1|Madhya 19-1975: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Instructs
>|Srila Rupa Gosvami
2|Chapter 19
3|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Instructs Srila Rupa Gosvami
4|A summary of this chapter is given by Srila Bhaktivinoda
>|Thakura in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya. Meeting Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu in a village called Ramakeli, two brothers, Rupa
>|and Sanatana, began to devise means to get out of their
>|government service. Both brothers appointed some brahmanas
>|to perform purascarana ceremonies and chant the holy name
>|of Krsna. Srila Rupa Gosvami deposited ten thousand gold
>|coins with a grocer, and the balance he brought in two
>|boats to a place called Bakla Candradvipa. There he divided
>|this money among the brahmanas, Vaisnavas and his relatives,
>| and a portion he kept for emergency measures and personal
>|needs. He was informed that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was
>|going to Vrndavana from Jagannatha Puri through the forest
>|of Madhya Pradesh; therefore he sent two people to
>|Jagannatha Puri to find out when the Lord would leave for
>|Vrndavana. In this way Rupa Gosvami retired, but Sanatana
>|Gosvami told the Nawab that he was sick and could not
>|attend to his work. Giving this excuse, he sat home and
>|studied Srimad-Bhagavatam with learned brahmana scholars.
>|The Nawab Hussain Shah first sent his personal physician to
>|see what the real facts were; then he personally came to
>|see why Sanatana was not attending to official business.
>|Knowing that he wanted to resign his post, the Nawab had
>|him arrested and imprisoned. The Nawab then went off to
>|attack Orissa.
5|When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu started for Vrndavana through
>|the forest of Madhya Pradesh (Jharikhanda), Rupa Gosvami
>|left home and sent news to Sanatana that he was leaving
>|home with his younger brother (Anupama Mallika) to meet Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila Rupa Gosvami finally reached
>|Prayaga and met with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu for ten
>|successive days. During this time, Vallabha Bhatta extended
>|an invitation to the Lord with great respect. Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu introduced Srila Rupa Gosvami to Vallabha Bhatta.
>| After this, a brahmana scholar named Raghupati Upadhyaya
>|arrived and discussed Krsna consciousness with the Lord.
>|Kaviraja Gosvami then extensively describes the living
>|condition of Sri Rupa and Sanatana at Vrndavana. During the
>|ten days at Prayaga, Srila Rupa Gosvami was instructed by
>|the Lord, who gave him the basic principles of the Bhakti-
>|rasamrta-sindhu. The Lord then sent Srila Rupa Gosvami to
>|Vrndavana. The Lord Himself returned to Varanasi and stayed
>|at the home of Candrasekhara.
6|Madhya 19.1
7|TEXT 1
8|TEXT
9|vrndavaniyam rasa-keli-vartam
10|kalena luptam nija-saktim utkah
11|sancarya rupe vyatanot punah sa
12|prabhur vidhau prag iva loka-srstim
13|SYNONYMS
14|vrndavaniyam-related to Vrndavana; rasa-keli-vartam-talks
>|about the pastimes of Sri Krsna; kalena-with the course of
>|time; luptam-lost; nija-saktim-His personal potency; utkah-
>|being eager; sancarya-infusing; rupe-to Rupa Gosvami;
>|vyatanot-manifested; punah-again; sah-He; prabhuh-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; vidhau-unto Lord Brahma; prak iva-as
>|formerly; loka-srstim-the creation of this cosmic
>|manifestation.
15|TRANSLATION
16|Before the creation of this cosmic manifestation, the Lord
>|enlightened the heart of Lord Brahma with the details of
>|the creation and manifested the Vedic knowledge. In exactly
>|the same way, the Lord, being anxious to revive the
>|Vrndavana pastimes of Lord Krsna, impregnated the heart of
>|Rupa Gosvami with spiritual potency. By this potency, Srila
>|Rupa Gosvami could revive the activities of Krsna in
>|Vrndavana, activities almost lost to memory. In this way,
>|He spread Krsna consciousness throughout the world.
17|Madhya 19.2
18|TEXT 2
19|TEXT
20|jaya jaya sri-caitanya jaya nityananda
21|jayadvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda
22|SYNONYMS
23|jaya jaya sri-caitanya-all glories to Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; jaya nityananda-all glories to Lord Nityananda;
>|jaya advaita-candra-all glories to Advaita Prabhu; jaya
>|gaura-bhakta-vrnda-all glories to the devotees of the Lord.
24|TRANSLATION
25|All glories to Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu! All glories to
>|Lord Nityananda! All glories to Advaitacandra! And all
>|glories to all the devotees of the Lord!
26|Madhya 19.3
27|TEXT 3
28|TEXT
29|sri-rupa-sanatana rahe ramakeli-grame
30|prabhure miliya gela apana-bhavane
31|SYNONYMS
32|sri-rupa-sanatana-the brothers named Rupa and Sanatana;
>|rahe-stayed; ramakeli-grame-in Ramakeli; prabhure-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; miliya-meeting; gela-went back; apana-
>|bhavane-to their own homes.
33|TRANSLATION
34|After meeting Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in the village of
>|Ramakeli, the brothers Rupa and Sanatana returned to their
>|homes.
35|Madhya 19.4
36|TEXT 4
37|TEXT
38|dui-bhai visaya-tyagera upaya srjila
39|bhau-dhana diya dui brahmane varila
40|SYNONYMS
41|dui-bhai-the two brothers; visaya-tyagera-of giving up
>|material activities; upaya srjila-discovered a means; bahu-
>|dhana-much money; diya-paying; dui brahmane-two brahmanas;
>|varila-appointed.
42|TRANSLATION
43|The two brothers devised a means whereby they could give up
>|their material activities. For this purpose, they appointed
>|two brahmanas and paid them a large amount of money.
44|Madhya 19.5
45|TEXT 5
46|TEXT
47|krsna-mantre karaila dui purascarana
48|acirat paibare caitanya-carana
49|SYNONYMS
50|krsna-mantre-in the holy mantra Hare Krsna; karaila-caused
>|to perform; dui-two; purascarana-religious ceremonies;
>|acirat-without delay; paibare-to get; caitanya-carana-the
>|shelter of the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
51|TRANSLATION
52|The brahmanas performed religious ceremonies and chanted
>|the holy name of Krsna so that the two brothers might
>|attain shelter at the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|very soon.
53|PURPORT
54|A purascarana is a ritualistic ceremony performed under the
>|guidance of an expert spiritual master or a brahmana. It is
>|performed for the fulfillment of certain desires. One rises
>|early in the morning, chants the Hare Krsna mantra,
>|performs arcana by the arati ceremony and worships the
>|Deities. These activities are described in the
>|Fifteenth Chapter, verse 108.
55|Madhya 19.6
56|TEXT 6
57|TEXT
58|sri-rupa-gosani tabe naukate bhariya
59|sri-rupa-gosani apanara ghare aila bahu-dhana lana
60|SYNONYMS
61|sri-rupa-gosani-Sri Rupa Gosvami; tabe-thereafter; naukate
>|bhariya-filling boats; apanara ghare-to his own house; aila-
>|returned; bahu-dhana lana-taking large amounts of riches.
62|TRANSLATION
63|At this time, Sri Rupa Gosvami returned home, taking with
>|him large quantities of riches loaded in boats.
64|Madhya 19.7
65|TEXT 7
66|TEXT
67|brahmana-vaisnave dila tara ardha-dhane
68|eka cauthi dhana dila kutumba-bharane
69|SYNONYMS
70|brahmana-vaisnave-to the brahmanas and Vaisnavas; dila-gave
>|as charity; tara-of the riches; ardha-dhane-fifty percent;
>|eka cauthi dhana-one-fourth of the riches; dila-gave;
>|kutumba-bharane-to satisfy the relatives.
71|TRANSLATION
72|Srila Rupa Gosvami divided the wealth that he brought back
>|home. He gave fifty percent in charity to brahmanas and
>|Vaisnavas and twenty-five percent to his relatives.
73|PURPORT
74|This is a practical example of how one should divide his
>|money and retire from household life. Fifty percent of one'
>|s money should be distributed to qualified and pure
>|devotees of the Lord. Twenty-five percent may be given to
>|family members, and twenty-five percent may be kept for
>|personal use in case of emergency.
75|Madhya 19.8
76|TEXT 8
77|TEXT
78|danda-bandha lagi' cauthi sancaya karila
79|bhala-bhala vipra-sthane sthapya rakhila
80|SYNONYMS
81|danda-bandha lagi'-in case of legal implications; cauthi-
>|one-fourth; sancaya karila-he collected; bhala-bhala-very
>|respectable; vipra-sthane-in the custody of a brahmana;
>|sthapya rakhila-kept deposited.
82|TRANSLATION
83|He kept one-fourth of his wealth with a respectable
>|brahmana. He kept this for his personal safety because he
>|was expecting some legal complications.
84|Madhya 19.9
85|TEXT 9
86|TEXT
87|gaude rakhila mudra dasa-hajare
88|sanatana vyaya kare, rakhe mudi-ghare
89|SYNONYMS
90|gaude-in Bengal; rakhila-kept; mudra-coins; dasa-hajare-ten
>|thousand; sanatana-his elder brother; vyaya kare-spent;
>|rakhe-deposited; mudi-ghare-in the place of a local grocer.
91|TRANSLATION
92|He deposited ten thousand coins, which were later spent by
>|Sri Sanatana Gosvami, in the custody of a local Bengali
>|grocer.
93|Madhya 19.10
94|TEXT 10
95|TEXT
96|sri-rupa sunila prabhura niladri-gamana
97|vana-pathe yabena prabhu sri-vrndavana
98|SYNONYMS
99|sri-rupa-Srila Rupa Gosvami; sunila-heard; prabhura-of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; niladri-gamana-departure for
>|Jagannatha Puri; vana-pathe-on the path through the forest;
>|yabena-will go; prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sri-
>|vrndavana-to Vrndavana.
100|TRANSLATION
101|Sri Rupa Gosvami heard that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had
>|returned to Jagannatha Puri and was preparing to go to
>|Vrndavana through the forest.
102|Madhya 19.11
103|TEXT 11
104|TEXT
105|rupa-gosani nilacale pathaila dui-jana
106|prabhu yabe vrndavana karena gamana
107|SYNONYMS
108|rupa-gosani-Rupa Gosvami; nilacale-to Jagannatha Puri;
>|pathaila-sent; dui-jana-two persons; prabhu-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; yabe-when; vrndavana-to Vrndavana; karena-makes;
>| gamana-departure.
109|TRANSLATION
110|Sri Rupa Gosvami sent two people to Jagannatha Puri to find
>|out when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would depart for Vrndavana.
111|Madhya 19.12
112|TEXT 12
113|TEXT
114|sighra asi' more tanra diba samacara
115|suniya tad-anurupa kariba vyavahara
116|SYNONYMS
117|sighra asi'-very hastily returning; more-unto me; tanra-His;
>| diba-give; samacara-news; suniya-hearing; tat-anurupa-
>|accordingly; kariba-I shall make; vyavahara-arrangements.
118|TRANSLATION
119|Sri Rupa Gosvami told the two men, "You are to return
>|quickly and let me know when He will depart. Then I shall
>|make the proper arrangements."
120|Madhya 19.13
121|TEXT 13
122|TEXT
123|etha sanatana-gosani bhave mane mana
124|raja more priti kare, se-mora bandhana
125|SYNONYMS
126|etha-here (in Gauda-desa); sanatana-gosani-the elder
>|brother, Sanatana Gosvami; bhave-considers; mane mana-in
>|the mind; raja-the Nawab; more-me; priti kare-loves very
>|much; se-that; mora-my; bandhana-great obligation.
127|TRANSLATION
128|While Sanatana Gosvami was at Gauda-desa, he was thinking, "
>|The Nawab is very pleased with me. I certainly have an
>|obligation.
129|Madhya 19.14
130|TEXT 14
131|TEXT
132|kona mate raja yadi more kruddha haya
133|tabe avyahati haya, karilun niscaya
134|SYNONYMS
135|kona mate-somehow or other; raja-the Nawab; yadi-if; more-
>|upon me; kruddha haya-becomes angry; tabe-then; avyahati-
>|escape; haya-there is; karilun niscaya-I have decided.
136|TRANSLATION
137|"Somehow or other, if the Nawab becomes
>|angry with me, I shall be greatly relieved. That is my
>|conclusion."
138|Madhya 19.15
139|TEXT 15
140|TEXT
141|asvasthyera chadma kari' rahe nija-ghare
142|raja-karya chadila, na yaya raja-dvare
143|SYNONYMS
144|asvasthyera-of not being well; chadma-pretext; kari'-making;
>| rahe-remains; nija-ghare-at home; raja-karya-government
>|service; chadila-relinquished; na yaya-did not go; raja-
>|dvare-to the court of the Nawab.
145|TRANSLATION
146|On the pretext of bad health, Sanatana Gosvami remained
>|home. Thus he gave up government service and did not go to
>|the royal court.
147|Madhya 19.16
148|TEXT 16
149|TEXT
150|lobhi kayastha-gana raja-karya kare
151|apane svagrhe kare sastrera vicare
152|SYNONYMS
153|lobhi-greedy; kayastha-gana-persons engaged in secretarial
>|and clerical work; raja-karya kare-executed the government
>|service; apane-personally; sva-grhe-at home; kare-did;
>|sastrera vicare-discussion of the revealed scriptures.
154|TRANSLATION
155|The greedy masters of his clerical and secretarial staff
>|performed the government duties while Sanatana personally
>|remained home and discussed revealed scriptures.
156|PURPORT
157|Sanatana Gosvami was the minister in charge of the
>|government secretariat, and his assistants-the
>|undersecretaries and clerks-all belonged to the kayastha
>|community. Formerly the kayasthas belonged to the clerical
>|and secretarial staff of the government, and later if one
>|served in such a post, he was called a kayastha. Eventually
>|if a person could not identify himself as a brahmana,
>|ksatriya, vaisya or sudra, he used to introduce himself as
>|a kayastha to get a wealthy and honorable position. In
>|Bengal it is said that if one cannot give the identity of
>|his caste, he calls himself a kayastha. On the whole, the
>|kayastha community is a mixture of all castes, and it
>|especially includes those engaged in clerical or
>|secretarial work. Materially such people are always busy
>|occupying responsible government posts.
158|When Sanatana Gosvami was relaxing and feeling inclined to
>|retire from government service, many kayasthas on his
>|secretarial staff were very eager to occupy his post. In
>|this regard, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura states that when
>|Sanatana Gosvami was a government minister and the
>|kayasthas who assisted him saw that he was reluctant to
>|continue, they became very expert in their duties. Sanatana
>|Gosvami was a brahmana belonging to the Sarasvata brahmana
>|community. It is said that when he resigned, an underworker
>|named Purandara Khan, who was a kayastha, occupied his post.
159|Madhya 19.17
160|TEXT 17
161|TEXT
162|bhattacarya pandita bisa trisa lana
163|bhagavata vicara karena sabhate vasiya
164|SYNONYMS
165|bhattacarya pandita-learned scholars known as bhattacaryas;
>|bisa trisa-twenty or thirty; lana-taking with him;
>|bhagavata vicara-discussion of Srimad-Bhagavatam; karena-
>|does; sabhate vasiya-sitting in an assembly.
166|TRANSLATION
167|Sri Sanatana Gosvami used to discuss Srimad-Bhagavatam in
>|an assembly of twenty or thirty learned brahmana scholars.
168|PURPORT
169|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura gives the following
>|commentary on the words bhagavata vicara. As confirmed in
>|the Mundaka Upanisad (1.1.4,5), there are two kinds of
>|educational systems:
170|dve vidye veditavya iti, ha sma yad brahma-vido vadanti-
>|para caivapara ca. tatrapara rg-vedo yajur-vedah sama-vedo '
>|tharva-vedah siksa kalpo vyakaranam niruktam chando
>|jyotisam iti. atha para yaya tad-aksaram adhigamyate.
