1|Madhya 11-1975: The Beda-kirtana Pastimes of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu
2|Chapter 11
3|The Beda-kirtana Pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
4|Bhaktivinoda Thakura summarizes the Eleventh Chapter
>|in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya.
5|When Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya tried his best to arrange a
>|meeting between Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and King
>|Prataparudra, the Lord flatly denied his request. At this
>|time Sri Ramananda Raya returned from his governmental post,
>| and he praised King Prataparudra highly in Lord Caitanya's
>|presence. Because of this, the Lord became a little soft.
>|The King also made promises to Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, who
>|hinted how the King might meet the Lord. During Anavasara,
>|while Lord Jagannatha was resting for fifteen days, Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, being unable to see Lord Jagannatha,
>|went to Alalanatha. Later, when the devotees from Bengal
>|came to see Him, He returned to Jagannatha Puri. While
>|Advaita Acarya and the other devotees were coming to
>|Jagannatha Puri, Svarupa Damodara and Govinda, Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu's two personal assistants, went to receive all
>|the devotees with garlands. From the roof of his palace,
>|King Prataparudra could see all the devotees arriving.
>|Gopinatha Acarya stood on the roof with the King, and,
>|following Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya's instructions,
>|identified each and every devotee. The King discussed the
>|devotees with Gopinatha Acarya, and he mentioned that the
>|devotees were accepting prasada without observing the
>|regulative principles governing pilgrimages. They accepted
>|prasada without having shaved, and they neglected to fast
>|in a holy place. Nonetheless
>|
>|
>|, the King arranged residential quarters for all
>|the devotees and saw to their prasada. Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu talked very happily with Vasudeva Datta and
>|other devotees. Haridasa Thakura also came, and due to his
>|humble and submissive attitude, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|gave him a nice solitary place near the temple. After this,
>|the Lord began performing sankirtana, dividing all the
>|devotees into four divisions. After sankirtana, all the
>|devotees left for their residential quarters.
6|Madhya 11.1
7|TEXT 1
8|TEXT
9|aty-uddandam tandavam gauracandrah
10|kurvan bhaktaih sri-jagannatha-gehe
11|nana-bhavalankrtangah sva-dhamna
12|cakre visvam prema-vanya-nimagnam
13|SYNONYMS
14|ati-very much; uddandam-high jumping; tandavam-very
>|graceful dancing; gaura-candrah-Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; kurvan-performing; bhaktaih-with the devotees;
>|sri-jagannatha-gehe-in the temple of Lord Jagannatha; nana-
>|bhava-alankrta-angah-having many ecstatic symptoms
>|manifested in His transcendental body; sva-dhamna-by the
>|influence of His ecstatic love; cakre-made; visvam-the
>|whole world; prema-vanya-nimagnam-merged into the
>|inundation of ecstatic love.
15|TRANSLATION
16|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu merged the entire world into the
>|ocean of ecstatic love by performing His beautiful dances
>|within the temple of Jagannatha. He danced exquisitely and
>|jumped high.
17|Madhya 11.2
18|TEXT 2
19|TEXT
20|jaya jaya sri-caitanya jaya nityananda
21|jayadvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda
22|SYNONYMS
23|jaya jaya-all glories; sri-caitanya-to Lord Caitanya; jaya-
>|all glories; nityananda-to Nityananda Prabhu; jaya-all
>|glories; advaita-candra-to Advaita Prabhu; jaya-all glories;
>| gaura-bhakta-vrnda-to the devotees of Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu.
24|TRANSLATION
25|All glories to Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu! All glories to
>|Lord Nityananda Prabhu! All glories to Sri Advaita Prabhu!
>|And all glories to the devotees of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu!
26|Madhya 11.3
27|TEXT 3
28|TEXT
29|ara dina sarvabhauma kahe prabhu-sthane
30|abhaya-dana deha' yadi, kari nivedane
31|SYNONYMS
32|ara dina-the next day; sarvabhauma-Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya;
>|kahe-says; prabhu-sthane-in the presence of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; abhaya-dana-the charity of fearlessness; deha'-
>|You give; yadi-if; kari-I do; nivedane-submission.
33|TRANSLATION
34|The next day Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya requested Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu to give him permission to submit a
>|statement without fear.
35|Madhya 11.4
36|TEXT 4
37|TEXT
38|prabhu kahe,-kaha tumi, nahi kichu bhaya
39|yogya haile kariba, ayogya haile naya
40|SYNONYMS
41|prabhu kahe-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; kaha tumi-
>|yes, you can speak; nahi-there is not; kichu-any; bhaya-
>|fear; yogya-befitting; haile-if it is; kariba-I shall grant;
>| ayogya-not befitting; haile-if it is; naya-then I shall
>|not.
42|TRANSLATION
43|The Lord gave the Bhattacarya assurance that he could speak
>|without fear, but added that if his statement were suitable
>|He would accept it, and if it were not, He would reject it.
44|Madhya 11.5
45|TEXT 5
46|TEXT
47|sarvabhauma kahe-ei prataparudra raya
48|utkantha hanache, toma milibare caya
49|SYNONYMS
50|sarvabhauma kahe-Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya said; ei-this;
>|prataparudra raya-King Prataparudra of Jagannatha Puri;
>|utkantha hanache-has been very anxious; toma-You; milibare-
>|to meet; caya-he wants.
51|TRANSLATION
52|Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya said, "There is a king named
>|Prataparudra Raya. He is very anxious to meet You, and he
>|wants Your permission."
53|Madhya 11.6
54|TEXT 6
55|TEXT
56|karne hasta diya prabhu smare 'narayana'
57|sarvabhauma, kaha kena ayogya vacana
58|SYNONYMS
59|karne-on the ears; hasta-hands; diya-placing; prabhu-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; smare-remembers; narayana-the holy
>|name of Lord Narayana; sarvabhauma-My dear Sarvabhauma;
>|kaha-you say; kena-why; ayogya vacana-a request that is not
>|suitable.
60|TRANSLATION
61|As soon as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu heard this proposal, He
>|immediately covered His ears with His hands and said, "My
>|dear Sarvabhauma, why are you requesting such an
>|undesirable thing from Me?
62|Madhya 11.7
63|TEXT 7
64|TEXT
65|virakta sannyasi amara raja-darasana
66|stri-darasana-sama visera bhaksana
67|SYNONYMS
68|virakta-unattached; sannyasi-person in the renounced order;
>|amara-My; raja-darasana-meeting a king; stri-darasana-
>|meeting a woman; sama-like; visera-of poison; bhaksana-
>|drinking.
69|TRANSLATION
70|"Since I am in the renounced order, it is as dangerous for
>|Me to meet a king as to meet a woman. To meet either would
>|be just like drinking poison."
71|Madhya 11.8
72|TEXT 8
73|TEXT
74|niskincanasya bhagavad-bhajanonmukhasya
75|param param jigamisor bhava-sagarasya
76|sandarsanam visayinam atha yositam ca
77|ha hanta hanta visa-bhaksanato 'py asadhu
78|SYNONYMS
79|niskincanasya-of a person who has completely detached
>|himself from material enjoyment; bhagavat-the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead; bhajana-in serving; unmukhasya-who
>|is eager to be engaged; param-to the other side; param-
>|distant; jigamisoh-who is desiring to go; bhava-sagarasya-
>|of the ocean of material existence; sandarsanam-the seeing (
>|for some material purpose); visayinam-of persons engaged in
>|material activities; atha-as well as; yositam-of women; ca-
>|also; ha-alas; hanta hanta-expression of great lamentation;
>|visa-bhaksanatah-than the act of drinking poison; api-even;
>|asadhu-more abominable.
80|TRANSLATION
81|Greatly lamenting, the Lord then informed Sarvabhauma
>|Bhattacarya, " 'Alas, for a person who is seriously
>|desiring to cross the material ocean and engage in the
>|transcendental loving service of the Lord without material
>|motives, seeing a materialist engaged in sense
>|gratification or seeing a woman who is similarly interested
>|is more abominable than drinking poison willingly.' "
82|PURPORT
83|This is a quotation from Sri Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka (8.
>|23). Thus Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu enunciates the principles
>|for a sannyasi renouncing the material world for spiritual
>|advancement. Spiritual advancement is not meant for magic
>|shows and jugglery but for crossing the material world and
>|being transferred to the spiritual world. Param param
>|jigamisoh means desiring to go to the other side of the
>|material world. There is a river called Vaitarani, and on
>|one side of this river is the material world, and on the
>|other side is the spiritual world. Since the Vaitarani
>|River is compared to a great ocean, it is named bhava-
>|sagara, the ocean of repeated birth and death. Spiritual
>|life aims at stopping this repetition of birth and death
>|and entering into the spiritual world, where one can live
>|eternally cognizant and blissful.
84|Unfortunately, the general populace does not know anything
>|about spiritual life or the spiritual world. The spiritual
>|world is mentioned in the Bhagavad-gita (8.20):
85|paras tasmat tu bhavo 'nyo
86|'vyakto ' vyaktat sanatanah
>|
87|yah sa sarvesu bhutesu
>|
>|
>|
>|
88|nasyatsu na vinasyati
89|"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."
90|Thus there is a spiritual nature beyond this material world,
>| and that spiritual nature exists eternally. Spiritual
>|advancement means stopping material activities and entering
>|into spiritual activities. This is the process of bhakti-
>|yoga. In the material world, the via media for sense
>|gratification is mainly a woman. One who is seriously
>|interested in spiritual life should strictly avoid women. A
>|sannyasi should never see a man or a woman for material
>|benefit. In addition, talks with materialistic men and
>|women are also dangerous, and they are compared to drinking
>|poison. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was very strict on this
>|point. He therefore refused to see King Prataparudra, who
>|was naturally always engaged in political and economic
>|affairs. The Lord even refused to see the King despite the
>|request of a personality like Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, who
>|was the Lord's intimate friend and devotee.
91|Madhya 11.9
92|TEXT 9
93|TEXT
94|sarvabhauma kahe,-satya tomara vacana
95|jagannatha-sevaka raja kintu bhaktottama
96|SYNONYMS
97|sarvabhauma kahe-Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya replied; satya-
>|true; tomara-Your; vacana-statement; jagannatha-sevaka-
>|servant of Lord Jagannatha; raja-the King; kintu-but;
>|bhakta-uttama-a great devotee.
98|TRANSLATION
99|Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya replied, "My dear Lord, what You
>|have said is correct, but this King is not an ordinary king.
>| He is a great devotee and servant of Lord Jagannatha."
100|Madhya 11.10
101|TEXT 10
102|TEXT
103|prabhu kahe,-tathapi raja kala-sarpakara
104|kastha-nari-sparse yaiche upaje vikara
105|SYNONYMS
106|prabhu kahe-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied; tathapi-
>|still; raja-the King; kala-sarpa-akara-just like a venomous
>|snake; kastha-nari-a woman made of wood; sparse-by touching;
>| yaiche-as; upaje-arises; vikara-agitation.
107|TRANSLATION
108|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said,"Although it is correct that
>|the King is a great devotee, he is still to be considered a
>|venomous snake. Similarly, even though a woman be made of
>|wood, one becomes agitated simply by touching her form.
109|PURPORT
110|Sri Canakya Pandita in his moral instructions
>|has stated: tyaja durjana-samsargam bhaja sadhu-samagamam.
>|This means that one has to abandon the association of
>|materialistic people and associate with spiritually
>|advanced people. However qualified a materialist may be, he
>|is no better than a venomous serpent. Everyone knows that a
>|snake is dangerous and poisonous, and when its hood is
>|decorated with jewels, it is no less poisonous or dangerous.
>| However qualified a materialist may be, he is no better
>|than a snake decorated with jewels. One should therefore be
>|careful in dealing with such materialists, just as one
>|would be careful in dealing with a bejeweled serpent.
111|Even though a woman be made of wood or stone, she becomes
>|attractive when decorated. One becomes sexually agitated
>|even by touching the form. Therefore one should not trust
>|his mind, which is so fickle that it can give way to
>|enemies at any moment. The mind is always accompanied by
>|six enemies-namely, kama, krodha, mada, moha, matsarya and
>|bhaya-that is, lust, anger, intoxication, illusion, envy
>|and fear. Although the mind may be merged in spiritual
>|consciousness, one should always be very careful in dealing
>|with it, just as one is careful in dealing with a snake.
>|One should never think that his mind is trained and that he
>|can do whatever he likes. One interested in spiritual life
>|should always engage his mind in the service of the Lord so
>|that the enemies of the mind, who always accompany the mind,
>| will be subdued. If the mind is not engaged in Krsna
>|consciousness at every moment, there is a chance that it
>|will give way to its enemies. In this way we become victims
>|of the mind.
112|Chanting the Hare Krsna mantra engages the mind at the
>|lotus feet of Krsna constantly; thus the mind's enemies do
>|not have a chance to strike. Following Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu's example in these verses, we should be very
>|careful in dealing with the mind, which should not be
>|indulged in any circumstance. Once we indulge the mind, it
>|can create havoc in this life, even though we may be
>|spiritually advanced. The mind is specifically agitated
>|through the association of materialistic men and women.
>|Therefore Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, through His personal
>|behavior, warns everyone to avoid meeting a materialistic
>|person or a woman.
113|Madhya 11.11
114|TEXT 11
115|TEXT
116|akarad api bhetavyam
117|strinam visayinam api
118|yathaher manasah ksobhas
119|tatha tasyakrter api
120|SYNONYMS
121|akarat-from bodily features; api-even; bhetavyam-to be
>|feared; strinam-of women; visayinam-of materialistic
>|persons; api-even; yatha-as; aheh-from a serpent; manasah-
>|of the mind; ksobhah-agitation; tatha-so; tasya-of it;
>|akrteh-from the appearance; api-even.
122|TRANSLATION
123|" 'Just as one is immediately frightened upon seeing a live
>|serpent or even the form of a serpent, one endeavoring for
>|self-realization should similarly fear a materialistic
>|person and a woman. Indeed, he should not even glance at
>|their bodily features.'
124|PURPORT
125|This is a quotation from Sri Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka (8.
>|24).
126|Madhya 11.12
127|TEXT 12
128|TEXT
129|aiche bata punarapi mukhe na anibe
130|kaha yadi, tabe amaya etha na dekhibe
131|SYNONYMS
132|aiche bata-such a request; punarapi-again; mukhe-in the
>|mouth; na-do not; anibe-bring; kaha yadi-if you speak; tabe-
>|then; amaya-Me; etha-here; na-not; dekhibe-you will see.
133|TRANSLATION
134|"Bhattacarya, if you continue to speak like this, you will
>|never see Me here again. Therefore you should never let
>|such a request come from your mouth."
135|Madhya 11.13
136|TEXT 13
137|TEXT
138|bhaya pana sarvabhauma nija ghare gela
139|vasaya giya bhattacarya cintita ha-ila
140|SYNONYMS
141|bhaya pana-being afraid; sarvabhauma-Sarvabhauma; nija-own;
>|ghare-to home; gela-returned; vasaya giya-reaching his
>|residential place; bhattacarya-the Bhattacarya; cintita ha-
>|ila-became meditative.
142|TRANSLATION
143|Being afraid, Sarvabhauma returned home and began to
>|meditate on the matter.
144|Madhya 11.14
145|TEXT 14
146|TEXT
147|hena kale prataparudra purusottame aila
148|patra-mitra-sange raja darasane calila
149|SYNONYMS
150|hena kale-at this time; prataparudra-King Prataparudra;
>|purusottame-at Jagannatha Puri; aila-arrived; patra-mitra-
>|sange-accompanied by his secretaries, ministers, military
>|officers and so on; raja-the King; darasane-to visit Lord
>|Jagannatha; calila-departed.
151|TRANSLATION
152|At this time, Maharaja Prataparudra arrived at Jagannatha
>|Puri, Purusottama, and, accompanied by his secretaries,
>|ministers and military officers, went to visit the temple
>|of Lord Jagannatha.
153|PURPORT
154|It appears that Maharaja Prataparudra used to live at
>|Kataka, his capital. Later he shifted his capital to Khurda,
>| a few miles from Jagannatha Puri. Presently there is a
>|railway station there called Khurda Road.
155|Madhya 11.15
156|TEXT 15
157|TEXT
158|ramananda raya aila gajapati-sange
159|prathamei prabhure asi' milila bahu-range
160|SYNONYMS
161|ramananda raya-Ramananda Raya; aila-came; gajapati-sange-
>|with the King; prathamei-in the first instance; prabhure-
>|unto Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; asi'-coming; milila-met;
>|bahu-range-with great pleasure.
