1|Madhya 17-1975: The Lord Travels to Vrndavana
2|Chapter 17
3|The Lord Travels to Vrndavana
4|The following summary of the Seventeenth Chapter is given
>|by Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya. After
>|attending the Ratha-yatra ceremony of Sri Jagannatha, Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu decided to start for Vrndavana. Sri
>|Ramananda Raya and Svarupa Damodara Gosvami selected a
>|brahmana named Balabhadra Bhattacarya to personally assist
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Early in the morning before
>|sunrise, the Lord started for the town of Kataka. North of
>|Kataka, He penetrated a dense forest and visited many
>|tigers and elephants, whom He engaged in chanting the Hare
>|Krsna maha-mantra. Whenever He had a chance to visit
>|a village, He would beg alms and
>|acquire some rice and vegetables. If there were no village,
>|He would cook whatever rice remained and collect
>|some spinach from the forest to eat. Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu was very pleased with the behavior of
>|Balabhadra Bhattacarya.
5|In this way the Lord passed through the jungle of
>|Jharikhanda and finally reached Varanasi. After taking His
>|bath at the Manikarnika-ghata at Varanasi, He met Tapana
>|Misra, who took the Lord to his place and respectfully gave
>|Him a comfortable residence. At Varanasi, Vaidya
>|Candrasekhara, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's old friend, also
>|rendered service unto Him. Seeing the behavior of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, one Maharastriya brahmana informed
>|Prakasananda Sarasvati, the leader of the Mayavadi
>|sannyasis. Prakasananda made various accusations against
>|the Lord. The Maharastriya brahmana was very sorry about
>|this, and he brought the news to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
>|inquiring from Him why the Mayavadi sannyasis did not utter
>|the holy name of Krsna. In reply, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|said that they were offenders and that one should not
>|associate with them. In this way the Lord bestowed His
>|blessings upon the brahmana.
6|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu next passed through Prayaga and
>|Mathura and then took His lunch at the home of a Sanodiya
>|brahmana, a disciple of Madhavendra Puri. He bestowed His
>|blessings upon the brahmana by accepting lunch at his place.
>| Thereafter the Lord visited the twelve forests of
>|Vrndavana and was filled with great ecstatic love. As He
>|toured the Vrndavana forests, He heard the chirping of
>|parrots and other birds.
7|Madhya 17.1
8|TEXT 1
9|TEXT
10|gacchan vrndavanam gauro
11|vyaghrebhaina-khagan vane
12|premonmattan sahonnrtyan
13|vidadhe krsna-jalpinah
14|SYNONYMS
15|gacchan-going; vrndavanam-to Vrndavana-dhama; gaurah-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; vyaghra-tigers; ibha-elephants; ena-
>|deer; khagan-and birds; vane-in the forest; prema-unmattan-
>|maddened by ecstatic love; saha-with; unnrtyan-dancing;
>|vidadhe-made; krsna-Lord Krsna's name; jalpinah-chanting.
16|TRANSLATION
17|On His way to Vrndavana, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|passed through the forest of Jharikhanda and made all the
>|tigers, elephants, deer and birds dance and chant the Hare
>|Krsna maha-mantra . Thus all these animals were
>|overwhelmed by ecstatic love.
18|Madhya 17.2
19|TEXT 2
20|TEXT
21|jaya jaya gauracandra jaya nityananda
22|jayadvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda
23|SYNONYMS
24|jaya jaya-all glories; gauracandra-to Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; jaya-all glories; nityananda-to Nityananda
>|Prabhu; jaya-all glories; advaita-candra-to Advaita Acarya;
>|jaya-all glories; gaura-bhakta-vrnda-to the devotees of
>|Lord Caitanya.
25|TRANSLATION
26|All glories to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu! All glories to Lord
>|Nityananda! All glories to Advaitacandra! all glories
>|to all the devotees of the Lord!
27|Madhya 17.3
28|TEXT 3
29|TEXT
30|sarat-kala haila, prabhura calite haila mati
31|ramananda-svarupa-sange nibhrte yukati
32|SYNONYMS
33|sarat-kala haila-autumn arrived; prabhura-of Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; calite-to travel; haila-was; mati-
>|desire; ramananda-Ramananda Raya; svarupa-Svarupa Damodara;
>|sange-with; nibhrte-solitary; yukati-consultation.
34|TRANSLATION
35|When autumn arrived, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu decided to go
>|to Vrndavana. In a solitary place, He consulted with
>|Ramananda Raya and Svarupa Damodara Gosvami.
36|Madhya 17.4
37|TEXT 4
38|TEXT
39|"mora sahaya kara yadi, tumi-dui jana
40|tabe ami yana dekhi sri-vrndavana
41|SYNONYMS
42|mora-of Me; sahaya-help; kara-you do; yadi-if; tumi-you;
>|dui jana-two persons; tabe-then; ami-I; yana-going; dekhi-
>|shall see; sri-vrndavana-Sri Vrndavana-dhama.
43|TRANSLATION
44|The Lord requested Ramananda Raya and Svarupa Damodara
>|Gosvami to help Him go to Vrndavana.
45|Madhya 17.5
46|TEXT 5
47|TEXT
48|ratrye uthi' vana-pathe palana yaba
49|ekaki yaiba, kahon sange na la-iba
50|SYNONYMS
51|ratrye uthi'-rising at night; vana-pathe-on the road
>|to the forest; palana yaba-I shall go away secretly;
>|ekaki yaiba-I shall go alone; kahon-anyone; sange-with Me;
>|na la-iba-I shall not take.
52|TRANSLATION
53|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "I shall leave early in the
>|morning and go incognito, taking the road to the
>|forest. I shall go alone and not take anyone with Me.
54|Madhya 17.6
55|TEXT 6
56|TEXT
57|keha yadi sanga la-ite pache uthi' dhaya
58|sabare rakhiba, yena keha nahi yaya
59|SYNONYMS
60|keha-someone; yadi-if; sanga la-ite-to take company; pache-
>|behind; uthi'-getting up; dhaya-runs; sabare-everyone;
>|rakhiba-please stop; yena-so that; keha-anyone; nahi yaya-
>|does not go.
61|TRANSLATION
62|"If someone wants to follow Me, please stop him. I don't
>|want anyone to go with Me.
63|Madhya 17.7
64|TEXT 7
65|TEXT
66|prasanna hana ajna diba, na maniba 'duhkha'
67|toma-sabara 'sukhe' pathe habe mora 'sukha' "
68|SYNONYMS
69|prasanna hana-being pleased; ajna diba-give permission; na-
>|do not; maniba duhkha-become unhappy; toma-sabara-of all of
>|you; sukhe-by the happiness; pathe-on the road; habe-there
>|will be; mora-My; sukha-happiness.
70|TRANSLATION
71|"Please give Me your permission with great pleasure and do
>|not be unhappy. If you are happy, I shall be happy on My
>|way to Vrndavana."
72|Madhya 17.8
73|TEXT 8
74|TEXT
75|dui-jana kahe,-'tumi isvara 'svatantra'
76|yei iccha, sei kariba, naha 'paratantra'
77|SYNONYMS
78|dui-jana kahe-the two persons replied; tumi-You; isvara-the
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead; svatantra -
>|completely independent; yei iccha-whatever You desire; sei-
>|that; kariba-You will do; naha-You are not; para-tantra-
>|dependent on anyone.
79|TRANSLATION
80|Upon hearing this, Ramananda Raya and Svarupa Damodara
>|Gosvami replied, "Dear Lord, You are completely independent.
>| Since You are not dependent on anyone, You do
>|whatever You desire.
81|Madhya 17.9
82|TEXT 9
83|TEXT
84|kintu ama-dunhara suna eka nivedane
85|'tomara sukhe amara sukha'-kahila apane
86|SYNONYMS
87|kintu-but; ama-dunhara-of both of us; suna-please hear; eka
>|nivedane-one submission; tomara sukhe-by your happiness;
>|amara sukha-our happiness; kahila-You have already stated;
>|apane-personally.
88|TRANSLATION
89|"Dear Lord, kindly hear our one petition. You have already
>|said that You will derive happiness from our happiness.
>|This is Your own statement.
90|Madhya 17.10
91|TEXT 10
92|TEXT
93|ama-dunhara mane tabe bada 'sukha' haya
94|eka nivedana yadi dhara, dayamaya
95|SYNONYMS
96|ama-dunhara-of us two; mane-in the mind; tabe-therefore;
>|bada-very much; sukha haya-there is happiness; eka nivedana-
>|one request; yadi-if; dhara-You accept; daya-maya-merciful.
97|TRANSLATION
98|"If You will please accept just one request, we shall be
>|very, very happy.
99|Madhya 17.11
100|TEXT 11
101|TEXT
102|'uttama brahmana' eka sange avasya cahi
103|bhiksa kari' bhiksa dibe, yabe patra vahi'
104|SYNONYMS
105|uttama brahmana-a high-class brahmana; eka-one; sange-along;
>| avasya-certainly; cahi-we want; bhiksa kari'-collecting
>|alms; bhiksa dibe-will give You food; yabe-will go; patra
>|vahi'-bearing Your waterpot.
106|TRANSLATION
107|"Our Lord, please take one very nice brahmana with You. He
>|will collect alms for You, cook for You, give You prasada ,
>| and carry Your waterpot while traveling.
108|Madhya 17.12
109|TEXT 12
110|TEXT
111|ana - pathe yaite nahi ' bhojyanna
>|'- brahmana
112|ajna kara,-sange caluka vipra eka-jana'
113|SYNONYMS
114|vana-pathe-on the forest path; yaite-going; nahi-there is
>|not; bhojya-anna-brahmana-a brahmana whose food can be
>|accepted; ajna kara-please give permission; sange-along;
>|caluka-may go; vipra-brahmana; eka-jana-one person.
115|TRANSLATION
116|"When You go through the jungle, there will be no brahmana
>|available from whom You can accept lunch. Therefore please
>|give permission for at least one pure brahmana to accompany
>|You."
117|Madhya 17.13
118|TEXT 13
119|TEXT
120|prabhu kahe,-nija-sangi kanho na la-iba
121|eka-jane nile, anera mane duhkha ha-iba
122|SYNONYMS
123|prabhu kahe-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied; nija-sangi-of
>|My associates; kanho-anyone; na-not; la-iba-I shall take;
>|eka-jane nile-if I take someone; anera mane-in the mind of
>|others; duhkha ha-iba-there will be unhappiness.
124|TRANSLATION
125|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said,"I shall not take any of My
>|associates with Me because if I choose someone, all the
>|others will be unhappy.
126|Madhya 17.14
127|TEXT 14
128|TEXT
129|nutana sangi ha-ibeka,-snigdha yanra mana
130|aiche yabe pai, tabe la-i 'eka' jana
131|SYNONYMS
132|nutana-new; sangi-associate; ha-ibeka-must be; snigdha-very
>|peaceful; yanra-whose; mana-mind; aiche-such; yabe-if; pai-
>|I get; tabe-then; la-i-I take; eka jana-one person.
133|TRANSLATION
134|"Such a person must be a new man, and he must have a
>|peaceful mind. If I can obtain such a man, I shall agree to
>|take him with Me."
135|PURPORT
136|when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu formerly went to
>|South India, a brahmana named Kala Krsnadasa went with Him.
>|It was Kala Krsnadasa who fell victim to a woman, and Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu had to take the trouble to free him
>|from the clutches of the gypsies. Therefore the Lord here
>|says that He wants a new man who is peaceful in mind. One
>|whose mind is not peaceful is agitated by certain drives,
>|especially sex desire, even though he be in the company of
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Such a man will become a victim of
>|women and will fall down even in the company of the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead. Maya is so strong that unless one
>|is determined not to fall victim, even the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead cannot give protection. The Supreme
>|Lord and His representative always want to give protection,
>|but a person must take advantage of their personal contact.
>|If one thinks that the Supreme Personality of Godhead or
>|His representative is an ordinary man, he will certainly
>|fall down. Thus Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not want a
>|person like Kala Krsnadasa to accompany Him. He wanted
>|someone who was determined, who had a peaceful mind and
>|who was not agitated by ulterior motives.
137|Madhya 17.15
138|TEXT 15
139|TEXT
140|svarupa kahe,-ei balabhadra-bhattacarya
141|tomate susnigdha bada, pandita, sadhu, arya
142|SYNONYMS
143|svarupa kahe-Svarupa Damodara Gosvami said; ei-this;
>|balabhadra-bhattacarya-Balabhadra Bhattacarya; tomate-unto
>|You; su-snigdha-affectionate; bada-very; pandita-educated;
>|sadhu-honest; arya-advanced in spiritual consciousness.
144|TRANSLATION
145|Svarupa Damodara then said, "Here is Balabhadra Bhattacarya,
>| who has great love for You. He is an honest, learned
>|scholar, and he is advanced in spiritual consciousness.
146|PURPORT
147|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted a new man, not a person like
>|Kala Krsnadasa who would fall for women. Svarupa Damodara
>|therefore immediately pointed out a new brahmana named
>|Balabhadra Bhattacarya. Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami had
>|studied this person very thoroughly and had seen that he
>|had great love for Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Not only did he
>|love the Lord, but he was also learned and honest. He was
>|not duplicitous, and he was advanced in Krsna consciousness.
>| According to a Bengali proverb, ati bhakti corera laksana:
>|"Too much devotion is a symptom of a thief." A person who
>|assumes himself to be a great devotee but mentally is
>|thinking of something else is duplicitous. One who is not
>|duplicitous is called sadhu. Svarupa Damodara immediately
>|pointed out that Balabhadra Bhattacarya was quite fit to
>|accompany the Lord because he was a learned scholar and was
>|simple and had great love for Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
>| He was also advanced in Krsna consciousness; therefore he
>|was considered appropriate to accompany the Lord as a
>|personal servant.
148|The word snigdha ( very peaceful ) and the word su-
>|snigdha ( affectionate ) are used in verses fourteen and
>|fifteen , and they are also found in Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam (1.1.8): bruyuh snigdhasya sisyasya guravo
>|guhyam apy uta. "A disciple who has actual love for his
>|spiritual master is endowed, by the blessings of the
>|spiritual master, with all confidential knowledge." Srila
>|Sridhara Svami has commented that the word snigdhasya means
>|prema-vatah. The word prema-vatah indicates that one has
>|great love for his spiritual master.
149|Madhya 17.16
150|TEXT 16
151|TEXT
152|prathamei toma-sange aila gauda haite
153|inhara iccha ache 'sarva-tirtha' karite
154|SYNONYMS
155|prathamei-in the beginning; toma-sange-with You; aila-came;
>|gauda haite-from Bengal; inhara iccha-his desire; ache-is;
>|sarva-tirtha-all places of pilgrimage; karite-to go see.
156|TRANSLATION
157|"In the beginning, he came with You from Bengal. It is his
>|desire to see and visit all the holy places of pilgrimage.
158|Madhya 17.17
159|TEXT 17
160|TEXT
161|inhara sange ache vipra eka 'bhrtya'
162|inho pathe karibena seva-bhiksa-krtya
163|SYNONYMS
164|inhara sange-with him; ache-is; vipra-brahmana; eka-one;
>|bhrtya-servant; inho-this man; pathe-on the way; karibena-
>|will do; seva-service; bhiksa-krtya-and arrangements for
>|cooking.
165|TRANSLATION
166|"In addition, You may take another brahmana who would act
>|as a servant en route and make arrangements for Your food.
167|Madhya 17.18
168|TEXT 18
169|TEXT
170|inhare sange laha yadi, sabara haya 'sukha'
171|vana-pathe yaite tomara nahibe kona 'duhkha'
172|SYNONYMS
173|inhare-him; sange-along; laha-You accept; yadi-if; sabara
>|haya sukha-everyone will be happy; vana-pathe-on the path
>|through the jungle; yaite-going; tomara-Your; nahibe-there
>|will not be; kona-any; duhkha-difficulty.