171|"There are two kinds of educational systems. One deals with
>|transcendental knowledge [para vidya] and the other with
>|material knowledge [apara vidya]. All the Vedas-Rg Veda,
>| Yajur Veda, Sama Veda , Atharva Veda and
>|their corollaries known as siksa, kalpa, vyakarana,
>|nirukta, chanda and jyotisa-belong to the inferior system
>|of material knowledge [apara vidya]. By para vidya , one
>|can understand the aksara , Brahman or the Absolute Truth."
>| As far as Vedic literature is concerned, Vedanta-
>|sutra is accepted as the para vidya. Srimad-Bhagavatam is
>|an explanation of that para vidya. Those who aspire for
>|liberation (mukti or moksa) and introduce themselves as
>|vaidantika are also equal to those groups aspiring to
>|improve religion (dharma), economic development (artha) and
>|sense gratification (kama). Dharma, artha, kama and moksa
>|are called catur-varga. They are all within the system of
>|inferior material knowledge. Any literature giving
>|information about the spiritual world, spiritual life,
>|spiritual identity and the spirit soul is called para vidya.
>| Srimad-Bhagavatam does not have anything to do with the
>|materialistic way of life; it gives transcendental
>|information to educate people in the superior system of
>|para vidya. Sanatana Gosvami was engaged in discussing the
>|bhagavata-vidya, which means he discussed transcendental
>|superior knowledge. Those who are karmis, jnanis or yogis
>|are not actually fit to discuss Srimad-Bhagavatam. Only
>|Vaisnavas or pure devotees are fit to discuss that
>|literature. As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam itself (12.13.18)
>|:
172|srimad-bhagavatam puranam amalam yad vaisnavanam priyam
173|yasmin paramahamsyam ekam amalam jnanam param giyate
174|yatra jnana-viraga-bhakti-sahitam naiskarmyam aviskrtam
175|tac chrnvan supathan vicarana-paro bhaktya vimucyen narah
176|Although Srimad-Bhagavatam is counted among the Puranas, it
>|is called the spotless Purana. Because it does not discuss
>|anything material, it is liked by transcendental Vaisnava
>|devotees. The subject matter found in Srimad-Bhagavatam is
>|meant for paramahamsas. As it is said: paramo -
>|nirmatsaranam . A paramahamsa is
>|one who does not live in the material world and who does
>|not envy others. In Srimad-Bhagavatam, devotional service
>|is discussed to arouse the living entity to the
>|transcendental position of jnana (knowledge) and vairagya (
>|renunciation). As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.2.12):
177|tac chraddadhanah munayo
178|jnana-vairagya -yuktaya
179|pasyanty atmani catmanam
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181|"That Absolute Truth is realized by the seriously
>|inquisitive student or sage who is well equipped with
>|knowledge and who has become detached by rendering
>|devotional service and hearing the Vedanta-sruti."
182|This is not sentiment. Knowledge and renunciation can be
>|obtained through devotional service (bhaktya sruta-grhitaya)
>|, that is, by arousing one's dormant devotional
>|consciousness, Krsna consciousness. When Krsna
>|consciousness is aroused, it relieves one from fruitive
>|activity, activity for economic improvement and material
>|enjoyment. This relief is technically called naiskarma, and
>|when one is relieved, he is no longer interested in working
>|hard for sense gratification. Srimad-Bhagavatam is Srila
>|Vyasadeva's last mature contribution, and one should read
>|and hear it in an assembly of realized souls while engaging
>|in devotional service. At such a time one can be liberated
>|from all material bondage. This was the course taken by
>|Sanatana Gosvami, who retired from government service to
>|study Srimad-Bhagavatam with learned scholars.
183|Madhya 19.18
184|TEXT 18
185|TEXT
186|ara dina gaudesvara, sange eka-jana
187|acambite gosani-sabhate kaila agamana
188|SYNONYMS
189|ara dina-one day; gaudesvara-the Nawab of Bengal; sange-
>|with; eka-jana-one other person; acambite-suddenly; gosani-
>|sabhate-in the assembly of Sanatana Gosvami; kaila agamana-
>|came.
190|TRANSLATION
191|While Sanatana Gosvami was studying Srimad-Bhagavatam in
>|the assembly of learned brahmanas, one day the Nawab of
>|Bengal and another person suddenly appeared.
192|The full name of the Nawab of Bengal (Hussain Shah)
>|was Alauddina Saiyada Husena Saha Seripha Makka, and he
>|ruled Bengal for twenty-three years, from 1420 to 1443
>|Sakabda Era. Sanatana Gosvami was studying Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam with the scholars in the year 1424.
193|Madhya 19.19
194|TEXT 19
195|TEXT
196|patsaha dekhiya sabe sambhrame uthila
197|sambhrame asana diya rajare vasaila
198|SYNONYMS
199|patsaha dekhiya-seeing the Nawab; sabe-all of them;
>|sambhrame-in great respect; uthila-stood up; sambhrame-with
>|great respect; asana diya-giving a sitting place; rajare-
>|the King; vasaila-made to sit.
200|TRANSLATION
201|As soon as all the brahmanas and Sanatana Gosvami saw the
>|Nawab appear, they all stood up and respectfully gave him a
>|sitting place to honor him.
202|PURPORT
203|Although Nawab Hussain Shah was a mleccha-yavana, he was
>|nonetheless the governor of the country, and the learned
>|scholars and Sanatana Gosvami offered him all the respect
>|due a king or a governor. When a person occupies an exalted
>|executive post, one should consider that he has acquired
>|the grace of the Lord. In Bhagavad-gita it
>|is said:
204|yad yad vibhutimat sattvam
205|srimad urjitam eva va
206|tat tad evavagaccha tvam
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207|mama tejo 'msa
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208|"Know that all beautiful, glorious and mighty creations
>|spring from but a spark of My splendor." (Bg. 10.41)
209|Whenever we see something exalted, we must consider it part
>|of the power of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A
>|powerful man (vibhutimat sattvam) is one who has obtained
>|the grace of the Lord or has derived some power from Him.
>|In Bhagavad-gita (7.10) Krsna says, tejas tejasvinam aham: "
>|I am the power of the powerful." The learned brahmana
>|scholars showed respect to Nawab Hussain Shah because he
>|represented a fraction of Krsna's power.
210|Madhya 19.20
211|TEXT 20
212|TEXT
213|raja kahe,-tomara sthane vaidya pathailun
214|vaidya kahe,-vyadhi nahi, sustha ye dekhilun
215|SYNONYMS
216|raja kahe-the Nawab said; tomara sthane-to your place;
>|vaidya-a physician; pathailun-I sent; vaidya kahe-the
>|physician said; vyadhi nahi-there is no disease; su-
>|stha-completely healthy; ye-that; dekhilun-I have seen.
217|TRANSLATION
218|The Nawab said, "I sent my physician to you, and he has
>|reported that you are not diseased. As far as he could see,
>|you are completely healthy.
219|Madhya 19.21
220|TEXT 21
221|TEXT
222|amara ye kichu karya, saba toma lana
223|karya chadi' rahila tumi gharete vasiya
224|SYNONYMS
225|amara-my; ye kichu-whatever; karya-business; saba-
>|everything; toma-you; lana-with; karya chadi'-giving up
>|your duties; rahila-remained; tumi-you; gharete-at home;
>|vasiya-sitting.
226|TRANSLATION
227|"I am depending on you to carry out so many of my
>|activities, but you have given up your governmental duties
>|to sit here at home.
228|Madhya 19.22
229|TEXT 22
230|TEXT
231|mora yata karya-kama, saba kaila nasa
232|ki tomara hrdaye ache, kaha mora pasa
233|SYNONYMS
234|mora-my; yata-all; karya-kama-occupational duties; saba-
>|everything; kaila nasa-you have spoiled; ki-what; tomara-
>|your; hrdaye-within the heart; ache-there is; kaha-kindly
>|tell; mora pasa-to me.
235|TRANSLATION
236|"You have spoiled all my activities. What is your intention?
>| Please tell me frankly."
237|Madhya 19.23
238|TEXT 23
239|TEXT
240|sanatana kahe,-nahe ama haite kama
241|ara eka-jana diya kara samadhana
242|SYNONYMS
243|sanatana kahe-Sanatana Gosvami replied; nahe-not; ama-me;
>|haite-from; kama-execution of the duty; ara eka-jana-
>|someone else; diya-by means of; kara samadhana-execute the
>|management.
244|TRANSLATION
245|Sanatana Gosvami replied, "You can no longer expect any
>|service from me. Please arrange for someone else to tend to
>|the management."
246|Madhya 19.24
247|TEXT 24
248|TEXT
249|tabe kruddha hana raja kahe ara-bara
250|tomara 'bada bhai' kare dasyu-vyavahara
251|SYNONYMS
252|tabe-at that time; kruddha hana-becoming angry; raja kahe-
>|the Nawab said; ara-bara-again; tomara bada bhai-your elder
>|brother; kare-does; dasyu-vyavahara-the activity of a
>|plunderer.
253|TRANSLATION
254|Becoming angry with Sanatana Gosvami, the Nawab said, "Your
>|elder brother is acting just like a plunderer.
255|Madhya 19.25
256|TEXT 25
257|TEXT
258|jiva-bahu mari' kaila cakla saba nasa
259|etha tumi kaila mora sarva karya nasa
260|SYNONYMS
261|jiva-living entities; bahu-many; mari'-killing; kaila-did;
>|cakla-the province of Bengal; saba-all; nasa-destruction;
>|etha-here; tumi-you; kaila-did; mora-my; sarva-all; karya-
>|plans; nasa-destruction.
262|TRANSLATION
263|"By killing many living entities, your elder brother has
>|destroyed all Bengal. Now here you are destroying all my
>|plans."
264|Madhya 19.26
265|TEXT 26
266|TEXT
267|sanatana kahe,-tumi svatantra gaudesvara
268|ye yei dosa kare, deha' tara phala
269|SYNONYMS
270|sanatana kahe-Sanatana Gosvami said; tumi-you; svatantra-
>|independent; gauda-isvara-the ruler of Bengal; ye yei-
>|whatever; dosa-faults; kare-one commits; deha'-you award;
>|tara phala-the results of that.
271|TRANSLATION
272|Sanatana Gosvami said, "You are the supreme ruler of Bengal
>|and are completely independent. Whenever someone commits a
>|fault, you punish him accordingly."
273|Madhya 19.27
274|TEXT 27
275|TEXT
276|eta suni' gaudesvara uthi' ghare gela
277|palaiba bali' sanatanere bandhila
278|SYNONYMS
279|eta suni'-hearing this; gauda-isvara-the Nawab of Bengal;
>|uthi'-standing up; ghare gela-went back home; palaiba-I
>|shall run away; bali'-because of this; sanatanere bandhila-
>|he arrested Sanatana.
280|TRANSLATION
281|Hearing this, the Nawab of Bengal stood up and returned to
>|his home. He ordered the arrest of Sanatana Gosvami so that
>|he would not be able to leave.
282|PURPORT
283|It is said that the relationship between the Nawab of
>|Bengal and Sanatana Gosvami was very intimate. The Nawab
>|used to consider Sanatana Gosvami his younger brother, and
>|when Sanatana Gosvami showed a very strong intention to
>|resign, the Nawab, feeling familial affection, essentially
>|said, "I am your elder brother, but I do not look after the
>|state management. My only business is attacking other
>|states with my soldiers and fighting everywhere as a
>|plunderer. Because I am a meat-eater [yavana], I am used to
>|hunting all kinds of living beings. In this way I am
>|destroying all kinds of living entities in Bengal. While
>|engaged in this destructive business, I am hoping that you
>|will tend to the administration of the state. Since I, your
>|elder brother, am engaged in such a destructive business,
>|you, being my younger brother, should look after the state
>|management. If you do not, how will things continue?" This
>|talk was based on a family relationship, and Sanatana
>|Gosvami also replied in an intimate and joking way.
>|Essentially he told the Nawab, "My dear brother, you are
>|the independent ruler of Bengal. You can act in whatever
>|way you like, and if someone commits fault, you can
>|punish him accordingly." In other words, Sanatana Gosvami
>|was saying that since the Nawab was accustomed to acting
>|like a plunderer, he should go ahead and take action. Since
>|Sanatana was not showing much enthusiasm in performing his
>|duty, the Nawab should dismiss him from his service. The
>|Nawab could understand the intention of Sanatana Gosvami's
>|statement. He therefore left in an angry mood and ordered
>|Sanatana Gosvami's arrest.
284|Madhya 19.28
285|TEXT 28
286|TEXT
287|hena-kale gela raja udiya marite
288|sanatane kahe,-tumi cala mora sathe
289|SYNONYMS
290|hena-kale-at this time; gela-went; raja-the King; udiya
>|marite-to attack the Orissa province; sanatane kahe-he said
>|to Sanatana Gosvami; tumi cala-you come; mora sathe-along
>|with me.
291|TRANSLATION
292|At this time, the Nawab was going to attack the province of
>|Orissa, and he told Sanatana Gosvami, "Come along with me."
293|PURPORT
294|Hussain Shah attacked the province of Orissa in
>|1424 Sakabda Era . At that time he conquered
>|the feudal princes of neighboring Orissa.
295|Madhya 19.29
296|TEXT 29
297|TEXT
298|tenho kahe,-yabe tumi devataya duhkha dite
299|mora sakti nahi, tomara sange yaite
300|SYNONYMS
301|tenho kahe-Sanatana Gosvami replied; yabe-will go; tumi-you;
>| devataya-to the Supreme Personality of Godhead; duhkha
>|dite-to give unhappiness; mora sakti-my power; nahi-there
>|is not; tomara sange-in company with you; yaite-to go.
302|TRANSLATION
303|Sanatana Gosvami replied, "You are going to Orissa to give
>|pain to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. For this reason
>|I am powerless to go with you."
304|Madhya 19.30
305|TEXT 30
306|TEXT
307|tabe tanre bandhi' rakhi' karila gamana
308|etha nilacala haite prabhu calila vrndavana
309|SYNONYMS
310|tabe-thereafter; tanre-him; bandhi'-arresting; rakhi'-
>|keeping; karila gamana-he went away; etha-at this time;
>|nilacala haite-from Jagannatha Puri; prabhu-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; calila vrndavana-departed for Vrndavana.
311|TRANSLATION
312|The Nawab again arrested Sanatana Gosvami and kept him in
>|prison. At this time, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu departed for
>|Vrndavana from Jagannatha Puri.
313|Madhya 19.31
314|TEXT 31
315|TEXT
316|tabe sei dui cara rupa-thani aila
317|'vrndavana calila prabhu'-asiya kahila
318|SYNONYMS
319|tabe-at that time; sei-those; dui-two; cara-messengers;
>|rupa-thani-to the presence of Rupa Gosvami; aila-came
>|back; vrndavana calila prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has
>|departed for Vrndavana; asiya-coming; kahila-they informed.
320|TRANSLATION
321|The two persons who went to Jagannatha Puri to inquire
>|about the Lord's departure returned and informed Rupa
>|Gosvami that the Lord had already departed for Vrndavana.
322|Madhya 19.32
323|TEXT 32
324|TEXT
325|suniya sri-rupa likhila sanatana-thani
326|'vrndavana calila sri-caitanya-gosani
327|SYNONYMS
328|suniya-hearing; sri-rupa-Sri Rupa Gosvami; likhila-wrote;
>|sanatana-thani-to Sanatana Gosvami; vrndavana-to Vrndavana;
>|calila-has gone; sri-caitanya-gosani-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu.