162|TRANSLATION
163|When King Prataparudra returned to Jagannatha Puri,
>|Ramananda Raya also came with him. Ramananda Raya
>|immediately went to meet Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu with great
>|pleasure.
164|PURPORT
165|All Indian kings are given titles. Sometimes they are known
>|as Chatrapati, sometimes as Narapati, sometimes as Asvapati,
>| and so on. The King of Orissa is addressed as Gajapati.
166|Madhya 11.16
167|TEXT 16
168|TEXT
169|raya pranati kaila, prabhu kaila alingana
170|dui jane premavese karena krandana
171|SYNONYMS
172|raya pranati kaila-Ramananda Raya offered his obeisances;
>|prabhu-the Lord; kaila-did; alingana-embracing; dui jane-
>|both of them; prema-avese-in ecstatic love; karena-did;
>|krandana-crying.
173|TRANSLATION
174|Upon meeting Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Ramananda Raya
>|offered his obeisances. The Lord embraced him, and both of
>|them began to cry in the great ecstasy of love.
175|Madhya 11.17
176|TEXT 17
177|TEXT
178|raya-sange prabhura dekhi' sneha-vyavahara
179|sarva bhakta-ganera mane haila camatkara
180|SYNONYMS
181|raya-sange-with Ramananda Raya; prabhura-of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; dekhi'-seeing; sneha-vyavahara-very intimate
>|behavior; sarva-all; bhakta-ganera-of all the devotees;
>|mane-in the mind; haila-there was; camatkara-astonishment.
182|TRANSLATION
183|Seeing Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's intimate dealings
>|with Sri Ramananda Raya, all the devotees there were
>|astonished.
184|Madhya 11.18
185|TEXT 18
186|TEXT
187|raya kahe,-tomara ajna rajake kahila
188|tomara icchaya raja mora visaya chadaila
189|SYNONYMS
190|raya kahe-Ramananda Raya said; tomara ajna-Your order;
>|rajake kahila-I informed the King; tomara icchaya-by Your
>|grace; raja-the King; mora-my; visaya-material activities;
>|chadaila-gave me relief from.
191|TRANSLATION
192|Ramananda Raya said, "I duly informed King Prataparudra of
>|Your order for me to retire from service. By Your grace,
>|the King was pleased to relieve me of these material
>|activities.
193|PURPORT
194|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu requested Ramananda Raya to retire
>|from his governorship, and according to the Lord's desire,
>|Ramananda Raya petitioned the King. The King was very much
>|pleased to give him relief, and thus Ramananda Raya retired
>|from service and received a pension from the government.
195|Madhya 11.19
196|TEXT 19
197|TEXT
198|ami kahi,-ama haite na haya 'visaya'
199|caitanya-carane rahon, yadi ajna haya
200|SYNONYMS
201|ami kahi-I said; ama haite-by me; na-not; haya-is possible;
>|visaya-government service; caitanya-carane-at the lotus
>|feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; rahon-I may stay; yadi
>|ajna haya-if you kindly give me permission.
202|TRANSLATION
203|"I said, 'Your Majesty, I am now not willing to engage in
>|political activities. I desire only to stay at the lotus
>|feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Kindly give me permission.'
204|Madhya 11.20
205|TEXT 20
206|TEXT
207|tomara nama suni' raja anandita haila
208|asana haite uthi' more alingana kaila
209|SYNONYMS
210|tomara-Your; nama-name; suni'-hearing; raja-the King;
>|anandita-very much pleased; haila-became; asana haite-from
>|his throne; uthi'-standing; more-me; alingana kaila-
>|embraced.
211|TRANSLATION
212|"When I submitted this proposal, the King immediately
>|became very much pleased upon hearing Your name. Indeed, he
>|instantly arose from his throne and embraced me.
213|Madhya 11.21
214|TEXT 21
215|TEXT
216|tomara nama suni' haila maha-premavesa
217|mora hate dhari' kare piriti visesa
218|SYNONYMS
219|tomara-Your; nama-name; suni'-hearing; haila-became; maha-
>|great; prema-avesa-ecstasy of love; mora hate-my hand;
>|dhari'-catching; kare-does; piriti-loving symptoms; visesa-
>|specific.
220|TRANSLATION
221|"My dear Lord, as soon as the King heard Your holy name, he
>|was immediately overwhelmed by great ecstatic love.
>|Catching my hand, he displayed all the symptoms of love.
222|Madhya 11.22
223|TEXT 22
224|TEXT
225|tomara ye vartana, tumi khao sei vartana
226|niscinta hana bhaja caitanyera carana
227|SYNONYMS
228|tomara-Your; ye-whatever; vartana-remuneration; tumi-you;
>|khao-take; sei-that; vartana-pension; niscinta hana-without
>|anxiety; bhaja-just worship; caitanyera-of Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; carana-the lotus feet.
229|TRANSLATION
230|"As soon as he heard my petition, he immediately granted me
>|a pension without reductions. Thus the King granted me a
>|full salary as a pension and requested me to engage without
>|anxiety in the service of Your lotus feet.
231|Madhya 11.23
232|TEXT 23
233|TEXT
234|ami-chara, yogya nahi tanra darasane
235|tanre yei bhaje tanra saphala jivane
236|SYNONYMS
237|ami-I; chara-very much fallen; yogya-fit; nahi-not; tanra-
>|His; darasane-for interviewing; tanre-Him; yei-anyone who;
>|bhaje-worships; tanra-his; saphala-successful; jivane-life.
238|TRANSLATION
239|"Then Maharaja Prataparudra very humbly said, 'I am most
>|fallen and abominable, and I am unfit to receive an
>|interview with the Lord. One's life is successful if one
>|engages in His service.'
240|Madhya 11.24
241|TEXT 24
242|TEXT
243|parama krpalu tenha vrajendra-nandana
244|kona-janme more avasya dibena darasana
245|SYNONYMS
246|parama-very much; krpalu-merciful; tenha-Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; vrajendra-nandana-the son of Maharaja Nanda;
>|kona-janme-in some future birth; more-unto me; avasya-
>|certainly; dibena-will give; darasana-interview.
247|TRANSLATION
248|"The King then said, 'Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna, the
>|son of Maharaja Nanda. He is very merciful, and I hope that
>|in a future birth He will allow me an interview.'
249|Madhya 11.25
250|TEXT 25
251|TEXT
252|ye tanhara prema-arti dekhilun tomate
253|tara eka prema-lesa nahika amate
254|SYNONYMS
255|ye-whatever; tanhara-his; prema-arti-painful feelings of
>|love of Godhead; dekhilun-I saw; tomate-unto You; tara-of
>|that; eka-one; prema-lesa-fraction of love; nahika-there is
>|not; amate-in me.
256|TRANSLATION
257|"My Lord, I don't think that there is even a fraction of
>|Maharaja Prataparudra's loving ecstasy in me."
258|Madhya 11.26
259|TEXT 26
260|TEXT
261|prabhu kahe,-tumi krsna-bhakata-pradhana
262|tomake ye priti kare, sei bhagyavan
263|SYNONYMS
264|prabhu kahe-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; tumi-you;
>|krsna-bhakata-pradhana-the chief of the devotees of Lord
>|Krsna; tomake-unto you; ye-anyone who; priti kare-shows
>|love; sei-such a person; bhagyavan-most fortunate.
265|TRANSLATION
266|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then said, "My dear Ramananda Raya,
>|you are the foremost of all the devotees of Krsna;
>|therefore whoever loves you is certainly a very fortunate
>|person.
267|Madhya 11.27
268|TEXT 27
269|TEXT
270|tomate ye eta priti ha-ila rajara
271|ei gune krsna tanre karibe angikara
272|SYNONYMS
273|tomate-unto you; ye-that; eta-so much; priti-love; ha-ila-
>|was; rajara-of the King; ei gune-for this reason; krsna-
>|Lord Krsna; tanre-him; karibe angikara-will accept.
274|TRANSLATION
275|"Because the King has shown so much love for you, Lord
>|Krsna will certainly accept him.
276|PURPORT
277|King Prataparudra requested an interview with Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu through the Bhattacarya, who duly submitted the
>|request. The Lord, however, immediately refused this
>|interview. Now when Ramananda Raya informed the Lord how
>|eager the King was to see Him, the Lord was immediately
>|pleased. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu requested Ramananda Raya
>|to retire from his government post and come to Sri
>|Purusottama-ksetra (Jagannatha Puri) to live with Him. When
>|this proposal was submitted to King Prataparudra, he
>|immediately accepted it and also encouraged Ramananda Raya
>|by allowing him a full pension. This was very much
>|appreciated by the Lord, and this confirms the fact that
>|the Lord is more pleased when one serves the servant of the
>|Lord. In ordinary parlance it is said, "If you love me,
>|love my dog." To approach the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead, one has to go through His confidential servant.
>|This is the method. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu clearly says, "
>|Because the King loves you, Ramananda Raya, he is very
>|fortunate. Krsna will certainly accept him due to his love
>|for you."
278|Madhya 11.28
279|TEXT 28
280|TEXT
281|ye me bhakta-janah partha
282|na me bhaktas ca te janah
283|mad-bhaktanam ca ye bhaktas
284|te me bhakta-tama matah
285|SYNONYMS
286|ye-those who; me-My; bhakta-janah-devotees; partha-O Partha;
>| na-not; me-My; bhaktah-devotees; ca-and; te-those; janah-
>|persons; mat-bhaktanam-of My devotees; ca-certainly; ye-
>|those who; bhaktah-devotees; te-such persons; me-My; bhakta-
>|tamah-most advanced devotees; matah-that is My opinion.
287|TRANSLATION
288|"Lord Krsna told Arjuna , 'Those who are My direct
>|devotees are actually not My devotees, but those who are
>|the devotees of My servant are factually My devotees.'
289|PURPORT
290|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu quotes this verse from the Adi
>|Purana. The verse is also included in the Laghu-
>|bhagavatamrta (2.6).
291|Madhya 11.29-30
292|TEXTS 29-30
293|TEXT
294|adarah paricaryayam
295|sarvangair abhivandanam
296|mad-bhakta-pujabhyadhika
297|sarva-bhutesu man-matih
298|mad-arthesv anga-cesta ca
299|vacasa mad-guneranam
300|mayy arpanam ca manasah
301|sarva-kama-vivarjanam
302|SYNONYMS
303|adarah-respect, care; paricaryayam-in service; sarva-angaih-
>|by all the parts of the body; abhivandanam-offering
>|obeisances; mat-bhakta-of My devotees; puja-worshiping;
>|abhyadhika-very high; sarva-bhutesu-in all living entities;
>|mat-matih-realization of having a relationship with Me; mat-
>|arthesu-for the sake of My service; anga-cestah-engaging
>|the bodily energy; ca-and; vacasa-by words; mat-guna-iranam-
>|describing My glories; mayi-unto Me; arpanam-dedicating; ca-
>|and; manasah-of the mind; sarva-kama-all material desires;
>|vivarjanam-giving up.
304|TRANSLATION
305|" 'My devotees take great care and respect in rendering Me
>|service. They offer obeisances to Me with all their bodily
>|limbs. They worship other devotees and find all living
>|entities related to Me. For Me they engage the entire
>|energy of their bodies. They engage the power of speech in
>|the glorification of My qualities and form. They also
>|dedicate their minds unto Me and try to give up all kinds
>|of material desires. Thus My devotees are characterized.'
306|PURPORT
307|These two verses are quoted from Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.19.
>|21-22). They were spoken by the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead, Lord Krsna, who was answering Uddhava's inquiry
>|about devotional service.
308|Madhya 11.31
309|TEXT 31
310|TEXT
311|aradhananam sarvesam
312|visnor aradhanam param
313|tasmat parataram devi
314|tadiyanam samarcanam
315|SYNONYMS
316|aradhananam-of varieties of worship; sarvesam-all; visnoh-
>|of Lord Visnu; aradhanam-worship; param-the most exalted;
>|tasmat-and above such worship of Lord Visnu; parataram-of
>|greater value; devi-O goddess; tadiyanam-of persons in
>|relationship with Lord Visnu; samarcanam-rigid and firm
>|worship.
317|TRANSLATION
318|"Lord Siva told the goddess Durga , 'My dear Devi,
>|although the Vedas recommend worship of demigods, the
>|worship of Lord Visnu is topmost. However, above the
>|worship of Lord Visnu is the rendering of service to
>|Vaisnavas, who are related to Lord Visnu.'
319|PURPORT
320|The Vedas are divided into three divisions-karma-kanda,
>|jnana-kanda and upasana-kanda. These are activities dealing
>|with fruitive work, empiric philosophical speculation and
>|worship. There are recommendations in the Vedas for the
>|worship of various demigods as well as Lord Visnu. In this
>|quotation from the Padma Purana, Lord Siva answers a
>|question posed to him by the goddess Durga. This verse is
>|also included in the Laghu-bhagavatamrta (2.4), by Srila
>|Rupa Gosvami. The words visnor aradhanam refer to the
>|worship of Lord Visnu, or Krsna. Thus the supreme form of
>|worship is the satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead Sri Krsna. It is further concluded that the
>|worshiper of Lord Visnu renders better service by
>|worshiping the devotee of Lord Krsna. There are different
>|types of devotees-those in santa-rasa, dasya-rasa, sakhya-
>|rasa, vatsalya-rasa and madhurya-rasa. Although all the
>|rasas are on the transcendental platform, madhurya-rasa is
>|the supreme transcendental mellow. Consequently it is
>|concluded that the worship of devotees engaged in the Lord'
>|s service in madhurya-rasa is the supreme spiritual
>|activity. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His followers mainly
>|worship Lord Krsna in madhurya-rasa. Other Vaisnava acaryas
>|recommended worship up to vatsalya-rasa. Therefore Srila
>|Rupa Gosvami in his Vidagdha-madhava (1.2) describes Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu's cult as supreme:
321|anarpita-carim cirat karunayavatirnah kalau
322|samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasam sva-bhakti-sriyam
323|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared in this Age of Kali to
>|exhibit the superexcellence of madhurya-rasa, a gift never
>|previously bestowed by any acarya or incarnation.
>|Consequently Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is accepted as the
>|most magnanimous incarnation. It is He only who distributed
>|love of Krsna while exhibiting the superexcellence of
>|loving Krsna in the conjugal rasa.
324|Madhya 11.32
325|TEXT 32
326|TEXT
327|durapa hy alpa-tapasah
328|seva vaikuntha-vartmasu
329|yatropagiyate nityam
330|deva-devo janardanah
331|SYNONYMS
332|durapa-very difficult to achieve; hi-certainly; alpa-
>|tapasah-by a person not advanced in spiritual life; seva-
>|service; vaikuntha-vartmasu-unto persons on the path back
>|home, back to Godhead; yatra-wherein; upagiyate-is
>|worshiped and glorified; nityam-regularly; deva-devah-the
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead; janardanah-Lord Krsna.
333|TRANSLATION
334|" 'Those whose austerity is meager can hardly obtain the
>|service of the pure devotees progressing on the path back
>|to the kingdom of Godhead, the Vaikunthas. Pure devotees
>|engage one hundred percent in glorifying the Supreme Lord,
>|who is the Lord of the demigods and the controller of all
>|living entities.' "
335|PURPORT
336|This verse is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (3.7.20).
>|It was spoken by Vidura in his conversation with Maitreya
>|Rsi, a great devotee of the Lord.
337|Madhya 11.33
338|TEXT 33
339|TEXT
340|puri, bharati-gosani, svarupa, nityananda
341|jagadananda, mukundadi yata bhakta-vrnda
342|SYNONYMS
343|puri-Paramananda Puri; bharati-Brahmananda Bharati; gosani-
>|on the level of the spiritual master; svarupa-Svarupa
>|Damodara Gosvami; nityananda-Lord Nityananda Prabhu;
>|jagadananda-Jagadananda; mukunda-Mukunda; adi-and others;
>|yata-all; bhakta-vrnda-devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
344|TRANSLATION
345|Paramananda Puri, Brahmananda Bharati Gosani, Svarupa
>|Damodara Gosani, Lord Nityananda, Jagadananda, Mukunda and
>|others were present before the Lord at that time.
346|Madhya 11.34
347|TEXT 34
348|TEXT
349|cari gosanira kaila raya carana vandana
350|yatha-yogya saba bhaktera karila milana
351|SYNONYMS
352|cari gosanira-of the four gosanis, or spiritual masters;
>|kaila-did; raya-Ramananda Raya; carana vandana-worshiping
>|the lotus feet; yatha-yogya-as it is befitting; saba-all;
>|bhaktera-of the devotees; karila-did; milana-meeting.
