see any difference,
>|this is an act of Your illusory energy."
1157|PURPORT
1158|Sri-krsna-caitanya radha-krsna nahe anya: in the vision of
>|a perfect devotee, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu is a
>|combination of Radha and Krsna. One who sees Lord Caitanya
>|to be different from Krsna is under the illusory energy of
>|the Lord. It appears that the astrologer was already an
>|advanced devotee, and when he came into the presence of the
>|Supreme Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he became perfectly
>|self-realized and could see that the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead Krsna and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are one and the
>|same Supreme Person.
1159|Adi 17.114
1160|TEXT 114
1161|TEXT
1162|ye hao, se hao tumi, tomake namaskara
1163|prabhu tare prema diya kaila puraskara
1164|SYNONYMS
1165|ye hao-whatever You are; se hao tumi-whatever You may be;
>|tomake-unto You; namaskara-my obeisances; prabhu-the Lord;
>|tare-unto him; prema-love of Godhead; diya-delivered; kaila-
>|did; puraskara-honor.
1166|TRANSLATION
1167|The all-knowing astrologer concluded, "Whatever You may be
>|or whoever You may be, I offer my respectful obeisances
>|unto You!" By His causeless mercy, the Lord then gave him
>|love of Godhead, thus rewarding him for his service.
1168|PURPORT
1169|The incident of Lord Caitanya's meeting the all-knowing
>|astrologer is not mentioned in the Caitanya-bhagavata, but
>|we cannot therefore say that it did not take place. On the
>|contrary, we must accept the statement of Krsnadasa
>|Kaviraja Gosvami that whatever the Caitanya-bhagavata did
>|not mention he has especially mentioned in Caitanya-
>|caritamrta.
1170|Adi 17.115
1171|TEXT 115
1172|TEXT
1173|eka dina prabhu visnu-mandape vasiya
1174|'madhu ana', 'madhu ana' balena dakiya
1175|SYNONYMS
1176|eka dina-one day; prabhu-the Lord; visnu-mandape-in the
>|corridor of a Visnu temple; vasiya-sitting; madhu ana-bring
>|honey; madhu ana-bring honey; balena-says; dakiya-calling
>|loudly.
1177|TRANSLATION
1178|One day the Lord sat down in the corridor of a Visnu temple
>|and began calling very loudly, "Bring some honey! Bring
>|some honey!"
1179|Adi 17.116
1180|TEXT 116
1181|TEXT
1182|nityananda-gosani prabhura avesa janila
1183|ganga-jala-patra ani' sammukhe dharila
1184|SYNONYMS
1185|nityananda-gosani-Lord Nityananda Prabhu; prabhura-of the
>|Lord; avesa-ecstasy; janila-could understand; ganga-jala-
>|Ganges water; patra-pot; ani'-bringing; sammukhe-in front;
>|dharila-placed it.
1186|TRANSLATION
1187|Nityananda Prabhu Gosani, understanding the ecstatic mood
>|of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, brought a pot of Ganges water
>|as a token and put it before Him.
1188|Adi 17.117
1189|TEXT 117
1190|TEXT
1191|jala pana kariya nace hana vihvala
1192|yamunakarsana-lila dekhaye sakala
1193|SYNONYMS
1194|jala-water; pana kariya-after drinking; nace-dances; hana-
>|becoming; vihvala-ecstatic; yamuna-akarsana-attracting the
>|river Yamuna; lila-pastimes; dekhaye-sees; sakala-everyone.
1195|TRANSLATION
1196|After drinking the water, Lord Caitanya became so ecstatic
>|that He began to dance. Thus everyone saw the pastime of
>|attracting the river Yamuna.
1197|PURPORT
1198|Yamunakarsana-lila is the pastime of attracting Yamuna.