329|TRANSLATION
330|Upon receiving this message from his two messengers, Rupa
>|Gosvami immediately wrote a letter to Sanatana Gosvami
>|saying that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had departed for
>|Vrndavana.
331|Madhya 19.33
332|TEXT 33
333|TEXT
334|ami-dui-bhai calilana tanhare milite
335|tumi yaiche taiche chuti' aisa tahan haite
336|SYNONYMS
337|ami-dui-bhai-we two brothers; calilana-have gone; tanhare
>|milite-to meet Him; tumi-you; yaiche taiche-somehow or
>|other; chuti'-getting free; aisa-come; tahan haite-from
>|there.
338|TRANSLATION
339|In his letter to Sanatana Gosvami, Srila Rupa Gosvami wrote,
>| "We two brothers are starting out to go see Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu. You must also somehow or other get released and
>|come meet us."
340|PURPORT
341|The two brothers herein mentioned are Rupa Gosvami and his
>|younger brother, Anupama Mallika. Rupa Gosvami was
>|informing Sanatana Gosvami that he should join him and his
>|younger brother.
342|Madhya 19.34
343|TEXT 34
344|TEXT
345|dasa-sahasra mudra tatha ache mudi-sthane
346|taha diya kara sighra atma-vimocane
347|SYNONYMS
348|dasa-sahasra mudra-ten thousand coins; tatha-there; ache-
>|there are; mudi-sthane-in the grocer's place; taha diya-
>|with this amount; kara-get; sighra-as soon as possible;
>|atma-vimocane-release from the internment.
349|TRANSLATION
350|Rupa Gosvami further informed Srila Sanatana Gosvami: "I
>|have left a deposit of ten thousand coins with the grocer.
>|Use that money to get out of prison.
351|Madhya 19.35
352|TEXT 35
353|TEXT
354|yaiche taiche chuti' tumi aisa vrndavana'
355|eta likhi' dui-bhai karila gamana
356|SYNONYMS
357|yaiche taiche-somehow or other; chuti'-getting released;
>|tumi-you; aisa-come; vrndavana-to Vrndavana; eta likhi'-
>|writing this; dui-bhai-the two brothers, namely Rupa
>|Gosvami and his younger brother Anupama; karila gamana-
>|departed.
358|TRANSLATION
359|"Somehow or other get yourself released and come to
>|Vrndavana." After writing this, the two brothers [Rupa
>|Gosvami and Anupama] went to see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
360|Madhya 19.36
361|TEXT 36
362|TEXT
363|anupama mallika, tanra nama-'sri-vallabha'
364|rupa-gosanira chota-bhai-parama-vaisnava
365|SYNONYMS
366|anupama mallika-Anupama Mallika; tanra nama-his name; sri-
>|vallabha-Sri Vallabha; rupa-gosanira-of Rupa Gosvami; chota-
>|bhai-younger brother; parama-vaisnava-great devotee.
367|TRANSLATION
368|Rupa Gosvami's younger brother was a great devotee whose
>|actual name was Sri Vallabha, but he was given the name
>|Anupama Mallika.
369|Madhya 19.37
370|TEXT 37
371|TEXT
372|tanha lana rupa-gosani prayage aila
373|mahaprabhu tahan suni' anandita haila
374|SYNONYMS
375|tanha lana-taking him along; rupa-gosani-Sri Rupa Gosvami;
>|pra yage-to Prayaga; aila-came; mahaprabhu-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tahan-there; suni'-hearing; anandita
>|haila-were very much pleased.
376|TRANSLATION
377|Sri Rupa Gosvami and Anupama Mallika went to Prayaga, and
>|they were very pleased to hear news that Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu was there.
378|Madhya 19.38
379|TEXT 38
380|TEXT
381|prabhu caliyachena bindu-madhava-darasane
382|laksa laksa loka aise prabhura milane
383|SYNONYMS
384|prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; caliyachena-was going;
>|bindu-madhava-darasane-to see Lord Bindu Madhava; laksa
>|laksa loka-many hundreds of thousands of people; aise-came;
>|prabhura-with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; milane-for meeting.
385|TRANSLATION
386|At Prayaga, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to see the temple
>|of Bindu Madhava, and many hundreds of thousands of people
>|followed Him just to meet Him.
387|Madhya 19.39
388|TEXT 39
389|TEXT
390|keha kande, keha hase, keha nace, gaya
391|'krsna' 'krsna' bali' keha gadagadi yaya
392|SYNONYMS
393|keha kande-some cried; keha hase-some laughed; keha nace-
>|some danced; gaya-chanted; krsna krsna bali'-saying Krsna,
>|Krsna ; keha-some; gadagadi yaya-rolled on the ground.
394|TRANSLATION
395|Some of the people following the Lord were crying. Some
>|were laughing, some dancing and some chanting. Indeed, some
>|of them were rolling on the ground, exclaiming, "Krsna!
>|Krsna!"
396|Madhya 19.40
397|TEXT 40
398|TEXT
399|ganga-yamuna prayaga narila dubaite
400|prabhu dubaila krsna-premera vanyate
401|SYNONYMS
402|ganga-yamuna-the River Ganges and River Yamuna; prayaga-
>|Prayaga; narila-were not able; dubaite-to flood; prabhu-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dubaila-flooded; krsna-premera-of
>|ecstatic love of Krsna; vanyate-in an inundation.
403|TRANSLATION
404|Prayaga is located at the confluence of two rivers-the
>|Ganges and the Yamuna. Although these rivers were not able
>|to flood Prayaga with water, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|inundated the whole area with waves of ecstatic love for
>|Krsna.
405|Madhya 19.41
406|TEXT 41
407|TEXT
408|bhida dekhi' dui bhai rahila nirjane
409|prabhura avesa haila madhava-darasane
410|SYNONYMS
411|bhida dekhi'-seeing the crowd; dui bhai-the two brothers;
>|rahila-remained; nirjane-in a secluded place; prabhura-of
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; avesa-ecstasy; haila-there was;
>|madhava-darasane-by seeing the Deity, Bindu Madhava.
412|TRANSLATION
413|Seeing the great crowd, the two brothers remained standing
>|in a secluded place. They could see that Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu was ecstatic to see Lord Bindu Madhava.
414|Madhya 19.42
415|TEXT 42
416|TEXT
417|premavese nace prabhu hari-dhvani kari'
418|urdhva bahu kari' bale-bala 'hari' 'hari'
419|SYNONYMS
420|prema-avese-in ecstatic love; nace-danced; prabhu-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; hari-dhvani kari'-vibrating the holy
>|name of Hari; urdhva-raised; bahu-the arms; kari'-making;
>|bale-says; bala hari hari-chant Hari, Hari .
421|TRANSLATION
422|The Lord was loudly chanting the holy name of Hari. Dancing
>|in ecstatic love and raising His arms, He asked everyone to
>|chant "Hari! Hari!"
423|Madhya 19.43
424|TEXT 43
425|TEXT
426|prabhura mahima dekhi' loke camatkara
427|prayage prabhura lila nari varnibara
428|SYNONYMS
429|prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; mahima-the greatness;
>|dekhi'-seeing; loke-in all people; camatkara-astonishment;
>|prayage-at Prayaga; prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|lila-the pastimes; nari-I am not able; varnibara-to
>|describe.
430|TRANSLATION
431|Everyone was astounded to see the greatness of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu. Indeed, I cannot properly describe the pastimes
>|of the Lord at Prayaga.
432|Madhya 19.44
433|TEXT 44
434|TEXT
435|daksinatya-vipra-sane ache paricaya
436|sei vipra nimantriya nila nijalaya
437|SYNONYMS
438|daksinatya-Deccan; vipra-sane-with a brahmana; ache-there
>|was; paricaya-acquaintance; sei-that; vipra-brahmana;
>|nimantriya-inviting; nila-brought; nija-alaya-to his own
>|place.
439|TRANSLATION
440|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had made an acquaintance with a
>|brahmana from Deccan [in South India], and that brahmana
>|invited Him for meals and took Him to his place.
441|Madhya 19.45
442|TEXT 45
443|TEXT
444|vipra-grhe asi' prabhu nibhrte vasila
445|sri-rupa-vallabha dunhe asiya milila
446|SYNONYMS
447|vipra-grhe-to the house of that brahmana; asi'-coming;
>|prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; nibhrte-in a solitary place;
>| vasila-sat down; sri-rupa-vallabha-the two brothers Rupa
>|Gosvami and Sri Vallabha; dunhe-both of them; asiya-coming;
>|milila-met Him.
448|TRANSLATION
449|While Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was sitting in a solitary
>|place in the home of that Deccan brahmana, Rupa Gosvami and
>|Sri Vallabha [Anupama Mallika] came to meet Him.
450|Madhya 19.46
451|TEXT 46
452|TEXT
453|dui-guccha trna dunhe dasane dhariya
454|prabhu dekhi' dure pade dandavat hana
455|SYNONYMS
456|dui-guccha-two bunches; trna-straw; dunhe-both of them;
>|dasane dhariya-holding in the teeth; prabhu dekhi'-seeing
>|the Lord; dure-in a distant place; pade-fell down; danda-
>|vat-like rods; hana-becoming.
457|TRANSLATION
458|Seeing the Lord from a distance, the two brothers put two
>|clumps of straw between their teeth and immediately fell
>|down on the ground like rods, offering Him obeisances.
459|Madhya 19.47
460|TEXT 47
461|TEXT
462|nana sloka padi' uthe, pade bara bara
463|prabhu dekhi' premavesa ha-ila dunhara
464|SYNONYMS
465|nana-various; sloka-verses; padi'-reciting; uthe-stood up;
>|pade-fell down; bara bara-again and again; prabhu dekhi'-
>|seeing the Lord; prema-avesa-ecstatic emotion; ha-ila-there
>|was; dunhara-of both of them.
466|TRANSLATION
467|Both brothers were overwhelmed with ecstatic emotion, and
>|reciting various Sanskrit verses, they stood up and fell
>|down again and again.
468|Madhya 19.48
469|TEXT 48
470|TEXT
471|sri-rupe dekhiya prabhura prasanna haila mana
472|'utha, utha, rupa, aisa', balila vacana
473|SYNONYMS
474|sri-rupe dekhiya-seeing Srila Rupa Gosvami; prabhura-of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; prasanna-very pleased; haila-was; mana-
>|mind; utha-please stand up; utha-please stand up; rupa-My
>|dear Rupa; aisa-come; balila-He said; vacana-the words.
475|TRANSLATION
476|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was very pleased to see Srila Rupa
>|Gosvami, and He told him, "Stand up! Stand up! My dear Rupa,
>| come here."
477|Madhya 19.49
478|TEXT 49
479|TEXT
480|krsnera karuna kichu na yaya varnane
481|visaya-kupa haite kadila toma dui-jane
482|SYNONYMS
483|krsnera-of Lord Krsna; karuna-the mercy; kichu-any; na-not;
>|yaya-is possible; varnane-to describe; visaya-kupa haite-
>|from the well of material enjoyment; kadila-delivered; toma-
>|you; dui-jane-both.
484|TRANSLATION
485|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then said,"It is not possible to
>|describe Krsna's mercy, for He has delivered you both from
>|the well of material enjoyment.
486|Madhya 19.50
487|TEXT 50
488|TEXT
489|na me 'bhaktas catur-vedi
490|mad-bhaktah svapacah priyah
491|tasmai deyam tato grahyam
492|sa ca pujyo yatha hy aham
493|SYNONYMS
494|na-not; me-My; abhaktah-devoid of pure devotional service;
>|catuh-vedi-a scholar in the four Vedas; mat-bhaktah-My
>|devotee; sva-pacah-even from a family of dog-eaters; priyah-
>|very dear; tasmai-to him (a pure devotee, even though born
>|in a very low family); deyam-should be given; tatah-from
>|him; grahyam-should be accepted (remnants of food); sah-
>|that person; ca-also; pujyah-worshipable; yatha-as much as;
>|hi-certainly; aham-I.
495|TRANSLATION
496|" 'Even though a person is a very learned
>|scholar of the Sanskrit Vedic literatures, he is not
>|accepted as My devotee unless he is pure in devotional
>|service. Even though a person is born in a family of dog-
>|eaters, he is very dear to Me if he is a pure devotee who
>|has no motive to enjoy fruitive activities or mental
>|speculation. Indeed, all respects should be given to him,
>|and whatever he offers should be accepted. Such devotees
>|are as worshipable as I am. ' "
497|PURPORT
498|This verse is included in the Hari-bhakti-vilasa (10.127)
>|compiled by Sanatana Gosvami.
499|Madhya 19.51
500|TEXT 51
501|TEXT
502|ei sloka padi' dunhare kaila alingana
503|krpate dunhara mathaya dharila carana
504|SYNONYMS
505|ei sloka-this verse; padi'-reciting; dunhare-the two
>|brothers; kaila alingana-embraced; krpate-out of causeless
>|mercy; dunhara-of both of them; mathaya-on the heads;
>|dharila-placed; carana-His feet.
506|TRANSLATION
507|After reciting this verse, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu embraced
>|both brothers, and out of His causeless mercy He
>|placed His feet on their heads.
508|Madhya 19.52
509|TEXT 52
510|TEXT
511|prabhu-krpa pana dunhe dui hata yudi'
512|dina hana stuti kare vinaya acari'
513|SYNONYMS
514|prabhu-krpa-the Lord's mercy; pana-getting; dunhe-both
>|of them; dui-two; hata-hands; yudi'-folding; dina hana-most
>|humbly; stuti kare-offer prayers; vinaya acari'-with
>|submission.
515|TRANSLATION
516|After receiving the Lord's causeless mercy, the
>|brothers folded their hands and in great humility offered
>|the following prayers unto the Lord.
517|Madhya 19.53
518|TEXT 53
519|TEXT
520|namo maha-vadanyaya
521|krsna-prema-pradaya te
522|krsnaya krsna-caitanya-
523|namne gaura-tvise namah
524|SYNONYMS
525|namah-obeisances; maha-vadanyaya-who is most munificent and
>|charitably disposed; krsna-prema-love of Krsna; pradaya-who
>|can give; te-unto You; krsnaya-the original Personality of
>|Godhead; krsna-caitanya-namne-under the name Krsna Caitanya;
>| gaura-tvise-whose complexion is the golden complexion of
>|Srimati Radharani; namah-obeisances.
526|TRANSLATION
527|"O most munificent incarnation! You are Krsna Himself
>|appearing as Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu. You have
>|assumed the golden color of Srimati Radharani, and You are
>|widely distributing pure love of Krsna. We offer our
>|respectful obeisances unto You.
528|Madhya 19.54
529|TEXT 54
530|TEXT
531|yo 'jnana-mattam bhuvanam dayalur
532|ullaghayann apy akarot pramattam
533|sva-prema-sampat-sudhayadbhuteham
534|sri-krsna-caitanyam amum prapadye
535|SYNONYMS
536|yah-that Personality of Godhead who; ajnana-mattam-maddened
>|by ignorance or foolishly passing time in karma, jnana,
>|yoga and Mayavada philosophy; bhuvanam-the entire three
>|worlds; dayaluh-so merciful; ullaghayan-subduing such
>|processes as karma, jnana and yoga; api-despite; akarot-
>|made; pra-mattam-maddened; sva-prema-sampat-sudhaya-
>|by the nectar of His personal devotional service, which is
>|an invaluable treasure of bliss; adbhuta-iham-whose
>|activities are wonderful; sri-krsna-caitanyam-unto Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; amum-that; prapadye-I surrender.