353|TRANSLATION
354|Sri Ramananda Raya therefore offered his obeisances to all
>|the Lord's devotees, in particular to the four spiritual
>|masters. Thus Ramananda Raya suitably met all the devotees.
355|PURPORT
356|The four spiritual masters referred to in this verse are
>|Paramananda Puri, Brahmananda Bharati, Svarupa Damodara and
>|Lord Nityananda.
357|Madhya 11.35
358|TEXT 35
359|TEXT
360|prabhu kahe,-raya, dekhile kamala-nayana?
361|raya kahe-ebe yai paba darasana
362|SYNONYMS
363|prabhu kahe-the Lord said; raya-My dear Ramananda Raya;
>|dekhile-have you seen; kamala-nayana-the lotus-eyed Lord
>|Jagannatha; raya kahe-Ramananda Raya replied; ebe yai-now I
>|shall go; paba darasana-I shall visit the temple.
364|TRANSLATION
365|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu next asked Ramananda Raya, "Have
>|you already visited the temple of the lotus-eyed Lord
>|Jagannatha?"
366|Ramananda Raya replied, "I shall now go visit the temple."
367|Madhya 11.36
368|TEXT 36
369|TEXT
370|prabhu kahe,-raya, tumi ki karya karile?
371|isvare na dekhi' kene age etha aile?
372|SYNONYMS
373|prabhu kahe-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; raya-My dear
>|Ramananda Raya; tumi-you; ki karya-what; karile-have done;
>|isvare-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; na dekhi'-
>|without seeing; kene-why; age-first; etha-here; aile-you
>|came.
374|TRANSLATION
375|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied, "What have you done, My
>|dear Raya? Why did you not first see Lord Jagannatha and
>|then come here? Why have you come here first?"
376|Madhya 11.37
377|TEXT 37
378|TEXT
379|raya kahe, carana-ratha, hrdaya-sarathi
380|yahan lana yaya, tahan yaya jiva-rathi
381|SYNONYMS
382|raya kahe-Ramananda Raya replied; carana-the legs; ratha-
>|chariot; hrdaya-the heart; sarathi-chariot driver; yahan-
>|wherever; lana-taking; yaya-goes; tahan-there; yaya-goes;
>|jiva-rathi-the living entity on the chariot.
383|TRANSLATION
384|Ramananda Raya said, "The legs are like the chariot, and
>|the heart is like the charioteer. Wherever the heart takes
>|the living entity, the living entity is obliged to go."
385|PURPORT
386|In the Bhagavad-gita (18.61) Lord Krsna explains:
387|isvarah sarva-bhutanam
388|hrd-dese 'rjuna tisthati
389|bhramayan sarva-bhutani
390|yantrarudhani mayaya
391|"The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone's heart, O Arjuna,
>| and is directing the wanderings of all living entities,
>|who are seated as on a machine made of material energy."
392|Thus the living entity wanders within this universe riding
>|upon a chariot (the body) bestowed by material nature. A
>|similar explanation is given in the Katha Upanisad (1.3.3-4)
>|:
393|atmanam rathinam viddhi
394|sariram ratham eva tu
395|buddhim tu sarathim viddhi
396|manah pragraham eva ca
397|indriyani hayan ahur
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
398|visayams tesu gocaran
399|atmendriya-mano-yuktam
400|bhoktety ahur manisinah
401|Here it is said that the living entity is the passenger
>|riding in the chariot of the body, which is offered by
>|material nature. The intelligence is the charioteer, the
>|mind is the reins controlling the horses, and the senses
>|are the horses. Thus the living entity is the false enjoyer
>|of the material world.
402|One who is advanced in Krsna consciousness can control the
>|mind and intelligence and in this way rein in the horses,
>|the senses, even though they are very powerful. One who can
>|control the senses by his mind and intelligence can very
>|easily approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or
>|Visnu, who is the ultimate goal of life. Tad visnoh paramam
>|padam sada pasyanti surayah. Those who are actually
>|advanced approach Lord Visnu, their ultimate goal. Such
>|people are never captivated by Lord Visnu's external energy,
>| the material world.
403|Madhya 11.38
404|TEXT 38
405|TEXT
406|ami ki kariba, mana ihan lana aila
407|jagannatha-darasane vicara na kaila
408|SYNONYMS
409|ami-I; ki-what; kariba-shall do; mana-my mind; ihan-here;
>|lana-taking; aila-arrived; jagannatha-darasane-to see Lord
>|Jagannatha; vicara-consideration; na-did not; kaila-make.
410|TRANSLATION
411|Sri Ramananda Raya continued, "What shall I do? My mind has
>|brought me here. I could not consider going first to Lord
>|Jagannatha's temple."
412|Madhya 11.39
413|TEXT 39
414|TEXT
415|prabhu kahe,-sighra giya kara darasana
416|aiche ghara yai' kara kutumba milana
417|SYNONYMS
418|prabhu kahe-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; sighra giya-
>|going hastily; kara darasana-see Lord Jagannatha; aiche-
>|similarly; ghara yai'-going home; kara-just do; kutumba-
>|family; milana-meeting.
419|TRANSLATION
420|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu advised, "Immediately go to Lord
>|Jagannatha's temple to see the Lord. Then go home and meet
>|your family members."
421|Madhya 11.40
422|TEXT 40
423|TEXT
424|prabhu ajna pana raya calila darasane
425|rayera prema-bhakti-riti bujhe kon jane
426|SYNONYMS
427|prabhu ajna-the Lord's permission; pana-getting; raya-
>|Ramananda Raya; calila-departed; darasane-to see Lord
>|Jagannatha; rayera-of Ramananda Raya; prema-bhakti-of
>|ecstatic love for Krsna; riti-process; bujhe-understands;
>|kon jane-what person.
428|TRANSLATION
429|Having received Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's permission,
>|Ramananda Raya hastily went to the temple of Lord
>|Jagannatha. Who can understand the devotional service of
>|Raya Ramananda?
430|Madhya 11.41
431|TEXT 41
432|TEXT
433|ksetre asi' raja sarvabhaume bolaila
434|sarvabhaume namaskari' tanhare puchila
435|SYNONYMS
436|ksetre-to Jagannatha Puri; asi'-coming; raja-the King;
>|sarvabhaume-for Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya; bolaila-called;
>|sarvabhaume-unto Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya; namaskari'-
>|offering obeisances; tanhare puchila-he asked him.
437|TRANSLATION
438|When King Prataparudra returned to Jagannatha Puri, he
>|called for Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya. When the Bhattacarya
>|went to see the King, the King offered him respects and
>|made the following inquiries.
439|Madhya 11.42
440|TEXT 42
441|TEXT
442|mora lagi' prabhu-pade kaile nivedana?
443|sarvabhauma kahe,-kainu aneka yatana
444|SYNONYMS
445|mora lagi'-on my behalf; prabhu-pade-at the lotus feet of
>|the Lord; kaile nivedana-did you submit my petition;
>|sarvabhauma kahe-Sarvabhauma replied; kainu-I did; aneka
>|yatana-much endeavor.
446|TRANSLATION
447|The King asked, "Have you submitted my petition to the Lord?
>|"
448|Sarvabhauma replied, "Yes, with much endeavor I have tried
>|my best.
449|Madhya 11.43
450|TEXT 43
451|TEXT
452|tathapi na kare tenha raja-darasana
453|ksetra chadi' yabena punah yadi kari nivedana
454|SYNONYMS
455|tathapi-yet; na kare-does not do; tenha-He; raja-darasana-
>|visiting a king; ksetra chadi'-leaving Jagannatha-ksetra;
>|yabena-He will go away; punah-again; yadi-if; kari nivedana-
>|I request.
456|TRANSLATION
457|"Yet despite my great endeavor, the Lord would not agree to
>|see a king. Indeed, He said that if He were asked again, He
>|would quit Jagannatha Puri and go elsewhere."
458|Madhya 11.44
459|TEXT 44
460|TEXT
461|suniya rajara mane duhkha upajila
462|visada kariya kichu kahite lagila
463|SYNONYMS
464|suniya-hearing; rajara-of the King; mane-in the mind;
>|duhkha-unhappiness; upajila-arose; visada-lamentation;
>|kariya-doing; kichu-something; kahite-to speak; lagila-
>|began.
465|TRANSLATION
466|Hearing this, the King became very unhappy and, greatly
>|lamenting, began to speak as follows.
467|Madhya 11.45
468|TEXT 45
469|TEXT
470|papi nica uddharite tanra avatara
471|jagai madhai tenha karila uddhara
472|SYNONYMS
473|papi-sinful; nica-lowborn; uddharite-to deliver; tanra-His;
>|avatara-incarnation; jagai-Jagai; madhai-Madhai; tenha-He;
>|karila uddhara-delivered.
474|TRANSLATION
475|The King said, "Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has descended just
>|to deliver all kinds of sinful, lowborn persons.
>|Consequently He has delivered sinners like Jagai and Madhai.
476|Madhya 11.46
477|TEXT 46
478|TEXT
479|prataparudra chadi' karibe jagat nistara
480|ei pratijna kari' kariyachena avatara?
481|SYNONYMS
482|prataparudra chadi'-except for Prataparudra; karibe-He will
>|do; jagat-of the whole universe; nistara-deliverance; ei
>|pratijna-this promise; kari'-making; kariyachena-has made;
>|avatara-incarnation.
483|TRANSLATION
484|"Alas, has Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu incarnated to deliver
>|all kinds of sinners with the exception of a king named
>|Maharaja Prataparudra?
485|PURPORT
486|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mission is thus described by
>|Narottama dasa Thakura: patita-pavana-hetu tava avatara mo-
>|sama patita prabhu na paibe ara. If Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|descended to reclaim sinners, then one who is the most
>|sinful and lowborn is the first candidate for the Lord's
>|consideration. Maharaja Prataparudra considered himself a
>|most fallen soul because he had to deal with material
>|things constantly and enjoy material profits. Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu's business was the deliverance of the most
>|fallen. How, then, could He reject the King? The more
>|fallen a person is, the more he has the right to be
>|delivered by the Lord-provided, of course, he surrenders
>|unto the Lord. Maharaja Prataparudra was a fully
>|surrendered soul; therefore the Lord could not refuse him
>|on the grounds that he was a worldly pounds-shillings man.
487|Madhya 11.47
488|TEXT 47
489|TEXT
490|adarsaniyan api nica-jatin
491|samviksate hanta tathapi no mam
492|mad-eka-varjam krpayisyatiti
493|nirniya kim so 'vatatara devah
494|SYNONYMS
495|adarsaniyan-upon those who are unfit to be seen; api-
>|although; nica-jatin-the lower class of men; samviksate-
>|puts His merciful glance; hanta-alas; tatha api-still; na u-
>|not; mam-upon me; mat-myself; eka-alone; varjam-rejecting;
>|krpayisyati-He will bestow His mercy; iti-thus; nirniya-
>|deciding; kim-whether; sah-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|avatatara-has descended; devah-the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead.
496|TRANSLATION
497|" 'Alas, has Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu made His advent
>|deciding that He will deliver all others with the exception
>|of me? He bestows His merciful glance upon many lower-class
>|men who are usually not even to be seen.' "
498|PURPORT
499|This verse is found in the Sri Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka (
>|8.28).
500|Madhya 11.48
501|TEXT 48
502|TEXT
503|tanra pratijna-more na karibe darasana
504|mora pratijna-tanha vina chadiba jivana
505|SYNONYMS
506|tanra pratijna-His determination; more-unto me; na-not;
>|karibe-will do; darasana-seeing; mora pratijna-my promise;
>|tanha vina-without Him; chadiba-I will give up; jivana-life.
507|TRANSLATION
508|Maharaja Prataparudra continued, "If Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu is determined not to see me, then I am
>|determined to give up my life if I do not see Him.
509|PURPORT
510|A devotee with Maharaja Prataparudra's determination will
>|certainly be victorious in advancing in Krsna consciousness.
>| Sri Krsna confirms this in the Bhagavad-gita (9.14):
511|satatam kirtayanto mam
512|yatantas ca drdha -vratah
513|namasyantas ca mam bhaktya
514|nitya-yukta upasate
515|"Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great
>|determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls
>|perpetually worship Me with devotion."
516|These are the symptoms of a mahatma engaged in the Lord's
>|service in full Krsna consciousness. Thus Maharaja
>|Prataparudra's determination is very much exalted and is
>|called drdha-vrata. Because of this determination, he was
>|finally able to receive Lord Caitanya's direct mercy.
517|Madhya 11.49
518|TEXT 49
519|TEXT
520|yadi sei mahaprabhura na pai krpa-dhana
521|kiba rajya, kiba deha,-saba akarana
522|SYNONYMS
523|yadi-if; sei-that; mahaprabhura-of Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; na-not; pai-I get; krpa-dhana-the treasure of
>|mercy; kiba rajya-what is the value of my kingdom; kiba
>|deha-what is the value of this body; saba akarana-
>|everything useless.
524|TRANSLATION
525|"If I do not receive Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mercy, my
>|body and my kingdom are certainly useless."
526|PURPORT
527|This is an excellent example of drdha-vrata, determination.
>|If one does not receive the Supreme Personality of Godhead'
>|s mercy, one's life is defeated. In Srimad-Bhagavatam (5.5.
>|5) it is said: parabhavas tavad abodha-jato yavan na
>|jijnasata atma-tattvam. Unless one inquires into spiritual
>|life, everything is useless. Without spiritual inquiry, our
>|labor and the object of our labor are simply a waste of
>|time.
528|Madhya 11.50
529|TEXT 50
530|TEXT
531|eta suni' sarvabhauma ha-ila cintita
532|rajara anuraga dekhi' ha-ila vismita
533|SYNONYMS
534|eta suni'-hearing this; sarvabhauma-Sarvabhauma; ha-ila-
>|became; cintita-very thoughtful; rajara-of the King;
>|anuraga-attachment; dekhi'-seeing; ha-ila-became; vismita-
>|astonished.
535|TRANSLATION
536|Hearing King Prataparudra's determination, Sarvabhauma
>|Bhattacarya became thoughtful. Indeed, he was very much
>|astonished to see the King's determination.
537|PURPORT
538|Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya was astonished because such
>|determination is not possible for a worldly man attached to
>|material enjoyment. The King certainly had ample
>|opportunity for material enjoyment, but he was thinking
>|that his kingdom and everything else was useless if he
>|could not see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. This is certainly
>|sufficient cause for astonishment. In Srimad-Bhagavatam it
>|is stated that bhakti, devotional service, must be
>|unconditional. No material impediments can actually check
>|the advancement of devotional service, be it executed by a
>|common man or a king. In any case, devotional service
>|rendered to the Lord is always complete, despite the
>|devotee's material position. Devotional service is so
>|exalted that it can be executed by anyone in any position.
>|One must simply be drdha-vrata, firmly determined.
539|Madhya 11.51
540|TEXT 51
541|TEXT
542|bhattacarya kahe-deva na kara visada
543|tomare prabhura avasya ha-ibe prasada
544|SYNONYMS
545|bhattacarya kahe-the Bhattacarya said; deva-O King; na kara
>|visada-do not be worried; tomare-unto you; prabhura-of Lord
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; avasya-certainly; ha-ibe-there
>|must be; prasada-mercy.
546|TRANSLATION
547|Finally Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya said, "My dear King, do not
>|worry. Because of your firm determination, I am sure that
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mercy will definitely be bestowed
>|upon you."
548|PURPORT
549|Due to King Prataparudra's firm determination, the
>|Bhattacarya predicted that the King would receive Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mercy without fail. As confirmed
>|elsewhere in Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya 19.151), guru-
>|krsna-prasade paya bhakti-lata-bija: "By the mercy of the
>|spiritual master and Krsna, one gets the seed of devotional
>|service." The Bhattacarya was the spiritual master of King
>|Prataparudra, and he gave his blessings to the effect that
>|the Lord would be merciful upon the King. The mercy of the
>|spiritual master and Krsna combine to grant success to a
>|devotee engaged in Krsna consciousness. This is confirmed
>|by the Vedas:
550|yasya deve para bhaktir
551|yatha deve tatha gurau
552|tasyaite kathita hy arthah
553|prakasante mahatmanah
554|"Only unto those great souls who have implicit faith in
>|both the Lord and the spiritual master are all the imports
>|of Vedic knowledge automatically revealed." (Svetasvatara
>|Upanisad 6.23)
555|Maharaja Prataparudra had firm faith in the Bhattacarya,
>|who declared Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to be the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead. Having firm faith in the
>|Bhattacarya as his spiritual master, King Prataparudra
>|immediately accepted Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as the Supreme
>|Lord. Thus he began worshiping Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in
>|his mind. This is the process of devotional service.