>|One day, Sri Baladeva wanted the Yamuna River to come
>|before Him, and when the river Yamuna refused, He took His
>|plow, wanting to dig a canal so that Yamuna would be
>|obliged to come there. Since Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the
>|original form of Baladeva, in His ecstasy He asked everyone
>|to bring honey. In this way, all the devotees standing
>|there saw the yamunakarsana-lila. In this lila, Baladeva
>|was accompanied by His girlfriends. After drinking a honey
>|beverage called Varuni, He wanted to jump into the Yamuna
>|and swim with the girls. It is stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam (
>|10.65.25 -30, 33) that Lord Baladeva asked Yamuna to
>|come near, and when the river disobeyed the , order of the
>|Lord, He became angry and thus wanted to snatch her near to
>|Him with His plow. Yamuna, however, very much afraid
>|of Lord Balarama's anger, immediately came and surrendered
>|unto Him, praying to the Lord, the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead, and admitting her fault. She was then excused.
>|This is the sum and substance of the yamunakarsana-lila.
>|The incident is also described in the prayer of Jayadeva
>|Gosvami concerning the ten incarnations:
1199|vahasi vapusi visade vasanam jaladabham
1200|halahati-bhiti-milita-yamunabham
1201|kesava dhrta-haladhara-rupa jaya jagad-isa hare
1202|Adi 17.118
1203|TEXT 118
1204|TEXT
1205|mada-matta-gati baladeva-anukara
1206|acarya sekhara tanre dekhe ramakara
1207|SYNONYMS
1208|mada-matta-being intoxicated by drinking Varuni; gati-
>|movement; baladeva-Lord Baladeva; anukara-imitating; acarya-
>|Advaita Acarya; sekhara-at the head; tanre-Him; dekhe-sees;
>|rama-akara-in the form of Balarama.
1209|TRANSLATION
1210|When the Lord, in His ecstasy of Baladeva, was moving as if
>|intoxicated by the beverage, Advaita Acarya, the chief of
>|the acaryas [acarya sekhara], saw Him in the form of
>|Balarama.
1211|Adi 17.119
1212|TEXT 119
1213|TEXT
1214|vanamali acarya dekhe sonara langala
1215|sabe mili' nrtya kare avese vihvala
1216|SYNONYMS
1217|vanamali acarya-of the name Vanamali Acarya; dekhe-sees;
>|sonara-made of gold; langala-plow; sabe-all; mili'-meeting
>|together; nrtya-dance; kare-perform; avese-in ecstasy;
>|vihvala-overwhelmed.
1218|TRANSLATION
1219|Vanamali Acarya saw a golden plow in the hand of Balarama,
>|and the devotees all assembled together and danced,
>|overwhelmed by ecstasy.
1220|Adi 17.120
1221|TEXT 120
1222|TEXT
1223|ei-mata nrtya ha-ila cari prahara
1224|sandhyaya ganga-snana kari' sabe gela ghara
1225|SYNONYMS
1226|ei-mata-in this way; nrtya-dancing; ha-ila-was performed;
>|cari-four; prahara-a period of time lasting three hours;
>|sandhyaya-in the evening; ganga-snana-taking bath in the
>|Ganges; kari'-finishing; sabe-all; gela-returned; ghara-
>|home.
1227|TRANSLATION
1228|In this way they danced continuously for twelve hours, and
>|in the evening they all took bath in the Ganges and then
>|returned to their homes.
1229|Adi 17.121
1230|TEXT 121
1231|TEXT
1232|nagariya loke prabhu yabe ajna dila
1233|ghare ghare sankirtana karite lagila
1234|SYNONYMS
1235|nagariya-citizens; loke-all the people; prabhu-the Lord;
>|yabe-when; ajna-order; dila-gave; ghare ghare-in each and
>|every home; sankirtana-chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra;
>|karite-to perform; lagila-began.
1236|TRANSLATION
1237|The Lord ordered all the citizens of Navadvipa to chant the
>|Hare Krsna mantra, and in each and every home they began
>|performing sankirtana regularly.
1238|Adi 17.122
1239|TEXT 122
1240|TEXT
1241|'haraye namah, krsna yadavaya namah
1242|gopala govinda rama sri-madhusudana'
1243|SYNONYMS
1244|haraye namah-I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord Hari;
>|krsna-O Krsna; yadavaya-unto the descendant of the Yadu
>|dynasty; namah-all obeisances; gopala-of the name Gopala;
>|govinda- of the name Govinda; rama- of&