537|TRANSLATION
538|"We offer our respectful obeisances unto that merciful
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead who has converted all three
>|worlds, which were maddened by ignorance, and saved them
>|from their diseased condition by making them mad with the
>|nectar from the treasure-house of love of God. Let us take
>|full shelter of that Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna
>|Caitanya, whose activities are wonderful."
539|PURPORT
540|This verse is found in the Govinda-lilamrta (1.2).
541|Madhya 19.55
542|TEXT 55
543|TEXT
544|tabe mahaprabhu tanre nikate vasaila
545|'sanatanera varta kaha'-tanhare puchila
546|SYNONYMS
547|tabe-thereafter; mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tanre-
>|them; nikate-near Him; vasaila-sat down; sanatanera varta-
>|news of Sanatana; kaha-please tell; tanhare-them; puchila-
>|questioned.
548|TRANSLATION
549|After this, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu sat them down by His
>|side and asked them, "What news do you have of Sanatana?"
550|Madhya 19.56
551|TEXT 56
552|TEXT
553|rupa kahena,-tenho bandi haya raja-ghare
554|tumi yadi uddhara', tabe ha-ibe uddhare
555|SYNONYMS
556|rupa kahena-Rupa Gosvami said; tenho-he; bandi-arrested;
>|haya-is; raja-ghare-in the court of the government; tumi-
>|You; yadi-if; uddhara'-kindly rescue; tabe-then; ha-ibe-he
>|will be; uddhare-relieved from that entanglement.
557|TRANSLATION
558|Rupa Gosvami replied, "Sanatana has now been arrested by
>|the government of Hussain Shah. If You kindly save him, he
>|can be liberated from that entanglement."
559|Madhya 19.57
560|TEXT 57
561|TEXT
562|prabhu kahe,-sanatanera hanache mocana
563|acirat ama-saha ha-ibe milana
564|SYNONYMS
565|prabhu kahe-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; sanatanera-of
>|Sanatana Gosvami; hanache-there has been; mocana-release;
>|acirat-very soon; amasaha -with Me; ha-ibe milana-
>|there will be meeting.
566|TRANSLATION
567|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu immediately replied, "Sanatana has
>|already been released from his confinement, and he will
>|very soon meet with Me."
568|Madhya 19.58
569|TEXT 58
570|TEXT
571|madhyahna karite vipra prabhure kahila
572|rupa-gosani se-divasa tathani rahila
573|SYNONYMS
574|madhyahna karite-to accept lunch; vipra-the brahmana of
>|Deccan; prabhure-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kahila-requested;
>|rupa-gosani-Rupa Gosvami; se-divasa-that day; tathani-there;
>| rahila-remained.
575|TRANSLATION
576|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was then requested by
>|the brahmana to accept His lunch. Rupa Gosvami also
>|remained there that day.
577|Madhya 19.59
578|TEXT 59
579|TEXT
580|bhattacarya dui bhaiye nimantrana kaila
581|prabhura sesa prasada-patra dui-bhai paila
582|SYNONYMS
583|bhattacarya-Balabhadra Bhattacarya; dui bhaiye-the two
>|brothers; nimantrana kaila-invited to take lunch; prabhura
>|sesa prasada-patra-the remnants of the plate of food
>|offered to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dui-bhai paila-the two
>|brothers obtained.
584|TRANSLATION
585|Balabhadra Bhattacarya invited the two brothers to take
>|lunch also. The remnants of food from the plate of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu were offered to them.
586|Madhya 19.60
587|TEXT 60
588|TEXT
589|triveni-upara prabhura vasa-ghara sthana
590|dui bhai vasa kaila prabhu-sannidhana
591|SYNONYMS
592|tri-veni-upara-on the bank of the confluence of the
>|Yamuna and Ganges; prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>| vasa-ghara-of the residential house; sthana-the place; dui
>|bhai-the two brothers; vasa kaila-resided; prabhu-
>|sannidhana-near Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
593|TRANSLATION
594|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu selected His residence beside the
>|confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna at a place called
>|Triveni. The two brothers-Rupa Gosvami and Sri Vallabha-
>|selected their residence near the Lord's.
595|Madhya 19.61
596|TEXT 61
597|TEXT
598|se-kale vallabha-bhatta rahe adaila-grame
599|mahaprabhu aila suni' aila tanra sthane
600|SYNONYMS
601|se-kale-at that time; vallabha-bhatta-Vallabha Bhatta; rahe-
>|resided; adaila-grame-in the village known as Adaila;
>|mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; aila-has come; suni'-
>|hearing; aila-came; tanra sthane-to His place.
602|TRANSLATION
603|At that time, Sri Vallabha Bhatta was staying at Adaila-
>|grama, and when he heard that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had
>|arrived, he went to His place to see Him.
604|PURPORT
605|Vallabha Bhatta was a great learned scholar of Vaisnavism.
>|In the beginning he was very much devoted to Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, but since he thought that he could not receive
>|proper respect from Him, he later joined the Visnusvami
>| sect and became acarya of that sect. His sect is
>|celebrated as the Vallabhacarya-sampradaya. This sampradaya
>|has had great influence in Vrndavana near Gokula and in
>|Bombay. Vallabha Bhatta wrote many books, including a
>|commentary on Srimad-Bhagavatam called Subodhini-tika , and
>|notes on the Vedanta-sutra , in the form of an Anubhasya.
>|He also wrote a combination of sixteen short works called
>|Sodasa-grantha. Adaila - grama, where he was staying
>|, was near the confluence of
>|the rivers Ganges and Yamuna on the other side of the
>|Yamuna about one mile from the river . The
>|village there is called Adeli-grama, or Adaila-grama. A
>|temple of Lord Visnu there still belongs to the Vallabha-
>|sampradaya.
606|Vallabha Bhatta was originally from a place in southern
>|India called Trailanga. There is a railway station there
>|called Nidadabhalu. Sixteen miles from that station is a
>|village called Kankadabada, or Kakunrapadhu. A learned
>|brahmana named Laksmana Diksita used to live there, and
>|Vallabha Bhatta was his son. There are five sections of the
>|brahmana community of Andhra Pradesh known as Bella-nati,
>|Vegi-nati, Muraki-nati Telagu-nati and Kasala-nati. Out
>|of these five brahminical communities, Vallabhacarya took
>|his birth in the community of Bella-nati in the year 1400
>|Sakabda Era . According to some people,
>|Vallabha Bhattacarya's father took sannyasa before Vallabha'
>|s birth, and he returned home to take Vallabhacarya as his
>|son. According to the opinion of others, Vallabhacarya was
>|born in 1400 Sakabda Era on the Ekadasi day of the dark
>|moon in the month of Caitra, and he took his birth in a
>|brahmana family surnamed Khambhampatibaru. According to
>|this account, his father's name was Laksmana Bhatta Diksita,
>| and he was born in Campakaranya. In someone else's opinion,
>| Vallabhacarya appeared near the village named Canpa-jhara-
>|grama, which is near a railway station named Rajima in
>|Madhya Pradesh.
607|After studying for eleven years at Varanasi, Vallabhacarya
>|returned home. On his return, he heard that his father had
>|departed from the material world. Keeping his brother and
>|mother at home, he went to the banks of the River
>|Tungabhadra in a village called Vidyanagara, and it was
>|there that he enlightened Krsnadeva, the grandson of King
>|Bukkaraja. After that, he traveled throughout India thrice
>|on trips lasting six years . Thus he passed eighteen
>|years and became victorious in his discussions of revealed
>|scripture. When he was thirty years old, he married
>|Mahalaksmi, who belonged to the same brahmana community
>|. Near Govardhana Hill he established a Deity in the
>|valley. Finally he came to Adaila, which is on the other
>|side of Prayaga.
608|Vallabhacarya had two sons, Gopinatha and Viththalesvara,
>|and in his old age he accepted the renounced order. In 1452
>|Sakabda Era, he passed away from the material
>|world at Varanasi. His book known as Sodasa-grantha and his
>|commentaries on Vedanta-sutra (Anubhasya) and Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam (Subodhini) are very famous. He has written
>|many other books besides.
609|Madhya 19.62
610|TEXT 62
611|TEXT
612|tenho dandavat kaila, prabhu kaila alingana
613|dui jane krsna-katha haila kata-ksana
614|SYNONYMS
615|tenho-he; dandavat-obeisances; kaila-made; prabhu-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kaila-did; alingana-embracing; dui
>|jane-between the two of them; krsna-katha-topics about Lord
>|Krsna; haila-there were; kata-ksana-for some time.
616|TRANSLATION
617|Vallabha Bhattacarya offered Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu his
>|obeisances, and the Lord embraced him. After that, they
>|discussed topics about Krsna for some time.
618|Madhya 19.63
619|TEXT 63
620|TEXT
621|krsna-kathaya prabhura maha-prema uthalila
622|bhattera sankoce prabhu samvarana kaila
623|SYNONYMS
624|krsna-kathaya-in the discussion on Krsna; prabhura-of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; maha-prema-great love; uthalila-arose;
>|bhattera-of Bhattacarya; sankoce-due to shyness; prabhu-
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; samvarana kaila-restrained Himself.
625|TRANSLATION
626|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu felt great ecstatic love when they
>|began discussing Krsna, but the Lord checked His feelings
>|because He felt shy before Vallabha Bhatta.
627|Madhya 19.64
628|TEXT 64
629|TEXT
630|antare gara-gara prema, nahe samvarana
631|dekhi' camatkara haila vallabha-bhattera mana
632|SYNONYMS
633|antare-inside; gara-gara-raged; prema-ecstatic love; nahe-
>|there was not; samvarana-checking; dekhi'-detecting;
>|camatkara-astonishment; haila-there was; vallabha-bhattera
>|mana-on the mind of Vallabha Bhatta.
634|TRANSLATION
635|Although the Lord restrained Himself externally, ecstatic
>|love raged within. There was no checking that. Vallabha
>|Bhatta was astonished to detect this.
636|Madhya 19.65
637|TEXT 65
638|TEXT
639|tabe bhatta mahaprabhure nimantrana kaila
640|mahaprabhu dui-bhai tanhare milaila
641|SYNONYMS
642|tabe-then; bhatta-Vallabha Bhatta; mahaprabhure-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; nimantrana kaila-invited; mahaprabhu-
>|Sri Caitanya
>|
643|TRANSLATION
644|Thereafter, Vallabha Bhatta invited Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|for lunch, and the Lord introduced the brothers Rupa and
>|Vallabha to him.
645|Madhya 19.66
646|TEXT 66
647|TEXT
648|dui-bhai dura haite bhumite padiya
649|bhatte dandavat kaila ati dina hana
650|SYNONYMS
651|dui-bhai-the two brothers; dura haite-from a distance;
>|bhumite-on the ground; padiya-falling flat; bhatte-to
>|Vallabha Bhatta; dandavat kaila-offered obeisances; ati
>|dina hana-being very humble.
652|TRANSLATION
653|From a distance, the brothers Rupa Gosvami and Sri Vallabha
>|fell on the ground and offered obeisances to Vallabha
>|Bhatta with great humility.
654|Madhya 19.67
655|TEXT 67
656|TEXT
657|bhatta milibare yaya, dunhe palaya dure
658|'asprsya pamara muni, na chuniha more'
659|SYNONYMS
660|bhatta-Vallabha Bhatta; milibare-to meet; yaya-goes; dunhe-
>|the two brothers; palaya-ran away; dure-to a distant place;
>|asprsya-untouchable; pamara-most fallen; muni-I; na chuniha-
>|do not touch; more-me.
661|TRANSLATION
662|When Vallabha Bhattacarya walked toward them, they ran away
>|to a more distant place. Rupa Gosvami said, "I am
>|untouchable and most sinful. Please do not touch me."
663|Madhya 19.68
664|TEXT 68
665|TEXT
666|bhattera vismaya haila, prabhura harsa mana
667|bhattere kahila prabhu tanra vivarana
668|SYNONYMS
669|bhattera-of Vallabha Bhattacarya; vismaya haila-there was
>|surprise; prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; harsa-very
>|happy; mana-the mind; bhattere kahila-said to Vallabha
>|Bhattacarya; prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tanra vivarana-
>|description of Rupa Gosvami.
670|TRANSLATION
671|Vallabha Bhattacarya was very surprised at this. Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, however, was very pleased, and He
>|therefore spoke to him this description of Rupa Gosvami.
672|Madhya 19.69
673|TEXT 69
674|TEXT
675|'inho na sparsiha, inho jati ati-hina!
676|vaidika, yajnika tumi kulina pravina!'
677|SYNONYMS
678|inho-him; na sparsiha-do not touch; inho-he; jati-caste;
>|ati-hina-very low; vaidika-a follower of Vedic principles;
>|yajnika-a performer of many sacrifices; tumi-you; kulina-
>|aristocratic brahmana; pravina-an experienced person.
679|TRANSLATION
680|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "Don't touch him, for he
>|belongs to a very low caste. You are a follower of Vedic
>|principles and are a well experienced performer of many
>|sacrifices. You also belong to the aristocracy."
681|PURPORT
682|Generally brahmanas are puffed up with false prestige
>|because they belong to the aristocracy and perform many
>|Vedic sacrifices. In South India especially, this
>|fastidious position is most prominent. At any rate, this
>|was the case five hundred years ago. Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu actually started a revolution against this
>|brahminical system by inaugurating the chanting of the Hare
>|Krsna mantra. By this chanting, one can be delivered
>|regardless of caste, creed, color or social position.
>|Whoever chants the Hare Krsna maha-mantra is immediately
>|purified due to the transcendental position of devotional
>|service. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is here hinting to
>|Vallabha Bhattacarya that an exalted brahmana who makes
>|sacrifices and follows Vedic principles should not neglect
>|a person who is engaged in devotional service by chanting
>|the holy name of the Lord.
683|Actually Rupa Gosvami did not belong to a lower caste. He
>|was from a highly aristocratic brahmana family, but due to
>|his association with the Mohammedan Nawab, he was
>|considered fallen and excommunicated from brahmana
>|society. However, due to his advanced devotional service,
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted him as a gosvami. Vallabha
>|Bhattacarya knew all this. One who is a devotee is above
>|caste and creed, yet Vallabha Bhattacarya felt himself
>|prestigious.
684|The present head of the Vallabha Bhattacarya sampradaya of
>|Bombay is named Diksita Maharaja. He is very friendly to
>|our movement, and whenever we meet him, this learned
>|brahmana scholar highly praises the activities of the Hare
>|Krsna movement. He is a life member of our Society, and
>|although he is a learned scholar in the brahminical caste
>|tradition, he accepts our Society and considers its members
>|bona fide devotees of Lord Visnu.
685|Madhya 19.70
686|TEXT 70
687|TEXT
688|dunhara mukhe nirantara krsna-nama suni'
689|bhatta kahe, prabhura kichu ingita-bhangi jani'
690|SYNONYMS
691|dunhara mukhe-in the mouths of both Rupa Gosvami and his
>|brother Vallabha; nirantara-continuously; krsna-nama suni'-
>|hearing the chanting of the holy name of Krsna; bhatta kahe-
>|Vallabha Bhattacarya said; prabhura-of Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; kichu-some; ingita-indications; bhangi-hints;
>|jani'-understanding.
692|TRANSLATION
693|Hearing the holy name constantly vibrated by the two
>|brothers, Vallabha Bhattacarya could understand the hints
>|of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
694|Madhya 19.71
695|TEXT 71
696|TEXT
697|'dunhara mukhe krsna-nama kariche nartana
698|ei-dui 'adhama' nahe, haya 'sarvottama'
699|SYNONYMS
700|dunhara mukhe-in the mouths of both; krsna-nama-the holy
>|name of Lord Krsna; kariche-is doing; nartana-dancing; ei-
>|dui-both of them; adhama nahe-not fallen; haya-are; sarva-
>|uttama-the most exalted.