>|According to Lord Krsna in the Bhagavad-gita (9.34):
556|man-mana bhava mad-bhakto
557|mad-yaji mam namaskuru
558|mam evaisyasi yuktvaivam
559|atmanam mat-parayanah
560|"Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, become My
>|devotee, offer obeisances to Me and worship Me. Being
>|completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me."
561|This process is very simple. One need only be firmly
>|convinced by the spiritual master that Krsna is the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead. If one decides this, he can make
>|further progress by thinking of Krsna, chanting of Krsna
>|and glorifying Him. There is then no doubt that such a
>|fully surrendered devotee will receive the blessings of
>|Lord Krsna. Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya explains this
>|further.
562|Madhya 11.52
563|TEXT 52
564|TEXT
565|tenha-premadhina, tomara prema-gadhatara
566|avasya karibena krpa tomara upara
567|SYNONYMS
568|tenha-He (Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu); prema-adhina-under the
>|control of love; tomara prema-your love; gadha-tara-very
>|deep; avasya-certainly; karibena krpa-He will bestow mercy;
>|tomara upara-upon you.
569|TRANSLATION
570|As soon as the Bhattacarya saw the King's firm
>|determination, he declared, "The Supreme Lord is approached
>|only by pure love. Your love for Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is
>|very, very deep; therefore without a doubt He will be
>|merciful upon you."
571|PURPORT
572|Such determination is the first qualification. As confirmed
>|by Rupa Gosvami (Upadesamrta 3): utsahan niscayad dhairyat.
>|One must first have firm determination, firm faith. When
>|one engages in devotional service, he must maintain this
>|firm determination. Then Krsna will be pleased with his
>|service. The spiritual master can show the path of
>|devotional service. If the disciple follows the principles
>|rigidly and undeviatingly, he will certainly receive the
>|mercy of Krsna. This is confirmed by the sastras.
573|Madhya 11.53
574|TEXT 53
575|TEXT
576|tathapi kahiye ami eka upaya
577|ei upaya kara' prabhu dekhibe yahaya
578|SYNONYMS
579|tathapi-still; kahiye-say; ami-I; eka upaya-one means; ei
>|upaya-this means; kara'-try to adopt; prabhu-Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dekhibe-will see you; yahaya-by that.
580|TRANSLATION
581|Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya then suggested, "There is one means
>|by which you can directly see Him.
582|Madhya 11.54
583|TEXT 54
584|TEXT
585|ratha-yatra-dine prabhu saba bhakta lana
586|ratha-age nrtya karibena premavista hana
587|SYNONYMS
588|ratha-yatra-dine-on the day of the car festival ceremony;
>|prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; saba-all; bhakta-devotees;
>|lana-taking with Him; ratha-the chariot; age-in front of;
>|nrtya karibena-will dance; prema-avista hana-in great
>|ecstatic love.
589|TRANSLATION
590|"On the day of the car festival, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|will dance before the Deity in great ecstatic love.
591|Madhya 11.55
592|TEXT 55
593|TEXT
594|premavese puspodyane karibena pravesa
595|sei-kale ekale tumi chadi' raja-vesa
596|SYNONYMS
597|prema-avese-in ecstatic love; puspa-udyane-into the garden
>|at Gundica where the Lord stays; karibena pravesa-will
>|enter; sei-kale-at that time; ekale-alone; tumi-you; chadi'-
>|giving up; raja-vesa-the royal dress.
598|TRANSLATION
599|"On that Ratha-yatra festival day, after dancing before the
>|Lord, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu will enter the Gundica garden.
>| At that time you should go there alone, stripped of your
>|royal dress.
600|Madhya 11.56
601|TEXT 56
602|TEXT
603|'krsna-rasa-pancadhyaya' karite pathana
604|ekale yai' mahaprabhura dharibe carana
605|SYNONYMS
606|krsna-rasa-panca-adhyaya-the five chapters in the Tenth
>|Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam in which Lord Krsna's pastimes
>|of the rasa dance are described; karite pathana-to recite;
>|ekale yai'-going alone; mahaprabhura-of Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; dharibe carana-catch hold of the lotus feet.
607|TRANSLATION
608|"When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu enters the Gundica,
>|you should also go there and read the five chapters
>| about Lord Krsna's dancing with the gopis.
>| In this way you can catch hold of the Lord's lotus feet.
609|Madhya 11.57
610|TEXT 57
611|TEXT
612|bahya-jnana nahi, se-kale krsna-nama suni,
613|alingana karibena tomaya 'vaisnava' jani'
614|SYNONYMS
615|bahya-jnana nahi-without external consciousness; se-kale-at
>|that time; krsna-nama suni'-by hearing the holy name of
>|Lord Krsna; alingana karibena-He will embrace; tomaya-you;
>|vaisnava jani'-taking you to be a Vaisnava.
616|TRANSLATION
617|"Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu will be in a mood of ecstatic
>|love, without external consciousness. At that time, as you
>|recite those chapters from Srimad-Bhagavatam, He will
>|embrace you, knowing you to be a pure Vaisnava.
618|PURPORT
619|A Vaisnava is always ready to help another Vaisnava
>|progress toward realization of the Absolute Truth.
>|Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya could understand the King's
>|position as a pure Vaisnava. The King was always thinking
>|of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and the Bhattacarya wanted to
>|help him approach the Lord. A Vaisnava is always
>|compassionate, especially when he sees a prospective
>|devotee very much determined (drdha-vrata). Consequently
>|the Bhattacarya was ready to help the King.
620|Madhya 11.58
621|TEXT 58
622|TEXT
623|ramananda raya, aji tomara prema-guna
624|prabhu-age kahite prabhura phiri' gela mana
625|SYNONYMS
626|ramananda raya-Ramananda Raya; aji-today; tomara-your;
>|prema-guna-quality of love; prabhu-age-in front of the Lord;
>| kahite-when he described; prabhura-of Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; phiri' gela-became changed; mana-the mind.
627|TRANSLATION
628|"The Lord has already changed His mind due to Ramananda
>|Raya's description of your pure love for Him."
629|PURPORT
630|At first the Lord did not want to see the King, but due to
>|the Bhattacarya's and Ramananda Raya's earnest endeavors,
>|the Lord's mind was changed. The Lord already declared that
>|Krsna would be merciful upon the King due to the King's
>|service to the devotees. This is the process by which one
>|can advance in Krsna consciousness. First there must be the
>|devotee's mercy; then Krsna's mercy will descend. Yasya
>|prasadad bhagavat-prasado yasyaprasadan na gatih kuto 'pi
>|. Our first duty, therefore, is to satisfy the spiritual
>|master, who can arrange for the Lord's mercy. A common man
>|must first begin to serve the spiritual master, or the
>|devotee. Then, through the mercy of the devotee, the Lord
>|will be satisfied. Unless one receives the dust of a
>|devotee's lotus feet on one's head, there is no possibility
>|of advancement. This is also confirmed by a statement of
>|Prahlada Maharaja's in Srimad-Bhagavatam (7.5.32):
631|naisam matis tavad urukramanghrim
632|sprsaty anarthapagamo yad-arthah
633|mahiyasam pada-rajo-'bhisekam
634|niskincananam na vrnita yavat
635|Unless one approaches a pure devotee, he cannot understand
>|the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Maharaja Prataparudra
>|worshiped both Ramananda Raya and Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya.
>|Thus he touched the lotus feet of pure devotees and was
>|able thereby to approach Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
636|Madhya 11.59
637|TEXT 59
638|TEXT
639|suni' gajapatira mane sukha upajila
640|prabhure milite ei mantrana drdha kaila
641|SYNONYMS
642|suni'-hearing; gajapatira-of King Prataparudra; mane-in the
>|mind; sukha-happiness; upajila-awakened; prabhure-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; milite-to meet; ei-this; mantrana-
>|instruction; drdha kaila-decided to accept rigidly.
643|TRANSLATION
644|Maharaja Prataparudra took the Bhattacarya's advice and
>|firmly decided to follow his instructions. Thus he felt
>|transcendental happiness.
645|Madhya 11.60
646|TEXT 60
647|TEXT
648|snana-yatra kabe habe puchila bhattere
649|bhatta kahe,-tina dina achaye yatrare
650|SYNONYMS
651|snana-yatra-the bathing ceremony of Lord Jagannatha; kabe-
>|when; habe-will be; puchila-he inquired; bhattere-from the
>|Bhattacarya; bhatta kahe-the Bhattacarya said; tina dina-
>|three days; achaye-there are still; yatrare-until the
>|festival.
652|TRANSLATION
653|When the King asked the Bhattacarya when the bathing
>|ceremony [Snana-yatra] of Lord Jagannatha would take place,
>|the Bhattacarya replied that there were only three days
>|left before the ceremony.
654|Madhya 11.61
655|TEXT 61
656|TEXT
657|rajare prabodhiya bhatta gela nijalaya
658|snana-yatra-dine prabhura ananda hrdaya
659|SYNONYMS
660|rajare-the King; prabodhiya-encouraging; bhatta-Sarvabhauma
>|Bhattacarya; gela-departed; nija-alaya-to his own home;
>|snana-yatra-dine-on the day of the bathing ceremony of Lord
>|Jagannatha; prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; ananda-
>|full of happiness; hrdaya-heart.
661|TRANSLATION
662|After thus encouraging the King, Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya
>|returned home. On the day of Lord Jagannatha's bathing
>|ceremony, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was very happy at heart.
663|Madhya 11.62
664|TEXT 62
665|TEXT
666|snana-yatra dekhi' prabhura haila bada sukha
667|isvarera 'anavasare' paila bada duhkha
668|SYNONYMS
669|snana-yatra-the bathing ceremony of Lord Jagannatha; dekhi'-
>|seeing; prabhura-of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; haila-
>|became; bada-very much; sukha-happiness; isvarera-of the
>|Lord; anavasare-during the pastime of retirement; paila-got;
>| bada-very much; duhkha-unhappiness.
670|TRANSLATION
671|Upon seeing the bathing ceremony of Lord Jagannatha, Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu became very happy. But when Lord
>|Jagannatha retired after the ceremony, Lord Caitanya became
>|very unhappy because He could not see Him.
672|PURPORT
673|After the bathing ceremony of Sri Jagannatha, which takes
>|place just a fortnight before the Ratha-yatra ceremony, the
>|body of the Lord Jagannatha Deity is repainted, and this
>|takes just about a fortnight to complete. This period is
>|called Anavasara. There are many who visit the temple to
>|see Lord Jagannatha regularly every day, and for them His
>|retirement after the bathing ceremony is unbearable. Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu felt Lord Jagannatha's absence from the
>|temple very much.
674|Madhya 11.63
675|TEXT 63
676|TEXT
677|gopi-bhave virahe prabhu vyakula hana
678|alalanathe gela prabhu sabare chadiya
679|SYNONYMS
680|gopi-bhave-in the mood of the gopis; virahe-in separation;
>|prabhu-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; vyakula-agitated; hana-
>|being; alalanathe-to Alalanatha; gela-went; prabhu-Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sabare-all; chadiya-having given up.
681|TRANSLATION
682|Due to separation from Lord Jagannatha, Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu felt the same great anxiety the gopis feel in
>|separation from Krsna. In this condition He gave up all
>|association and went to Alalanatha.
683|Madhya 11.64
684|TEXT 64
685|TEXT
686|pache prabhura nikata aila bhakta-gana
687|gauda haite bhakta aise,-kaila nivedana
688|SYNONYMS
689|pache-behind; prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; nikata-
>|in the presence; aila-came; bhakta-gana-the devotees; gauda
>|haite-from Bengal; bhakta-devotees; aise-come; kaila
>|nivedana-submitted.
690|TRANSLATION
691|The devotees who had followed the Lord came into His
>|presence and requested Him to return to Puri. They
>|submitted that the devotees from Bengal were coming to
>|Purusottama-ksetra.
692|Madhya 11.65
693|TEXT 65
694|TEXT
695|sarvabhauma nilacale aila prabhu lana
696|prabhu aila,-raja-thani kahilena giya
697|SYNONYMS
698|sarvabhauma-Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya; nilacale-to Jagannatha
>|Puri; aila-came; prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; lana-
>|taking; prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; aila-arrived; raja-
>|thani-to the King; kahilena-said; giya-after going.
699|TRANSLATION
700|In this way Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya brought Lord Caitanya
>|back to Jagannatha Puri. He then went to King Prataparudra
>|and informed him of the Lord's arrival.
701|Madhya 11.66
702|TEXT 66
703|TEXT
704|hena-kale aila tatha gopinathacarya
705|rajake asirvada kari' kahe,-suna bhattacarya
706|SYNONYMS
707|hena-kale-during this time; aila-came; tatha-there;
>|gopinatha-acarya-Gopinatha Acarya; rajake-unto the King;
>|asirvada kari'-offering a benediction; kahe-said; suna
>|bhattacarya-my dear Bhattacarya, kindly listen.
708|TRANSLATION
709|At this time, Gopinatha Acarya came there while Sarvabhauma
>|Bhattacarya was with King Prataparudra. Being a brahmana,
>|he offered his benediction to the King and addressed
>|Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya as follows.
710|Madhya 11.67
711|TEXT 67
712|TEXT
713|gauda haite vaisnava asitechena dui-sata
714|mahaprabhura bhakta saba-maha-bhagavata
715|SYNONYMS
716|gauda haite-from Bengal; vaisnava-devotees; asitechena-are
>|coming; dui-sata-numbering about two hundred; mahaprabhura-
>|of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bhakta-the devotees; saba-
>|all; maha-bhagavata-greatly advanced devotees.
717|TRANSLATION
718|"About two hundred devotees are coming from Bengal. All of
>|them are greatly advanced devotees and specifically devoted
>|to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
719|Madhya 11.68
720|TEXT 68
721|TEXT
722|narendre asiya sabe haila vidyamana
723|tan-sabare cahi vasa prasada-samadhana
724|SYNONYMS
725|narendre-on the bank of Lake Narendra; asiya-coming; sabe-
>|all of them; haila vidyamana-staying; tan-sabare-for all of
>|them; cahi-I want; vasa-residential quarters; prasada-for
>|distributing prasada; samadhana-arrangement.
726|TRANSLATION
727|"All of them have already arrived on the bank of Lake
>|Narendra and are waiting there. I desire residential
>|quarters and prasada arrangements for them."
728|PURPORT
729|Narendra is a small lake still existing in Jagannatha Puri,
>|where the Candana-yatra festival takes place. Up to the
>|present date, all the Bengali devotees who visit the
>|Jagannatha temple first take their bath in this lake. There
>|they wash their hands and feet before entering the temple.
730|Madhya 11.69
731|TEXT 69
732|TEXT
733|raja kahe,-padichake ami ajna diba
734|vasa adi ye cahiye,-padicha saba diba
735|SYNONYMS
736|raja kahe-the King said; padichake-unto the attendant; ami-
>|I; ajna diba-shall give orders; vasa-residential quarters;
>|adi-and other arrangements; ye cahiye-whatever you want;
>|padicha-the attendant; saba-everything; diba-will supply.
737|TRANSLATION
738|The King replied, "I shall give orders to the attendant in
>|the temple. He will arrange for everyone's residential
>|quarters and prasada, as you desire.
739|Madhya 11.70
740|TEXT 70
741|TEXT
742|mahaprabhura gana yata aila gauda haite
743|bhattacarya, eke eke dekhaha amate
744|SYNONYMS
745|mahaprabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; gana-associates;
>|yata-all; aila-who have come; gauda haite-from Bengal;
>|bhattacarya-Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya; eke eke-one after
>|another; dekhaha-please show; amate-to me.
746|TRANSLATION
747|"Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, please show me, one after another,
>| all of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's devotees who are coming
>|from Bengal."
748|Madhya 11.71
749|TEXT 71
750|TEXT
751|bhatta kahe,-attalikaya kara arohana
752|gopinatha cine sabare, karabe darasana
753|SYNONYMS
754|bhatta kahe-the Bhattacarya said; attalikaya-on the roof of
>|the palace; kara arohana-just go up; gopinatha-Gopinatha
>|Acarya; cine-knows; sabare-everyone; karabe darasana-he
>|will show.
755|TRANSLATION
756|Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya requested the King, "Go up on the
>|roof of the palace. Gopinatha Acarya knows every one of the
>|devotees. He will identify them for you.
757|Madhya 11.72
758|TEXT 72
759|TEXT
760|ami kaho nahi cini, cinite mana haya
761|gopinathacarya sabare kara'be paricaya
762|SYNONYMS
763|ami-I; kaho-anyone; nahi-do not; cini-know; cinite mana
>|haya-I desire to know; gopinatha-acarya-Gopinatha Acarya;
>|sabare-all of them; kara'be paricaya-will identify.