174|TRANSLATION
175|"If You can also take him with You, we will be very happy.
>|If two people go with You through the jungle, there will
>|certainly be no difficulty or inconvenience.
176|Madhya 17.19
177|TEXT 19
178|TEXT
179|sei vipra vahi' nibe vastrambu-bhajana
180|bhattacarya bhiksa dibe kari' bhiksatana
181|SYNONYMS
182|sei vipra-the other brahmana; vahi' nibe-will carry; vastra-
>|ambu-bhajana-the cloth and waterpot; bhattacarya-Balabhadra
>|Bhattacarya; bhiksa dibe-will arrange for cooking; kari'-
>|performing; bhiksa-atana-collecting alms.
183|TRANSLATION
184|"The other brahmana can carry Your cloth and waterpot, and
>|Balabhadra Bhattacarya will collect alms and cook for You."
185|Madhya 17.20
186|TEXT 20
187|TEXT
188|tanhara vacana prabhu angikara kaila
189|balabhadra-bhattacarye sange kari' nila
190|SYNONYMS
191|tanhara vacana-his words; prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|angikara kaila-accepted; balabhadra-bhattacarye-Balabhadra
>|Bhattacarya; sange kari' nila-took with Him.
192|TRANSLATION
193|Thus Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted the request of
>|Svarupa Damodara Pandita and agreed to take Balabhadra
>|Bhattacarya with Him.
194|Madhya 17.21
195|TEXT 21
196|TEXT
197|purva-ratrye jagannatha dekhi' 'ajna' lana
198|sesa-ratre uthi' prabhu calila lukana
199|SYNONYMS
200|purva-ratrye-on the previous night; jagannatha dekhi'-
>|seeing Lord Jagannatha; ajna lana-taking permission; sesa-
>|ratre-near the end of night; uthi'-rising; prabhu-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; calila-started; lukana-without being
>|seen.
201|TRANSLATION
202|On the previous night, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had visited
>|Lord Jagannatha and taken His permission. Now, near the end
>|of night, the Lord got up and started immediately. He
>|was not seen by others.
203|Madhya 17.22
204|TEXT 22
205|TEXT
206|pratah-kale bhakta-gana prabhu na dekhiya
207|anvesana kari' phire vyakula hana
208|SYNONYMS
209|pratah-kale-early in the morning; bhakta-gana-all the
>|devotees; prabhu-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; na dekhiya-
>|not seeing; anvesana kari'-searching; phire-wander; vyakula
>|hana-becoming very anxious.
210|TRANSLATION
211|Because the Lord had departed, the devotees, unable to see
>|Him early in the morning, began to search for Him with
>|great anxiety.
212|Madhya 17.23
213|TEXT 23
214|TEXT
215|svarupa-gosani sabaya kaila nivarana
216|nivrtta hana rahe sabe jani' prabhura mana
217|SYNONYMS
218|svarupa-gosani-Svarupa Damodara Gosvami; sabaya-unto
>|everyone; kaila-did; nivarana-forbidding; nivrtta hana-
>|being restrained; rahe-remain; sabe-all; jani'-knowing;
>|prabhura mana-the mind of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
219|TRANSLATION
220|While all the devotees were searching for the Lord, Svarupa
>|Damodara restrained them. Then everyone fell silent,
>|knowing the mind of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
221|Madhya 17.24
222|TEXT 24
223|TEXT
224|prasiddha patha chadi' prabhu upapathe calila
225|'kataka' dahine kari' vane pravesila
226|SYNONYMS
227|prasiddha-well-known; patha-public way; chadi'-giving up;
>|prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; upapathe-through a bypass;
>|calila-began to walk; kataka-the city of Kataka; dahine-on
>|the right side; kari'-keeping; vane-within the forest;
>|pravesila-entered.
228|TRANSLATION
229|The Lord abandoned walking on the well-known public road
>|and went instead along a bypass. He thus kept the city of
>|Kataka on His right as He entered the forest.
230|Madhya 17.25
231|TEXT 25
232|TEXT
233|nirjana-vane cale prabhu krsna-nama lana
234|hasti-vyaghra patha chade prabhure dekhiya
235|SYNONYMS
236|nirjana-vane-in a solitary forest; cale-walks; prabhu-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; krsna-nama lana-chanting the holy name
>|of Krsna; hasti-elephants; vyaghra-tigers; patha chade-
>|leave the path; prabhure-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dekhiya-
>|seeing.
237|TRANSLATION
238|When the Lord passed through the solitary forest chanting
>|the holy name of Krsna, the tigers and elephants, seeing
>|Him, gave way.
239|Madhya 17.26
240|TEXT 26
241|TEXT
242|pale-pale vyaghra, hasti, gandara, sukara-gana
243|tara madhye avese prabhu karila gamana
244|SYNONYMS
245|pale-pale-in flocks; vyaghra-tigers; hasti-elephants;
>|gandara-rhinoceros; sukara-gana-boars; tara madhye-through
>|them; avese-in ecstasy; prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|karila gamana-passed.
246|TRANSLATION
247|When the Lord passed through the jungle in great ecstasy,
>|packs of tigers, elephants, rhinoceros and boars came, and
>|the Lord passed right through them.
248|Madhya 17.27
249|TEXT 27
250|TEXT
251|dekhi' bhattacaryera mane haya maha-bhaya
252|prabhura pratape tara eka pasa haya
253|SYNONYMS
254|dekhi'-seeing; bhattacaryera-of Bhattacarya; mane-in the
>|mind; haya-there was; maha-bhaya-great fear; prabhura
>|pratape-by the influence of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tara-
>|they; eka pasa haya-stand to one side.
255|TRANSLATION
256|Balabhadra Bhattacarya was very much afraid to see them,
>|but by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's influence, all the animals
>|stood to one side.
257|Madhya 17.28
258|TEXT 28
259|TEXT
260|eka-dina pathe vyaghra kariyache sayana
261|avese tara gaye prabhura lagila carana
262|SYNONYMS
263|eka-dina-one day; pathe-on the path; vyaghra-a tiger;
>|kariyache sayana-was lying down; avese-in ecstatic love;
>|tara gaye-on his body; prabhura-of Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; lagila-touched; carana-lotus feet.
264|TRANSLATION
265|One day a tiger was lying on the path, and Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, walking along the path in ecstatic love,
>|touched the tiger with His feet.
266|Madhya 17.29
267|TEXT 29
268|TEXT
269|prabhu kahe,-kaha 'krsna', vyaghra uthila
270|'krsna' 'krsna' kahi' vyaghra nacite lagila
271|SYNONYMS
272|prabhu kahe-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; kaha krsna-please
>|chant Hare Krsna; vyaghra uthila-the tiger got up; krsna
>|krsna kahi'-chanting the holy name of Krsna; vyaghra-the
>|tiger; nacite-to dance; lagila-began.
273|TRANSLATION
274|The Lord said, "Chant the holy name of Krsna!" The tiger
>|immediately got up and began to dance and chant ,"Krsna!
>|Krsna!"
275|Madhya 17.30
276|TEXT 30
277|TEXT
278|ara dine mahaprabhu kare nadi snana
279|matta-hasti-yutha aila karite jala-pana
280|SYNONYMS
281|ara dine-another day; mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|kare-does; nadi snana-bathing in the river; matta-hasti-
>|yutha-a herd of maddened elephants; aila-came; karite-to do;
>| jala-pana-drinking water.
282|TRANSLATION
283|Another day, while Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was bathing in a
>|river, a herd of maddened elephants came there to drink
>|water.
284|Madhya 17.31
285|TEXT 31
286|TEXT
287|prabhu jala-krtya kare, age hasti aila
288|'krsna kaha' bali' prabhu jala pheli' marila
289|SYNONYMS
290|prabhu-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; jala-krtya kare-bathed
>|and was chanting the Gayatri mantra within the water; age-
>|in front; hasti-the elephants; aila-came; krsna kaha-chant
>|Hare Krsna; bali'-saying; prabhu-Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; jala pheli'-throwing water; marila-struck.
291|TRANSLATION
292|While the Lord was bathing and murmuring the Gayatri mantra,
>| the elephants came before Him. The Lord immediately
>|splashed some water on the elephants and asked them to
>|chant the name of Krsna.
293|PURPORT
294|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was the Supreme personality of
>|Godhead playing the part of a very great advanced devotee.
>|On the maha-bhagavata platform, the devotee makes no
>|distinction between friends and enemies. On that platform
>|he sees everyone as a servant of Krsna. As stated in
>|Bhagavad-gita :
295|vidya-vinaya-sampanne
296|brahmane gavi hastini
297|suni caiva svapake ca
>|
>|
298|panditah sama- darsinah
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
299|"The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with
>|equal vision a learned and gentle brahmana, a cow, an
>|elephant, a dog, and a dog-eater [outcaste]." (Bg. 5.18)
300|A maha-bhagavata, being learned and advanced in spiritual
>|consciousness, sees no difference between a tiger, an
>|elephant or a learned scholar. The test of advanced
>|spiritual consciousness is that one becomes fearless. He
>|envies no one, and he is always engaged in the Lord's
>|service. He sees every living entity as an eternal part and
>|parcel of the Lord, rendering service according to his
>|capacity by the will of the Supreme Lord. As Bhagavad-gita
>|confirms:
301|sarvasya caham hrdi sannivisto
302|mattah smrtir jnanam apohanam ca
303|"I am seated in everyone's heart, and from Me come
>|remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness." (Bg. 15.15)
304|The maha-bhagavata knows that Krsna is in everyone's heart.
>|Krsna is dictating, and the living entity is following His
>|dictations. Krsna is within the heart of the tiger,
>|elephant and boar. Therefore Krsna tells them, "Here is a
>|maha-bhagavata. Please do not disturb him." Why, then,
>|should the animals be envious of such a great personality?
>|Those who are neophytes or even a little progressed in
>|devotional service should not try to imitate the maha-
>|bhagavata. Rather, they should only follow in their
>|footsteps. The word anukara means "imitating," and anusara
>|means "trying to follow in the footsteps." We should not
>|try to imitate the activities of a maha-bhagavata or Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Our best efforts should be exerted in
>|trying to follow them according to our ability. The maha-
>|bhagavata's heart is completely freed from material
>|contamination, and he can become very dear even to fierce
>|animals like tigers and elephants. Indeed, the maha-
>|bhagavata treats them as his very intimate friends. On this
>|platform there is no question of envy. When the Lord was
>|passing through the forest, He was in ecstasy, thinking the
>|forest to be Vrndavana. He was simply searching for Krsna.
305|Madhya 17.32
306|TEXT 32
307|TEXT
308|sei jala-bindu-kana lage yara gaya
309|sei 'krsna' 'krsna' kahe, preme nace, gaya
310|SYNONYMS
311|sei-those; jala-of water; bindu-drops; kana-particles; lage-
>|touch; yara-whose; gaya-body; sei-they; krsna krsna-Krsna,
>|Krsna; kahe-say; preme-in ecstasy; nace-dance; gaya-sing.
312|TRANSLATION
313|The elephants whose bodies were touched by the water
>|splashed by the Lord began to chant,"Krsna! Krsna!" and
>|dance and sing in ecstasy.
314|Madhya 17.33
315|TEXT 33
316|TEXT
317|keha bhume pade, keha karaye citkara
318|dekhi' bhattacaryera mane haya camatkara
319|SYNONYMS
320|keha-some of them; bhume-on the ground; pade-fall down;
>|keha-some of them; karaye-perform; cit-kara-screaming;
>|dekhi'-seeing; bhattacaryera-of Bhattacarya; mane-in the
>|mind; haya-there was; camatkara-astonishment.
321|TRANSLATION
322|Some of the elephants fell to the ground, and some screamed
>|in ecstasy. Seeing this, Balabhadra Bhattacarya was
>|completely astonished.
323|Madhya 17.34
324|TEXT 34
325|TEXT
326|pathe yaite kare prabhu ucca sankirtana
327|madhura kantha-dhvani suni' aise mrgi-gana
328|SYNONYMS
329|pathe yaite-while passing on the path; kare-does; prabhu-
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; ucca-loud; sankirtana-chanting of
>|Hare Krsna; madhura-sweet; kantha-dhvani-the voice from His
>|throat; suni'-hearing; aise-came; mrgi-gana-she-deer.
330|TRANSLATION
331|Sometimes Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu chanted very loudly while
>|passing through the jungle. Hearing His sweet voice, all
>|the does came near Him.
332|Madhya 17.35
333|TEXT 35
334|TEXT
335|dahine-vame dhvani suni' yaya prabhu-sange
336|prabhu tara anga muche, sloka pade range
337|SYNONYMS
338|dahine-vame-right and left; dhvani-vibration; suni'-hearing;
>| yaya-they follow; prabhu-sange-with the Lord; prabhu-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tara-their; anga-bodies; muche-pats;
>|sloka-verse; pade-recites; range-in great curiosity.
339|TRANSLATION
340|Hearing the Lord's great vibration, all the does followed
>|Him left and right. While reciting a verse with great
>|curiosity, the Lord patted them.
341|Madhya 17.36
342|TEXT 36
343|TEXT
344|dhanyah sma mudha-matayo 'pi harinya eta
345|ya nanda-nandanam upatta-vicitra-vesam
346|akarnya venu-ranitam saha-krsna-sarah
347|pujam dadhur viracitam pranayavalokaih
348|SYNONYMS
349|dhanyah-fortunate, blessed; sma-certainly; mudha-matayah-
>|foolish, without good sense; api-although; harinyah-she-
>|deer; etah-these; yah-who; nanda-nandanam-the son of
>|Maharaja Nanda; upatta-vicitra-vesam-dressed very
>|attractively; akarnya-hearing; venu-ranitam-the sound of
>|His flute; saha-krsna-sarah-accompanied by the black deer (
>|their husbands); pujam dadhuh-they worshiped; viracitam-
>|performed; pranaya-avalokaih-by their affectionate glances.
350|TRANSLATION
351|"Blessed are all these foolish deer because they have
>|approached the son of Maharaja Nanda , who is
>|gorgeously dressed and is playing on His flute. Indeed,
>|both the does and the bucks worship the Lord with looks of
>|love and affection. "
352|PURPORT
353|This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.21.11) spoken by
>|the gopis of Vrndavana.
354|Madhya 17.37
355|TEXT 37
356|TEXT
357|hena-kale vyaghra tatha aila panca-sata
358|vyaghra-mrgi mili' cale mahaprabhura satha
359|SYNONYMS
360|hena-kale-at this time; vyaghra-tigers; tatha-there; aila-
>|came; panca-sata-five to seven; vyaghra-mrgi-the tigers and
>|deer; mili'-coming together; cale-go; mahaprabhura satha-
>|with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
361|TRANSLATION
362|While Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was passing through the
>|jungle, five or seven tigers came. Joining the deer, the
>|tigers began to follow the Lord.
363|Madhya 17.38
364|TEXT 38
365|TEXT
366|dekhi' mahaprabhura 'vrndavana'-smrti haila
367|vrndavana-guna-varnana sloka padila
368|SYNONYMS
369|dekhi'-seeing; mahaprabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|vrndavana-of the holy land of Vrndavana; smrti haila-there
>|was remembrance; vrndavana-of Sri Vrndavana; guna-of the
>|qualities; varnana-description; sloka-verse; padila-recited.
370|TRANSLATION
371|Seeing the tigers and deer following Him, Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu immediately remembered the land of Vrndavana. He
>|then began to recite a verse describing the transcendental
>|quality of Vrndavana.