701|TRANSLATION
702|Vallabha Bhattacarya admitted, "Since these two are
>|constantly chanting the holy name of Krsna, how can they be
>|untouchable? On the contrary, they are most exalted."
703|PURPORT
704|Vallabha Bhattacarya's admission of the brothers' exalted
>|position should serve as a lesson to one who is falsely
>|proud of his position as a brahmana. Sometimes so-called
>|brahmanas do not recognize our European and American
>|disciples as devotees or brahmanas, and some brahmanas are
>|so proud that they do not allow them to enter temples. Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu herein gives a great lesson. Although
>|Vallabha Bhattacarya was a great authority on brahmanism
>|and a learned scholar, he admitted that those who chant the
>|Lord's holy name are bona fide brahmanas and Vaisnavas and
>|are therefore exalted.
705|Madhya 19.72
706|TEXT 72
707|TEXT
708|aho bata sva-paco 'to gariyan
709|yaj-jihvagre vartate nama tubhyam
710|tepus tapas te juhuvuh sasnur arya
711|brahmanucur nama grnanti ye te
712|SYNONYMS
713|aho bata-how wonderful it is; sva-pacah-dog-eaters; atah-
>|than the initiated brahmana; gariyan-more glorious; yat-of
>|whom; jihva-agre-on the tongue; vartate-remains; nama-the
>|holy name; tubhyam-of You, my Lord; tepuh-have performed;
>|tapah-austerity; te-they; juhuvuh-have performed sacrifices;
>| sasnuh-have bathed in all holy places; aryah-really
>|belonging to the Aryan race; brahma-all the Vedas; anucuh-
>|have studied; nama-the holy name; grnanti-chant; ye-who; te-
>|they.
714|TRANSLATION
715|Vallabha Bhattacarya then recited the following verse: " '
>|My dear Lord, one who always keeps Your holy name on his
>|tongue becomes greater than an initiated brahmana. Although
>|he may be born in a family of dog-eaters and may therefore,
>|by material calculation, be the lowest among men, he is
>|still glorious. This is the wonderful effect of chanting
>|the holy name of the Lord. It is therefore concluded that
>|one who chants the holy name of the Lord should be
>|understood to have performed all kinds of austerities and
>|great sacrifices mentioned in the Vedas. He has already
>|taken his bath in all the holy places of pilgrimage . He
>|has studied all the Vedas, and he is actually an Aryan.' "
716|PURPORT
717|This verse is quoted from Srimad-Bhagavatam (3.33.7).
718|Madhya 19.73
719|TEXT 73
720|TEXT
721|suni' mahaprabhu tanre bahu prasamsila
722|premavista hana sloka padite lagila
723|SYNONYMS
724|suni'-hearing; mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tanre-
>|him; bahu-very much; prasamsila-praised; prema-avista hana-
>|becoming ecstatic in love of Godhead; sloka-verses; padite
>|lagila-began to recite.
725|TRANSLATION
726|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was very pleased to hear Vallabha
>|Bhatta quoting from sastra about the position of a devotee.
>|The Lord praised him personally, and, feeling ecstatic love
>|of Godhead, began to quote many verses from sastra.
727|Madhya 19.74
728|TEXT 74
729|TEXT
730|sucih sad-bhakti-diptagni-
731|dagdha-durjati-kalmasah
732|svapako 'pi budhaih slagyo
733|na vedajno 'pi nastikah
734|SYNONYMS
735|sucih-a brahmana purified internally and externally; sat-
>|bhakti-of devotional service without motives; dipta-agni-by
>|the blazing fire; dagdha-burnt to ashes; durjati-such as
>|birth in a low family; kalmasah-whose sinful reactions; sva-
>|pakah api-even though born in a family of dog-eaters;
>|budhaih-by learned scholars; slagyah-recognized; na-not;
>|veda-jnah api-even though completely conversant in Vedic
>|knowledge; nastikah-an atheist.
736|TRANSLATION
737|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, " 'A person who has the pure
>|characteristics of a brahmana due to devotional service,
>|which is like a blazing fire burning to ashes all the
>|sinful reactions of past lives, is certainly saved from the
>|consequences of sinful acts, such as taking birth in a
>|lower family. Even though he may be born in a family of dog-
>|eaters, he is recognized by learned scholars. However ,
>|although a person may be a learned scholar in Vedic
>|knowledge, he is not recognized if he is an atheist.
738|PURPORT
739|This verse and the next are quoted from the Hari-bhakti-
>|sudhodaya (3.11,12), a transcendental literature extracted
>|from the Puranas.
740|Madhya 19.75
741|TEXT 75
742|TEXT
743|bhagavad-bhakti-hinasya
744|jatih sastram japas tapah
745|apranasyeva dehasya
746|mandanam loka-ranjanam
747|SYNONYMS
748|bhagavat-bhakti-hinasya-of a person devoid of devotional
>|service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead; jatih-birth
>|in a high caste; sastram-knowledge in revealed
>|scriptures; japah-pronunciation of mantras; tapah-
>|austerities and penances; apranasya-which is dead; iva-like;
>| dehasya-of a body; mandanam-decoration; loka-to the whims
>|of people in general; ranjanam-simply pleasing.
749|TRANSLATION
750|" 'For a person devoid of devotional service, birth in a
>|great family or nation, knowledge of revealed
>|scripture, performance of austerities and penance, and
>|chanting of Vedic mantras are all like ornaments on a dead
>|body. Such ornaments simply serve the concocted pleasures
>|of the general populace.' "
751|Madhya 19.76
752|TEXT 76
753|TEXT
754|prabhura premavesa, ara prabhava bhakti-sara
755|saundaryadi dekhi' bhattera haila camatkara
756|SYNONYMS
757|prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; prema-avesa-ecstasy in
>|love of Godhead; ara-and; prabhava-the influence; bhakti-
>|sara-the essence of devotional service; saundarya-adi-
>|personal beauty and other qualities; dekhi'-seeing;
>|bhattera-of Vallabha Bhattacarya; haila-there was;
>|camatkara-astonishment.
758|TRANSLATION
759|When he saw the Lord's ecstatic love, Vallabha Bhattacarya
>|was certainly very astonished. He was also astonished
>|by the Lord's knowledge of the essence of devotional
>|service, as well as by His personal beauty and influence.
760|Madhya 19.77
761|TEXT 77
762|TEXT
763|sagane prabhure bhatta naukate cadana
764|bhiksa dite nija-ghare calila lana
765|SYNONYMS
766|sa-gane-with His associates; prabhure-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; bhatta-Vallabha Bhattacarya; naukate-a boat;
>|cadana-putting aboard; bhiksa dite-to offer lunch; nija-
>|ghare-to his own place; calila-departed; lana-taking.
767|TRANSLATION
768|Vallabha Bhattacarya then put Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and
>|His associates aboard a boat and took them to his own place
>|to offer them lunch.
769|Madhya 19.78
770|TEXT 78
771|TEXT
772|yamunara jala dekhi' cikkana syamala
773|premavese mahaprabhu ha-ila vihvala
774|SYNONYMS
775|yamunara-of the River Yamuna; jala-the water; dekhi'-seeing;
>| cikkana-glossy; syamala-blackish; prema-avese-in ecstatic
>|love; mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; ha-ila-became;
>|vihvala-bewildered.
776|TRANSLATION
777|While crossing the River Yamuna, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|saw the glossy black water and was immediately bewildered
>|with ecstatic love.
778|Madhya 19.79
779|TEXT 79
780|TEXT
781|hunkara kari' yamunara jale dila jhanpa
782|prabhu dekhi' sabara mane haila bhaya-kanpa
783|SYNONYMS
784|hunkara kari'-making a loud sound; yamunara jale-in the
>|water of the River Yamuna; dila-gave; jhanpa-a plunge;
>|prabhu dekhi'-seeing Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sabara-
>|of everyone; mane-in the mind; haila-there was; bhaya-kanpa-
>|fear and trembling.
785|TRANSLATION
786|Indeed, as soon as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw the River
>|Yamuna, He immediately made a great sound and jumped into
>|the water. Everyone was filled with fear and trembling to
>|see this.
787|Madhya 19.80
788|TEXT 80
789|TEXT
790|aste-vyaste sabe dhari' prabhure uthaila
791|naukara upare prabhu nacite lagila
792|SYNONYMS
793|aste-vyaste-with great haste; sabe-all of them; dhari'-
>|catching; prabhure-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; uthaila-raised;
>|naukara-of the boat; upare-on top; prabhu-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; nacite lagila-began to dance.
794|TRANSLATION
795|They all hastily grabbed Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and pulled
>|Him out of the water. Once on the boat's platform, the Lord
>|began to dance.
796|Madhya 19.81
797|TEXT 81
798|TEXT
799|mahaprabhura bhare nauka kare talamala
800|dubite lagila nauka, jhalake bhare jala
801|SYNONYMS
802|mahaprabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bhare-because of
>|the weight; nauka-the boat; kare-does; talamala-tilting;
>|dubite-to sink; lagila-began; nauka-the boat; jhalake-in
>|gushes; bhare-fills; jala-water.
803|TRANSLATION
804|Due to the Lord's heavy weight, the boat began to tilt. It
>|began filling up with water and was on the verge of sinking.
805|Madhya 19.82
806|TEXT 82
807|TEXT
808|yadyapi bhattera age prabhura dhairya haila mana
809|durvara udbhata prema nahe samvarana
810|SYNONYMS
811|yadyapi-although; bhattera-of Vallabhacarya; age-in front;
>|prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dhairya-patient; haila-
>|was; mana-the mind; durvara-difficult to stop; udbhata-
>|wonderful; prema-ecstatic love; nahe-there is not;
>|samvarana-checking.
812|TRANSLATION
813|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu tried to restrain Himself as far as
>|possible before Vallabhacarya, but although He tried to
>|keep calm, His ecstatic love could not be checked.
814|Madhya 19.83
815|TEXT 83
816|TEXT
817|desa-patra dekhi' mahaprabhu dhairya ha-ila
818|adailera ghate nauka asi' uttarila
819|SYNONYMS
820|desa-patra dekhi'-seeing the circumstances; mahaprabhu-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dhairya ha-ila-became calm; adailera
>|ghate-at the shore of the village Adaila; nauka-the boat;
>|asi'-coming; uttarila-landed.
821|TRANSLATION
822|Seeing the circumstances, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu finally
>|became calm so that the boat was able to reach the shore of
>|Adaila and land there.
823|Madhya 19.84
824|TEXT 84
825|TEXT
826|bhaye bhatta sange rahe, madhyahna karana
827|nija-grhe anila prabhure sangete lana
828|SYNONYMS
829|bhaye-with fear; bhatta-Vallabha Bhattacarya; sange-in Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu's association; rahe-remains; madhyahna
>|karana-after arranging for His bath; nija-grhe-to his own
>|home; anila-brought; prabhure-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|sangete-in company; lana-taking.
830|TRANSLATION
831|Fearing for the Lord's welfare, Vallabha Bhattacarya stayed
>|in His association. After arranging for the Lord's bath,
>|he took Him to his own house.
832|Madhya 19.85
833|TEXT 85
834|TEXT
835|anandita hana bhatta dila divyasana
836|apane karila prabhura pada-praksalana
837|SYNONYMS
838|anandita hana-becoming pleased; bhatta-Vallabha Bhattacarya;
>| dila-gave; divya-asana-a nice sitting place; apane-
>|personally; karila-did; prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>| pada-praksalana-washing of the feet.
839|TRANSLATION
840|When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu arrived at his home, Vallabha
>|Bhattacarya, being greatly pleased, offered the Lord a nice
>|sitting place and personally washed His feet.
841|Madhya 19.86
842|TEXT 86
843|TEXT
844|savamse sei jala mastake dharila
845|nutana kaupina-bahirvasa paraila
846|SYNONYMS
847|sa-vamse-with all the family members; sei-that; jala-water;
>|mastake-on the head; dharila-sprinkled; nutana-fresh;
>|kaupina-underwear; bahirvasa-external covering; paraila-put
>|on.
848|TRANSLATION
849|Vallabha Bhattacarya and his whole family then sprinkled
>|that water over their heads. They then offered the Lord new
>|underwear and outer garments.
850|Madhya 19.87
851|TEXT 87
852|TEXT
853|gandha-puspa-dhupa-dipe maha-puja kaila
854|bhattacarye manya kari' paka karaila
855|SYNONYMS
856|gandha-scents; puspa-flowers; dhupa-incense; dipe-by lamps;
>|maha-puja kaila-he worshiped the Lord with great pomp;
>|bhattacarye-to Balabhadra Bhattacarya; manya kari'-offering
>|respect; paka karaila-engaging in cooking.
857|TRANSLATION
858|Vallabhacarya worshiped the Lord with great pomp, offering
>|scents, incense, flowers and lamps, and with great respect
>|he induced Balabhadra Bhatta [the Lord's cook] to cook.
859|Madhya 19.88
860|TEXT 88
861|TEXT
862|bhiksa karaila prabhure sasneha yatane
863|rupa-gosani dui-bhaiye karaila bhojane
864|SYNONYMS
865|bhiksa karaila-made take His lunch; prabhure-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sasneha-with affection; yatane-with
>|great care; rupa-gosani-Srila Rupa Gosvami; dui-bhaiye-the
>|two brothers; karaila bhojane-made eat.
866|TRANSLATION
867|Thus Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was offered lunch with great
>|care and affection. The brothers Rupa Gosvami and Sri
>|Vallabha were also offered food.
868|Madhya 19.89
869|TEXT 89
870|TEXT
871|bhattacarya sri-rupe deoyaila 'avasesa'
872|tabe sei prasada krsnadasa paila sesa
873|SYNONYMS
874|bhattacarya-Vallabha Bhattacarya; sri-rupe-to Srila Rupa
>|Gosvami; deoyaila-offered; avasesa-the remnants; tabe-
>|thereafter; sei-those; prasada-remnants of food; krsnadasa-
>|Krsnadasa; paila-got; sesa-the balance.
875|TRANSLATION
876|Vallabha Bhattacarya first offered the remnants of the Lord'
>|s food to Srila Rupa Gosvami and then to Krsnadasa.
877|Madhya 19.90
878|TEXT 90
879|TEXT
880|mukha-vasa diya prabhure karaila sayana
881|apane bhatta karena prabhura pada-samvahana
882|SYNONYMS
883|mukha-vasa-spices; diya-offering; prabhure-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; karaila-made to do; sayana-resting; apane-
>|personally; bhatta-Srila Vallabha Bhatta; karena-does;
>|prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; pada-samvahana-
>|massaging the leg.
884|TRANSLATION
885|The Lord was then given spices to purify His mouth.
>|Afterwards He was made to rest, and Vallabha Bhattacarya
>|personally massaged His legs.
886|Madhya 19.91
887|TEXT 91
888|TEXT
889|prabhu pathaila tanre karite bhojane
890|bhojana kari' aila tenho prabhura carane
891|SYNONYMS
892|prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; pathaila-sent; tanre-him (
>|Vallabha Bhattacarya); karite bhojane-to take his lunch;
>|bhojana kari'-after taking lunch; aila-came; tenho-he;
>|prabhura carane-to the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu.
893|TRANSLATION
894|While Vallabha Bhattacarya was massaging Him, the Lord
>|asked him to go take prasada. After taking prasada, he
>|returned to the lotus feet of the Lord.
895|Madhya 19.92
896|TEXT 92
897|TEXT
898|hena-kale aila raghupati upadhyaya
899|tiruhita pandita, bada vaisnava, mahasaya
900|SYNONYMS
901|hena-kale-at this time; aila-arrived; raghupati upadhyaya-a
>|brahmana named Raghupati Upadhyaya; tiruhita-belonging to
>|the Tiruhita state; pandita-a very learned scholar; bada-
>|great; vaisnava-devotee; mahasaya-respectable gentleman.