764|TRANSLATION
765|"Actually I do not know any of them, although I have a
>|desire to know them. Since Gopinatha Acarya knows them all,
>|he will give you their names."
766|Madhya 11.73
767|TEXT 73
768|TEXT
769|eta bali' tina jana attalikaya cadila
770|hena-kale vaisnava saba nikate aila
771|SYNONYMS
772|eta bali'-saying this; tina jana-the three persons (namely,
>|the King, Gopinatha Acarya and Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya);
>|attalikaya-on the roof of the palace; cadila-went up; hena-
>|kale-at this time; vaisnava-the Vaisnava devotees; saba-all;
>| nikate-nearby; aila-came.
773|TRANSLATION
774|After Sarvabhauma said this, he went up to the top of the
>|palace with the King and Gopinatha Acarya. At this time all
>|the Vaisnava devotees from Bengal drew closer to the palace.
775|Madhya 11.74
776|TEXT 74
777|TEXT
778|damodara-svarupa, govinda,-dui jana
779|mala-prasada lana yaya, yahan vaisnava-gana
780|SYNONYMS
781|damodara-svarupa-Svarupa Damodara; govinda-Govinda; dui
>|jana-two persons; mala-prasada-flower garlands and remnants
>|of Lord Jagannatha's food; lana-taking; yaya-went; yahan-
>|where; vaisnava-gana-the Vaisnavas.
782|TRANSLATION
783|Svarupa Damodara and Govinda, taking the flower garlands
>|and prasada of Lord Jagannatha, proceeded to where all the
>|Vaisnavas were standing.
784|Madhya 11.75
785|TEXT 75
786|TEXT
787|prathamete mahaprabhu pathaila dunhare
788|raja kahe, ei dui kon cinaha amare
789|SYNONYMS
790|prathamete-at first; mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|pathaila-sent; dunhare-two persons; raja kahe-the King said;
>| ei dui-these two; kon-who are they; cinaha-kindly identify;
>| amare-to me.
791|TRANSLATION
792|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu first sent them both
>|in advance. The King inquired, "Who are these two? Please
>|let me know their identities."
793|Madhya 11.76
794|TEXT 76
795|TEXT
796|bhattacarya kahe,-ei svarupa-damodara
797|mahaprabhura haya inha dvitiya kalevara
798|SYNONYMS
799|bhattacarya kahe-the Bhattacarya said; ei-this gentleman;
>|svarupa-damodara-his name is Svarupa Damodara; mahaprabhura-
>|of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; haya-is; inha-he; dvitiya-the
>|second; kalevara-expansion of the body.
800|TRANSLATION
801|Sri Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya replied, "Here is Svarupa
>|Damodara, who is practically the second expansion of the
>|body of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
802|Madhya 11.77
803|TEXT 77
804|TEXT
805|dvitiya, govinda-bhrtya, ihan donha diya
806|mala pathanachena prabhu gaurava kariya
807|SYNONYMS
808|dvitiya-the second; govinda-Govinda; bhrtya-personal
>|servant; ihan-here; donha diya-through these two persons;
>|mala-flower garlands; pathanachena-has sent; prabhu-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; gaurava kariya-giving much honor.
809|TRANSLATION
810|"The second person is Govinda, Lord Caitanya's personal
>|servant. The Lord has sent garlands and remnants of Lord
>|Jagannatha's food with these two persons simply to honor
>|the devotees from Bengal."
811|Madhya 11.78
812|TEXT 78
813|TEXT
814|adau mala advaitere svarupa paraila
815|pache govinda dvitiya mala ani' tanre dila
816|SYNONYMS
817|adau-in the beginning; mala-a garland; advaitere-unto
>|Advaita Acarya; svarupa-Svarupa Damodara; paraila-offered;
>|pache-after that; govinda-Govinda, the Lord's personal
>|servant; dvitiya-a second; mala-garland; ani'-bringing;
>|tanre dila-delivered to Him.
818|TRANSLATION
819|At the beginning, Svarupa Damodara came forward and
>|garlanded Advaita Acarya. Govinda next came and offered a
>|second garland to Advaita Acarya.
820|Madhya 11.79
821|TEXT 79
822|TEXT
823|tabe govinda dandavat kaila acaryere
824|tanre nahi cine acarya, puchila damodare
825|SYNONYMS
826|tabe-at that time; govinda-Govinda; dandavat-falling flat
>|to offer obeisances; kaila-did; acaryere-unto Advaita
>|Acarya; tanre-him; nahi-not; cine-recognized; acarya-
>|Advaita Acarya; puchila-inquired; damodare-to Svarupa
>|Damodara.
827|TRANSLATION
828|When Govinda offered his obeisances by falling down flat
>|before Advaita Acarya, Advaita Acarya asked Svarupa
>|Damodara about his identity, for He did not know Govinda at
>|that time.
829|Madhya 11.80
830|TEXT 80
831|TEXT
832|damodara kahe,-ihara 'govinda' nama
833|isvara-purira sevaka ati gunavan
834|SYNONYMS
835|damodara kahe-Damodara said; ihara-of him; govinda-Govinda;
>|nama-the name; isvara-purira sevaka-servant of Isvara Puri;
>|ati gunavan-very much qualified.
836|TRANSLATION
837|Svarupa Damodara informed Him, "Govinda was the servant of
>|Isvara Puri. He is very highly qualified.
838|Madhya 11.81
839|TEXT 81
840|TEXT
841|prabhura seva karite puri ajna dila
842|ataeva prabhu inhake nikate rakhila
843|SYNONYMS
844|prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; seva-the service;
>|karite-to perform; puri-Isvara Puri; ajna dila-ordered;
>|ataeva-therefore; prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; inhake-
>|him; nikate-by His side; rakhila-kept.
845|TRANSLATION
846|"Isvara Puri ordered Govinda to serve Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu. Thus the Lord keeps him by His side."
847|Madhya 11.82
848|TEXT 82
849|TEXT
850|raja kahe,-yanre mala dila dui-jana
851|ascarya teja, bada mahanta,-kaha kon jana?
852|SYNONYMS
853|raja kahe-the King inquired; yanre-unto which person; mala-
>|garlands; dila-offered; dui-jana-Svarupa Damodara and
>|Govinda; ascarya teja-wonderfully effulgent; bada mahanta-a
>|very great devotee; kaha kon jana-kindly let me know who He
>|is.
854|TRANSLATION
855|The King inquired, "To whom did Svarupa Damodara and
>|Govinda offer the two garlands? His bodily effulgence is so
>|great that He must be a very great devotee. Please let me
>|know who He is."
856|Madhya 11.83
857|TEXT 83
858|TEXT
859|acarya kahe,-inhara nama advaita acarya
860|mahaprabhura manya-patra, sarva-sirodharya
861|SYNONYMS
862|acarya kahe-Gopinatha Acarya said; inhara nama-His name;
>|advaita acarya-Advaita Acarya; mahaprabhura-of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; manya-patra-honorable; sarva-sirodharya-the
>|topmost devotee.
863|TRANSLATION
864|Gopinatha Acarya replied, "His name is Advaita Acarya. He
>|is honored even by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and He is
>|therefore the topmost devotee.
865|Madhya 11.84
866|TEXT 84
867|TEXT
868|srivasa-pandita inha, pandita-vakresvara
869|vidyanidhi-acarya, inha pandita-gadadhara
870|SYNONYMS
871|srivasa-pandita-Srivasa Pandita; inha-here; pandita-
>|vakresvara-Vakresvara Pandita; vidyanidhi-acarya-Vidyanidhi
>|Acarya; inha-here; pandita-gadadhara-Gadadhara Pandita.
872|TRANSLATION
873|"Here are Srivasa Pandita, Vakresvara Pandita, Vidyanidhi
>|Acarya and Gadadhara Pandita.
874|Madhya 11.85
875|TEXT 85
876|TEXT
877|acaryaratna inha, pandita-purandara
878|gangadasa pandita inha, pandita-sankara
879|SYNONYMS
880|acaryaratna-Candrasekhara; inha-here; pandita-purandara-
>|Purandara Pandita; gangadasa pandita-Gangadasa Pandita;
>|inha-here; pandita-sankara-Sankara Pandita.
881|TRANSLATION
882|"Here are Acaryaratna, Purandara Pandita, Gangadasa Pandita
>|and Sankara Pandita.
883|Madhya 11.86
884|TEXT 86
885|TEXT
886|ei murari gupta, inha pandita narayana
887|haridasa thakura inha bhuvana-pavana
888|SYNONYMS
889|ei-this; murari gupta-Murari Gupta; inha-here; pandita
>|narayana-Narayana Pandita; haridasa thakura-Haridasa
>|Thakura; inha-here; bhuvana-pavana-deliverer of the whole
>|universe.
890|TRANSLATION
891|"Here are Murari Gupta, Pandita Narayana and Haridasa
>|Thakura, the deliverer of the whole universe.
892|Madhya 11.87
893|TEXT 87
894|TEXT
895|ei hari-bhatta, ei sri-nrsimhananda
896|ei vasudeva datta, ei sivananda
897|SYNONYMS
898|ei-this; hari-bhatta-Hari Bhatta; ei-this; sri-nrsimhananda-
>|Sri Nrsimhananda; ei-this; vasudeva datta-Vasudeva Datta;
>|ei-this; sivananda-Sivananda.
899|TRANSLATION
900|"Here is Hari Bhatta, and there is Nrsimhananda. Here are
>|Vasudeva Datta and Sivananda Sena.
901|Madhya 11.88
902|TEXT 88
903|TEXT
904|govinda, madhava ghosa, ei vasu-ghosa
905|tina bhaira kirtane prabhu payena santosa
906|SYNONYMS
907|govinda-Govinda Ghosa; madhava ghosa-Madhava Ghosa; ei-this;
>| vasu-ghosa-Vasudeva Ghosa; tina bhaira-of the three
>|brothers; kirtane-in the sankirtana; prabhu-the Lord;
>|payena santosa-gets very much pleasure.
908|TRANSLATION
909|"Here also are Govinda Ghosa, Madhava Ghosa and Vasudeva
>|Ghosa. They are three brothers, and their sankirtana,
>|congregational chanting, pleases the Lord very much.
910|PURPORT
911|Govinda Ghosa belonged to the kayastha dynasty of the
>|Uttara-radhiya section, and he was known as Ghosa Thakura.
>|Even to the present day there is a place named Agradvipa,
>|near Katwa, where a fair takes place and is named after
>|Ghosa Thakura. As far as Vasudeva Ghosa is concerned, he
>|composed many nice songs about Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
>| and these are all authorized Vaisnava songs, like the
>|songs of Narottama dasa Thakura, Bhaktivinoda Thakura,
>|Locana dasa Thakura, Govinda dasa Thakura and other great
>|Vaisnavas.
912|Madhya 11.89
913|TEXT 89
914|TEXT
915|raghava pandita, inha acarya nandana
916|sriman pandita ei, srikanta, narayana
917|SYNONYMS
918|raghava pandita-Raghava Pandita; inha-here; acarya nandana-
>|Acarya Nandana ; sriman pandita-Sriman Pandita; ei-
>|this; srikanta-Srikanta; narayana-and also Narayana.
919|TRANSLATION
920|"Here is Raghava Pandita, here is Acarya Nandana ,
>|there is Sriman Pandita, and here are Srikanta and Narayana.
>|"
921|PURPORT
922|Narottama dasa Thakura, honoring the personal associates of
>|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, has sung as follows (
>|Prarthana 13):
923|gaurangera sangi-gane, nitya-siddha kari' mane
924|se yaya vrajendra-suta-pasa
925|One who is intelligent understands that all the personal
>|associates and devotees of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are
>|ever liberated. This means that they do not belong to this
>|material world because they are always engaged in the
>|devotional service of the Lord
>|. One who is engaged in the Lord's devotional
>|service twenty-four hours daily and never forgets the Lord
>|is called nitya-siddha. Srila Rupa Gosvami confirms this
>|statement:
926|iha yasya harer dasye
927|karmana manasa gira
928|nikhilasv apy avasthasu
>|
>|
>|
>|
929|jivan-muktah sa ucyate
930|"A person acting in the service of Krsna with body, mind,
>|intelligence and words is a liberated person even within
>|the material world, although he may be engaged in many so-
>|called material activities." (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.2.
>|187)
931|A devotee is always thinking of how better to serve Lord
>|Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and how to
>|broadcast His name, fame and qualities throughout the world.
>| One who is nitya-siddha has no business other than
>|broadcasting the glories of the Lord all over the world
>|according to his ability. Such people are already
>|associates of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Therefore Narottama
>|dasa Thakura says, nitya-siddha kari' mane. One should not
>|think that because Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was personally
>|present five hundred years ago, only His associates were
>|liberated. Rather, Srila Narottama dasa Thakura says that
>|anyone is a nitya-siddha if he acts on behalf of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu by spreading the glories of the holy
>|name of the Lord. We should respect those devotees
>|preaching the glories of the Lord as nitya-siddha and
>|should not consider them conditioned.
932|mam ca yo 'vyabhicarena
933|bhakti -yogena sevate
934|sa gunan samatityaitan
935|brahma-bhuyaya kalpate
936|(Bg. 14.26)
937|One who has transcended the material modes of nature is
>|said to be on the Brahman platform. That is also the
>|platform of nitya-siddha. The nitya-siddha not only stays
>|on the Brahman platform but also works on that platform.
>|Simply by accepting the associates of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu as nitya-siddha, one can very easily go back
>|home, back to Godhead.
938|Madhya 11.90
939|TEXT 90
940|TEXT
941|suklambara dekha, ei sridhara, vijaya
942|vallabha-sena, ei purusottama, sanjaya
943|SYNONYMS
944|suklambara-Suklambara; dekha-see; ei-this; sridhara-
>|Sridhara; vijaya-Vijaya; vallabha-sena-Vallabha Sena; ei-
>|this; purusottama-Purusottama; sanjaya-Sanjaya.
945|TRANSLATION
946|Gopinatha Acarya continued to point out the devotees. "Here
>|is Suklambara. See, there is Sridhara. Here is Vijaya, and
>|there is Vallabha Sena. Here is Purusottama, and there is
>|Sanjaya.
947|Madhya 11.91
948|TEXT 91
949|TEXT
950|kulina-grama-vasi ei satyaraja-khana
951|ramananda-adi sabe dekha vidyamana
952|SYNONYMS
953|kulina-grama-vasi-residents of the village known as Kulina-
>|grama; ei-these; satyaraja-khana-Satyaraja Khan; ramananda-
>|adi-headed by Ramananda; sabe-everyone; dekha-you see;
>|vidyamana-present.
954|TRANSLATION
955|"And here are all the residents of Kulina-grama, such as
>|Satyaraja Khan and Ramananda. Indeed, all of them are
>|present here. Please see.
956|Madhya 11.92
957|TEXT 92
958|TEXT
959|mukunda-dasa, narahari, sri-raghunandana
960|khanda-vasi ciranjiva, ara sulocana
961|SYNONYMS
962|mukunda-dasa-Mukunda dasa; narahari-Narahari; sri-
>|raghunandana-Sri Raghunandana; khanda-vasi-residents of
>|Khanda; ciranjiva-Ciranjiva; ara-and; sulocana-Sulocana.
963|TRANSLATION
964|"Here are Mukunda dasa, Narahari, Sri Raghunandana,
>|Ciranjiva and Sulocana, all residents of Khanda.
965|Madhya 11.93
966|TEXT 93
967|TEXT
968|kateka kahiba, ei dekha yata jana
969|caitanyera gana, saba-caitanya-jivana
970|SYNONYMS
971|kateka kahiba-how many shall I speak; ei-these; dekha-see;
>|yata jana-all the persons; caitanyera gana-associates of
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; saba-all of them; caitanya-jivana-
>|considering Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu their life and soul.
972|TRANSLATION
973|"How many names shall I speak to you? All the devotees you
>|see here are associates of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is
>|their life and soul."
974|Madhya 11.94
975|TEXT 94
976|TEXT
977|raja kahe-dekhi' mora haila camatkara
978|vaisnavera aiche teja dekhi nahi ara
979|SYNONYMS
980|raja kahe-the King said; dekhi'-after seeing; mora-my;
>|haila-there is; camatkara-astonishment; vaisnavera-of the
>|devotees of the Lord; aiche-such; teja-effulgence; dekhi-I
>|see; nahi-not; ara-anyone else.
981|TRANSLATION
982|The King said, "Upon seeing all these devotees, I am very
>|much astonished, for I have never seen such an effulgence.