372|Madhya 17.39
373|TEXT 39
374|TEXT
375|yatra naisarga-durvairah
376|sahasan nr-mrgadayah
377|mitranivajitavasa-
378|druta-rut-tarsanadikam
379|SYNONYMS
380|yatra-where; naisarga-by nature; durvairah-living in enmity;
>| saha-asan-live together; nr-human beings; mrga-adayah-and
>|animals; mitrani-friends; iva-like; ajita-of Lord Sri Krsna;
>| avasa-residence; druta-gone away; ruj-anger; tarsana-
>|adikam-thirst and so on.
381|TRANSLATION
382|"Vrndavana is the transcendental abode of the Lord. There
>|is no hunger, anger or thirst there. Though naturally
>|inimical, both human beings and fierce animals live
>|together there in transcendental friendship. "
383|PURPORT
384|This is a statement from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.13.60).
>|After stealing the cowherd boys, calves and cows of Sri
>|Krsna, Lord Brahma kept them asleep and hid them. After a
>|moment, Brahma returned to see Krsna's condition. When he
>|saw that Krsna was still busy with His cowherd boyfriends
>|and animals and was not disturbed, Lord Brahma appreciated
>|the transcendental opulence of Vrndavana.
385|Madhya 17.40
386|TEXT 40
387|TEXT
388|'krsna krsna kaha' kari' prabhu yabe balila
389|'krsna' kahi' vyaghra-mrga nacite lagila
390|SYNONYMS
391|krsna krsna kaha-chant Krsna, Krsna ; kari'-in this way;
>|prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; yabe-when; balila-uttered;
>|krsna kahi'-chanting the holy name of Krsna; vyaghra-mrga-
>|the tigers and deer; nacite lagila-began to dance.
392|TRANSLATION
393|When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said,"Chant Krsna! Krsna! "
>|the tigers and deer began to dance and chant , "Krsna!"
>|
394|Madhya 17.41
395|TEXT 41
396|TEXT
397|nace, kunde vyaghra-gana mrgi-gana-sange
398|balabhadra-bhattacarya dekhe apurva-range
399|SYNONYMS
400|nace-dance; kunde-jump; vyaghra-gana-the tigers; mrgi-gana-
>|sange-with the does; balabhadra-bhattacarya-Balabhadra
>|Bhattacarya; dekhe-sees; apurva-range-with great wonder.
401|TRANSLATION
402|When all the tigers and does danced and jumped, Balabhadra
>|Bhattacarya saw them and was struck with wonder.
403|Madhya 17.42
404|TEXT 42
405|TEXT
406|vyaghra-mrga anyonye kare alingana
407|mukhe mukha diya kare anyonye cumbana
408|SYNONYMS
409|vyaghra-mrga-the tigers and deer; anyonye-one another; kare-
>|do; alingana-embracing; mukhe mukha diya-touching one
>|anothers' mouths; kare-do; anyonye cumbana-kissing one
>|another.
410|TRANSLATION
411|Indeed, the tigers and deer began to embrace one another,
>|and, touching mouths, they began to kiss.
412|Madhya 17.43
413|TEXT 43
414|TEXT
415|kautuka dekhiya prabhu hasite lagila
416|ta-sabake tahan chadi' age cali' gela
417|SYNONYMS
418|kautuka dekhiya-seeing this fun; prabhu-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; hasite lagila-began to smile; ta-sabake-all of
>|them; tahan chadi'-leaving there; age-forward; cali' gela-
>|advanced.
419|TRANSLATION
420|When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw all this fun, He began to
>|smile. Finally He left the animals and continued on His way.
421|Madhya 17.44
422|TEXT 44
423|TEXT
424|mayuradi paksi-gana prabhure dekhiya
425|sange cale, 'krsna' bali' nace matta hana
426|SYNONYMS
427|mayura-adi-beginning with peacocks; paksi-gana-different
>|types of birds; prabhure-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dekhiya-
>|seeing; sange cale-go with Him; krsna bali'-chanting the
>|holy name of Krsna; nace-dance; matta hana-becoming mad.
428|TRANSLATION
429|Various birds, including the peacock, saw Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu and began to follow Him, chanting and dancing.
>|They were all maddened by the holy name of Krsna.
430|Madhya 17.45
431|TEXT 45
432|TEXT
433|'hari-bola' bali' prabhu kare ucca-dhvani
434|vrksa-lata-praphullita, sei dhvani suni'
435|SYNONYMS
436|hari-bola-the vibration of Hari -bol; bali'-chanting;
>| prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kare-makes; ucca-dhvani-a
>|loud sound; vrksa-lata-the trees and creepers; praphullita-
>|very jubilant; sei-that; dhvani-sound; suni'-hearing.
437|TRANSLATION
438|When the Lord loudly chanted "Hari bol!" the trees and
>|creepers became jubilant to hear Him.
439|PURPORT
440|The loud chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra is so powerful
>|that it can even penetrate the ears of trees and creepers-
>|what to speak of animals and human beings. Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu once asked Haridasa Thakura how trees
>|and plants could be delivered, and Haridasa Thakura replied
>|that the loud chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra would
>|benefit not only trees and plants but insects and all other
>|living beings. One should therefore not be disturbed by the
>|loud chanting of Hare Krsna, for it is beneficial not only
>|to the chanter but to everyone who gets an opportunity to
>|hear.
441|Madhya 17.46
442|TEXT 46
443|TEXT
444|'jharikhande' sthavara-jangama ache yata
445|krsna-nama diya kaila premete unmatta
446|SYNONYMS
447|jharikhande-in the place known as Jharikhanda; sthavara-
>|jangama-moving and not moving; ache-there are; yata-all;
>|krsna-nama diya-giving them the holy name of Lord Krsna;
>|kaila-made; premete-in ecstasy; unmatta-mad.
448|TRANSLATION
449|Thus all living entities-some
>|moving and some standing still in the forest of
>|Jharikhanda-became maddened by hearing the holy name of
>|Lord Krsna vibrated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
450|PURPORT
451|The great forest of Jharikhanda is a great tract of land
>|including Atagada, Dhenkanala, Angula, Lahara, Kiyanjhada,
>|Bamada, Bonai, Gangapura, Chota Nagapura, Yasapura and
>|Saraguja. All these places, which are covered with
>|mountains and jungles, are known as Jharikhanda.
452|Madhya 17.47
453|TEXT 47
454|TEXT
455|yei grama diya yana, yahan karena sthiti
456|se-saba gramera lokera haya 'prema-bhakti'
457|SYNONYMS
458|yei grama-which villages; diya yana-the Lord goes through;
>|yahan-where; karena-takes; sthiti-rest; se-saba-all those;
>|gramera-of the villages; lokera-of the people; haya-there
>|is awakening of; prema-bhakti-ecstatic love of God.
459|TRANSLATION
460|In all the villages through which the Lord passed and in
>|all the places He rested on His journey, everyone was
>|purified and awakened to ecstatic love of God.
461|Madhya 17.48-49
462|TEXTS 48-49
463|TEXT
464|keha yadi tanra mukhe sune krsna-nama
465|tanra mukhe ana sune tanra mukhe ana
466|sabe 'krsna' 'hari' bali' nace, kande, hase
467|paramparaya 'vaisnava' ha-ila sarva dese
468|SYNONYMS
469|keha-someone; yadi-when; tanra mukhe-from His mouth; sune-
>|hears; krsna-nama-chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra; tanra
>|mukhe-from the mouth of such chanters; ana sune-someone
>|else hears; tanra mukhe-and from his mouth; ana-someone
>|else; sabe-all of them; krsna-Lord Krsna's holy name; hari-
>|another holy name of the Lord; bali'-chanting; nace-dance;
>|kande-cry; hase-smile; paramparaya-by disciplic succession;
>|vaisnava-devotees; ha-ila-became; sarva-dese-in all
>|countries.
470|TRANSLATION
471|When someone heard the chanting of the holy name from the
>|mouth of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and someone else heard
>|this chanting from that second person, and someone again
>|heard this chanting from the third person, everyone in all
>|countries became a Vaisnava through such disciplic
>|succession. Thus everyone chanted the holy name of Krsna
>|and Hari, and they danced, cried and smiled.
472|PURPORT
473|The transcendental power or potency of the Hare Krsna maha-
>|mantra is herein explained. First, the holy name is
>|vibrated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. When someone hears
>|from Him directly, he is purified. When another person
>|hears from that person, he also is purified. In this way
>|the purification process is advanced among pure devotees.
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead, and no one can claim His potency. Nonetheless, if
>|one is a pure devotee, hundreds and thousands of men can be
>|purified by his vibration. This potency is within every
>|living being, provided he chants the Hare Krsna maha-mantra
>|offenselessly and without material motives. When a pure
>|devotee chants offenselessly, another person will become a
>|Vaisnava, and from him another Vaisnava will emerge. This
>|is the parampara system.
474|Madhya 17.50
475|TEXT 50
476|TEXT
477|yadyapi prabhu loka-sanghattera trase
478|prema 'gupta' karena, bahire na prakase
479|SYNONYMS
480|yadyapi-although; prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; loka-
>|sanghattera-of crowds of people; trase-being afraid; prema-
>|ecstasy; gupta karena-keeps hidden; bahire-externally; na-
>|does not; prakase-manifest.
481|TRANSLATION
482|The Lord did not always manifest His ecstasy. Being afraid
>|of a great assembly of people, the Lord kept His ecstasy
>|concealed.
483|Madhya 17.51
484|TEXT 51
485|TEXT
486|tathapi tanra darsana-sravana-prabhave
487|sakala desera loka ha-ila 'vaisnave'
488|SYNONYMS
489|tathapi-still; tanra-His; darsana-of seeing; sravana-of
>|hearing; prabhave-by the potency; sakala-all; desera-of
>|countries; loka-people; ha-ila-became; vaisnave-pure
>|devotees of the Lord.
490|TRANSLATION
491|Although Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not manifest His
>|natural ecstatic love, everyone became a pure devotee
>|simply by seeing and hearing Him.
492|PURPORT
493|Srila Rupa Gosvami has described Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as
>|maha-vadanya-avatara, the most munificent incarnation.
>|Although Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is not physically present
>|now, simply by chanting His holy name (sri-krsna-caitanya
>|prabhu nityananda sri-advaita gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-
>|bhakta-vrnda) people throughout the world are becoming
>|devotees. This is due to the ecstatic chanting of the holy
>|name of the Lord. It is said that a pure devotee can see
>|the Lord every moment, and because of this he is
>|empowered by the Lord. This is confirmed in the Brahma-
>|samhita : premanjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena
>|santah sadaiva hrdayesu vilokayanti. Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu appeared five hundred years ago, but it cannot
>|be said that now the potency of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra
>|is less powerful than it was in His presence. By hearing
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu through the parampara system, one
>|can be purified. Therefore in this verse it is said :
>|tathapi tanra darsana-sravana-prabhave. It is not that
>|everyone is able to see Krsna or Sri Krsna Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu physically, but if one hears about Him through
>|books like Sri Caitanya-caritamrta and through the
>|parampara system of pure Vaisnavas, there is no difficulty
>|in becoming a pure Vaisnava, free from mundane desires and
>|personal motivations.
494|Madhya 17.52
495|TEXT 52
496|TEXT
497|gauda, banga, utkala, daksina-dese giya
498|lokera nistara kaila apane bhramiya
499|SYNONYMS
500|gauda-Bengal; banga-East Bengal; utkala-Orissa; daksina-
>|dese-southern India; giya-going; lokera-of all the people;
>|nistara-liberation; kaila-did; apane-personally; bhramiya-
>|touring.
501|TRANSLATION
502|In this way, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally toured
>|Bengal, East Bengal, Orissa and the southern countries, and
>|He delivered all kinds of people by spreading Krsna
>|consciousness.
503|Madhya 17.53
504|TEXT 53
505|TEXT
506|mathura yaibara chale asena jharikhanda
507|bhilla-praya loka tahan parama-pasanda
508|SYNONYMS
509|mathura-to Mathura; yaibara-of going; chale-on the pretext;
>|asena-came; jharikhanda-to Jharikhanda; bhilla-praya-like
>|the Bheels, a kind of low people; loka-people; tahan-there;
>|parama-pasanda-without God consciousness.
510|TRANSLATION
511|When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu came to Jharikhanda on His way
>|to Mathura, He found that the people there were almost
>|uncivilized and were devoid of God consciousness.
512|PURPORT
513|The word bhilla refers to a class of men belonging to the
>|Bheels. The Bheels are like Black Africans, and they are
>|lower than sudras. Such people generally live in the jungle,
>| and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had to meet them.
514|Madhya 17.54
515|TEXT 54
516|TEXT
517|nama-prema diya kaila sabara nistara
518|caitanyera gudha-lila bujhite sakti kara
519|SYNONYMS
520|nama-prema diya-bestowing upon them ecstatic love and the
>|holy name; kaila-did; sabara nistara-liberation of all of
>|them; caitanyera-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; gudha-lila-
>|confidential pastimes; bujhite-to understand; sakti-the
>|power; kara-who has.
521|TRANSLATION
522|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave even the Bheels an opportunity
>|to chant the holy name and come to the platform of ecstatic
>|love. Thus He delivered all of them. Who has the power to
>|understand the transcendental pastimes of the Lord?
523|PURPORT
524|As evidence of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mercy, we are
>|experiencing that the people of Africa are taking to Krsna
>|consciousness, chanting and dancing and taking prasada
>|like other Vaisnavas. This is all due to the power of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Who can understand how His potency is
>|working all over the world?
525|Madhya 17.55
526|TEXT 55
527|TEXT
528|vana dekhi' bhrama haya-ei 'vrndavana'
529|saila dekhi' mane haya-ei 'govardhana'
530|SYNONYMS
531|vana dekhi'-seeing the forest; bhrama haya-there is
>|illusion; ei-this; vrndavana-Vrndavana forest; saila dekhi'-
>|seeing a hill; mane haya-considers; ei govardhana-this is
>|Govardhana Hill.
532|TRANSLATION
533|When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu passed through the Jharikhanda
>|forest, He took it for granted that it was Vrndavana. When
>|He passed over the hills, He took it for granted that they
>|were Govardhana.
534|Madhya 17.56
535|TEXT 56
536|TEXT
537|yahan nadi dekhe tahan manaye-'kalindi'
538|maha-premavese nace prabhu pade kandi'
539|SYNONYMS
540|yahan-wherever; nadi-river; dekhe-sees; tahan-there; manaye-
>|considers; kalindi-the River Yamuna; maha-prema-avese-in
>|great ecstatic love; nace-dances; prabhu-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; pade-falls down; kandi'-crying.
541|TRANSLATION
542|Similarly, whenever Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw a river, He
>|immediately accepted it as the River Yamuna. Thus while in
>|the forest He was filled with great ecstatic love, and He
>|danced and fell down crying.
543|Madhya 17.57
544|TEXT 57
545|TEXT
546|pathe yaite bhattacarya saka-mula-phala
547|yahan yei payena tahan layena sakala
548|SYNONYMS
549|pathe yaite-while passing on the way; bhattacarya-
>|Balabhadra Bhattacarya; saka-spinach; mula-roots; phala-
>|fruits; yahan-wherever; yei-whatever; payena-he gets; tahan-
>|there; layena-he takes; sakala-all.
550|TRANSLATION
551|Along the way, Balabhadra Bhattacarya collected all kinds
>|of spinach, roots and fruit whenever possible.
552|Madhya 17.58
553|TEXT 58
554|TEXT
555|ye-grame rahena prabhu, tathaya brahmana
556|panca-sata jana asi' kare nimantrana
557|SYNONYMS
558|ye-grame-in whatever village; rahena-stays; prabhu-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tathaya-there; brahmana-brahmanas;
>|panca-sata jana-five or seven persons; asi'-coming; kare-do;
>| nimantrana-invitation.