902|TRANSLATION
903|At that time there arrived Raghupati Upadhyaya , who
>|belonged to the Tiruhita district . He was a very
>|learned scholar, a great devotee and a respectable
>|gentleman.
904|Tiruhita , or Tirhutiya, is a combination of four districts
>|in Behar: Sarana, Camparana, Majahphara-pura and
>|Dvarabhanga. The people of this state are called Tirutiya.
905|Madhya 19.93
906|TEXT 93
907|TEXT
908|asi' tenho kaila prabhura carana vandana
909|'krsne mati rahu' bali' prabhura vacana
910|SYNONYMS
911|asi'-coming; tenho-he; kaila-did; prabhura-of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; carana vandana-worshiping the lotus feet; krsne
>|mati rahu-just remain always Krsna conscious; bali'-saying;
>|prabhura vacana-the blessings of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
912|TRANSLATION
913|Raghupati Upadhyaya first offered his respects to Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and the Lord gave him His blessings,
>|saying, "Always stay in Krsna consciousness."
914|Madhya 19.94
915|TEXT 94
916|TEXT
917|suni' anandita haila upadhyayera mana
918|prabhu tanre kahila,-'kaha krsnera varnana'
919|SYNONYMS
920|suni'-hearing; anandita-very pleased; haila-became;
>|upadhyayera mana-the mind of Upadhyaya; prabhu-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; tanre-to him; kahila-spoke; kaha krsnera
>|varnana-just try to describe Krsna.
921|TRANSLATION
922|Raghupati Upadhyaya was very pleased to hear the Lord's
>|blessings. The Lord then asked him to describe Krsna.
923|Madhya 19.95
924|TEXT 95
925|TEXT
926|nija-krta krsna-lila-sloka padila
927|suni' mahaprabhura maha premavesa haila
928|SYNONYMS
929|nija-krta-personally composed; krsna-lila-on pastimes of
>|Krsna; sloka-verses; padila-recited; suni'-hearing;
>|mahaprabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; maha-great; prema-
>|avesa-ecstatic love; haila-there was.
930|TRANSLATION
931|When Raghupati Upadhyaya was requested to describe Krsna,
>|he began to recite some verses he had personally composed
>|about Krsna's pastimes. Hearing those verses, Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu was overwhelmed with ecstatic love.
932|Madhya 19.96
933|TEXT 96
934|TEXT
935|srutim apare smrtim
>|itare
936|bharatam anye bhajantu bhava - bhitah
>|
937|aham iha nandam vande
>|
938|yasyalinde param brahma
939|SYNONYMS
940|srutim-Vedic literature; apare-someone; smrtim-corollary to
>|the Vedic literature; itare-others; bharatam-
>|Mahabharata; anye-still others; bhajantu-let them worship;
>|bhava-bhitah-those who are afraid of material existence;
>|aham-I; iha-here; nandam-Maharaja Nanda; vande-worship;
>|yasya-whose; alinde-in the courtyard; param brahma-the
>|Supreme Brahman, Absolute Truth.
941|TRANSLATION
942|Raghupati Upadhyaya recited: "Those who are afraid of
>|material existence worship Vedic literature. Some
>|worship smrti, the corollaries to Vedic literature, and
>|others worship the Mahabharata. As far as I am concerned, I
>|worship Maharaja Nanda , the father of Krsna, in
>|whose courtyard the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the
>|Absolute Truth, is playing."
943|PURPORT
944|This verse recited by Raghupati Upadhyaya was later
>|included in Sri Rupa Gosvami's Padyavali (126).
945|Madhya 19.97
946|TEXT 97
947|TEXT
948|'age kaha'-prabhu-vakye upadhyaya kahila
949|raghupati upadhyaya namaskara kaila
950|SYNONYMS
951|age kaha-please speak further; prabhu-vakye-on the request
>|of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; upadhyaya-Raghupati Upadhyaya;
>|kahila-said; raghupati upadhyaya-Raghupati Upadhyaya;
>|namaskara kaila-offered Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu obeisances.
952|TRANSLATION
953|When Raghupati Upadhyaya was requested by the Lord to
>|recite more, he immediately offered his respects to the
>|Lord and granted His request.
954|Madhya 19.98
955|TEXT 98
956|TEXT
957|kam prati kathayitum ise
>|
958|samprati ko va
>|pratitim ayatu
959|go - pati - tanaya- kunje
>|
960|gopa-vadhuti-vitam brahma
961|SYNONYMS
962|kam prati-unto whom; kathayitum-to speak; ise-am I able;
>|samprati-now; kah-who; va-or; pratitim-belief; ayatu-would
>|do; go-pati-of the sun-god; tanaya-of the daughter (the
>|Yamuna); kunje-in the bushes on the bank; gopa-vadhuti-of
>|the cowherd girls; vitam-the hunter; brahma-the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead.
963|TRANSLATION
964|"To whom can I speak who will believe me when I say that
>|Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is hunting the
>|gopis in the bushes by the banks of the River Yamuna? In
>|this way the Lord demonstrates His pastimes."
965|PURPORT
966|This verse was also later included in Padyavali ( 98).
967|Madhya 19.99
968|TEXT 99
969|TEXT
970|prabhu kahena,-kaha, tenho pade krsna-lila
971|premavese prabhura deha-mana ayuyaila
972|SYNONYMS
973|prabhu kahena-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; kaha-please go
>|on speaking; tenho-he; pade-recites; krsna-lila-the
>|pastimes of Lord Krsna; prema-avese-in great ecstasy of
>|love; prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; deha-mana-body
>|and mind; ayuyaila-became slackened.
974|TRANSLATION
975|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu requested Raghupati Upadhyaya to
>|continue speaking about the pastimes of Sri Krsna. Thus the
>|Lord was absorbed in ecstatic love, and His mind and body
>|slackened.
976|PURPORT
977|Our minds and bodies are always engaged in material
>|activities. When they are activated on the spiritual
>|platform, they slacken on the material platform.
978|Madhya 19.100
979|TEXT 100
980|TEXT
981|prema dekhi' upadhyayera haila camatkara
982|'manusya nahe, inho-krsna'-karila nirdhara
983|SYNONYMS
984|prema dekhi'-seeing His ecstatic love; upadhyayera-of
>|Raghupati Upadhyaya; haila-there was; camatkara-wonder;
>|manusya nahe-not a human being; inho-He; krsna-Lord Krsna
>|Himself; karila nirdhara-made assessment.
985|TRANSLATION
986|When Raghupati Upadhyaya saw Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's
>|ecstatic symptoms, he decided that the Lord was not a human
>|being but Krsna Himself.
987|Madhya 19.101
988|TEXT 101
989|TEXT
990|prabhu kahe,-upadhyaya, srestha mana' kaya?
991|'syamam eva param rupam'-kahe upadhyaya
992|SYNONYMS
993|prabhu kahe-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu inquired; upadhyaya-My
>|dear Upadhyaya; srestha-the supermost; mana'-you consider;
>|kaya-what; syamam-Syamasundara, Krsna; eva-certainly; param
>|rupam-the supreme form; kahe-replied; upadhyaya-Raghupati
>|Upadhyaya.
994|TRANSLATION
995|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked Raghupati Upadhyaya, "
>|According to your decision, who is the foremost being?"
>|Raghupati Upadhyaya replied,"Lord Syamasundara is the
>|supreme form."
996|Madhya 19.102
997|TEXT 102
998|TEXT
999|syama-rupera vasa-sthana srestha mana' kaya?
1000|'puri madhu-puri vara'-kahe upadhyaya
1001|SYNONYMS
1002|syama-rupera-of the supreme form, Syamasundara; vasa-sthana-
>|residence; srestha-the supreme; mana'-you accept; kaya-
>|which; puri-the city; madhu-puri-Mathura; vara-best; kahe-
>|said; upadhyaya-Raghupati Upadhyaya.
1003|TRANSLATION
1004|"Of all Krsna's abodes, which do you think is the best?"
>|Raghupati Upadhyaya said,"Madhu-puri, or Mathura-dhama, is
>|certainly the best."
1005|PURPORT
1006|Lord Krsna has many forms, as stated in the Brahma-samhita (
>|5.33): advaitam acyutam anadim ananta-rupam. Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu asked Raghupati Upadhyaya which form was the
>|best of Lord Krsna's millions of forms, and he immediately
>|replied that the supreme form was the Syamasundara form. In
>|that form, Krsna stands curved in three places and holds
>|His flute. The Syamasundara form is also described in the
>|Brahma-samhita (5.38):
1007|premanjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena
1008|santah sadaiva hrdayesu vilokayanti
1009|yam syamasundaram acintya-guna-svarupam
1010|govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami
1011|"I worship the primeval Lord, Govinda, who is always seen
>|by the devotee whose eyes are anointed with the pulp of
>|love. He is seen in His eternal form of Syamasundara
>|situated within the heart of the devotee."
1012|Those who are filled with ecstatic love for Krsna always
>|see the form of Syamasundara within their hearts. Raghupati
>|Upadhyaya confirms that the Absolute Truth, the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead, has many incarnations-Narayana,
>|Nrsimha, Varaha and others-but Krsna is distinguished as
>|the supermost. According to Srimad-Bhagavatam:
>|krsnas tu bhagavan svayam . "Krsna is the original
>|Personality of Godhead." Krsna means Syamasundara, who
>|plays His flute in Vrndavana. Of all forms, this form is
>|the best of all. Krsna lives sometimes in Mathura and
>|sometimes in Dvaraka, but Mathura is considered the better
>|place. This is also confirmed by Rupa Gosvami in his
>|Upadesamrta (9): vaikunthaj janito vara madhu-puri. "Madhu-
>|puri, or Mathura, is far superior to the Vaikunthalokas in
>|the spiritual world."
1013|Madhya 19.103
1014|TEXT 103
1015|TEXT
1016|balya, pauganda, kaisore, srestha mana' kaya?
1017|'vayah kaisorakam dhyeyam'-kahe upadhyaya
1018|SYNONYMS
1019|balya-childhood; pauganda-the boyhood age before youth;
>|kaisore-the beginning of youth; srestha-best; mana'-you
>|think; kaya-which; vayah-the age; kaisorakam-kaisora or
>|fresh youth; dhyeyam-most worshipable; kahe-said; upadhyaya-
>|Raghupati Upadhyaya.
1020|TRANSLATION
1021|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked, "Of the three ages of Krsna
>|known as childhood, boyhood and fresh youth, which do you
>|consider best?" Raghupati Upadhyaya replied, "Fresh youth
>|is the best age."
1022|Madhya 19.104
1023|TEXT 104
1024|TEXT
1025|rasa-gana-madhye tumi srestha mana' kaya?
1026|'adya eva paro rasah'-kahe upadhyaya
1027|SYNONYMS
1028|rasa-gana-madhye-among all the mellows; tumi-you; srestha-
>|as supreme; mana'-accept; kaya-which one; adyah-conjugal
>|love; eva-certainly; parah rasah-the best of all mellows;
>|kahe-replied; upadhyaya-Raghupati Upadhyaya.
1029|TRANSLATION
1030|When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked, "Among all the mellows,
>|which do you consider best?" Raghupati Upadhyaya replied, "
>|The mellow of conjugal love is supermost."
1031|Madhya 19.105
1032|TEXT 105
1033|TEXT
1034|prabhu kahe,-bhala tattva sikhaila more
1035|eta bali' sloka pade gadgada-svare
1036|SYNONYMS
1037|prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kahe-said; bhala-good;
>|tattva-conclusions; sikhaila more-you have taught Me; eta
>|bali'-saying this; sloka pade-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|recited the full verse; gadgada-svare-in a faltering voice.
1038|TRANSLATION
1039|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then said, "You have certainly
>|given first-class conclusions." After saying this, He began
>|to recite the full verse with a faltering voice.
1040|Madhya 19.106
1041|TEXT 106
1042|TEXT
1043|syamam eva param rupam
1044|puri madhu-puri vara
1045|vayah kaisorakam dhyeyam
1046|adya eva paro rasah
1047|SYNONYMS
1048|syamam-the form of Syamasundara; eva-certainly; param-
>|supreme; rupam-form; puri-the place; madhu-puri-Mathura;
>|vara-best; vayah-the age; kaisorakam-fresh youth; dhyeyam-
>|always to be meditated on; adyah-the original
>|transcendental mellow, or conjugal love; eva-certainly;
>|parah-the supreme; rasah-mellow.
1049|TRANSLATION
1050|" 'The form of Syamasundara is the supreme form, the city
>|of Mathura is the supreme abode, Lord Krsna's fresh youth
>|should always be meditated upon, and the mellow of conjugal
>|love is the supreme mellow.' "
1051|PURPORT
1052|This verse is found in Padyavali (82).
1053|Madhya 19.107
1054|TEXT 107
1055|TEXT
1056|premavese prabhu tanre kaila alingana
1057|prema matta hana tenho karena nartana
1058|SYNONYMS
1059|prema-avese-in ecstatic love; prabhu-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; tanre-him; kaila-did; alingana-embracing; prema
>|matta hana-being overwhelmed by ecstatic love; tenho-he;
>|karena nartana-began to dance.
1060|TRANSLATION
1061|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then embraced Raghupati Upadhyaya
>|in ecstatic love. Raghupati Upadhyaya also was overwhelmed
>|by love, and he began to dance.
1062|Madhya 19.108
1063|TEXT 108
1064|TEXT
1065|dekhi' vallabha-bhatta mane camatkara haila
1066|dui putra ani' prabhura carane padila
1067|SYNONYMS
1068|dekhi'-seeing; vallabha-bhatta-of Vallabha Bhattacarya;
>|mane-in the mind; camatkara haila-there was astonishment;
>|dui putra ani'-bringing his two sons; prabhura carane
>|padila-made them lie at the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu.
1069|TRANSLATION
1070|Vallabha Bhattacarya was struck with wonder to see Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Raghupati Upadhyaya dance. He even
>|brought forward his two sons and made them fall down at the
>|Lord's lotus feet.
1071|PURPORT
1072|The two sons of Vallabhacarya were Gopinatha and
>|Viththalesvara. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu visited
>|Prayaga in the year 1434 or 1435 Sakabda Era
>|, Viththalesvara was not yet born. In this regard, one
>|should see Madhya-lila 18.47.
1073|Madhya 19.109
1074|TEXT 109
1075|TEXT
1076|prabhu dekhibare gramera saba-loka aila
1077|prabhu-darasane sabe 'krsna-bhakta' ha-ila
1078|SYNONYMS
1079|prabhu dekhibare-to see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; gramera-of
>|the village; saba-loka-all the people; aila-came; prabhu-
>|darasane-simply by seeing Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sabe-all
>|of them; krsna-bhakta ha-ila-became devotees of Lord Krsna.
1080|TRANSLATION
1081|Upon hearing that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had arrived, all
>|the villagers went to see Him. Simply by seeing Him, they
>|all became devotees of Krsna.
1082|Madhya 19.110
1083|TEXT 110
1084|TEXT
1085|brahmana-sakala karena prabhura nimantrana
1086|vallabha-bhatta tan-sabare karena nivarana
1087|SYNONYMS
1088|brahmana-sakala-all the brahmanas of that village; karena-
>|make; prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; nimantrana-
>|invitations; vallabha-bhatta-Vallabha Bhattacarya; tan-
>|sabare-all of them; karena-does; nivarana-forbidding.
1089|TRANSLATION
1090|All the brahmanas of the village were anxious to extend
>|invitations to the Lord, but Vallabha Bhattacarya forbade
>|them to do so.