983|Madhya 11.95
984|TEXT 95
985|TEXT
986|koti-surya-sama saba-ujjvala-varana
987|kabhu nahi suni ei madhura kirtana
988|SYNONYMS
989|koti-surya-sama-equal to the shining of millions of suns;
>|saba-all of them; ujjvala-varana-very bright luster; kabhu
>|nahi suni-I have never heard; ei-this; madhura kirtana-such
>|melodious performance of congregational chanting.
990|TRANSLATION
991|"Indeed, their effulgence is like the brilliance of a
>|million suns. Nor have I ever heard the Lord's names
>|chanted so melodiously.
992|PURPORT
993|Such are the symptoms of pure devotees when they are
>|chanting. All the pure devotees are as bright as sunshine,
>|and their bodily luster is very effulgent. In addition,
>|their performance of sankirtana is unparalleled. There are
>|many professional chanters who can perform congregational
>|chanting with various musical instruments in an artistic
>|and musical way, but their chanting cannot be as attractive
>|as the congregational chanting of pure devotees. If a
>|devotee sticks strictly to the principles governing
>|Vaisnava behavior, his bodily luster will naturally be
>|attractive, and his singing and chanting of the holy names
>|of the Lord will be effective. People will appreciate such
>|kirtana without hesitation. Even dramas about the pastimes
>|of Lord Caitanya or Sri Krsna should be played by devotees.
>|Such dramas will immediately interest an audience and be
>|full of potency. The students of the International Society
>|for Krishna Consciousness should note these two points and
>|try to apply these principles in their spreading of the
>|Lord's glories.
994|Madhya 11.96
995|TEXT 96
996|TEXT
997|aiche prema, aiche nrtya, aiche hari-dhvani
998|kahan nahi dekhi, aiche kahan nahi suni
999|SYNONYMS
1000|aiche-such; prema-ecstatic love; aiche nrtya-such dancing;
>|aiche hari-dhvani-such vibration of the chanting of the
>|holy name; kahan-anywhere; nahi dekhi-I have never seen;
>|aiche-such; kahan-anywhere; nahi suni-I never heard.
1001|TRANSLATION
1002|"I have never before seen such ecstatic love, nor heard the
>|vibration of the holy name of the Lord chanted in such a
>|way, nor seen such dancing during sankirtana."
1003|PURPORT
1004|Because the temple of Lord Jagannatha is situated at
>|Jagannatha Puri, many devotees from all parts of the world
>|came to perform sankirtana in glorification of the Lord.
>|All these devotees were certainly seen and heard by
>|Maharaja Prataparudra, but he herein admits that the
>|kirtana performed by the associates of the Lord was unique.
>|He had never before heard such sankirtana nor seen such
>|attractive features manifest by the devotees. The members
>|of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
>|should go to India during the birthday ceremony of Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu at Mayapura and perform sankirtana
>|congregationally. This will attract the attention of all
>|the important personalities in India, just as the beauty,
>|bodily luster and sankirtana performance by the associates
>|of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu attracted the attention of
>|Maharaja Prataparudra. The associates of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu were unlimited during the Lord's presence on
>|this planet, but anyone who is pure in life and devoted to
>|the mission of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is to be understood
>|as a nitya-siddha associate of the Lord.
1005|Madhya 11.97
1006|TEXT 97
1007|TEXT
1008|bhattacarya kahe ei madhura vacana
1009|caitanyera srsti-ei prema-sankirtana
1010|SYNONYMS
1011|bhattacarya-Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya; kahe-replied; ei-this;
>|madhura vacana-transcendental sweetness of the voice;
>|caitanyera srsti-the creation of Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; ei-this; prema-sankirtana-chanting in the
>|ecstasy of love of Godhead.
1012|TRANSLATION
1013|Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya replied, "This sweet transcendental
>|sound is a special creation of the Lord known as prema-
>|sankirtana, congregational chanting in love of Godhead.
1014|Madhya 11.98
1015|TEXT 98
1016|TEXT
1017|avatari' caitanya kaila dharma-pracarana
1018|kali-kale dharma-krsna-nama-sankirtana
1019|SYNONYMS
1020|avatari'-descending; caitanya-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|kaila-did; dharma-pracarana-preaching of real religion;
>|kali-kale-in this Age of Kali; dharma-religious principle;
>|krsna-nama-of the holy name of Lord Krsna; sankirtana-
>|chanting.
1021|TRANSLATION
1022|"In this Age of Kali, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has descended
>|to preach the religion of Krsna consciousness. Therefore
>|the chanting of the holy names of Lord Krsna is the
>|religious principle for this age.
1023|Madhya 11.99
1024|TEXT 99
1025|TEXT
1026|sankirtana-yajne tanre kare aradhana
1027|sei ta' sumedha, ara-kali-hata-jana
1028|SYNONYMS
1029|sankirtana-yajne-in the performance of congregational
>|chanting; tanre-unto Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kare-does;
>|aradhana-worship; sei ta'-such a person; su-medha-sharply
>|intelligent; ara-others; kali-hata-jana-victims of this Age
>|of Kali.
1030|TRANSLATION
1031|"Anyone who worships Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu by
>|congregational chanting should be understood to be very
>|intelligent. One who does not do so must be considered a
>|victim of this age and bereft of all intelligence.
1032|PURPORT
1033|Rascals propose that anyone can invent his own religious
>|process, and this proposition is condemned herein. If one
>|actually wants to become religious, he must take up the
>|chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. The real meaning of
>|religion is stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam (6.3.19-22) .
1034|dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-pranitam
1035|na vai vidur rsayo napi devah
1036|na siddha-mukhya asura manusyah
1037|kuto nu vidyadhara-caranadayah
1038|svayambhur naradah sambhuh
1039|kumarah kapilo manuh
1040|prahlado janako bhismo
1041|balir vaiyasakir vayam
1042|dvadasaite vijanimo
1043|dharmam bhagavatam bhatah
1044|guhyam visuddham durbodham
1045|yam jnatvamrtam asnute
1046|etavan eva loke 'smin
1047|pumsam dharmah parah smrtah
1048|bhakti-yogo bhagavati
1049|tan-nama-grahanadibhih
1050|The purport of these verses is that dharma, or religion,
>|cannot be manufactured by a human being. Religion is the
>|law or code of the Lord. Consequently religion cannot be
>|manufactured even by great saintly persons, demigods or
>|siddha-mukhyas, and what to speak of asuras, human beings,
>|Vidyadharas, Caranas, and so on. The principles of dharma,
>|religion, come down in the parampara system beginning with
>|twelve personalities-namely, Lord Brahma; the great saint
>|Narada; Lord Siva; the four Kumaras; Kapila, the son of
>|Devahuti; Svayambhuva Manu; Prahlada Maharaja; King Janaka;
>|grandfather Bhisma; Bali Maharaja; Sukadeva Gosvami; and
>|Yamaraja. The principles of religion are known to these
>|twelve personalities. Dharma refers to the religious
>|principles by which one can understand the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead. Dharma is very confidential,
>|uncontaminated by any material influence, and very
>|difficult for ordinary men to understand. However, if one
>|actually understands dharma, he immediately becomes
>|liberated and is transferred to the kingdom of God.
>|Bhagavata-dharma, or the principle of religion enunciated
>|by the parampara system, is the supreme principle of
>|religion. In other words, dharma refers to the science of
>|bhakti-yoga, which begins by the novice's chanting the holy
>|name of the Lord (tan-nama-grahanadibhih).
1051|Therefore in this Age of Kali, as recommended here in the
>|Caitanya-caritamrta (text 98), kali-kale dharma-krsna-nama-
>|sankirtana: the chanting of the holy name of the Lord is
>|the method of religion approved by all Vedic scriptures. In
>|the next text of the Caitanya-caritamrta, quoted from
>|Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.5.32), this principle is further
>|stressed.
1052|Madhya 11.100
1053|TEXT 100
1054|TEXT
1055|krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam
1056|sangopangastra-parsadam
1057|yajnaih sankirtana-prayair
1058|yajanti hi su-medhasah
1059|SYNONYMS
1060|krsna-varnam-repeating the syllables krs-na; tvisa-with a
>|luster; akrsnam-not black (golden); sa-anga-along with
>|associates; upanga-servitors; astra-weapons; parsadam-
>|confidential companions; yajnaih-by sacrifice; sankirtana-
>|prayaih-consisting chiefly of congregational chanting;
>|yajanti-they worship; hi-certainly; su-medhasah-intelligent
>|persons.
1061|TRANSLATION
1062|" 'In the Age of Kali, intelligent persons perform
>|congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of
>|Godhead who constantly sings the name of Krsna. Although
>|His complexion is not blackish, He is Krsna Himself. He is
>|accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and
>|confidential companions.' "
1063|PURPORT
1064|For an explanation of this verse, refer to Adi-lila,
>|Chapter Three, verse 52.
1065|Madhya 11.101
1066|TEXT 101
1067|TEXT
1068|raja kahe,-sastra-pramane caitanya hana krsna
1069|tabe kene pandita saba tanhate vitrsna?
1070|SYNONYMS
1071|raja kahe-the King said; sastra-pramane-by the evidence of
>|revealed scripture; caitanya-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; hana-
>|is; krsna-the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krsna;
>|tabe-therefore; kene-why; pandita-so-called learned
>|scholars; saba-all; tanhate-unto Him; vitrsna-indifferent.
1072|TRANSLATION
1073|The King said, "According to evidence given in the revealed
>|scriptures, it is concluded that Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu is Lord Krsna Himself. Why, then, are learned
>|scholars sometimes indifferent to Him?"
1074|Madhya 11.102
1075|TEXT 102
1076|TEXT
1077|bhatta kahe,-tanra krpa-lesa haya yanre
1078|sei se tanhare 'krsna' kari' la-ite pare
1079|SYNONYMS
1080|bhatta kahe-Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya said; tanra krpa-of
>|Lord Caitanya's mercy; lesa-even a fraction; haya-there is;
>|yanre-unto whom; sei se-that person only; tanhare-Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; krsna kari'-accepting as Krsna; la-ite
>|pare-can take up.
1081|TRANSLATION
1082|The Bhattacarya replied, "A person who has received but a
>|small fraction of mercy from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu can
>|understand that He is Lord Krsna. No one else can.
1083|PURPORT
1084|The sankirtana movement can be spread by a person who is
>|especially favored by Lord Krsna (krsna-sakti vina nahe
>|tara pravartana). Without first obtaining the mercy of the
>|Lord, one cannot spread the holy name of the Lord. One who
>|can spread the Lord's name is called labdha-caitanya in the
>|words of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati. The labdha-caitanya is
>|one who has actually awakened his original consciousness,
>|Krsna consciousness. The influence of the pure devotees in
>|Krsna consciousness is such that it can awaken others to
>|become immediately Krsna conscious and engage themselves in
>|the transcendental loving service of Krsna. In this way the
>|descendants of pure devotees increase, and Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu takes much pleasure in seeing the increase of
>|His devotees. The word su-medhasah means "sharply
>|intelligent." When one's intelligence is sharp, he can
>|increase the interests of common men in loving Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu and through Him in loving Radha-Krsna. Those not
>|interested in understanding Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are
>|simply material in their attempts at professional chanting
>|and dancing for money, despite their supposed artistry. If
>|one does not have full faith in Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he
>|cannot properly chant and dance in the sankirtana movement.
>|Artificial chanting and dancing may be due to sentiments or
>|sentimental agitation, but this cannot help one advance in
>|Krsna consciousness.
1085|Madhya 11.103
1086|TEXT 103
1087|TEXT
1088|tanra krpa nahe yare, pandita nahe kene
1089|dekhile sunileha tanre 'isvara' na mane
1090|SYNONYMS
1091|tanra krpa-His mercy; nahe-there is not; yare-unto whom;
>|pandita-learned scholar; nahe-even though; kene-
>|nevertheless; dekhile-even by seeing; sunileha-even by
>|listening; tanre-Him; isvara-as the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead; na mane-does not accept.
1092|TRANSLATION
1093|"If the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is not bestowed
>|upon a person-regardless of how learned a scholar that
>|person may be and regardless of his seeing or listening-he
>|cannot accept Lord Caitanya as the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead.
1094|PURPORT
1095|The same principles can be applied to demoniac persons,
>|even though they be in the sampradaya of Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu. Without receiving the Lord's special power, one
>|cannot preach His glories all over the world. Even though
>|one may celebrate himself as a learned follower of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and even though one may attempt to
>|preach the holy name of the Lord all over the world, if he
>|is not favored by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu he will find
>|fault with the pure devotee and will not be able to
>|understand how a preacher is empowered by Lord Caitanya.
>|One must be considered bereft of the mercy of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu when he criticizes the Krsna consciousness
>|movement now spreading all over the world or finds fault
>|with this movement or the leader of the movement.
1096|Madhya 11.104
1097|TEXT 104
1098|TEXT
1099|athapi te deva padambuja-dvaya-
1100|prasada-lesanugrhita eva hi
1101|janati tattvam bhagavan-mahimno
1102|na canya eko 'pi ciram vicinvan
1103|SYNONYMS
1104|atha-therefore; api-indeed; te-Your; deva-my Lord; pada-
>|ambuja-dvaya-of the two lotus feet; prasada-of the mercy;
>|lesa-by only a trace; anugrhitah-favored; eva-certainly; hi-
>|indeed; janati-one knows; tattvam-the truth; bhagavat-of
>|the Supreme Personality of Godhead; mahimnah-of the
>|greatness; na-never; ca-and; anyah-another; ekah-one; api-
>|although; ciram-for a long period; vicinvan-speculating.
1105|TRANSLATION
1106|" 'My Lord, if one is favored by even a
>|slight trace of the mercy of Your lotus feet, he can
>|understand the greatness of Your personality. But those who
>|speculate to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead
>|are unable to know You, even though they continue to study
>|the Vedas for many years.' "
1107|PURPORT
1108|This verse is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.14.29).
>| It is explained in the Madhya-lila, in the Sixth Chapter,
>|text 84.
1109|Madhya 11.105
1110|TEXT 105
1111|TEXT
1112|raja kahe,-sabe jagannatha na dekhiya
1113|caitanyera vasa-grhe calila dhana
1114|SYNONYMS
1115|raja kahe-the King said; sabe-all of them; jagannatha-Lord
>|Jagannatha; na dekhiya-without visiting; caitanyera-of Lord
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; vasa-grhe-to the residential place;
>| calila-they went; dhana-running.
1116|TRANSLATION
1117|The King said, "Instead of visiting the temple of Lord
>|Jagannatha, all the devotees are running toward the
>|residence of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu."
1118|Madhya 11.106
1119|TEXT 106
1120|TEXT
1121|bhatta kahe,-ei ta' svabhavika prema-rita
1122|mahaprabhu milibare utkanthita cita
1123|SYNONYMS
1124|bhatta kahe-the Bhattacarya replied; ei ta'-this is;
>|svabhavika-spontaneous; prema-rita-attraction of love;
>|mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; milibare-for meeting;
>|utkanthita-anxious; cita-mind.
1125|TRANSLATION
1126|Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya replied, "This is spontaneous love.
>|All the devotees are very anxious to meet Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu.
1127|Madhya 11.107
1128|TEXT 107
1129|TEXT
1130|age tanre mili' sabe tanre sange lana
1131|tanra sange jagannatha dekhibena giya
1132|SYNONYMS
1133|age-first; tanre-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; mili'-meeting;
>|sabe-all the devotees; tanre-Him; sange-with them; lana-
>|taking; tanra sange-with Him; jagannatha-Lord Jagannatha;
>|dekhibena-they will see; giya-going.
1134|TRANSLATION
1135|"First the devotees will meet Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and
>|then take Him with them to the temple to see Lord
>|Jagannatha."
1136|Madhya 11.108
1137|TEXT 108
1138|TEXT
1139|raja kahe,-bhavanandera putra vaninatha
1140|prasada lana sange cale panca-sata
1141|SYNONYMS
1142|raja kahe-the King said; bhavanandera putra-the son of
>|Bhavananda; vaninatha-Vaninatha; prasada lana-taking maha-
>|prasada; sange-along; cale-goes; panca-sata-five or seven
>|men.
1143|TRANSLATION
1144|The King said, "The son of Bhavananda Raya named Vaninatha,
>|along with five or seven other men, went there to obtain
>|the remnants of Lord Jagannatha's food.
1145|Madhya 11.109
1146|TEXT 109
1147|TEXT
1148|mahaprabhura alaye karila gamana
1149|eta maha-prasada cahi'-kaha ki karana
1150|SYNONYMS
1151|mahaprabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; alaye-the
>|residential place; karila gamana-he has already gone; eta-
>|so much; maha-prasada-maha-prasada; cahi'-requiring; kaha-
>|please tell; ki karana-what is the reason.