559|TRANSLATION
560|Whenever Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu visited a village, a few
>|brahmanas-five or seven-would come and extend invitations
>|to the Lord.
561|Madhya 17.59
562|TEXT 59
563|TEXT
564|keha anna ani' deya bhattacarya-sthane
565|keha dugdha, dadhi, keha ghrta, khanda ane
566|SYNONYMS
567|keha-someone; anna-grains; ani'-bringing; deya-delivers;
>|bhattacarya-sthane-before Balabhadra Bhattacarya; keha-
>|someone; dugdha-milk; dadhi-yogurt; keha-someone; ghrta-
>|ghee; khanda-sugar; ane-brings.
568|TRANSLATION
569|Some people would bring grains and deliver them to
>|Balabhadra Bhattacarya. Others would bring milk and yogurt,
>|and still others would bring ghee and sugar.
570|Madhya 17.60
571|TEXT 60
572|TEXT
573|yahan vipra nahi tahan 'sudra-mahajana'
574|asi' sabe bhattacarye kare nimantrana
575|SYNONYMS
576|yahan-wherever; vipra-brahmana; nahi-there is not; tahan-
>|there; sudra-maha-jana-devotees born in families other than
>|brahmana; asi'-coming; sabe-all of them; bhattacarye-to
>|Balabhadra Bhattacarya; kare nimantrana-make invitation.
577|TRANSLATION
578|In some villages there were no brahmanas; nonetheless,
>|devotees born in non-brahmana families came and extended
>|invitations to Balabhadra Bhattacarya.
579|PURPORT
580|Actually a sannyasi or a brahmana will not accept an
>|invitation extended by a person born in a lower family.
>|However, there are many devotees who are raised to the
>|platform of brahmana by their initiation. These people are
>|called sudra-mahajana. This indicates that one who is born
>|in a non-brahmana family has accepted the brahmana status
>|by initiation. Such devotees extended invitations to
>|Balabhadra Bhattacarya. A Mayavadi sannyasi will accept an
>|invitation only from a brahmana family, but a Vaisnava does
>|not accept an invitation from a brahmana if he does not
>|belong to the Vaisnava sect. However, a Vaisnava will
>|accept an invitation from a brahmana or sudra-mahajana if
>|that person is an initiated Vaisnava. Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu Himself accepted invitations from sudra-
>|mahajanas, and this confirms the fact that anyone initiated
>|by a Vaisnava mantra can be accepted as a brahmana. One can
>|accept an invitation from such a person.
581|Madhya 17.61
582|TEXT 61
583|TEXT
584|bhattacarya paka kare vanya-vyanjana
585|vanya-vyanjane prabhura anandita mana
586|SYNONYMS
587|bhattacarya-Balabhadra Bhattacarya; paka kare-cooks; vanya-
>|vyanjana-all varieties of forest vegetables; vanya-vyanjane-
>|by such forest vegetables; prabhura-of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; anandita mana-the mind is very happy.
588|TRANSLATION
589|Balabhadra Bhattacarya used to cook all kinds of vegetables
>|gathered from the forest, and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was
>|very pleased to accept these preparations.
590|Madhya 17.62-63
591|TEXTS 62-63
592|TEXT
593|dui-cari dinera anna rakhena samhati
594|yahan sunya vana, lokera nahika vasati
595|tahan sei anna bhattacarya kare paka
596|phala-mule vyanjana kare, vanya nana saka
597|SYNONYMS
598|dui-cari-two to four; dinera-of days; anna-food grains;
>|rakhena-keeps; samhati-in stock; yahan-wherever; sunya vana-
>|the solitary forest; lokera-of people; nahika-there is not;
>|vasati-habitation; tahan-there; sei- those; anna-food
>|grains; bhattacarya-Balabhadra Bhattacarya; kare paka-cooks;
>| phala-mule-with roots and fruits; vyanjana kare-he
>|prepares vegetables; vanya-from the forest; nana saka-many
>|kinds of spinach.
599|TRANSLATION
600|Balabhadra Bhattacarya used to keep a stock of food grains
>|that would last from two to four days. Where there were no
>|people, he would cook the grains and prepare vegetables,
>|spinach, roots and fruits collected from the forest.
601|Madhya 17.64
602|TEXT 64
603|TEXT
604|parama santosa prabhura vanya-bhojane
605|maha-sukha pana, ye dina rahena nirjane
606|SYNONYMS
607|parama-very much; santosa-satisfaction; prabhura-of the
>|Lord; vanya-bhojane-in eating vegetables collected from the
>|forest; maha-sukha pana-gets great happiness; ye dina-on
>|which day; rahena-stays; nirjane-in a solitary place.
608|TRANSLATION
609|The Lord was always very happy to eat these forest
>|vegetables, and He was even happier when He had an
>|opportunity to stay in a solitary place.
610|Madhya 17.65
611|TEXT 65
612|TEXT
613|bhattacarya seva kare, snehe yaiche 'dasa'
614|tanra vipra vahe jala-patra-bahirvasa
615|SYNONYMS
616|bhattacarya-Balabhadra Bhattacarya; seva kare-renders
>|service; snehe-in great affection; yaiche-exactly like;
>|dasa-a servant; tanra vipra-his brahmana assistant; vahe-
>|carries; jala-patra-the waterpot; bahirvasa-and garments.
617|TRANSLATION
618|Balabhadra Bhattacarya was so affectionate to the Lord that
>|he was rendering service just like a menial servant. His
>|assistant brahmana carried the waterpot and garments.
619|Madhya 17.66
620|TEXT 66
621|TEXT
622|nirjharete usnodake snana tina-bara
623|dui-sandhya agni-tapa kasthera apara
624|SYNONYMS
625|nirjharete-in the waterfalls; usna-udake-in warm water;
>|snana-bath; tina-bara-thrice; dui-sandhya-morning and
>|evening; agni-tapa-heating by a fire; kasthera-of wood;
>|apara-without limit.
626|TRANSLATION
627|The Lord used to bathe three times a day in the warm water
>|of the waterfalls. He also used to heat Himself morning and
>|evening with a fire made of the limitless wood.
628|Madhya 17.67
629|TEXT 67
630|TEXT
631|nirantara premavese nirjane gamana
632|sukha anubhavi' prabhu kahena vacana
633|SYNONYMS
634|nirantara-always; prema-avese-in ecstatic love; nirjane-in
>|a solitary place; gamana-going; sukha anubhavi'-feeling
>|happiness; prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kahena-says;
>|vacana-statement.
635|TRANSLATION
636|While traveling in this secluded forest and feeling very
>|happy, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu made the following statement.
637|Madhya 17.68
638|TEXT 68
639|TEXT
640|suna, bhattacarya,-"ami gelana bahu-desa
641|vana-pathe duhkhera kahan nahi pai lesa
642|SYNONYMS
643|suna-please hear; bhattacarya-My dear Bhattacarya; ami-I;
>|gelana-traveled; bahu-desa-many countries; vana-pathe-
>|through the forest path; duhkhera-of unhappiness; kahan-
>|anywhere; nahi pai-I do not get; lesa-even a trace.
644|TRANSLATION
645|"My dear Bhattacarya, I have traveled very far through the
>|forest, and I have not even slightly received any trouble.
646|Madhya 17.69
647|TEXT 69
648|TEXT
649|krsna-krpalu, amaya bahuta krpa kaila
650|vana-pathe ani' amaya bada sukha dila
651|SYNONYMS
652|krsna-Lord Krsna; krpalu-very kind; amaya-upon Me; bahuta-
>|greatly; krpa-mercy; kaila-showed; vana-pathe-on the path
>|in the forest; ani'-bringing; amaya-unto Me; bada-very much;
>| sukha-happiness; dila-gave.
653|TRANSLATION
654|"Krsna is very merciful, especially to Me. He has shown His
>|mercy by bringing Me on this path through the forest. Thus
>|He has given Me great pleasure.
655|Madhya 17.70
656|TEXT 70
657|TEXT
658|purve vrndavana yaite karilana vicara
659|mata, ganga, bhakta-gane dekhiba eka-bara
660|SYNONYMS
661|purve-formerly; vrndavana-to the holy place of Vrndavana;
>|yaite-to go; karilana-I did; vicara-consideration; mata-
>|mother; ganga-the Ganges; bhakta-gane-and devotees; dekhiba-
>|I shall see; eka-bara-once.
662|TRANSLATION
663|"Before this, I decided to go to Vrndavana and on the way
>|see My mother, the River Ganges and other devotees once
>|again.
664|Madhya 17.71
665|TEXT 71
666|TEXT
667|bhakta-gana-sange avasya kariba milana
668|bhakta-gane sange lana yaba 'vrndavana'
669|SYNONYMS
670|bhakta-gana-sange-with all My devotees; avasya-certainly;
>|kariba-shall do; milana-meeting; bhakta-gane-all the
>|devotees; sange-along with Me; lana-taking; yaba-I shall go;
>| vrndavana-to Vrndavana-dhama.
671|TRANSLATION
672|"I thought that once again I would see and meet all the
>|devotees and take them with Me to Vrndavana.
673|Madhya 17.72
674|TEXT 72
675|TEXT
676|eta bhavi' gauda-dese karilun gamana
677|mata, ganga bhakte dekhi' sukhi haila mana
678|SYNONYMS
679|eta bhavi'-thinking like this; gauda-dese-to Bengal;
>|karilun gamana-I went; mata-My mother; ganga-the Ganges;
>|bhakte-devotees; dekhi'-seeing; sukhi-happy; haila-became;
>|mana-My mind.
680|TRANSLATION
681|"Thus I went to Bengal, and I was very happy to see My
>|mother, the River Ganges and the devotees.
682|Madhya 17.73
683|TEXT 73
684|TEXT
685|bhakta-gane lana tabe calilana range
686|laksa-koti loka tahan haila ama-sange
687|SYNONYMS
688|bhakta-gane-all the devotees; lana-taking; tabe-then;
>|calilana range-I started with great pleasure; laksa-koti-
>|many thousands and millions; loka-people; tahan-there;
>|haila-became; ama-sange-My companions.
689|TRANSLATION
690|"However, when I started for Vrndavana, many thousands and
>|millions of people gathered and began to go with Me.
691|Madhya 17.74
692|TEXT 74
693|TEXT
694|sanatana-mukhe krsna ama sikhaila
695|taha vighna kari' vana-pathe lana aila
696|SYNONYMS
697|sanatana-mukhe-from the mouth of Sanatana; krsna-Lord Krsna;
>| ama-unto Me; sikhaila-gave instructions; taha-that; vighna
>|kari'-making a hindrance; vana-pathe-on the path through
>|the forest; lana-taking; aila-came.
698|TRANSLATION
699|"Thus I was going to Vrndavana with a big crowd, but
>|through the mouth of Sanatana, Krsna taught Me a lesson.
>|Thus by making some impediment, He has brought Me on a path
>|through the forest to Vrndavana.
700|Madhya 17.75
701|TEXT 75
702|TEXT
703|krpara samudra, dina-hine dayamaya
704|krsna-krpa vina kona 'sukha' nahi haya"
705|SYNONYMS
706|krpara samudra-ocean of mercy; dina-hine-unto the poor and
>|fallen; daya-maya-very merciful; krsna-krpa-the mercy of
>|Krsna; vina-without; kona-any; sukha-happiness; nahi haya-
>|there is not.
707|TRANSLATION
708|"Krsna is an ocean of mercy. He is especially merciful to
>|the poor and fallen. Without His mercy, there is no
>|possibility of happiness."
709|Madhya 17.76
710|TEXT 76
711|TEXT
712|bhattacarye alingiya tanhare kahila
713|'tomara prasade ami eta sukha paila'
714|SYNONYMS
715|bhattacarye-Balabhadra Bhattacarya; alingiya-embracing;
>|tanhare-unto him; kahila-said; tomara prasade-by your
>|kindness; ami-I; eta-so much; sukha-happiness; paila-got.
716|TRANSLATION
717|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then embraced Balabhadra
>|Bhattacarya and told him, "It is only by your kindness that
>|I am now so happy."
718|Madhya 17.77
719|TEXT 77
720|TEXT
721|tenho kahena,-"tumi 'krsna', tumi 'dayamaya'
722|adhama jiva muni, more ha-ila sadaya
723|SYNONYMS
724|tenho kahena-Bhattacarya said; tumi krsna-You are Krsna
>|Himself; tumi-You; daya-maya-merciful; adhama-the lowest of
>|the low; jiva-living entity; muni-I; more-unto me; ha-ila-
>|You have been; sa-daya-favorable.
725|TRANSLATION
726|Balabhadra Bhattacarya replied, "My dear Lord, You are
>|Krsna Himself, and therefore You are merciful. I am a
>|fallen living entity, but You have bestowed a great favor
>|upon me.
727|Madhya 17.78
728|TEXT 78
729|TEXT
730|muni chara, more tumi sange lana aila
731|krpa kari' mora hate 'prabhu' bhiksa kaila
732|SYNONYMS
733|muni-I; chara-most fallen; more-me; tumi-You; sange-with;
>|lana-taking; aila-have come; krpa kari'-showing great mercy;
>| mora hate-from my hand; prabhu-my Lord; bhiksa kaila-You
>|accepted food.
734|TRANSLATION
735|"Sir, I am most fallen, yet You have brought me with You.
>|Showing great mercy, You have accepted food prepared by me.
736|Madhya 17.79
737|TEXT 79
738|TEXT
739|adhama-kakere kaila garuda-samana
740|'svatantra isvara' tumi-svayam bhagavan"
741|SYNONYMS
742|adhama-kakere-the most condemned crow; kaila-You have made;
>|garuda-samana-like Garuda; svatantra-independent; isvara-
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead; tumi-You; svayam bhagavan-
>|the original Personality of Godhead.
743|TRANSLATION
744|"You have made me Your carrier Garuda, although I am no
>|better than a condemned crow. Thus You are the independent
>|Personality of Godhead, the original Lord.
745|Madhya 17.80
746|TEXT 80
747|TEXT
748|mukam karoti vacalam
749|pangum langhayate girim
750|yat-krpa tam aham vande
751|paramananda-madhavam
752|SYNONYMS
753|mukam-a person who cannot speak; karoti-makes; vacalam-an
>|eloquent speaker; pangum-a person who cannot even walk;
>|langhayate-causes to cross over; girim-the mountain; yat-
>|krpa-whose mercy; tam-unto Him; aham-I; vande-offer
>|obeisances; parama-ananda-the transcendentally blissful;
>|madhavam-Supreme Personality of Godhead.
754|TRANSLATION
755|" 'The Supreme Personality of Godhead has the form of sac-
>|cid-ananda vigraha , transcendental bliss,
>|knowledge and eternity. I offer my respectful obeisances
>|unto He who turns the dumb into eloquent speakers and
>|enables the lame to cross mountains. Such is the mercy of
>|the Lord.' "
756|PURPORT
757|This is a quotation from the Bhavartha-dipika commentary on
>|Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.1.1).
758|Madhya 17.81
759|TEXT 81
760|TEXT
761|ei-mata balabhadra karena stavana
762|prema-seva kari' tusta kaila prabhura mana
763|SYNONYMS
764|ei-mata-in this way; balabhadra-Balabhadra Bhattacarya;
>|karena-offers; stavana-prayers; prema-seva kari'-rendering
>|service in love; tusta-pacified; kaila-made; prabhura-of
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; mana-the mind.
765|TRANSLATION
766|In this way Balabhadra Bhattacarya offered his prayers to
>|the Lord. By rendering service unto Him in ecstatic love,
>|He pacified the Lord's mind.