1091|Madhya 19.111
1092|TEXT 111
1093|TEXT
1094|'premonmade pade gosani madhya-yamunate
1095|prayage calaiba, ihan na diba rahite
1096|SYNONYMS
1097|prema-unmade-in the madness of ecstatic love; pade-fell
>|down; gosani-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; madhya-yamunate-in
>|the River Yamuna; prayage calaiba-I shall again take Him to
>|Prayaga; ihan-here; na-not; diba-I shall allow Him; rahite-
>|to stay.
1098|TRANSLATION
1099|Vallabha Bhatta then decided not to keep Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu at Adaila because the Lord had jumped into the
>|River Yamuna in ecstatic love. Therefore he decided to
>|bring Him to Prayaga.
1100|Madhya 19.112
1101|TEXT 112
1102|TEXT
1103|yanra iccha, prayage yana karibe nimantrana'
1104|eta bali' prabhu lana karila gamana
1105|SYNONYMS
1106|yanra-of whom; iccha-there is a desire; prayage yana-going
>|to Prayaga; karibe-may do; nimantrana-invitations; eta bali'
>|-saying this; prabhu lana-with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|karila gamana-he departed for Prayaga.
1107|TRANSLATION
1108|Vallabha Bhatta said, "If anyone likes, he can go to
>|Prayaga and extend invitations to the Lord." In this way he
>|took the Lord with him and departed for Prayaga.
1109|Madhya 19.113
1110|TEXT 113
1111|TEXT
1112|ganga-pathe mahaprabhure naukate vasana
1113|prayage aila bhatta gosanire lana
1114|SYNONYMS
1115|ganga-pathe-on the Ganges; mahaprabhure-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; naukate vasana-making to sit down on the boat;
>|prayage aila-went to Prayaga; bhatta-Vallabha Bhatta;
>|gosanire lana-with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
1116|TRANSLATION
1117|Vallabha Bhattacarya avoided the River Yamuna. Putting the
>|Lord on a boat in the River Ganges, he went with Him to
>|Prayaga.
1118|Madhya 19.114
1119|TEXT 114
1120|TEXT
1121|loka-bhida-bhaye prabhu 'dasasvamedhe' yana
1122|rupa-gosanire siksa kara'na sakti sancariya
1123|SYNONYMS
1124|loka-bhida-bhaye-from fear of the great crowd of people;
>|prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dasasvamedhe-to
>|Dasasvamedha-ghata; yana-going; rupa-gosanire-Rupa Gosvami;
>|siksa kara'na-teaches; sakti sancariya-endowing him with
>|potency.
1125|TRANSLATION
1126|Due to the great crowds in Prayaga, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|went to a place called Dasasvamedha-ghata. It was there
>|that the Lord instructed Sri Rupa Gosvami and empowered him
>|in the philosophy of devotional service.
1127|PURPORT
1128|Parasya saktir vividhaiva sruyate
>|. The Supreme Lord has multi-potencies,
>|which the Lord bestows on His fortunate devotees. The Lord
>|has a special potency by which He spreads the Krsna
>|consciousness movement. This is also explained in
>|Caitanya-caritamrta (Antya 7.11) .
>| krsna-sakti vina nahe tara
>|pravartana : "One cannot spread the holy name of Krsna
>|without being specifically empowered by Lord Krsna." A
>|devotee who receives this power from the Lord must be
>|considered very fortunate. The Krsna consciousness movement
>|is spreading to enlighten people about their real position,
>|their original relationship with Krsna. One requires Krsna'
>|s special power in order to be able to do this. People
>|forget their relationship with Krsna and work under the
>|spell of maya life after life, transmigrating from one body
>|to another. This is the process of material existence. The
>|Supreme Lord Sri Krsna personally descends to teach people
>|that their position in the material world is a mistaken one.
>| The Lord again comes as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to induce
>|people to take to Krsna consciousness. The Lord also
>|empowers a special devotee to teach people their
>|constitutional position.
1129|Madhya 19.115
1130|TEXT 115
1131|TEXT
1132|krsnatattva-bhaktitattva-rasatattva-pranta
1133|saba sikhaila prabhu bhagavata-siddhanta
1134|SYNONYMS
1135|krsna-tattva-of the truth about Lord Krsna; bhakti-tattva-
>|of the truth about devotional service; rasa-tattva-of the
>|truth about transcendental mellows; pranta-the ultimate
>|limit; saba-all; sikhaila-taught; prabhu-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; bhagavata-siddhanta-the conclusions of Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam.
1136|TRANSLATION
1137|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught Srila Rupa Gosvami the
>|ultimate limit of the truth about Lord Krsna, the truth
>|about devotional service and the truth about transcendental
>|mellows, consummating in conjugal love between Radha and
>|Krsna. Finally He told Rupa Gosvami about the ultimate
>|conclusions of Srimad-Bhagavatam.
1138|Madhya 19.116
1139|TEXT 116
1140|TEXT
1141|ramananda-pase yata siddhanta sunila
1142|rupe krpa kari' taha saba sancarila
1143|SYNONYMS
1144|ramananda-pase-from Ramananda Raya; yata-all; siddhanta-the
>|ultimate conclusions; sunila-he heard; rupe-unto Sri Rupa
>|Gosvami; krpa kari'-showing His causeless mercy; taha saba-
>|all those; sancarila-infused.
1145|TRANSLATION
1146|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught Rupa Gosvami all the
>|conclusions He had heard from Ramananda Raya and duly
>|empowered him so that he could understand them.
1147|Madhya 19.117
1148|TEXT 117
1149|TEXT
1150|sri-rupa-hrdaye prabhu sakti sancarila
1151|sarva-tattva-nirupane 'pravina' karila
1152|SYNONYMS
1153|sri-rupa-hrdaye-in the heart of Srila Rupa Gosvami; prabhu-
>|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sakti sancarila-infused
>|spiritual strength; sarva-tattva-all conclusive truths;
>|nirupane-in ascertaining; pravina karila-made him fully
>|experienced.
1154|TRANSLATION
1155|By entering the heart of Rupa Gosvami, Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu empowered him to ascertain properly the
>|conclusions of all truths. He made him an experienced
>|devotee whose decisions correctly agreed with the verdicts
>|of the disciplic succession. Thus Sri Rupa Gosvami was
>|personally empowered by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
1156|PURPORT
1157|The principles of devotional service are only apparently
>|under the jurisdiction of material activity. To be rightly
>|guided, one must be personally guided by Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu. This was the case with Srila Rupa Gosvami,
>|Sanatana Gosvami and other acaryas.
1158|Madhya 19.118
1159|TEXT 118
1160|TEXT
1161|sivananda-senera putra 'kavi-karnapura'
1162|'rupera milana' sva-granthe likhiyachena pracura
1163|SYNONYMS
1164|sivananda-senera-of Sivananda Sena; putra-the son; kavi-
>|karnapura-Kavi-karnapura; rupera milana-meeting
>| Rupa Gosvami; sva-granthe-in his own book;
>|likhiyachena pracura-has written profusely.
1165|TRANSLATION
1166|In his book Caitanya-candrodaya, Kavi-karnapura, the son of
>|Sivananda Sena, has elaborately described the meeting
>|between Sri Rupa Gosvami and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
1167|Madhya 19.119
1168|TEXT 119
1169|TEXT
1170|kalena vrndavana-keli-varta
1171|lupteti tam khyapayitum visisya
1172|krpamrtenabhisiseca devas
1173|tatraiva rupam ca sanatanam ca
1174|SYNONYMS
1175|kalena-in the course of time; vrndavana-keli-varta-topics
>|concerning the transcendental mellows of the pastimes of
>|Lord Krsna in Vrndavana; lupta-almost lost; iti-thus; tam-
>|all those; khyapayitum-to enunciate; visisya-making
>|specific; krpa-amrtena-with the nectar of mercy; abhisiseca-
>|sprinkled; devah-the Lord; tatra-there; eva-
>|indeed; rupam-Srila Rupa Gosvami; ca-and; sanatanam-
>|Sanatana Gosvami; ca-as well as.
1176|TRANSLATION
1177|"In the course of time, the transcendental news of Krsna's
>|pastimes in Vrndavana was almost lost. To enunciate
>|explicitly those transcendental pastimes, Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, at Prayaga, empowered Srila Rupa Gosvami and
>|Sanatana Gosvami with the nectar of His mercy to carry out
>|this work in Vrndavana.
1178|PURPORT
1179|This verse and the following two verses are from Act Nine (
>|38,29, 30) of Caitanya-candrodaya by Sri Kavi-
>|karnapura.
1180|Madhya 19.120
1181|TEXT 120
1182|TEXT
1183|yah prag eva priya-guna-ganair gadha-baddho 'pi mukto
1184|gehadhyasad rasa iva paro murta evapy amurtah
1185|premalapair drdhatara-parisvanga-rangaih prayage
1186|tam sri-rupam samam anupamenanujagraha devah
1187|SYNONYMS
1188|yah-who; prak eva-previously; priya-guna-ganaih-by the
>|desirable transcendental qualities of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; gadha-deeply; baddhah-attached; api-although;
>|muktah-liberated; geha-adhyasat-from the bondage of family
>|life; rasah-transcendental mellows; iva-like; parah-
>|transcendental; murtah-personal form; eva-certainly; api-
>|although; amurtah-without having a material form; prema-
>|alapaih-by discussions of transcendental love of the
>|Supreme; drdhatara -firm; parisvanga-of embracing;
>|rangaih-with great pleasure; prayage-at Prayaga; tam-to him;
>| sri-rupam-Rupa Gosvami; samam-with; anupamena-Anupama;
>|anujagraha-showed mercy; devah-the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead.
1189|TRANSLATION
1190|"From the very beginning, Srila Rupa Gosvami was deeply
>|attracted by the transcendental qualities of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu. Thus he was permanently relieved from family
>|life. Srila Rupa Gosvami and his younger brother, Vallabha,
>|were blessed by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Although the Lord
>|was transcendentally situated in His transcendental eternal
>|form, at Prayaga He told Rupa Gosvami about transcendental
>|ecstatic love of Krsna. The Lord then embraced him very
>|fondly and bestowed all His mercy upon him.
1191|Madhya 19.121
1192|TEXT 121
1193|TEXT
1194|priya-svarupe dayita-svarupe
1195|prema-svarupe sahajabhirupe
1196|nijanurupe prabhur eka-rupe
1197|tatana rupe svavilasa -rupe
1198|SYNONYMS
1199|priya-svarupe-unto the person whose dear friend was Srila
>|Svarupa Damodara Gosvami; dayita-svarupe-who was very dear
>|to Him (Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu); prema-svarupe-unto the
>|replica of His personal ecstatic love; sahaja-abhirupe-who
>|was naturally very beautiful; nija-anurupe-who exactly
>|followed the principles of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; prabhuh-
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; eka-rupe-to the one; tatana-
>|explained; rupe-unto Rupa Gosvami; sva-vilasa-rupe-who
>|describes the pastimes of Lord Krsna.
1200|TRANSLATION
1201|"Indeed, Srila Rupa Gosvami, whose dear friend was Svarupa
>|Damodara, was the exact replica of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
>|and he was very, very dear to the Lord. Being the
>|embodiment of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's ecstatic love, Rupa
>|Gosvami was naturally very beautiful. He very carefully
>|followed the principles enunciated by the Lord, and he was
>|a competent person to explain properly the pastimes of Lord
>|Krsna. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu expanded His mercy to Srila
>|Rupa Gosvami just so he could render service by writing
>|transcendental literatures."
1202|Madhya 19.122
1203|TEXT 122
1204|TEXT
1205|ei-mata karnapura likhe sthane-sthane
1206|prabhu krpa kaila yaiche rupa-sanatane
1207|SYNONYMS
1208|ei-mata-in this way; karna-pura-the poet known as Kavi-
>|karnapura; likhe-writes; sthane-sthane-in various places;
>|prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; krpa kaila-showed His mercy;
>| yaiche-how; rupa-sanatane-to Srila Rupa Gosvami and Srila
>|Sanatana Gosvami.
1209|TRANSLATION
1210|The characteristics of Srila Rupa Gosvami have thus been
>|described in various places by the poet Kavi-karnapura. An
>|account has also been given of how Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|bestowed His causeless mercy upon Srila Rupa Gosvami and
>|Srila Sanatana Gosvami.
1211|Madhya 19.123
1212|TEXT 123
1213|TEXT
1214|mahaprabhura yata bada bada bhakta matra
1215|rupa-sanatana-sabara krpa-gaurava-patra
1216|SYNONYMS
1217|mahaprabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; yata-all; bada
>|bada-great, great; bhakta-devotees; matra-up to; rupa-
>|sanatana-Srila Rupa Gosvami and Srila Sanatana Gosvami;
>|sabara-of everyone; krpa-of the mercy; gaurava-and honor;
>|patra-objects.
1218|TRANSLATION
1219|Srila Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami were the objects of
>|love and honor for all the great stalwart devotees of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
1220|Madhya 19.124
1221|TEXT 124
1222|TEXT
1223|keha yadi dese yaya dekhi' vrndavana
1224|tanre prasna karena prabhura parisada-gana
1225|SYNONYMS
1226|keha-someone; yadi-if; dese-to his country; yaya-goes;
>|dekhi'-after seeing; vrndavana-Vrndavana; tanre-unto that
>|person; prasna karena-put questions; prabhura-of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; parisada-gana-personal associates.
1227|TRANSLATION
1228|If someone returned to his country after seeing Vrndavana,
>|the associates of the Lord would ask him questions.
1229|Madhya 19.125
1230|TEXT 125
1231|TEXT
1232|"kaha,-tahan kaiche rahe rupa-sanatana?
1233|kaiche rahe, kaiche vairagya, kaiche bhojana?
1234|SYNONYMS
1235|kaha-please describe; tahan-there; kaiche-how; rahe-remain;
>|rupa-Rupa Gosvami; sanatana-Sanatana Gosvami; kaiche rahe-
>|how do they live; kaiche vairagya-how do they practice
>|renunciation; kaiche bhojana-how do they eat.
1236|TRANSLATION
1237|They would ask those returning from Vrndavana, "How are
>|Rupa and Sanatana doing in Vrndavana? What are their
>|activities in the renounced order? How do they manage to
>|eat?" These were the questions asked.
1238|Madhya 19.126
1239|TEXT 126
1240|TEXT
1241|kaiche asta-prahara karena sri-krsna-bhajana?"
1242|tabe prasamsiya kahe sei bhakta-gana
1243|SYNONYMS
1244|kaiche-how; asta-prahara-twenty-four hours; karena-do; sri-
>|krsna-bhajana-worshiping of Lord Krsna; tabe-at that time;
>|prasamsiya-praising; kahe-described; sei bhakta-gana-those
>|devotees.
1245|TRANSLATION
1246|The Lord's associates would also ask, "How is it that Rupa
>|and Sanatana are engaging in devotional service twenty-four
>|hours daily?" At that time the person who had returned from
>|Vrndavana would praise Srila Rupa and Sanatana Gosvami.
1247|Madhya 19.127
1248|TEXT 127
1249|TEXT
1250|"aniketa dunhe, vane yata vrksa-gana
1251|eka eka vrksera tale eka eka ratri sayana
1252|SYNONYMS
1253|aniketa-without a residence; dunhe-both of them; vane-in
>|the forest; yata vrksa-gana-as many trees as there are; eka
>|eka vrksera-of one tree after another; tale-at the base;
>|eka eka ratri-one night after another; sayana-lying down to
>|sleep.
1254|TRANSLATION
1255|"The brothers actually have no fixed residence. They reside
>|beneath trees-one night under one tree and the next night
>|under another.