1152|TRANSLATION
1153|"Indeed, Vaninatha has already gone to the residence of
>|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and has taken a huge quantity
>|of maha-prasada. Please let me know the reason for this."
1154|Madhya 11.110
1155|TEXT 110
1156|TEXT
1157|bhatta kahe,-bhakta-gana aila janina
1158|prabhura ingite prasada yaya tanra lana
1159|SYNONYMS
1160|bhatta kahe-Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya said; bhakta-gana-all
>|the devotees; aila-have come; janina-knowing; prabhura-of
>|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; ingite-by the indication;
>|prasada-remnants of the food of Jagannatha; yaya-
>|go; tanra-all of them; lana-taking.
1161|TRANSLATION
1162|Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya said, "Understanding that all the
>|devotees have come, Lord Caitanya gave the sign, and
>|therefore Vaninatha and the others have brought such great
>|quantities of maha-prasada."
1163|Madhya 11.111
1164|TEXT 111
1165|TEXT
1166|raja kahe,-upavasa, ksaura-tirthera vidhana
1167|taha na kariya kene khaiba anna-pana
1168|SYNONYMS
1169|raja kahe-the King said; upavasa-fasting; ksaura-shaving;
>|tirthera vidhana-this is the regulation for visiting a holy
>|place; taha-that; na kariya-without performing; kene-why;
>|khaiba-they shall eat; anna-pana-solid and liquid food.
1170|TRANSLATION
1171|The King then asked the Bhattacarya, "Why have the devotees
>|not observed the regulations for visiting the pilgrimage
>|place, such as fasting, shaving and so on? Why have they
>|first eaten prasada?"
1172|Madhya 11.112
1173|TEXT 112
1174|TEXT
1175|bhatta kahe,-tumi yei kaha, sei vidhi-dharma
1176|ei raga-marge ache suksma-dharma-marma
1177|SYNONYMS
1178|bhatta kahe-the Bhattacarya said; tumi yei kaha-whatever
>|you say; sei vidhi-dharma-that is a regulative principle;
>|ei raga-marge-in this spontaneous love; ache-there are;
>|suksma-dharma-marma-subtle intricacies of the religious
>|system.
1179|TRANSLATION
1180|The Bhattacarya told the King, "What you have said is right
>|according to the regulative principles governing the
>|visiting of holy places, but there is another path, which
>|is the path of spontaneous love. According to those
>|principles, there are subtle intricacies involved in the
>|execution of religious principles.
1181|PURPORT
1182|According to the Vedic regulative principles, one has to be
>|celibate before entering a holy place of pilgrimage.
>|Generally people are very much addicted to sense
>|gratification, and unless they have sex at night, they
>|cannot sleep. The regulative principles therefore enjoin
>|that before a common man goes to a holy place of pilgrimage,
>| he should observe complete celibacy. As soon as one enters
>|a holy place, he must observe fasting for the day, and
>|after shaving his head clean, he must take a bath in a
>|river or ocean near the holy place. These methods are
>|adopted to neutralize the effects of sinful activities.
>|Visiting a holy place of pilgrimage means neutralizing the
>|reactions of a sinful life. Those who go to holy places of
>|pilgrimage actually unload the reactions of their sinful
>|lives, and consequently holy places are overloaded with
>|sinful activities left there by visitors.
1183|When a saintly person or pure devotee visits such a holy
>|place, he absorbs the sinful effects left by the common man
>|and again purifies the holy place. Tirthi-kurvanti tirthani
>|( Bhag . 1.13.10). Therefore a common man's visit to a holy
>|place and an exalted saintly person's visit there are
>|different. The common man leaves his sins in the holy place,
>| and a saintly person or devotee cleanses these sins simply
>|by his presence. The devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|were not common men, and they could not be subjected to the
>|rules and regulations governing the visiting of holy places.
>| Rather, they exhibited their spontaneous love for Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Immediately upon arrival at the holy
>|place, they went to see Lord Caitanya, and by His order
>|they took maha- prasada without following the regulations
>|governing holy places.
1184|Madhya 11.113
1185|TEXT 113
1186|TEXT
1187|isvarera paroksa ajna-ksaura, uposana
1188|prabhura saksat ajna-prasada-bhojana
1189|SYNONYMS
1190|isvarera-of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; paroksa-
>|indirect; ajna-order; ksaura-shaving; uposana-fasting;
>|prabhura-of the Lord; saksat-direct; ajna-order; prasada-
>|bhojana-to take the prasada.
1191|TRANSLATION
1192|"The scriptural injunctions for shaving and fasting are
>|indirect orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
>|However, when there is a direct order from the Lord to take
>|prasada, naturally the devotees take prasada as their
>|first duty.
1193|Madhya 11.114
1194|TEXT 114
1195|TEXT
1196|tahan upavasa, yahan nahi maha-prasada
1197|prabhu-ajna-prasada-tyage haya aparadha
1198|SYNONYMS
1199|tahan-there; upavasa-fasting; yahan-where; nahi-there is
>|not; maha-prasada-remnants of food of the Lord; prabhu-ajna-
>|direct order of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; prasada-remnants
>|of food; tyage-giving up; haya-there is; aparadha-offense.
1200|TRANSLATION
1201|"When maha-prasada is not available, there must be fasting,
>| but when the Supreme Personality of Godhead directly
>|orders one to take prasada, neglecting such an opportunity
>|is offensive.
1202|Madhya 11.115
1203|TEXT 115
1204|TEXT
1205|visese sri-haste prabhu kare parivesana
1206|eta labha chadi' kon kare uposana
1207|SYNONYMS
1208|visese-especially; sri-haste-with His transcendental hands;
>|prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kare-does; parivesana-
>|distribution; eta-so much; labha-profit; chadi'-giving up;
>|kon-who; kare-does; uposana-fasting.
1209|TRANSLATION
1210|"When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is distributing prasada with
>|His transcendental hand, who will neglect such an
>|opportunity and accept the regulative principle of fasting?
1211|Madhya 11.116
1212|TEXT 116
1213|TEXT
1214|purve prabhu more prasada-anna ani' dila
1215|prate sayyaya vasi' ami se anna khaila
1216|SYNONYMS
1217|purve-before this; prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; more-
>|unto me; prasada-anna-rice maha-prasada; ani'-bringing;
>|dila-delivered; prate-early in the morning; sayyaya-on my
>|bed; vasi'-sitting; ami-I; se-that; anna-rice; khaila-ate.
1218|TRANSLATION
1219|"Previously the Lord gave me maha-prasada rice one morning,
>| and I ate that just sitting on my bed, without having even
>|washed my mouth.
1220|Madhya 11.117
1221|TEXT 117
1222|TEXT
1223|yanre krpa kari' karena hrdaye prerana
1224|krsnasraya haya, chade veda-loka-dharma
1225|SYNONYMS
1226|yanre-in whomever; krpa-mercy; kari'-bestowing; karena-does;
>| hrdaye-in the heart; prerana-inspiration; krsna-asraya-
>|shelter of Lord Krsna; haya-there is; chade-he gives up;
>|veda-Vedic principles; loka-dharma-social etiquette.
1227|TRANSLATION
1228|"The man to whom the Lord shows His mercy by inspiring him
>|within the heart takes shelter only of Lord Krsna and
>|abandons all Vedic and social customs.
1229|PURPORT
1230|This is also the teaching of Lord Krsna in the Bhagavad-
>|gita (18.66):
1231|sarva-dharman parityajya
1232|mam ekam saranam vraja
1233|aham tvam sarva-papebhyo
1234|moksayisyami ma sucah
1235|"Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto
>|Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not
>|fear." Such firm faith in the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead is possible only by the mercy of the Lord. The Lord
>|is sitting within everyone's heart, and when He personally
>|inspires His devotee, the devotee does not stick to the
>|Vedic principles or social customs but rather devotes
>|himself to the transcendental loving service of the Lord.
>|This is confirmed in the following verse from Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam (4.29.46).
1236|Madhya 11.118
1237|TEXT 118
1238|TEXT
1239|yada yam anugrhnati
1240|bhagavan atma-bhavitah
1241|sa jahati matim loke
1242|vede ca parinisthitam
1243|SYNONYMS
1244|yada-when; yam-to whom; anugrhnati-shows special favor;
>|bhagavan-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; atma-bhavitah-
>|who is seated in everyone's heart; sah-that person; jahati-
>|gives up; matim-attention; loke-to social behavior; vede-to
>|Vedic injunctions; ca-also; parinisthitam-attached.
1245|TRANSLATION
1246|" 'When one is inspired by the Lord, who is sitting in
>|everyone's heart, he does not care for social custom or
>|Vedic regulative principles.' "
1247|PURPORT
1248|This instruction (Bhag . 4.29.46) was given by Narada
>|Gosvami to King Pracinabarhi in connection with the story
>|of Puranjana. Here Narada implies that without the mercy of
>|the Supreme Personality of Godhead one cannot extricate
>|himself from the fruitive activities that are under the
>|jurisdiction of the Vedas. In previous verses ( Bhag . 4.29.
>|42 -44) Narada admits that even personalities like Lord
>|Brahma, Lord Siva, Manu, the Prajapatis (headed by Daksa),
>|the four Kumaras, Marici, Atri, Angira, Pulastya, Pulaha,
>|Kratu, Bhrgu, Vasistha and even Narada himself could not
>|properly receive the causeless mercy of the Lord.
1249|Madhya 11.119
1250|TEXT 119
1251|TEXT
1252|tabe raja attalika haite talete aila
1253|kasi-misra, padicha-patra, dunhe anaila
1254|SYNONYMS
1255|tabe-thereafter; raja-the King; attalika haite-from the top
>|of the palace; talete-to the ground; aila-came down; kasi-
>|misra-of the name Kasi Misra; padicha-patra-the inspector
>|of the temple; dunhe-both of them; anaila-called for.
1256|TRANSLATION
1257|After this, King Prataparudra came down from the top of his
>|palace to the ground and called for Kasi Misra and the
>|inspector of the temple.
1258|Madhya 11.120-121
1259|TEXTS 120-121
1260|TEXT
1261|prataparudra ajna dila sei dui jane
1262|prabhu-sthane asiyachena yata prabhura gane
1263|sabare svacchanda vasa, svacchanda prasada
1264|svacchanda darsana karaiha, nahe yena badha
1265|SYNONYMS
1266|prataparudra-King Prataparudra; ajna dila-ordered; sei dui
>|jane-to those two persons; prabhu-sthane-at the place of
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; asiyachena-have arrived; yata-all
>|the devotees who; prabhura gane-associates of the Lord;
>|sabare-to all of them; svacchanda-convenient; vasa-
>|residential places; svacchanda-convenient; prasada-remnants
>|of the food of Jagannatha; svacchanda darsana-
>|convenient visit; karaiha-arrange for; nahe yena badha-so
>|that there will not be any difficulties.
1267|TRANSLATION
1268|Maharaja Prataparudra then told both Kasi Misra and the
>|temple inspector, "Provide all the devotees and associates
>|of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu with comfortable residences,
>|convenient eating facilities for prasada and convenient
>|visiting arrangements at the temple so that there will not
>|be any difficulty.
1269|Madhya 11.122
1270|TEXT 122
1271|TEXT
1272|prabhura ajna paliha dunhe savadhana hana
1273|ajna nahe, tabu kariha, ingita bujhiya
1274|SYNONYMS
1275|prabhura-of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; ajna-the order;
>|paliha-carry out; dunhe-both of you; savadhana-careful;
>|hana-becoming; ajna nahe-although there is no direct order;
>|tabu-still; kariha-do; ingita-indication; bujhiya-
>|understanding.
1276|TRANSLATION
1277|"The orders of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu must be carefully
>|carried out. Although the Lord may not give direct orders,
>|you are still to carry out His desires simply by
>|understanding His indications."
1278|Madhya 11.123
1279|TEXT 123
1280|TEXT
1281|eta bali' vidaya dila sei dui-jane
1282|sarvabhauma dekhite aila vaisnava-milane
1283|SYNONYMS
1284|eta bali'-saying this; vidaya dila-granted permission to go;
>| sei dui-jane-to those two persons; sarvabhauma-Sarvabhauma
>|Bhattacarya; dekhite-to see; aila-came; vaisnava-milane-in
>|the meeting of all the Vaisnavas.
1285|TRANSLATION
1286|Saying this, the King gave them permission to leave.
>|Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya also went to see the assembly of
>|all the Vaisnavas.
1287|Madhya 11.124
1288|TEXT 124
1289|TEXT
1290|gopinathacarya bhattacarya sarvabhauma
1291|dure rahi' dekhe prabhura vaisnava-milana
1292|SYNONYMS
1293|gopinatha-acarya-Gopinatha Acarya; bhattacarya sarvabhauma-
>|Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya; dure rahi'-standing a little off;
>|dekhe-see; prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; vaisnava-
>|milana-meeting with the Vaisnavas.
1294|TRANSLATION
1295|From a distant place both Gopinatha Acarya and Sarvabhauma
>|Bhattacarya watched the meeting of all the Vaisnavas with
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
1296|Madhya 11.125
1297|TEXT 125
1298|TEXT
1299|simha-dvara dahine chadi' saba vaisnava-gana
1300|kasi-misra-grha-pathe karila gamana
1301|SYNONYMS
1302|simha-dvara dahine-on the right side of the lion gate;
>|chadi'-leaving aside; saba-all; vaisnava-gana-devotees of
>|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kasi-misra-grha-to the house
>|of Kasi Misra; pathe-on the way; karila gamana-began to
>|proceed.
1303|TRANSLATION
1304|Beginning from the right side of the lion gate, or the main
>|gate of the temple, all the Vaisnavas began to proceed
>|toward the house of Kasi Misra.
1305|Madhya 11.126
1306|TEXT 126
1307|TEXT
1308|hena-kale mahaprabhu nija-gana-sange
1309|vaisnave milila asi' pathe bahu-range
1310|SYNONYMS
1311|hena-kale-at this time; mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|nila-gana-sange-in the association of His personal
>|assistants; vaisnave-all the Vaisnavas; milila-met; asi'-
>|coming; pathe-on the road; bahu-range-in great jubilation.
1312|TRANSLATION
1313|In the meantime, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, accompanied by
>|His personal associates, met all the Vaisnavas on the road
>|with great jubilation.
1314|Madhya 11.127
1315|TEXT 127
1316|TEXT
1317|advaita karila prabhura carana vandana
1318|acaryere kaila prabhu prema-alingana
1319|SYNONYMS
1320|advaita-Advaita Acarya; karila-did; prabhura-of Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; carana-of the lotus feet; vandana-
>|worship; acaryere-unto Advaita Acarya; kaila-did; prabhu-
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; prema-alingana-embracing in
>|ecstatic love.
1321|TRANSLATION
1322|First Advaita Acarya offered prayers to the lotus feet of
>|the Lord, and the Lord immediately embraced Him in ecstatic
>|love.
1323|Madhya 11.128
1324|TEXT 128
1325|TEXT
1326|premanande haila dunhe parama asthira
1327|samaya dekhiya prabhu haila kichu dhira
1328|SYNONYMS
1329|prema-anande-in ecstatic love; haila-became; dunhe-both of
>|them; parama asthira-greatly agitated; samaya-the time;
>|dekhiya-seeing; prabhu-the Lord; haila-became; kichu-a
>|little; dhira-patient.
1330|TRANSLATION
1331|Indeed, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Advaita Acarya
>|displayed agitation due to ecstatic love. Seeing the time
>|and circumstance, however, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|remained patient.
1332|Madhya 11.129
1333|TEXT 129
1334|TEXT
1335|srivasadi karila prabhura carana vandana
1336|pratyeke karila prabhu prema-alingana
1337|SYNONYMS
1338|srivasa-adi-devotees headed by Srivasa Thakura; karila-did;
>|prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; carana vandana-
>|worshiping the lotus feet; pratyeke-to everyone; karila-did;
>| prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; prema-alingana-embracing
>|in love.
1339|TRANSLATION
1340|After this, all the devotees, headed by Srivasa Thakura,
>|offered prayers to the lotus feet of the Lord, and the Lord
>|embraced each and every one of them in great love and
>|ecstasy.
1341|Madhya 11.130
1342|TEXT 130
1343|TEXT
1344|eke eke sarva-bhakte kaila sambhasana
1345|saba lana abhyantare karila gamana
1346|SYNONYMS
1347|eke eke-one after another; sarva-bhakte-to every devotee;
>|kaila-did; sambhasana-address; saba lana-taking all of them;
>| abhyantare-inside; karila gamana-entered.