767|Madhya 17.82
768|TEXT 82
769|TEXT
770|ei-mata nana-sukhe prabhu aila 'kasi'
771|madhyahna-snana kaila manikarnikaya asi'
772|SYNONYMS
773|ei-mata-in this way; nana-sukhe-in great happiness; prabhu-
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; aila-came; kasi-to the holy place
>|named Kasi; madhyahna-snana-afternoon bath; kaila-took;
>|manikarnikaya-to the bathing place known as Manikarnika;
>|asi'-coming.
774|TRANSLATION
775|Finally the Lord with great happiness arrived at
>|the holy place called Kasi. There He took His bath in the
>|bathing ghat known as Manikarnika.
776|PURPORT
777|Kasi is another name for Varanasi (Benares). It has been a
>|place of pilgrimage since time immemorial. Two rivers named
>|Asih and Varuna merge there. Manikarnika is famous because,
>|according to the opinion of great personalities, a
>|bejeweled earring fell there from the ear of Lord Visnu.
>|According to some, it fell from the ear of Lord Siva. The
>|word mani means "jewel," and karnika means "from the ear."
>|According to some, Lord Visvanatha is the great physician
>|who cures the disease of material existence by delivering a
>|person through the ear, which receives the vibration of the
>|holy name of Lord Rama. Because of this, this holy place is
>|called Mani-karnika. It is said that there is no
>|better place than where the River Ganges flows, and the
>|bathing ghat known as Manikarnika is especially sanctified
>|because it is very dear to Lord Visvanatha. In the Kasi-
>|khanda it is said: samsari-cintamanir atra yasmat tarakam
>|sajjana-karnikayam. sivo 'bhidhatte saha-santa-kale tad
>|giyate 'sau mani-karniketi. mukti-laksmi maha-pitha-manis
>|tac caranabjayoh. karnikeyam tatah prahur yam jana mani-
>|karnikam. According to the Kasi-khanda, if one gives up his
>|body at Manikarnika, he is liberated simply by remembering
>|Lord Siva's name.
778|Madhya 17.83
779|TEXT 83
780|TEXT
781|sei-kale tapana-misra kare ganga-snana
782|prabhu dekhi' haila tanra kichu vismaya jnana
783|SYNONYMS
784|sei-kale-at that time; tapana-misra-a brahmana named Tapana
>|Misra; kare ganga-snana-was taking his bath in the Ganges;
>|prabhu dekhi'-seeing the Lord; haila-there was; tanra-his;
>|kichu-some; vismaya jnana-astonishment.
785|TRANSLATION
786|At that time, Tapana Misra was taking his bath in the
>|Ganges, and he was astonished to see the Lord there.
787|Madhya 17.84
788|TEXT 84
789|TEXT
790|'purve suniyachi prabhu karyachena sannyasa'
791|niscaya kariya haila hrdaye ullasa
792|SYNONYMS
793|purve-formerly; suniyachi-I have heard; prabhu-Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; karyachena sannyasa-has accepted the
>|renounced order of life; niscaya kariya-ascertaining that;
>|haila-there was; hrdaye-within the heart; ullasa-great
>|jubilation.
794|TRANSLATION
795|Tapana Misra then began to think, "I have heard that Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu has accepted the renounced order."
>|Thinking this, Tapana Misra became very jubilant within his
>|heart.
796|Madhya 17.85
797|TEXT 85
798|TEXT
799|prabhura carana dhari' karena rodana
800|prabhu tare uthana kaila alingana
801|SYNONYMS
802|prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; carana-lotus feet;
>|dhari'-touching; karena-does; rodana-crying; prabhu-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tare-him; uthana-raising; kaila-did;
>|alingana-embracing.
803|TRANSLATION
804|He then clasped the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|and began to cry. The Lord raised him up and embraced him.
805|Madhya 17.86
806|TEXT 86
807|TEXT
808|prabhu lana gela visvesvara-darasane
809|tabe asi' dekhe bindu-madhava-carane
810|SYNONYMS
811|prabhu lana-taking the Lord; gela-he went; visvesvara-
>|darasane-to visit the temple of Visvesvara; tabe-thereafter;
>| asi'-coming; dekhe-see; bindu-madhava-carane-the lotus
>|feet of Bindu Madhava.
812|TRANSLATION
813|Tapana Misra then took Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to visit the
>|temple of Visvesvara. Coming from there, they saw the lotus
>|feet of Lord Bindu Madhava.
814|PURPORT
815|This Bindu Madhava is the oldest Visnu temple in
>|Varanasi. Presently this temple is known as Veni
>|Madhava, and it is situated on the banks of the Ganges.
>|Formerly five rivers converged there, and they were named
>|Dhutapapa, Kirana, Sarasvati, Ganga and Yamuna. Now only
>|the river Ganges is visible. The old temple of Bindu
>|Madhava, which was visited by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, was
>|later dismantled by Aurangzeb, the great Hindu-hating
>|emperor of the Mogul dynasty. In the place of this temple,
>|he constructed a big majida, or mosque. Later, another
>|temple was constructed by the side of the mosque, and this
>|temple is still existing. In the temple of Bindu Madhava
>|there are Deities of four-handed Narayana and the goddess
>|Laksmi. In front of these Deities is a column of Sri Garuda,
>| and along the side are deities of Lord Rama, Sita,
>|Laksmana and Sri Hanumanji.
816|In the province of Maharastra is a state known as Satara.
>|During the time of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, the
>|native prince belonged to the Vaisnava cult. Being a
>|brahmana, he took charge of worshiping the Deity. He was
>|known as Srimanta Balasaheba Pantha Maharaja. The state
>|still bears the expenditure for temple maintenance. The
>|first king in this dynasty to take charge of worship in the
>|temple, two hundred years ago, was Maharaja Jagatjivana Rao
>|Saheba.
817|Madhya 17.87
818|TEXT 87
819|TEXT
820|ghare lana aila prabhuke anandita hana
821|seva kari' nrtya kare vastra udana
822|SYNONYMS
823|ghare lana-taking to his home; aila-came; prabhuke-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; anandita hana-in great happiness; seva
>|kari'-rendering service; nrtya kare-began to dance; vastra
>|udana-waving his cloth.
824|TRANSLATION
825|With great pleasure Tapana Misra brought Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu to his home and rendered service unto Him.
>|Indeed, he began to dance, waving his cloth.
826|Madhya 17.88
827|TEXT 88
828|TEXT
829|prabhura caranodaka savamse kaila pana
830|bhattacaryera puja kaila kariya sammana
831|SYNONYMS
832|prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; carana-udaka-the water
>|used to wash the lotus feet; sa-vamse-with his whole family;
>| kaila pana-drank; bhattacaryera-of Bhattacarya; puja-
>|worship; kaila-performed; kariya-showing; sammana-respect.
833|TRANSLATION
834|He washed the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and
>|afterwards he and his whole family drank the wash water. He
>|also worshiped Balabhadra Bhattacarya and showed him
>|respect.
835|Madhya 17.89
836|TEXT 89
837|TEXT
838|prabhure nimantrana kari' ghare bhiksa dila
839|balabhadra-bhattacarye paka karaila
840|SYNONYMS
841|prabhure nimantrana kari'-inviting the Lord; ghare-at home;
>|bhiksa dila-gave lunch; balabhadra-bhattacarye-Balabhadra
>|Bhattacarya; paka karaila-he had cook.
842|TRANSLATION
843|Tapana Misra invited Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to take lunch
>|at his home, and he had Balabhadra Bhattacarya cook.
844|PURPORT
845|While at Varanasi (Benares), Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu stayed
>|at the house of Tapana Misra. Near Tapana Misra's house was
>|a bathing ghat known as Pancanadi-ghata. Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu used to take His bath daily at this ghat, and He
>|used to see the temple of Bindu Madhava. Then He took
>| His lunch at Tapana Misra's house. Near the Bindu
>|Madhava temple is a big banyan tree, and it is said that
>|after eating, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to rest beneath
>|the tree. That banyan tree is still known today as Caitanya-
>|vata. Gradually, due to changes in language, the name
>|became Yatana-vata. The local people still call that place
>|Yatana-vata.
846|Presently , beside a lane there is a tomb of
>|Vallabhacarya, but there is no sign that Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu ever lived there. Vallabhacarya was also known
>|as Mahaprabhu among his disciples. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|probably lived at Yatana-vata, but there is no sign of
>|Candrasekhara's or Tapana Misra's house, nor is there
>|sign of the Mayavadi sannyasi Prakasananda Sarasvati, with
>|whom Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu discussed Vedanta-sutra. A
>|little distance from Yatana-vata is a temple of Gaura-
>|Nityananda established by Sasibhusana Niyogi Mahasaya of
>|Calcutta.
>|this temple is now managed by the mother-in-
>|law of Sasibhusana and his brother-in-law Narayana-candra
>|Ghosh.
847|Madhya 17.90
848|TEXT 90
849|TEXT
850|bhiksa kari' mahaprabhu karila sayana
851|misra-putra raghu kare pada-samvahana
852|SYNONYMS
853|bhiksa kari'-after finishing His lunch; mahaprabhu-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; karila sayana-took rest; misra-putra-
>|the son of Tapana Misra; raghu-Raghu; kare-does; pada-
>|samvahana-massaging the legs.
854|TRANSLATION
855|When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took His rest after lunch, the
>|son of Tapana Misra, named Raghu, used to massage His legs.
856|Madhya 17.91
857|TEXT 91
858|TEXT
859|prabhura 'sesanna' misra savamse khaila
860|'prabhu aila' suni' candrasekhara aila
861|SYNONYMS
862|prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sesa-anna-remnants of
>|food; misra-Tapana Misra; sa-vamse-along with his family;
>|khaila-ate; prabhu aila-the Lord has arrived; suni'-hearing;
>| candrasekhara aila-Candrasekhara came.
863|TRANSLATION
864|The remnants of food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were
>|taken by the whole family of Tapana Misra. When news spread
>|that the Lord had come, Candrasekhara also came to see Him.
865|Madhya 17.92
866|TEXT 92
867|TEXT
868|misrera sakha tenho prabhura purva dasa
869|vaidya-jati, likhana-vrtti, varanasi-vasa
870|SYNONYMS
871|misrera sakha-friend of Tapana Misra; tenho-he; prabhura-of
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; purva dasa-former servant; vaidya-
>|jati-by caste a physician; likhana-vrtti-by profession a
>|clerk; varanasi-vasa-resident of Varanasi.
872|TRANSLATION
873|Candrasekhara happened to be a friend of Tapana Misra's,
>|and he was long known to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as His
>|servant. He was a physician by caste, and by profession he
>|was a clerk. At the time he was living in Varanasi.
874|Madhya 17.93
875|TEXT 93
876|TEXT
877|asi' prabhu-pade padi' karena rodana
878|prabhu uthi' tanre krpaya kaila alingana
879|SYNONYMS
880|asi'-coming; prabhu-pade-at the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; padi'-falling down; karena-does; rodana-crying;
>|prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; uthi'-standing; tanre-unto
>|him; krpaya-out of mercy; kaila-did; alingana-embracing.
881|TRANSLATION
882|When Candrasekhara came there, he fell down before the
>|lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and began to cry. The
>|Lord, standing up, embraced him out of His causeless mercy.
883|Madhya 17.94
884|TEXT 94
885|TEXT
886|candrasekhara kahe,-"prabhu, bada krpa kaila
887|apane asiya bhrtye darasana dila
888|SYNONYMS
889|candrasekhara kahe-Candrasekhara said; prabhu-my dear Lord;
>|bada krpa kaila-You have shown Your causeless mercy; apane-
>|personally; asiya-coming; bhrtye-unto Your servant;
>|darasana dila-gave Your audience.
890|TRANSLATION
891|Candrasekhara said, "My dear Lord, You bestowed Your
>|causeless mercy upon me because I am Your old servant.
>|Indeed, You have come here personally to give me Your
>|audience.
892|Madhya 17.95
893|TEXT 95
894|TEXT
895|apana-prarabdhe vasi' varanasi-sthane
896|'maya', 'brahma' sabda vina nahi suni kane
897|SYNONYMS
898|apana-prarabdhe-because of my past deeds; vasi'-staying;
>|varanasi-sthane-in the place known as Varanasi; maya-maya;
>|brahma-and brahma; sabda-the words; vina-except; nahi suni-
>|I do not hear; kane-in the ear.
899|TRANSLATION
900|"Due to my past deeds, I am residing at Varanasi, but here
>|I do not hear anything but the words maya and Brahman.
>|"
901|PURPORT
902|The word prarabdhe (past deeds ) is important in this
>|verse. Since Candrasekhara was a devotee, he was always
>|eager to hear about Krsna and His transcendental pastimes.
>|Most of the inhabitants of Benares were and are
>|impersonalists, worshipers of Lord Siva and followers of
>|the pancopasana method. The impersonalists imagine some
>|form of the impersonal Brahman, and to facilitate
>|meditation they concentrate upon the forms of Visnu, Siva,
>|Ganesa, Surya and goddess Durga. Actually these
>|pancopasakas are not devotees of anyone. As it is said, to
>|be a servant of everyone is to be the servant of no one.
>|Varanasi, or Kasi, is the chief holy place of pilgrimage
>|for impersonalists, and it is not at all suitable for
>|devotees. A Vaisnava likes to live in a visnu-tirtha, a
>|place where Lord Visnu's temples are present. In Varanasi
>|there are many hundreds and thousands of Lord Siva's
>|temples, or pancopasaka temples. Consequently Candrasekhara
>|expressed great unhappiness as he informed Lord Caitanya
>|that he was obliged to live at Benares due to his past
>|misdeeds. in the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu it is also
>|said, durjaty-arambhakam papam yat syat prarabdham eva tat .
>| "According to one's past misdeeds, one takes birth on a
>|lower platform." in the Brahma-samhita (5.54) it is
>|said : karmani nirdahati kintu ca bhakti-bhajam . There is
>|no karma attached to the past deeds or misdeeds of one in
>|devotional service. A devotee is not subjected to karma-
>|phala, the effect of fruitive activity. Karma-phala is
>|applicable to karmis, not bhaktas.
903|There are three kinds of devotees: those who are eternally
>|on the transcendental platform (nitya-siddha), those
>|elevated to the transcendental platform by the
>|execution of devotional service (sadhana-siddha), and those
>|who are neophytes advancing toward the perfectional
>|platform (sadhaka). The sadhakas are gradually becoming
>|free from fruitive reaction. Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.
>|1.17) describes the symptoms of bhakti-yoga thus:
904|klesa-ghni subhada moksa-
905|laghutakrt sudurlabha
906|sandrananda -visesatma
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
907|sri-krsnakarsini ca sa
908|Devotional service is klesa-ghni even for beginners.
>|This means that it reduces or nullifies all kinds of
>|suffering. The word subhada indicates that devotional
>|service bestows all good fortune, and the words krsna-
>|akarsini indicate that devotional service gradually
>|attracts Krsna toward the devotee. Consequently a devotee
>|is not subject to any sinful reaction. In Bhagavad-
>|gita (18.66) Krsna says :
909|sarva -dharman parityajya
>|
>|
910|mam ekam saranam vraja
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
911|aham tvam sarva - papebhyo
912|moksayisyami ma sucah
913|"Abandon all varieties of religion and just
>|surrender unto Me . I shall deliver you from all
>|sinful reaction . Do not fear."
914|Thus a fully surrendered, sincere devotee immediately
>|receives relief from all kinds of sinful reaction. There
>|are three stages of fructification for sinful activity. At
>|one stage, one commits the sinful act. Before that, the
>|seed of this act exists, and before that there is ignorance
>|whereby one commits the sin. Suffering is involved in all
>|three stages. However, Krsna is merciful to His devotee,
>|and consequently He immediately nullifies all three stages-
>|the sin, the seed of sin and the ignorance that leads one
>|to sin. Padma Purana confirms this:
915|aprarabdha-phalam papam
916|kutam bijam phalonmukham
917|kramenaiva praliyeta
918|visnu-bhakti-ratatmanam
919|For a further explanation of this, The Nectar of Devotion
>|should be consulted.