1256|Madhya 19.128
1257|TEXT 128
1258|TEXT
1259|'vipra-grhe' sthula-bhiksa, kahan madhu-kari
1260|suska ruti-cana civaya bhoga parihari'
1261|SYNONYMS
1262|vipra-grhe-in the house of a brahmana; sthula-bhiksa-full
>|meals; kahan-sometimes; madhu-kari-begging little by
>|little like honeybees; suska-dry; ruti-bread; cana-
>|chick-peas; civaya-chew; bhoga parihari'-giving up all
>|kinds of material enjoyment.
1263|TRANSLATION
1264|"Srila Rupa and Sanatana Gosvami beg a little food from the
>|houses of brahmanas. Giving up all kinds of material
>|enjoyment, they only take some dry bread and fried
>|chick-peas.
1265|Madhya 19.129
1266|TEXT 129
1267|TEXT
1268|karonya-matra hate, kantha chinda, bahirvasa
1269|krsna-katha, krsna-nama, nartana-ullasa
1270|SYNONYMS
1271|karonya-the waterpot of a sannyasi; matra-only; hate-in the
>|hand; kantha chinda-torn quilt; bahirvasa-outer garments;
>|krsna-katha-discussion of Krsna's pastimes; krsna-nama-
>|chanting the holy name of Lord Krsna; nartana-ullasa-
>|dancing in jubilation.
1272|TRANSLATION
1273|"They carry only waterpots, and they wear torn quilts. They
>|always chant the holy names of Krsna and discuss His
>|pastimes. In great jubilation, they also dance.
1274|Madhya 19.130
1275|TEXT 130
1276|TEXT
1277|asta-prahara krsna-bhajana, cari danda sayane
1278|nama-sankirtane seha nahe kona dine
1279|SYNONYMS
1280|asta-prahara-twenty-four hours; krsna-bhajana-worshiping
>|Lord Krsna; cari danda-four dandas (one danda equals twenty-
>|four minutes); sayane-for sleeping; nama-sankirtane-because
>|of chanting the holy name of the Lord; seha-that much time;
>|nahe-not; kona dine-some days.
1281|TRANSLATION
1282|"They engage almost twenty-four hours daily in rendering
>|service to the Lord. They usually sleep only an hour and a
>|half, and some days, when they continuously chant the Lord'
>|s holy name, they do not sleep at all.
1283|Madhya 19.131
1284|TEXT 131
1285|TEXT
1286|kabhu bhakti-rasa-sastra karaye likhana
1287|caitanya-katha sune, kare caitanya-cintana"
1288|SYNONYMS
1289|kabhu-sometimes; bhakti-rasa-sastra-transcendental
>|literature about the mellows of devotional service; karaye
>|likhana-write; caitanya-katha-talks about the pastimes of
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sune-they hear; kare-do; caitanya-
>|cintana-thinking of Lord Caitanya.
1290|TRANSLATION
1291|"Sometimes they write transcendental literatures about
>|devotional service, and sometimes they hear about Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu and spend their time thinking about the
>|Lord."
1292|Madhya 19.132
1293|TEXT 132
1294|TEXT
1295|ei-katha suni' mahantera maha-sukha haya
1296|caitanyera krpa yanhe, tanhe ki vismaya?
1297|SYNONYMS
1298|ei-katha suni'-hearing this news; mahantera-of all the
>|devotees; maha-sukha-great pleasure; haya-was; caitanyera-
>|of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; krpa-mercy; yanhe-on whom;
>|tanhe-in him; ki-what; vismaya-wonderful.
1299|TRANSLATION
1300|When the personal associates of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|would hear of the activities of Rupa and Sanatana Gosvamis,
>|they would say, "What is wonderful for a person who has
>|been granted the Lord's mercy?"
1301|PURPORT
1302|Srila Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami had no fixed
>|residence. They stayed beneath a tree for one day only and
>|wrote huge volumes of transcendental literature. They not
>|only wrote books but chanted, danced, discussed Krsna and
>|remembered Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's pastimes. Thus they
>|executed devotional service.
1303|In Vrndavana there are prakrta-sahajiyas who say that
>|writing books or even touching books is taboo. For them,
>|devotional service means being relieved from these
>|activities. Whenever they are asked to hear a recitation of
>|Vedic literature, they refuse, saying, "What business do we
>|have reading or hearing transcendental literatures? They
>|are meant for neophytes." They pose themselves to be too
>|elevated to exert energy for reading, writing and hearing.
>|However, pure devotees under the guidance of Srila Rupa
>|Gosvami reject this sahajiya philosophy. It is certainly
>|not good to write literature for money or reputation, but
>|to write books and publish them for the enlightenment of
>|the general populace is real service to the Lord. That was
>|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati's opinion, and he
>|specifically told his disciples to write books. He actually
>|preferred to publish books rather than establish temples.
>|Temple construction is meant for the general populace and
>|neophyte devotees, but the business of advanced and
>|empowered devotees is to write books, publish them and
>|distribute them widely. According to Bhaktisiddhanta
>|Sarasvati Thakura, distributing literature is like playing
>|on a great mrdanga. Consequently we always request members
>|of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness to
>|publish as many books as possible and distribute them
>|widely throughout the world. By thus following in the
>|footsteps of Srila Rupa Gosvami, one can become a rupanuga
>|devotee.
1304|Madhya 19.133
1305|TEXT 133
1306|TEXT
1307|caitanyera krpa rupa likhiyachena apane
1308|rasamrta-sindhu-granthera mangalacarane
1309|SYNONYMS
1310|caitanyera-of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; krpa-the mercy;
>|rupa-Srila Rupa Gosvami; likhiyachena-has written; apane-
>|personally; rasamrta-sindhu-granthera-of the book known as
>|Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu; mangala-acarane-in the auspicious
>|introduction.
1311|TRANSLATION
1312|Srila Rupa Gosvami has personally spoken about the mercy of
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in his auspicious introduction to
>|his book Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu [1.1.2].
1313|Madhya 19.134
1314|TEXT 134
1315|TEXT
1316|hrdi yasya preranaya
>|
1317|pravartito ' ham varaka - rupo ' pi
>|
1318|tasya hareh pada-kamalam
1319|vande caitanya-devasya
1320|SYNONYMS
1321|hrdi-within the heart; yasya-of whom (the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead, who gives His pure devotees
>|intelligence with which to spread the Krsna consciousness
>|movement); preranaya-by the inspiration; pravartitah-
>|engaged; aham-I; varaka-insignificant and low; rupah-Rupa
>|Gosvami; api-although; tasya-of Him; hareh-who is Lord Hari,
>| the Supreme Personality of Godhead; pada-kamalam-to the
>|lotus feet; vande-let me offer my prayers; caitanya-devasya-
>|of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
1322|TRANSLATION
1323|"Although I am the lowest of men and have no knowledge, the
>|inspiration to write transcendental literatures about
>|devotional service has been mercifully bestowed upon me.
>|Therefore I am offering my obeisances at the lotus feet of
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
>| who has given me the chance to write these books."
1324|Madhya 19.135
1325|TEXT 135
1326|TEXT
1327|ei-mata dasa-dina prayage rahiya
1328|sri-rupe siksa dila sakti sancariya
1329|SYNONYMS
1330|ei-mata-in this way; dasa-dina-for ten days; prayage-at
>|Prayaga; rahiya-staying; sri-rupe-to Srila Rupa Gosvami;
>|siksa-instructions; dila-imparted; sakti sancariya-
>|bestowing upon him the necessary potency.
1331|TRANSLATION
1332|For ten days Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu stayed at Prayaga and
>|instructed Rupa Gosvami, empowering him with the necessary
>|potency.
1333|PURPORT
1334|This is a confirmation of the statement krsna-sakti vina
>|nahe tara pravartana. Unless one is specifically empowered
>|by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he cannot spread the
>|Krsna consciousness movement. An empowered devotee sees and
>|feels himself to be the lowest of men, for he knows that
>|whatever he does is due to the inspiration given by the
>|Lord in the heart. This is also confirmed in
>|Bhagavad-gita :
1335|tesam satata-yuktanam
1336|bhajatam priti-purvakam
1337|dadami buddhi -yogam tam
>|
>|
1338|yena mam upayanti te
1339|"To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with
>|love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.
>|" (Bg. 10.10)
1340|To be empowered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one
>|has to qualify himself. This means that one must engage
>|twenty-four hours daily in the loving devotional service of
>|the Lord. The material position of a devotee doesn't matter
>|because devotional service is not dependent on material
>|considerations. In his earlier life, Srila Rupa Gosvami was
>|a government officer and a grhastha. He was not even a
>|brahmacari or sannyasi. He associated with mlecchas and
>|yavanas, but because he was always eager to serve, he was a
>|qualified recipient for the Lord's mercy. A sincere devotee
>|can therefore be empowered by the Lord regardless of his
>|situation. In the preceding verse from the Bhakti-rasamrta-
>|sindhu, Srila Rupa Gosvami has described how he was
>|personally empowered by the Lord. He further states in the
>|Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.2.187):
1341|iha yasya harer dasye
1342|karmana manasa gira
1343|nikhilasv apy avasthasu
1344|jivan-muktah sa ucyate
1345|"A person acting in the service of Krsna with his body,
>|mind and words is a liberated person even in the material
>|world, although he may be engaged in many so-called
>|material activities."
1346|To keep oneself free from material contamination and attain
>|the Lord's favor, one must be sincerely anxious to render
>|service to the Lord. This is the only qualification
>|necessary. As soon as one is favored by the mercy of the
>|spiritual master and the Lord, one is immediately given all
>|the power necessary to write books and propagate the Krsna
>|consciousness movement without being hampered by material
>|considerations.
1347|Madhya 19.136
1348|TEXT 136
1349|TEXT
1350|prabhu kahe,-suna, rupa, bhakti-rasera laksana
1351|sutra-rupe kahi, vistara na yaya varnana
1352|SYNONYMS
1353|prabhu kahe-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu spoke; suna-please
>|listen; rupa-My dear Rupa; bhakti-rasera-of the
>|transcendental mellows in devotional service; laksana-the
>|symptoms; sutra-rupe-in the form of a synopsis; kahi-I
>|shall explain; vistara-the whole breadth; na-not; yaya-is
>|possible; varnana-description.
1354|TRANSLATION
1355|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "My dear Rupa, please listen
>|to Me. It is not possible to describe devotional service
>|completely; therefore I am just trying to give you a
>|synopsis of the symptoms of devotional service.
1356|Madhya 19.137
1357|TEXT 137
1358|TEXT
1359|parapara-sunya gabhira bhakti-rasa-sindhu
1360|tomaya cakhaite tara kahi eka 'bindu'
1361|SYNONYMS
1362|para-apara-the length and breadth; sunya-without; gabhira-
>|deep; bhakti-rasa-of the mellows in devotional service;
>|sindhu-the ocean; tomaya-to you; cakhaite-to give a taste;
>|tara-of this ocean; kahi-I shall speak; eka-one; bindu-drop.
1363|TRANSLATION
1364|"The ocean of the transcendental mellow of devotional
>|service is so big that no one can estimate its length and
>|breadth. However, just to help you taste it, I am
>|describing but one drop.
1365|Madhya 19.138
1366|TEXT 138
1367|TEXT
1368|eita brahmanda bhari' ananta jiva-gana
1369|caurasi-laksa yonite karaye bhramana
1370|SYNONYMS
1371|ei-ta-in this way; brahmanda-the whole universe; bhari'-
>|filling; ananta-unlimited; jiva-gana-living entities;
>|caurasi-laksa-8,400,000; yonite-in species of life; karaye-
>|do; bhramana-wandering.
1372|TRANSLATION
1373|"In this universe there are limitless living entities in 8,
>|400,000 species, and all are wandering within this universe.
1374|PURPORT
1375|This is a challenge to so-called scientists and
>|philosophers who presume that there are living entities on
>|this planet only. So-called scientists are going to the
>|moon, and they say that there is no life there. This does
>|not tally with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's version. He says
>|that everywhere within the universe there are unlimited
>|numbers of living entities in 8,400,000 different forms. In
>|Bhagavad-gita (2.24) we find that the living entities
>|are sarva- gatah, which means that they can go anywhere.
>|This indicates that there are living entities everywhere.
>|They exist on land, in water, in air, in fire and in ether.
>|Thus there are living entities in all types of material
>|elements. Since the entire material universe is composed of
>|five elements-earth, water, fire, air and ether-why should
>|there be living entities on one planet and not others? Such
>|a foolish version can never be accepted by Vedic students.
>|From the Vedic literatures we understand that there are
>|living entities on each and every planet, regardless of
>|whether the planet is composed of earth, water, fire or
>|ether. These living entities may not have the same forms
>|that are found on this planet earth, but they have
>|different forms composed of different elements. Even on
>|this earth we can see that the forms of land animals are
>|different from the forms of aquatics. According to the
>|circumstance, living conditions differ, but undoubtedly
>|there are living entities everywhere. Why should we deny
>|the existence of living entities on this or that planet?
>|Those who have claimed to have gone to the moon have not
>|gone there, or else their imperfect vision
>|cannot actually perceive the particular type of living
>|entities there.
1376|living entities are described as ananta, or unlimited;
>|nonetheless, they are said to belong to 8,400,000 species.
>|As stated in the Visnu Purana:
1377|jalaja nava-laksani
1378|sthavara laksa- vimsati
1379|krmayo rudra- sankhyakah
1380|paksinam dasa
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|-laksanam
1381|trimsal-laksani pasavah
1382|catur-laksani manusah
1383|"There are 900,000 species living in the water. There are
>|also 2,000,000 non-moving living entities (sthavara) such
>|as trees and plants. There are also 1,100,000 species of
>|insects and reptiles, and there are 1,000,000 species of
>|birds. As far as quadrupeds are concerned there are 3,000,
>|000 varieties, and there are 400,000 human species." Some
>|of these species may exist on one planet and not on another,
>| but in any case within all the planets of the universe-and
>|even in the sun-there are living entities. This is the
>|verdict of Vedic literatures. As Bhagavad-gita (2.20)
>|confirms:
1384|na jayate mriyate va kadacin
1385|nayam bhutva bhavita va na bhuyah
1386|ajo nityah sasvato 'yam purano
1387|na hanyate hanyamane sarire
1388|"For the soul there is never birth nor death .
>| Nor , having once been , does he ever
>| cease to be. He is unborn,
>|eternal, ever-existing , undying and primeval. He is not
>|slain when the body is slain."
1389|Since the living entities are never annihilated, they
>|simply transmigrate from one life form to another. Thus
>|there is an evolution of forms according to the degree of
>|developed consciousness. One experiences different degrees
>|of consciousness in different forms. A dog's consciousness
>|is different from a man's. Even within a species we find
>|that a father's consciousness is different from his son's
>|and that a child's consciousness is different from a youth'
>|s. Just as we find different forms, we find different
>|states of consciousness. When we see different states of
>|consciousness, we may take it for granted that the bodies
>|are different. In other words, different types of bodies
>|depend on different states of consciousness. This is also
>|confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (8.6): yam yam vapi smaran
>|bhavam. One's consciousness at the time of death determines
>|a type of body of the living entity. This is the process of
>|transmigration of the soul. A variety of bodies is already
>|there; we change from one body to another in terms of our
>|consciousness.
1390|Madhya 19.139
1391|TEXT 139
1392|TEXT
1393|kesagra-sateka-bhaga punah satamsa kari
1394|tara sama suksma jivera 'svarupa' vicari
1395|SYNONYMS
1396|kesa-agra-from the tip of a hair; sata-eka-one hundred;
>|bhaga-divisions; punah-again; sata-amsa-one hundred
>|divisions; kari-making; tara sama-equal to that; suksma-
>|very fine; jivera-of the living entity; sva-rupa-the
>|actual form; vicari-I consider.
1397|TRANSLATION
1398|"The length and breadth of the living entity is&nb