1348|TRANSLATION
1349|The Lord addressed all the devotees one after another and
>|took all of them with Him into the house.
1350|Madhya 11.131
1351|TEXT 131
1352|TEXT
1353|misrera avasa sei haya alpa sthana
1354|asankhya vaisnava tahan haila parimana
1355|SYNONYMS
1356|misrera avasa-the residence of Kasi Misra; sei-that; haya-
>|is; alpa sthana-insufficient place; asankhya-unlimited;
>|vaisnava-devotees; tahan-there; haila-were; parimana-
>|overcrowded.
1357|TRANSLATION
1358|Since the residence of Kasi Misra was insufficient, all the
>|assembled devotees were very much overcrowded.
1359|Madhya 11.132
1360|TEXT 132
1361|TEXT
1362|apana-nikate prabhu saba vasaila
1363|apani sri-haste sabare malya-gandha dila
1364|SYNONYMS
1365|apana-nikate-by His own side; prabhu-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; saba-all of them; vasaila-made sit; apani-
>|personally Himself; sri-haste-with His hand; sabare-unto
>|everyone; malya-garland; gandha-sandalwood pulp; dila-
>|offered.
1366|TRANSLATION
1367|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu made all the devotees sit at His
>|side, and with His own hand He offered them garlands and
>|sandalwood pulp.
1368|Madhya 11.133
1369|TEXT 133
1370|TEXT
1371|bhattacarya, acarya tabe mahaprabhura sthane
1372|yatha-yogya milila sabakara sane
1373|SYNONYMS
1374|bhattacarya-Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya; acarya-Gopinatha
>|Acarya; tabe-thereafter; mahaprabhura sthane-at the place
>|of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; yatha-yogya-as it is befitting;
>|milila-met; sabakara sane-with all the Vaisnavas assembled
>|there.
1375|TRANSLATION
1376|After this, Gopinatha Acarya and Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya
>|met all the Vaisnavas at the place of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu in a befitting manner.
1377|Madhya 11.134
1378|TEXT 134
1379|TEXT
1380|advaitere kahena prabhu madhura vacane
1381|aji ami purna ha-ilana tomara agamane
1382|SYNONYMS
1383|advaitere-unto Advaita Acarya Prabhu; kahena-says; prabhu-
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; madhura vacane-in sweet language;
>|aji-today; ami-I; purna-perfect; ha-ilana-became; tomara-
>|Your; agamane-on arrival.
1384|TRANSLATION
1385|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu addressed Advaita Acarya Prabhu,
>|saying sweetly, "My dear Sir, today I have become perfect
>|because of Your arrival."
1386|Madhya 11.135-136
1387|TEXTS 135-136
1388|TEXT
1389|advaita kahe,-isvarera ei svabhava haya
1390|yadyapi apane purna, sarvaisvarya-maya
1391|tathapi bhakta-sange haya sukhollasa
1392|bhakta-sange kare nitya vividha vilasa
1393|SYNONYMS
1394|advaita kahe-Advaita Acarya Prabhu said; isvarera-of the
>|Lord; ei-this; svabhava-feature; haya-becomes; yadyapi-
>|although; apane-Himself; purna-all-perfect; sarva-aisvarya-
>|maya-full of all opulences; tathapi-still; bhakta-sange-in
>|the association of devotees; haya-there is; sukha-ullasa-
>|great jubilation; bhakta-sange-with devotees; kare-does;
>|nitya-eternally; vividha-various; vilasa-pastimes.
1395|TRANSLATION
1396|Advaita Acarya Prabhu replied, "This is a natural
>|characteristic of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
>|Although He is personally complete and full of all
>|opulences, He takes transcendental pleasure in the
>|association of His devotees, with whom He has a variety of
>|eternal pastimes."
1397|Madhya 11.137
1398|TEXT 137
1399|TEXT
1400|vasudeva dekhi' prabhu anandita hana
1401|tanre kichu kahe tanra ange hasta diya
1402|SYNONYMS
1403|vasudeva-Vasudeva; dekhi'-seeing; prabhu-Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; anandita hana-becoming very much pleased; tanre-
>|unto him; kichu kahe-says something; tanra ange-on his body;
>| hasta diya-placing His hand.
1404|TRANSLATION
1405|As soon as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw Vasudeva Datta, the
>|father of Mukunda Datta, He immediately became
>|very happy and, placing His hand on his body, began to
>|speak.
1406|Madhya 11.138
1407|TEXT 138
1408|TEXT
1409|yadyapi mukunda-ama-sange sisu haite
1410|tanha haite adhika sukha tomare dekhite
1411|SYNONYMS
1412|yadyapi-although; mukunda-Mukunda; ama-sange-with Me; sisu
>|haite-from childhood; tanha haite-than him; adhika-still
>|more; sukha-happiness; tomare dekhite-to see you.
1413|TRANSLATION
1414|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "Although Mukunda is My
>|friend from childhood, I nonetheless take greater pleasure
>|in seeing you than in seeing him."
1415|PURPORT
1416|Vasudeva Datta was the father of Mukunda Datta,
>|who was the childhood friend of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. It
>|is naturally a great pleasure to see a friend, but Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu informed the father that although
>|it was His pleasure to see His friend, His pleasure was
>|increased by seeing the father .
1417|Madhya 11.139
1418|TEXT 139
1419|TEXT
1420|vasu kahe,-mukunda adau paila tomara sanga
1421|tomara carana paila sei punar-janma
1422|SYNONYMS
1423|vasu kahe-Vasudeva Datta said; mukunda-Mukunda; adau-in the
>|beginning; paila-got; tomara sanga-Your association; tomara
>|carana-Your lotus feet; paila-got; sei-that; punah-janma-
>|transcendental rebirth.
1424|TRANSLATION
1425|Vasudeva replied, "Mukunda got Your association in the
>|beginning. As such, he has taken shelter at Your lotus feet.
>| That is his transcendental rebirth."
1426|Madhya 11.140
1427|TEXT 140
1428|TEXT
1429|chota hana mukunda ebe haila amara jyestha
1430|tomara krpa-patra tate sarva-gune srestha
1431|SYNONYMS
1432|chota hana-being junior; mukunda-Mukunda; ebe-now; haila-
>|has become; amara-my; jyestha-senior; tomara-Your; krpa-
>|patra-favorite; tate-therefore; sarva-gune-in all good
>|qualities; srestha-superior.
1433|TRANSLATION
1434|Thus Vasudeva Datta admitted his inferiority to Mukunda,
>|his son. "Although Mukunda is my junior," he
>|said, "he first received Your favor. Consequently he became
>|transcendentally senior to me. Besides that, You very much
>|favored Mukunda. Thus he is superior in all good qualities."
1435|Madhya 11.141
1436|TEXT 141
1437|TEXT
1438|punah prabhu kahe-ami tomara nimitte
1439|dui pustaka aniyachi 'daksina' ha-ite
1440|SYNONYMS
1441|punah-again; prabhu kahe-the Lord said; ami-I; tomara
>|nimitte-for your sake; dui-two; pustaka-books; aniyachi-
>|have brought; daksina ha-ite-from South India.
1442|TRANSLATION
1443|The Lord said, "For your sake only, I have brought two
>|books from South India.
1444|Madhya 11.142
1445|TEXT 142
1446|TEXT
1447|svarupera thani ache, laha ta likhiya
1448|vasudeva anandita pustaka pana
1449|SYNONYMS
1450|svarupera thani-in the possession of Svarupa Damodara; ache-
>|they are; laha-you take; ta-them; likhiya-copying; vasudeva-
>|Vasudeva; anandita-very glad; pustaka-the books; pana-
>|getting.
1451|TRANSLATION
1452|"The books are kept with Svarupa Damodara, and you
>|can get them copied." Hearing this, Vasudeva became very
>|glad.
1453|Madhya 11.143
1454|TEXT 143
1455|TEXT
1456|pratyeka vaisnava sabe likhiya la-ila
1457|krame krame dui grantha sarvatra vyapila
1458|SYNONYMS
1459|pratyeka-each and every; vaisnava-devotee; sabe-all;
>|likhiya-copying; la-ila-took; krame krame-by and by; dui
>|grantha-the two books; sarvatra-everywhere; vyapila-become
>|broadcast.
1460|TRANSLATION
1461|Indeed, each and every Vaisnava copied the two books. By
>|and by, the two books [the Brahma-samhita and Sri Krsna-
>|karnamrta] were broadcast all over India.
1462|Madhya 11.144
1463|TEXT 144
1464|TEXT
1465|srivasadye kahe prabhu kari' maha-prita
1466|tomara cari-bhaira ami ha-inu vikrita
1467|SYNONYMS
1468|srivasa-adye-unto Srivasa and his three brothers; kahe-says;
>| prabhu-the Lord; kari'-giving; maha-prita-great love;
>|tomara-of you; cari-bhaira-of four brothers; ami-I; ha-inu-
>|became; vikrita-purchased.
1469|TRANSLATION
1470|The Lord addressed Srivasa and his brothers with great love
>|and affection, saying, "I am so obliged that I am purchased
>|by you four brothers."
1471|Madhya 11.145
1472|TEXT 145
1473|TEXT
1474|srivasa kahena,-kene kaha viparita
1475|krpa-mulye cari bhai ha-i tomara krita
1476|SYNONYMS
1477|srivasa kahena-Srivasa Thakura replied; kene-why; kaha
>|viparita-do You speak just the opposite; krpa-mulye-by the
>|price of Your mercy; cari bhai-we four brothers; ha-i-
>|become; tomara-of You; krita-purchased.
1478|TRANSLATION
1479|Srivasa then replied to the Lord, "Why are You speaking in
>|a contradictory way? Rather, we four brothers have been
>|purchased by Your mercy."
1480|Madhya 11.146
1481|TEXT 146
1482|TEXT
1483|sankare dekhiya prabhu kahe damodare
1484|sagaurava-priti amara tomara upare
1485|SYNONYMS
1486|sankare dekhiya-seeing Sankara; prabhu-the Lord; kahe-says;
>|damodare-unto Damodara; sa-gaurava-priti-affection with awe
>|and reverence; amara-My; tomara upare-upon you.
1487|TRANSLATION
1488|After seeing Sankara, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu told
>|Damodara, "My affection for you is on the platform of awe
>|and reverence.
1489|PURPORT
1490|Here the Lord is addressing Damodara Pandita, who is
>|different from Svarupa Damodara. Damodara Pandita is the
>|elder brother of Sankara. Thus the Lord informed Damodara
>|that His affection toward him was on the platform of awe
>|and reverence. However, the Lord's affection toward his
>|younger brother, Sankara, was on the platform of pure love.
1491|Madhya 11.147
1492|TEXT 147
1493|TEXT
1494|suddha kevala-prema sankara-upare
1495|ataeva tomara sange rakhaha sankare
1496|SYNONYMS
1497|suddha kevala-prema-pure unalloyed affection; sankara-upare-
>|upon Sankara; ataeva-therefore; tomara sange-along with you;
>| rakhaha-keep; sankare-Sankara.
1498|TRANSLATION
1499|"Therefore keep your younger brother Sankara with you
>|because he is connected to Me by pure unalloyed love."
1500|Madhya 11.148
1501|TEXT 148
1502|TEXT
1503|damodara kahe,-sankara chota ama haite
1504|ebe amara bada bhai tomara krpate
1505|SYNONYMS
1506|damodara kahe-Damodara Pandita replied; sankara-Sankara;
>|chota-younger; ama haite-than me; ebe-now; amara-my; bada
>|bhai-elder brother; tomara-of You; krpate-by the mercy.
1507|TRANSLATION
1508|Damodara Pandita replied, "Sankara is my younger brother,
>|but from today he becomes my elder brother because of Your
>|special mercy upon him."
1509|Madhya 11.149
1510|TEXT 149
1511|TEXT
1512|sivanande kahe prabhu,-tomara amate
1513|gadha anuraga haya, jani age haite
1514|SYNONYMS
1515|sivanande-unto Sivananda Sena; kahe-says; prabhu-the Lord;
>|tomara-your; amate-upon Me; gadha anuraga-deep affection;
>|haya-there is; jani-I know; age haite-from the very
>|beginning.
1516|TRANSLATION
1517|Then turning toward Sivananda Sena, the Lord said, "I know
>|that from the very beginning your affection for Me has been
>|very great."
1518|Madhya 11.150
1519|TEXT 150
1520|TEXT
1521|suni' sivananda-sena premavista hana
1522|dandavat hana pade sloka padiya
1523|SYNONYMS
1524|suni'-hearing; sivananda-sena-Sivananda Sena; prema-avista
>|hana-becoming absorbed in pure love; dandavat hana-offering
>|obeisances; pade-falls down; sloka-a verse; padiya-reciting.
1525|TRANSLATION
1526|Immediately upon hearing this, Sivananda Sena became
>|absorbed in ecstatic love and fell down on the ground,
>|offering obeisances to the Lord. He then began to recite
>|the following verse.
1527|Madhya 11.151
1528|TEXT 151
1529|TEXT
1530|nimajjato 'nanta bhavarnavantas
1531|ciraya me kulam ivasi labdhah
1532|tvayapi labdham bhagavann idanim
1533|anuttamam patram idam dayayah
1534|SYNONYMS
1535|nimajjatah-being immersed; ananta-O unlimited one; bhava-
>|arnava-antah-within the ocean of nescience; ciraya-after a
>|long time; me-of me; kulam-the shore; iva-like; asi-You are;
>| labdhah-obtained; tvaya-by You; api-also; labdham-has been
>|gained; bhagavan-O my Lord; idanim-now; anuttamam-the best;
>|patram-candidate; idam-this; dayayah-for showing Your mercy.
1536|TRANSLATION
1537|" 'O my Lord! O unlimited one! Although I was merged in the
>|ocean of nescience, I have now, after a long time, attained
>|You, just as one may attain the seashore. My dear Lord, by
>|getting me, You have obtained the right person upon whom to
>|bestow Your causeless mercy.' "
1538|PURPORT
1539|This is a verse from the Stotra-ratna (21), composed by
>|Alabandaru Yamunacarya. One's relationship with the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead may be reestablished even after one
>|has fallen into the ocean of nescience, which is the ocean
>|of material existence involving the repetition of birth,
>|death, old age and disease, all arising out of the
>|acceptance of the material body. There are 8,400,000
>|species of material life, but in the human body one attains
>|a chance to get release from the repetition of birth and
>|death. When one becomes the Lord's devotee, he is rescued
>|from this dangerous ocean of birth and death. The Lord is
>|always prepared to show His mercy to the fallen souls
>|struggling against miserable material conditions. As Lord
>|Krsna states in the Bhagavad-gita (15.7):
1540|mamaivamso jiva-loke
1541|jiva-bhutah sanatanah
1542|manah-sasthanindriyani
1543|prakrti-sthani karsati
1544|"The living entities in this conditioned world are My
>|eternal fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are
>|struggling very hard with the six senses, which include the
>|mind."
1545|Thus every living being is struggling hard in this material
>|nature. Actually the living entity is part and parcel of
>|the Supreme Lord, and when he surrenders unto the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead, he attains release from the ocean
>|of birth and death. The Lord, being very kind to fallen
>|souls, is always anxious to get the living entity out of
>|the ocean of nescience. If the living entity understands
>|his position and surrenders to the Lord, his life becomes
>|successful.
1546|Madhya 11.152
1547|TEXT 152
1548|TEXT
1549|prathame murari-gupta prabhure na miliya
1550|bahirete padi' ache dandavat hana
1551|SYNONYMS
1552|prathame-at first; murari-gupta-Murari Gupta; prabhure-to
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; na-without; miliya-meeting;
>|bahirete-outside; padi'-falling down; ache-was there;
>|dandavat-falling flat like a stick; hana-becoming so.
1553|TRANSLATION
1554|Murari Gupta at first did not meet the Lord but rather
>|remained outside the door, falling down like a stick to
>|offer obeisances.
1555|Madhya 11.153
1556|TEXT 153
1557|TEXT
1558|murari na dekhiya prabhu kare anvesana
1559|murari la-ite dhana aila bahu-jana
1560|SYNONYMS
1561|murari-Murari; na-without; dekhiya-seeing; prabhu-the Lord;
>|kare-does; anvesana-inquiry; murari-Murari Gupta; la-ite-to
>|take; dhana-running; aila-came; bahu-jana-many persons.
1562|TRANSLATION
1563|When Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu could not see Murari
>|amongst the devotees, He inquired about him. Thereupon many
>|people immediately went to Murari,