920|Madhya 17.96
921|TEXT 96
922|TEXT
923|sad-darsana-vyakhya vina katha nahi etha
924|misra krpa kari' more sunana krsna-katha
925|SYNONYMS
926|sat-darsana-of six kinds of philosophical theses; vyakhya-
>|explanation; vina-except; katha-talk; nahi-not; etha-here;
>|misra-Tapana Misra; krpa kari'-being very merciful; more-
>|unto me; sunana-explains; krsna-katha-topics of Lord Sri
>|Krsna.
927|TRANSLATION
928|Candrasekhara continued, "There is no talk at Varanasi
>|other than discussions on the six philosophical theses.
>|Nonetheless, Tapana Misra has been very kind to me, for he
>|speaks about topics relating to Lord Krsna.
929|PURPORT
930|The six philosophical treatises are : (1) vaisesika,
>|propounded by Kanada Rsi, (2) nyaya, propounded by Gautama
>|Rsi, (3) yoga or mysticism, propounded by Patanjali Rsi, (
>|4) the philosophy of Sankhya, propounded by Kapila Rsi, (5)
>|the philosophy of Karma-mimamsa, propounded by Jaimini Rsi,
>|and (6) the philosophy of Brahma-mimamsa, or Vedanta, the
>|ultimate conclusion of the Absolute Truth (janmady asya
>|yatah ), propounded by Vedavyasa. Actually
>|Vedanta philosophy is meant for the devotees because in
>|Bhagavad-gita Lord Krsna says, vedanta-krd veda-vid
>|eva caham: "I am the compiler of Vedanta, and I am the
>|knower of the Vedas." (Bg. 15.15) Vyasadeva is an
>|incarnation of Krsna, and consequently Krsna is the
>|compiler of Vedanta philosophy. Therefore Krsna clearly
>|knows the purport of Vedanta philosophy. As stated in
>|Bhagavad-gita, whoever hears Vedanta philosophy from Krsna
>|is actually aware of the real meaning of Vedanta. The
>|Mayavadis who have called themselves Vedantists do
>|not at all understand the purport of Vedanta philosophy.
>|Not being properly educated, people in general think that
>|Vedanta means the Sankarite interpretation.
931|Madhya 17.97
932|TEXT 97
933|TEXT
934|nirantara dunhe cinti tomara carana
935|'sarvajna isvara' tumi dila darasana
936|SYNONYMS
937|nirantara-incessantly; dunhe-we two; cinti-think of; tomara
>|carana-Your lotus feet; sarva-jna-omniscient; isvara-
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead; tumi-You; dila darasana-
>|gave Your audience.
938|TRANSLATION
939|"My dear Lord, we two think of Your lotus feet incessantly.
>|Although You are the omniscient Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead, You have granted us Your audience.
940|Madhya 17.98
941|TEXT 98
942|TEXT
943|suni,-'mahaprabhu' yabena sri-vrndavane
944|dina kata rahi' tara' bhrtya dui-jane"
945|SYNONYMS
946|suni-I hear; mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; yabena-
>|will go; sri-vrndavane-to Vrndavana; dina kata-for some
>|days; rahi'-staying; tara'-please deliver; bhrtya-servants;
>|dui-jane-two persons.
947|TRANSLATION
948|"My Lord, I have heard that You are going to Vrndavana.
>|After You stay here at Varanasi for some days , please
>|deliver us, for we are Your two servants."
949|Madhya 17.99
950|TEXT 99
951|TEXT
952|misra kahe,-'prabhu, yavat kasite rahiba
953|mora nimantrana vina anya na maniba'
954|SYNONYMS
955|misra kahe-Tapana Misra said; prabhu-my Lord; yavat-as long
>|as; kasite rahiba-You will stay at Kasi, Varanasi; mora
>|nimantrana-my invitation; vina-besides; anya-others; na
>|maniba-do not accept.
956|TRANSLATION
957|Tapana Misra then said, "My dear Lord, as long as You stay
>|at Varanasi, please do not accept any invitation other than
>|mine."
958|Madhya 17.100
959|TEXT 100
960|TEXT
961|ei-mata mahaprabhu dui bhrtyera vase
962|iccha nahi, tabu tatha rahila dina-dase
963|SYNONYMS
964|ei-mata-in this way; mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|dui-two; bhrtyera-by servants; vase-being obliged; iccha
>|nahi-there was no such desire; tabu-still; tatha-there;
>|rahila-remained; dina-dase-for ten days.
965|TRANSLATION
966|Even though He had not made such a plan, Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu remained for ten days at Varanasi, being
>|obligated by the requests of His two servants.
967|Madhya 17.101
968|TEXT 101
969|TEXT
970|maharastriya vipra aise prabhu dekhibare
971|prabhura rupa-prema dekhi' haya camatkare
972|SYNONYMS
973|maharastriya-belonging to the Maharastra state; vipra-one
>|brahmana; aise-comes; prabhu dekhibare-to see Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|rupa-prema-beauty and ecstatic love; dekhi'-seeing; haya
>|camatkare-becomes astonished.
974|TRANSLATION
975|At Varanasi there was a Maharastriyan brahmana who used to
>|come daily to see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. This brahmana
>|was simply astonished to see the Lord's personal beauty and
>|ecstatic love for Krsna.
976|Madhya 17.102
977|TEXT 102
978|TEXT
979|vipra saba nimantraya, prabhu nahi mane
980|prabhu kahe,-'aji mora hanache nimantrane'
981|SYNONYMS
982|vipra-the brahmanas; saba-all; nimantraya-invite; prabhu-
>|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; nahi mane-does not accept;
>|prabhu kahe-the Lord replies; aji-today; mora-My; hanache-
>|has been; nimantrane-invitation.
983|TRANSLATION
984|When the brahmanas of Varanasi would invite Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu to lunch, the Lord would not accept their
>|invitations. He would reply, "I have already been invited
>|somewhere else."
985|Madhya 17.103
986|TEXT 103
987|TEXT
988|ei-mata prati-dina karena vancana
989|sannyasira sanga-bhaye na manena nimantrana
990|SYNONYMS
991|ei-mata-in this way; prati-dina-daily; karena vancana-
>|denies other inviters; sannyasira-of the Mayavadi sannyasis;
>| sanga-bhaye-from fear of the association; na manena-does
>|not accept; nimantrana-invitation.
992|TRANSLATION
993|Every day Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu refused their invitation
>|because He feared associating with Mayavadi sannyasis.
994|PURPORT
995|A Vaisnava sannyasi never accepts an invitation from a
>|party who considers Mayavadi sannyasis and Vaisnava
>|sannyasis to be one and the same. In other words, Vaisnava
>|sannyasis do not at all like to associate with Mayavadi
>|sannyasis, to say nothing of eating together . This
>|principle must be followed by the sannyasis of the Krsna
>|consciousness movement. That is the instruction of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu given by His personal behavior.
996|Madhya 17.104
997|TEXT 104
998|TEXT
999|prakasananda sripada sabhate vasiya
1000|'vedanta' padana bahu sisya-gana lana
1001|SYNONYMS
1002|prakasananda-Prakasananda; sripada-a great sannyasi;
>|sabhate-in the assembly; vasiya-sitting down; vedanta-
>|Vedanta philosophy; padana-instructs; bahu-many; sisya-gana-
>|disciples; lana-taking.
1003|TRANSLATION
1004|There was a great Mayavadi sannyasi named Prakasananda
>|Sarasvati who used to teach Vedanta philosophy to a great
>|assembly of followers.
1005|PURPORT
1006|Sripada Prakasananda Sarasvati was a Mayavadi sannyasi, and
>|his characteristics have been described in Caitanya-
>|bhagavata (Madhya-khanda Chapter Three):
1007|'hasta', 'pada', 'mukha' mora nahika 'locana'
1008|veda more ei-mata kare vidambana
1009|kasite padaya veta 'prakasa-ananda'
1010|sei veta kare mora anga khanda-khanda
1011|vakhanaye veda, mora vigraha na mane
1012|sarvange ha-ila kustha, tabu nahi jane
1013|sarva-yajnamaya mora ye-anga-pavitra
1014|'aja', 'bhava' adi gaya yanhara caritra
1015|'punya' pavitrata paya ye-anga-parase
1016|taha 'mithya' bale veta kemana sahase
1017|In the Madhya-khanda, Chapter Twenty, it is said:
1018|sannyasi 'prakasananda' vasaye kasite
1019|more khanda-khanda veta kare bhala-mate
1020|padaya 'vedanta', mora 'vigraha' na mane
1021|kustha karailun ange, tabu nahi jane
1022|'satya' mora 'lila-karma', 'satya' mora 'sthana'
1023|iha 'mithya' bale, more kare khan-khan
1024|Prakasananda Sarasvati used to
>|explain impersonalism, the Absolute Truth , as being
>|without hands, legs, mouths or eyes. In this way he used to
>|cheat the people by denying the personal form of the Lord.
>|Such a foolish person was Prakasananda Sarasvati, whose
>|only business was to sever the limbs of the Lord by proving
>|the Lord impersonal. Although the Lord has form,
>|Prakasananda Sarasvati was attempting to cut off the
>|hands and legs of the Lord. This is the business of demons.
>|The Vedas state that people who do not accept the Lord's
>|form are rascals. The form of the Lord is factual, for
>|Krsna states in Bhagavad-gita (15.15) : vedais ca
>|sarvair aham eva vedyah. When Krsna says aham, He says "I
>|am," which means "I," the person. He adds the word eva,
>|which is used for conclusive verification. It is by
>|Vedanta philosophy that one has to know the
>|Supreme Person. Whoever describes Vedic knowledge as
>|impersonal is a demon. One becomes successful in life by
>|worshiping the form of the Lord. The Mayavadi sannyasis
>|deny the form of the Lord, which delivers all fallen souls.
>|Indeed, this form is cut to pieces by Mayavadi
>|demons .
1025|The Personality of Godhead is worshiped by exalted demigods
>|like Lord Brahma and Lord Siva. The original Mayavadi
>|sannyasi, Sankaracarya, also accepted the fact that the
>|Lord's form is transcendental. Narayanah paro 'vyaktat : "
>|Narayana, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is beyond the
>|avyakta, the unmanifested material energy." Avyaktad anda-
>|sambhavah: "This material world is a creation of that
>|unmanifested material energy." However, Narayana has His
>|own eternal form, which is not created by material
>|energy. Simply by worshiping the form of the Lord, one is
>|purified. However, Mayavadi sannyasis are impersonalist
>|philosophers, and they describe the form of the Lord as
>|maya, or false. How can one be purified by worshiping
>|something false? Mayavadi philosophers have no sufficient
>|reason for being impersonalists. They blindly follow a
>|principle that cannot be supported by reason or argument.
>|This was the situation with Prakasananda Sarasvati, the
>|chief Mayavadi sannyasi of Benares. He was supposed to
>|teach Vedanta philosophy, but he would not accept the form
>|of the Lord; therefore he was attacked with leprosy.
>|Nonetheless, he continued to commit sins by describing the
>|Absolute Truth as impersonal. The Absolute Truth, the
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead, always displays pastimes
>|and activities, but Mayavadi sannyasis claim that these
>|activities are false.
1026|Some people falsely claim that Prakasananda Sarasvati later
>|became known as Prabodhananda Sarasvati, but this is not a
>|fact. Prabodhananda Sarasvati was the uncle and spiritual
>|master of Gopala Bhatta Gosvami. In his grhastha life,
>|Prabodhananda Sarasvati was a resident of Sri Ranga-ksetra,
>|and he belonged to the Vaisnava Ramanuja-sampradaya. It is
>|a mistake to consider Prakasananda Sarasvati and
>|Prabodhananda Sarasvati the same man.
1027|Madhya 17.105
1028|TEXT 105
1029|TEXT
1030|eka vipra dekhi' aila prabhura vyavahara
1031|prakasananda-age kahe caritra tanhara
1032|SYNONYMS
1033|eka vipra-one brahmana; dekhi'-seeing; aila-came; prabhura-
>|of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; vyavahara-activities;
>|prakasananda-age-before the Mayavadi sannyasi Prakasananda;
>|kahe-says; caritra tanhara-His characteristics.
1034|TRANSLATION
1035|One brahmana who saw the wonderful behavior of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu came to Prakasananda Sarasvati and described the
>|Lord's characteristics.
1036|Madhya 17.106
1037|TEXT 106
1038|TEXT
1039|"eka sannyasi aila jagannatha haite
1040|tanhara mahima-pratapa na pari varnite
1041|SYNONYMS
1042|eka-one; sannyasi-person in the renounced order of life;
>|aila-has come; jagannatha haite-from Jagannatha Puri;
>|tanhara-His; mahima-glories; pratapa-influence; na pari
>|varnite-I cannot describe.
1043|TRANSLATION
1044|The brahmana told Prakasananda Sarasvati, "There is a
>|sannyasi who has come from Jagannatha Puri, and I cannot
>|describe His wonderful influence and glories.
1045|Madhya 17.107
1046|TEXT 107
1047|TEXT
1048|sakala dekhiye tante adbhuta-kathana
1049|prakanda-sarira, suddha-kancana-varana
1050|SYNONYMS
1051|sakala dekhiye-I see everything; tante-in Him; adbhuta-
>|kathana-wonderful description; prakanda-sarira-very large
>|body; suddha-pure; kancana-gold; varana-complexion.
1052|TRANSLATION
1053|"Everything is wonderful about that sannyasi. He has a very
>|well built and luxurious body, and His complexion is like
>|purified gold.
1054|Madhya 17.108
1055|TEXT 108
1056|TEXT
1057|ajanu-lambita bhuja, kamala-nayana
1058|yata kichu isvarera sarva sal-laksana
1059|SYNONYMS
1060|ajanu-lambita-reaching down to the knees; bhuja-arms;
>|kamala-nayana-eyes like the petals of a lotus flower; yata-
>|as many as; kichu-any; isvarera-of the Supreme Personality
>|of Godhead; sarva-all; sat-laksana-transcendental symptoms.
1061|TRANSLATION
1062|"He has arms that extend to His knees, and His eyes are
>|like the petals of a lotus. In His person are all the
>|transcendental symptoms of the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead.
1063|Madhya 17.109
1064|TEXT 109
1065|TEXT
1066|taha dekhi' jnana haya-'ei narayana
1067|yei tanre dekhe, kare krsna-sankirtana
1068|SYNONYMS
1069|taha dekhi'-seeing that; jnana haya-one comes to the
>|conclusion; ei narayana-He is the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead, Narayana Himself; yei-anyone who; tanre-Him; dekhe-
>|sees; kare-performs; krsna-sankirtana-chanting of the holy
>|name of Krsna.
1070|TRANSLATION
1071|"When one sees all these features, one takes Him to be
>|Narayana Himself. Whoever sees Him immediately begins to
>|chant the holy name of Krsna.
1072|Madhya 17.110
1073|TEXT 110
1074|TEXT
1075|'maha-bhagavata'-laksana suni bhagavate
1076|se-saba laksana prakata dekhiye tanhate
1077|SYNONYMS
1078|maha-bhagavata-of a first-class devotee; laksana-symptoms;
>|suni-we hear; bhagavate-in Srimad-Bhagavatam; se-saba
>|laksana-all those symptoms; prakata-manifest; dekhiye-I see;
>| tanhate-in Him.
1079|TRANSLATION
1080|"We have heard about the symptoms of a first-class devotee
>|in Srimad Bhagavatam, and all those symptoms are manifest
>|in the body of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
1081|Madhya 17.111
1082|TEXT 111
1083|TEXT
1084|'nirantara krsna-nama' jihva tanra gaya
1085|dui-netre asru vahe ganga-dhara-praya
1086|SYNONYMS
1087|nirantara-incessantly; krsna-nama-the holy name of the Lord;
>| jihva-tongue; tanra-His; gaya-chants; dui-netre-in the two
>|eyes; asru-tears; vahe-flow; ganga-dhara-praya-like the
>|flow of the Ganges.
1088|TRANSLATION
1089|"His tongue is always chanting the holy name of Krsna, and
>|from His eyes tears incessantly fall like the flowing
>|Ganges.
1090|Madhya 17.112
1091|TEXT 112
1092|TEXT
1093|ksane nace, hase, gaya, karaye krandana
1094|ksane huhunkara kare,-simhera garjana
1095|SYNONYMS
1096|ksane-sometimes; nace-dances; hase-laughs; gaya-sings;
>|karaye krandana-cries; ksane-sometimes; huhun-kara-loud
>|vibrations; kare-makes; simhera garjana-the roaring of a
>|lion.
1097|TRANSLATION
1098|"Sometimes He dances, laughs, sings and cries, and
>|sometimes He roars like a lion.
1099|Madhya 17.113
1100|TEXT 113
1101|TEXT
1102|jagat-mangala tanra 'krsna-caitanya'-nama
1103|nama, rupa, guna tanra, saba-anupama
1104|SYNONYMS
1105|jagat-mangala-all-auspicious to the whole world; tanra-His;
>|krsna-caitanya-Sri Krsna Caitanya; nama-name; nama-name;
>|rupa-form; guna-the quality; tanra-His; saba-all; anupama-
>|unparalleled.
1106|TRANSLATION
1107|"His name, Krsna Caitanya, is all-auspicious to the world.
>|Everything about Him-His name, form , and qualities-is
>|unparalleled.
1108|Madhya 17.114
1109|TEXT 114
1110|TEXT
1111|dekhile se jani tanra 'isvarera riti'
1112|alaukika katha suni' ke kare pratiti?"
1113|SYNONYMS
1114|dekhile-simply by seeing; se-Him; jani-I understand; tanra-
>|His; isvarera riti-characteristics of the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead; alaukika-uncommon; katha-story;
>|suni'-hearing; ke-who; kare pratiti-will believe.
1115|TRANSLATION
1116|"Simply by seeing Him, one understands that He possesses
>|all the characteristics of the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead. Such characteristics are certainly uncommon. Who
>|will believe it?"
1117|Madhya 17.115
1118|TEXT 115
1119|TEXT
1120|suniya prakasananda bahuta hasila
1121|vipre upahasa kari' kahite lagila
1122|SYNONYMS
1123|suniya-hearing; prakasananda-Prakasananda Sarasvati; bahuta
>|hasila-laughed very much; vipre-at the brahmana; upahasa
>|kari'-jokingly laughing; kahite lagila-began to speak.
1124|TRANSLATION
1125|Prakasananda Sarasvati laughed very much to hear this
>|description. Joking and laughing at the brahmana, he began
>|to speak as follows.
1126|Madhya 17.116
1127|TEXT 116
1128|TEXT
1129|"suniyachi gauda-desera sannyasi-'bhavuka'
1130|kesava-bharati-sisya, loka-prataraka
1131|SYNONYMS
1132|suniyachi-I have heard; gauda-desera sannyasi-the sannyasi
>|from Bengal; bhavuka-sentimental; kesava-bharati-sisya-
>|disciple of Kesava Bharati; loka-prataraka-a first-class
>|pretender.
1133|TRANSLATION
1134|Prakasananda Sarasvati said, "Yes, I have heard about Him.
>|He is a sannyasi from Bengal, and He is very sentimental. I
>|have also heard that He belongs to the Bharati-sampradaya,
>|for He is a disciple of Kesava Bharati. However, He is only
>|a pretender."
1135|PURPORT
1136|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was considered bhavuka (sentimental)
>| because He was always seen in the bhava stage. That is, He
>|always exhibited ecstatic love for Krsna. However, foolish
>|people considered Him sentimental. In the material world,
>|so-called devotees sometimes exhibit emotional symptoms.
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu's ecstatic love cannot be compared to
>|the imitative emotional exhibitions of pretenders. Such
>|exhibitions do not continue for very long. They are
>|temporary. We actually see that some emotional imitators
>|exhibit certain symptoms, but immediately after their
>|exhibition, they are attracted to smoking and other things.
>|In the beginning, when Prakasananda Sarasvati heard of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu's activities, he considered them to be
>|those of a pretender. Consequently he called Him a loka-
>|prataraka, a pretender. Mayavadis cannot understand the
>|transcendental symptoms exhibited by a devotee; therefore
>|when such symptoms are manifest, the Mayavadis equate them
>|with temporary emotional feelings. However, Prakasananda
>|Sarasvati's statement is offensive, and consequently he
>|should be considered an atheist (pasandi). According to
>|Srila Rupa Gosvami, since Prakasananda Sarasvati was not
>|engaged in the Lord's devotional service, his sannyasa is
>|to be considered phalgu-vairagya. This means that since he
>|did not know how to use things for the Lord's service, his
>|renunciation of the world was artificial.
1137|Madhya 17.117
1138|TEXT 117
1139|TEXT
1140|'caitanya'-nama tanra, bhavuka-gana lana
1141|dese dese grame grame bule nacana
1142|SYNONYMS
1143|caitanya-Caitanya; nama tanra-His name; bhavuka-gana lana-
>|accompanied by some sentimentalists; dese dese-from country
>|to country; grame grame-from village to village; bule-
>|travels; nacana-causing to dance.
1144|TRANSLATION
1145|Prakasananda Sarasvati continued, "I know that His name is
>|Sri Krsna Caitanya and that He is accompanied by many
>|sentimentalists. His followers dance with Him, and He tours
>|from country to country and village to village.
1146|Madhya 17.118
1147|TEXT 118
1148|TEXT
1149|yei tanre dekhe, sei isvara kari' kahe
1150|aiche mohana-vidya-ye dekhe se mohe
1151|SYNONYMS
1152|yei-anyone who; tanre-Him; dekhe-sees; sei-that person;
>|isvara kari'-as the Supreme Personality of Godhead; kahe-
>|says; aiche-such; mohana-vidya-hypnotism; ye dekhe-anyone
>|who sees; se mohe-he becomes illusioned.
1153|TRANSLATION
1154|"Whoever sees Him accepts Him as the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead. Since He has some mystic power by which He
>|hypnotizes people, everyone who sees Him is illusioned.
1155|Madhya 17.119
1156|TEXT 119
1157|TEXT
1158|sarvabhauma bhattacarya-pandita prabala
1159|suni' caitanyera sange ha-ila pagala
1160|SYNONYMS
1161|sarvabhauma bhattacarya-Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya; pandita
>|prabala-a learned scholar; suni'-I have heard; caitanyera
>|sange-in the association of Caitanya; ha-ila pagala-has
>|become a madman.
1162|TRANSLATION
1163|"Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya was a very learned scholar, but I
>|have heard that he also has become a madman due to his
>|association with this Caitanya.
1164|Madhya 17.120
1165|TEXT 120
1166|TEXT
1167|'sannyasi'-nama-matra, maha-indrajali!
1168|'kasipure' na vikabe tanra bhavakali
1169|SYNONYMS
1170|sannyasi-in the renounced order of life; nama-matra-in name
>|only; maha-indrajali-first-class magician; kasipure-in Kasi;
>| na vikabe-will not sell; tanra-His; bhavakali-sentimental
>|activities.
1171|TRANSLATION
1172|"This Caitanya is a sannyasi in name only. Actually He is a
>|first-class magician. In any case, His sentimentalism
>|cannot be very much in demand here in Kasi.
1173|Madhya 17.121
1174|TEXT 121
1175|TEXT
1176|'vedanta' sravana kara, na yaiha tanra pasa
1177|ucchrnkhala-loka-sange dui-loka-nasa"
1178|SYNONYMS
1179|vedanta-the philosophy of Vedanta; sravana kara-go on
>|hearing; na-do not; yaiha-go; tanra pasa-near Him;
>|ucchrnkhala-upstart; loka-people; sange-in the association
>|of; dui-loka-nasa-destruction in this world and the next.
1180|TRANSLATION
1181|"Do not go to see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Just continue
>|hearing Vedanta. If you associate with upstarts, you will
>|be lost in this world and in the next."
1182|PURPORT
1183|The word ucchrnkhala, meaning "whimsical," is significant
>|in this verse. In Bhagavad-gita (16.23), Lord Krsna
>|Himself says:
1184|yah sastra-vidhim utsrjya
1185|vartate kama - karatah
1186|na sa siddhim avapnoti
>|
>|
1187|na sukham na param gatim
1188|If one acts whimsically and does not follow the sastric
>|principles, he will never attain perfection, happiness or
>|the spiritual world.
1189|Madhya 17.122
1190|TEXT 122
1191|TEXT
1192|eta suni' sei vipra maha-duhkha paila
1193|'krsna' 'krsna' kahi' tatha haite uthi' gela
1194|SYNONYMS
1195|eta suni'-hearing this; sei vipra-that brahmana; maha-
>|duhkha paila-became very much aggrieved; krsna krsna kahi'-
>|uttering the holy name of Lord Krsna; tatha haite-from
>|there; uthi' gela-got up and went away.
1196|TRANSLATION
1197|When the brahmana heard Prakasananda Sarasvati speak like
>|this about Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he became very
>|grief-stricken. Chanting the holy name of Krsna, he
>|immediately left.
1198|Madhya 17.123
1199|TEXT 123
1200|TEXT
1201|prabhura darasane suddha hanache tanra mana
1202|prabhu-age duhkhi hana kahe vivarana
1203|SYNONYMS
1204|prabhura darasane-by seeing personally the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead; suddha-purified; hanache-was; tanra
>|mana-his mind; prabhu-age-before the Lord; duhkhi hana-
>|being very much unhappy; kahe vivarana-described the
>|incidents.
1205|TRANSLATION
1206|The brahmana's mind was already purified by
>|seeing the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu. He therefore went to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|and described what took place before the Mayavadi
>|sannyasi Prakasananda.
1207|Madhya 17.124
1208|TEXT 124
1209|TEXT
1210|suni' mahaprabhu tabe isat hasila
1211|punarapi sei vipra prabhure puchila
1212|SYNONYMS
1213|suni'-hearing; mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tabe-
>|then; isat-mildly; hasila-smiled; punarapi-again indeed;
>|sei-that; vipra-brahmana; prabhure puchila-inquired from
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
1214|TRANSLATION
1215|Hearing this, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu mildly smiled. The
>|brahmana then spoke again to the Lord.
1216|Madhya 17.125
1217|TEXT 125
1218|TEXT
1219|"tara age yabe ami tomara nama la-ila
1220|seha tomara nama jane,-apane kahila
1221|SYNONYMS
1222|tara age-before him; yabe-when; ami-I; tomara-Your; nama-
>|name; laila -uttered; seha-he; tomara-Your; nama-name;
>|jane-knows; apane kahila-he said himself.
1223|TRANSLATION
1224|The brahmana said,"As soon as I uttered Your name before
>|him, he immediately confirmed the fact that he knew Your
>|name.
1225|Madhya 17.126
1226|TEXT 126
1227|TEXT
1228|tomara 'dosa' kahite kare namera uccara
1229|'caitanya' 'caitanya' kari' kahe tina-bara
1230|SYNONYMS
1231|tomara dosa-Your fault; kahite-describing; kare-does;
>|namera-of the name; uccara-utterances; caitanya caitanya-
>|Caitanya, Caitanya; kari'-in that way; kahe tina-bara-he
>|uttered three times.
1232|TRANSLATION
1233|"While finding fault with You, he uttered Your name three
>|times, saying, 'Caitanya, Caitanya, Caitanya.'
1234|Madhya 17.127
1235|TEXT 127
1236|TEXT
1237|tina-bare 'krsna-nama' na aila tara mukhe
1238|'avajna'te nama laya, suni' pai duhkhe
1239|SYNONYMS
1240|tina-bare-three times; krsna-nama-the holy name of Krsna;
>|na aila-did not come; tara mukhe-in his mouth; avajna'te-
>|in contempt; nama laya-takes Your name; suni'-hearing; pai
>|duhkhe-I was very much aggrieved.
1241|TRANSLATION
1242|"Although he spoke Your name three times, he did not utter
>|the name of Krsna. Because he uttered Your name in
>|contempt, I was very much aggrieved.
1243|PURPORT
1244|Prakasananda Sarasvati vilified and blasphemed Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu. Words like brahma, caitanya, atma, paramatma,
>|jagadisa, isvara, virat, vibhu, bhuma, visvarupa and
>|vyapaka all indirectly indicate Krsna. However, the chanter
>|of these names is not actually attracted to the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead Krsna and His transcendental
>|pastimes. One may get a little light from these names, but
>|one cannot understand that the holy name of the Lord is
>|identical with the Lord. One considers the Lord's names
>|material due to a poor fund of knowledge. Mayavadi
>|philosophers and the pancopasakas cannot in the least
>|understand the existence of the spiritual world and the
>|blissful variegatedness there. They cannot understand the
>|Absolute Truth and its spiritual varieties-name, form,
>|qualities and pastimes. Consequently they conclude that
>|Krsna's transcendental activities are maya. Due to
>|this , one has to directly cultivate
>|knowledge about the holy name of the Lord. Mayavadi
>|philosophers do not know this fact, and therefore they
>|commit great offenses. One should not hear anything about
>|Krsna or devotional service from the mouths of Mayavadi
>|impersonalists.
1245|Madhya 17.128
1246|TEXT 128
1247|TEXT
1248|ihara karana more kaha krpa kari'
1249|toma dekhi' mukha mora bale 'krsna' 'hari"
1250|SYNONYMS
1251|ihara-of this; karana-cause; more-unto me; kaha-please
>|speak; krpa kari'-by Your causeless mercy; toma dekhi'-
>|seeing You; mukha-mouth; mora-my; bale-says; krsna hari-the
>|holy names of Krsna and Hari.
1252|TRANSLATION
1253|"Why could Prakasananda not utter the names of Krsna and
>|Hari ? He chanted the name Caitanya thrice. As far as
>|I am concerned, simply by seeing You I am moved to chant
>|the holy names of Krsna and Hari. "
1254|Madhya 17.129
1255|TEXT 129
1256|TEXT
1257|prabhu kahe,-"mayavadi krsne aparadhi
1258|'brahma', 'atma' 'caitanya' kahe niravadhi
1259|SYNONYMS
1260|prabhu kahe-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; mayavadi-the
>|impersonalists; krsne-unto Krsna; aparadhi-great offenders;
>|brahma-brahma; atma-atma; caitanya-caitanya; kahe-say;
>|niravadhi-without stopping.
1261|TRANSLATION
1262|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied, "Mayavadi
>|impersonalists are great offenders unto Lord Krsna;
>|therefore they simply utter the words Brahman, atma
>|and caitanya.
1263|Madhya 17.130
1264|TEXT 130
1265|TEXT
1266|ataeva tara mukhe na aise krsna-nama
1267|'krsna-nama', 'krsna-svarupa'-duita 'samana'
1268|SYNONYMS
1269|ataeva-therefore; tara mukhe-in their mouths; na-not; aise-
>|manifests; krsna-nama-the holy name of Krsna ; krsna-nama-
>|the holy name of Krsna ; krsna-svarupa-the personality of
>|the Lord; duita samana-both identical.
1270|TRANSLATION
1271|"The holy name of Krsna is not manifest in their mouths
>|because they are offenders unto Krsna, the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead, who is identical with His holy name
>|.
1272|Madhya 17.131
1273|TEXT 131
1274|TEXT
1275|'nama', 'vigraha', 'svarupa'-tina eka-rupa
1276|tine 'bheda' nahi,-tina 'cid-ananda-rupa'
1277|SYNONYMS
1278|nama-the name; vigraha-form; sva-rupa-personality;
>|tina-all three; eka-rupa-one and the same; tine-between the
>|three; bheda nahi-there is no difference; tina-all three;
>|cit-ananda-rupa-transcendentally blissful.
1279|TRANSLATION
1280|"The Lord's holy name, His form and His personality are all
>|one and the same. There is no difference between them.
>|Since all of them are absolute, they are
>|transcendentally blissful.
1281|Madhya 17.132
1282|TEXT 132
1283|TEXT
1284|deha-dehira, nama-namira krsne nahi 'bheda'
1285|jivera dharma-nama-deha-svarupe 'vibheda'
1286|SYNONYMS
1287|deha-dehira-of the body and the owner of the body; nama-
>|namira-of the name and the owner of the name; krsne-in
>|Krsna; nahi bheda-there is no difference; jivera dharma-the
>|situation of the conditioned soul; nama-name; deha-body;
>|sva-rupe-original form; vibheda-different.
1288|TRANSLATION
1289|"There is no difference between Krsna's body and Himself or
>|between His name and Himself. as far as the conditioned
>|soul is concerned, everything is different. One's name is
>|different from the body, from one's original form and so
>|on.
1290|PURPORT
1291|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is herein pointing out to the
>|brahmana that Mayavadi philosophers cannot understand that
>|the living entity is equal in quality with the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead. Because they do not accept this,
>|they think that the living entity has been falsely divided
>|from the original Brahman due to being conditioned by maya.
>|Mayavadis believe that the Absolute Truth is ultimately
>|impersonal. When an incarnation of God or God Himself comes,
>| they think He is covered by maya. In other words, Mayavadi
>|impersonalists think that the Lord's form is also a product
>|of this material world. Due to a poor fund of knowledge,
>|they cannot understand that Krsna has no body separate from
>|Himself. His body and Himself are both the same Absolute
>|Truth. Not having perfect knowledge of Krsna, such
>|impersonalists certainly commit offenses at His lotus feet.
>|Therefore they do not utter the original name of
>|the Absolute Truth , Krsna. In their impersonal way, they
>|utter the name of impersonal Brahman, spirit soul. In other
>|words, they indulge in indirect indications of the Absolute
>|Truth. Even if they happen to utter the name of Govinda,
>| Krsna or Madhava, they still cannot understand that
>|these names are as good as Govinda, Krsna or Madhava the
>|person. Because they are ultimately impersonalists, their
>|uttering of the personal name has no potency. Actually they
>|do not believe in Krsna but consider all these names to be
>|material vibrations. Not being able to appreciate the holy
>|name of the Lord, they simply utter indirect names like
>|Brahman, atma and caitanya.
1292|It is a fact, however, that the name of Krsna and Krsna the
>|person are both spiritual. Everything about Krsna is
>|transcendental, blissful and objective. For a conditioned
>|soul, the body is different from the soul, and the name
>|given by the father is also different from the soul. The
>|conditioned living entity's identification with material
>|objects keeps him from attaining his actual position.
>|Although he is an eternal servant of Krsna, he acts
>|differently. The svarupa, or actual identification of the
>|living entity, is described by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as
>|jivera 'svarupa' haya-krsnera 'nitya-dasa'
>|. The conditioned soul has forgotten the real
>|activities of his original position. However, this is not
>|the case with Krsna. Krsna's name and His person are
>|identical. There is no such thing as maya Krsna because
>|Krsna is not a product of the material creation. There is
>|no difference between Krsna's body and His soul. Krsna is
>|simultaneously both soul and body. The distinction between
>|body and soul applies to conditioned souls. The body of the
>|conditioned soul is different from the soul, and the
>|conditioned soul's name is different from his body. One may
>|be named Mr. John, but if we call for Mr. John, Mr. John
>|may never actually appear. However, if we utter the holy
>|name of Krsna, Krsna is immediately present on our tongue.
>|In the Padma Purana, Krsna says, mad-bhakta yatra gayanti
>|tatra tisthami narada: "O Narada, I am present wherever My
>|devotees are chanting." When the devotees chant the holy
>|name of Krsna-Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare
>|Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare-Lord
>|Krsna is immediately present.
1293|Madhya 17.133
1294|TEXT 133
1295|TEXT
1296|nama cintamanih krsnas
1297|caitanya-rasa-vigrahah
1298|purnah suddho nitya-mukto
1299|'bhinnatvan nama-naminoh
1300|SYNONYMS
1301|namah-the holy name; cintamanih-transcendentally blissful
>|giver of all spiritual benedictions; krsnah-not different
>|from Krsna; caitanya-rasa-vigrahah-the form of all
>|transcendental mellows; purnah-complete; suddhah-pure,
>|without material contamination; nitya-eternal; muktah-
>|liberated; abhinna-tvat-due to not being different;
>|nama-of the holy name; naminoh-and of the person who has
>|the name.
1302|TRANSLATION
1303|" 'The holy name of Krsna is transcendentally blissful. It
>|bestows all spiritual benedictions, for it is Krsna Himself,
>| the reservoir of all pleasure. Krsna's name is complete,
>|and it is the form of all transcendental mellows. It is not
>|a material name under any condition, and it is no less
>|powerful than Krsna Himself. Since Krsna's name is not
>|contaminated by the material qualities, there is no
>|question of its being involved with maya. Krsna's name is
>|always liberated and spiritual; it is never conditioned by
>|the laws of material nature. This is because the name of
>|Krsna and Krsna Himself are identical.'
1304|PURPORT
1305|This is a quotation from Padma Purana.
1306|Madhya 17.134
1307|TEXT 134
1308|TEXT
1309|ataeva krsnera 'nama', 'deha', 'vilasa'
1310|prakrtendriya-grahya nahe, haya sva-prakasa
1311|SYNONYMS
1312|ataeva-therefore; krsnera-of Lord Krsna; nama-the holy name;
>| deha-the spiritual body; vilasa-the pastimes; prakrta-
>|indriya-by the dull senses made of matter; grahya-
>|perceptible; nahe-not; haya-are; sva-prakasa-self-
>|manifested.
1313|TRANSLATION
1314|"The holy name of Krsna, His body and His pastimes cannot
>|be understood by blunt material senses. They are
>|manifest independently.
1315|PURPORT
1316|The transcendental body of Krsna, His name,
>|form, qualities, pastimes and entourage all constitute the
>|Absolute Truth and are as good as Krsna (sac-cid-
>|ananda-vigraha ). As long as the living entity is
>|conditioned by the three modes of material nature -(
>|goodness, passion and ignorance) - the objects of his
>|material senses-material form, taste, smell, sound and
>|touch-will not help him understand spiritual knowledge and
>|bliss. Rather, these are revealed to the pure devotee. One'
>|s material name, form and qualities are certainly different
>|from one another. In the material world, there is no
>|conception of absolute; however, when we come to Krsna
>|consciousness we find that there is no material difference
>|between Krsna's body and His names, activities and
>|entourage.
1317|Madhya 17.135
1318|TEXT 135
1319|TEXT
1320|krsna-nama, krsna-guna, krsna-lila-vrnda
1321|krsnera svarupa-sama-saba cid-ananda
1322|SYNONYMS
1323|krsna-nama-the holy name of Krsna; krsna-guna-the
>|transcendental qualities of Krsna; krsna-lila-vrnda-the
>|transcendental pastimes of Lord Krsna; krsnera sva-
>|rupa-Krsna's personality; sama-equal; saba-all; cit-ananda-
>|spiritual and full of bliss.
1324|TRANSLATION
1325|"The holy name of Krsna, His transcendental qualities
>|and pastimes as well as Lord Krsna
>|Himself are all equal. They are all spiritual and full of
>|bliss.
1326|Madhya 17.136
1327|TEXT 136
1328|TEXT
1329|atah sri-krsna-namadi
1330|na bhaved grahyam indriyaih
1331|sevonmukhe hi jihvadau
1332|svayam eva sphuraty adah
1333|SYNONYMS
1334|atah-therefore (because Krsna's name, form, quality
>| are all on the absolute platform); sri-krsna-nama-
>|adi-Lord Krsna's name, form, quality, pastimes and so on;
>|na-not; bhavet-can be; grahyam-perceived; indriyaih-by the
>|blunt material senses; seva-unmukhe-to one engaged in His
>|service; hi-certainly; jihva-adau-beginning with the tongue;
>| svayam-personally; eva-certainly; sphurati-become manifest;
>| adah-those (Krsna's name, form, quality, and so on).
1335|TRANSLATION
1336|" 'Therefore material senses cannot appreciate Krsna's holy
>|name, form, qualities and pastimes. When a conditioned soul
>|is awakened to Krsna consciousness and renders service by
>|using his tongue to chant the Lord's holy name and taste
>|the remnants of the Lord's food, the tongue is purified,
>|and one gradually comes to understand who Krsna really is.'
1337|PURPORT
1338|This verse is recorded in the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.2.
>|234).
1339|Madhya 17.137
1340|TEXT 137
1341|TEXT
1342|brahmananda haite purnananda lila-rasa
1343|brahma-jnani akarsiya kare atma-vasa
1344|SYNONYMS
1345|brahma-ananda-the pleasure of self-realization; haite-from;
>|purna-ananda-complete pleasure; lila-rasa-the mellows of
>|the pastimes of the Lord; brahma-jnani-those who are on the
>|platform of Brahman understanding; akarsiya-attracting;
>|kare-make; atma-vasa-subordinate to Krsna.
1346|TRANSLATION
1347|"The mellows of Lord Krsna's pastimes, which are full of
>|bliss, attract the jnani from the pleasure of Brahman
>|realization and conquer him.
1348|PURPORT
1349|When one understands that he belongs not to the material
>|world but to the spiritual world, one is called liberated.
>|Being situated in the spiritual world is certainly
>|pleasurable, but those who realize the transcendental name,
>|form, qualities and pastimes of Lord Krsna enjoy
>|transcendental bliss many times more than one who has
>|simply realized the self. When one is situated on the
>|platform of self-realization, he can certainly be easily
>|attracted by Krsna and become a servant of the Lord. This
>|is explained in Bhagavad-gita :
1350|brahma-bhutah prasannatma
1351|na socati na kanksati
1352|samah sarvesu bhutesu
>|
>|
>|
>|
1353|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|mad-bhaktim labhate param
>|
>|
>|
1354|"One who is thus transcendentally situated
>|at once realizes the Supreme Brahman and becomes
>|joyful. He never laments or desires to have anything; he is
>|equally disposed to every living entity. In that state he
>|attains pure devotional service unto Me." (Bg. 18.54)
1355|When one becomes spiritually realized (brahma-
>|bhuta), he becomes happy (prasannatma), for he is
>|relieved from material conceptions. One who has attained
>|this platform is not agitated by material action and
>|reaction. He sees everyone on the platform of spirit soul (
>|panditah sama-darsinah). When one is completely realized,
>|he can rise to the platform of pure devotional service (mad-
>|bhaktim-labhate param). When one comes to the platform of
>|bhakti, devotional service, he automatically realizes who
>|Krsna is.
1356|bhaktya mam abhijanati
>|
>|
>|
1357|yavan yas casmi tattvatah
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
1358|tato mam tattvato jnatva
1359|visate tad-anantaram
1360|"One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only
>|by devotional service. And when one is in full
>|consciousness of the Supreme Lord by such devotion, he can
>|enter into the kingdom of God." (Bg. 18.55)
1361|It is only on the bhakti platform that one can understand
>|the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna and His
>|transcendental name, form, qualities, pastimes and
>|entourage. Being thus qualified spiritually (visate tad-
>|anantaram), one is allowed to enter the spiritual kingdom
>|of God and return home, back to Godhead.
1362|Madhya 17.138
1363|TEXT 138
1364|TEXT
1365|svasukha -
>|nibhrta-cetas tad vyudastanya-bhavo
1366|'py ajita-rucira-lilakrsta-saras tadiyam
1367|vyatanuta krpaya yas tattva-dipam puranam
1368|tam akhila-vrjina-ghnam vyasa-sunum nato 'smi
1369|SYNONYMS
1370|sva-sukha-in happiness of the self; nibhrta-solitary; cetah-
>|whose consciousness; tat-because of that; vyudasta-given up;
>| anya-bhavah-any other type of consciousness; api-although;
>|ajita-of Sri Krsna; rucira-pleasing; lila-by the pastimes;
>|akrsta-attracted; sarah-whose heart; tadiyam-consisting of
>|the activities of the Lord; vyatanuta-spread, manifested;
>|krpaya-mercifully; yah-who; tattva-dipam-the bright light
>|of the Absolute Truth; puranam-the Purana (Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam); tam-unto him; akhila-vrjina-ghnam-defeating
>|everything inauspicious; vyasa-sunum-the son of Vyasadeva;
>|natah asmi-I offer my obeisances.
1371|TRANSLATION
1372|" 'Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual
>|master, the son of Vyasadeva, Sukadeva Gosvami. It is he
>|who defeats all inauspicious things within this universe.
>|Although in the beginning he was absorbed in the happiness
>|of Brahman realization and was living in a secluded place,
>|giving up all other types of consciousness, he became
>|attracted by the most melodious pastimes of Lord Sri Krsna.
>|He therefore mercifully spoke the supreme Purana, known as
>|Srimad-Bhagavatam, which is the bright light of the
>|Absolute Truth and which describes the activities of Lord
>|Krsna.'
1373|PURPORT
1374|This verse was spoken by Suta Gosvami in Srimad-Bhagavatam (
>|12.12.69).
1375|Madhya 17.139
1376|TEXT 139
1377|TEXT
1378|brahmananda haite purnananda krsna-guna
1379|ataeva akarsaye atma-ramera mana
1380|SYNONYMS
1381|brahma-ananda-the pleasure of Brahman realization; haite-
>|from; purna-ananda-complete bliss; krsna-guna-the qualities
>|of Lord Krsna; ataeva-therefore; akarsaye-attract; atma-
>|ramera mana-the minds of self-realized persons.
1382|TRANSLATION
1383|"The transcendental qualities of Sri Krsna are completely
>|blissful and relishable. Consequently Lord Krsna's
>|qualities attract even the minds of self-realized persons
>|from the bliss of self-realization.
1384|Madhya 17.140
1385|TEXT 140
1386|TEXT
1387|atmaramas ca munayo
1388|nirgrantha apy urukrame
1389|kurvanty ahaitukim bhaktim
1390|ittham-bhuta-guno harih
1391|SYNONYMS
1392|atma-aramah-persons who take pleasure in being
>|transcendentally situated in the service of the Lord; ca-
>|also; munayah-great saintly persons who have completely
>|rejected material aspirations, fruitive activities, and so
>|forth; nirgranthah-without interest in any material desire;
>|api-certainly; urukrame-unto the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead, Krsna, whose activities are wonderful; kurvanti-do;
>| ahaitukim-causeless, or without material desires; bhaktim-
>|devotional service; ittham-bhuta-so wonderful as to attract
>|the attention of the self-satisfied; gunah-who has
>|transcendental qualities; harih-the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead.
1393|TRANSLATION
1394|" 'Those who are self-satisfied and unattracted by external
>|material desires are also attracted to the loving service
>|of Sri Krsna, whose qualities are transcendental and whose
>|activities are wonderful. Hari, the Personality of Godhead,
>|is called Krsna because He has such transcendentally
>|attractive features.'
1395|Madhya 17.141
1396|TEXT 141
1397|TEXT