1|Adi 13-1975: The Advent of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
2|Chapter 13
3|The Advent of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
4|This Thirteenth Chapter of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
>|describes Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's appearance. The entire
>|Adi-lila section describes Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's
>|household life, and similarly the Antya-lila describes His
>|life in the sannyasa order. Within the antya-lila,
>|the first six years of His sannyasa life are called
>|madhya-lila. During this time, Caitanya Mahaprabhu toured
>|southern India, went to Vrndavana, returned from Vrndavana
>|and preached the sankirtana movement.
5|A learned brahmana named Upendra Misra who resided in the
>|district of Srihatta was the father of Jagannatha Misra,
>|who came to Navadvipa to study under the direction of
>|Nilambara Cakravarti and then settled there after marrying
>|Nilambara Cakravarti's daughter, Sacidevi. Sri Sacidevi
>|gave birth to eight children, all daughters, who died one
>|after another immediately after birth. After her ninth
>|pregnancy , she gave birth to a son, who was named
>|Visvarupa. Then, in 1407 Saka Era (A.D. 1486), on the full
>|moon evening of the month of Phalguna, during the
>|constellation of simha - lagna , Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared as the son of Sri Sacidevi and
>|Jagannatha Misra. After hearing of the birth of Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, learned scholars and brahmanas, bringing many
>|gifts, came to see the newly born baby. Nilambara
>|Cakravarti, who was a great astrologer, immediately
>|prepared a horoscope, and by astrological calculation he
>|saw that the child was a great personality. This chapter
>|describes the symptoms of this great personality.
6|Adi 13.1
7|TEXT 1
8|TEXT
9|sa prasidatu caitanya-
10|devo yasya prasadatah
11|tal-lila-varnane yogyah
12|sadyah syad adhamo 'py ayam
13|SYNONYMS
14|sah-He; prasidatu-may bestow His blessings; caitanya-devah-
>|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; yasya-of whom; prasadatah-by
>|the grace; tat-lila-His pastimes; varnane-in the
>|description; yogyah-able; sadyah-immediately; syat-becomes
>|possible; adhamah-the most fallen; api-although; ayam-I am.
15|TRANSLATION
16|I wish the grace of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, by whose
>|mercy even one who is fallen can describe the pastimes of
>|the Lord.
17|PURPORT
18|To describe Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu or Lord Sri Krsna, one
>|needs supernatural power, which is the grace and mercy of
>|the Lord. Without this grace and mercy, one cannot compose
>|transcendental literature. By dint of the grace of the Lord,
>| however, even one who is unfit for a literary career can
>|describe wonderful transcendental topics. Description of
>|Krsna is possible for one who is empowered. Krsna-sakti
>|vina nahe tara pravartana (Cc. Antya 7.11). Unless endowed
>|with the mercy of the Lord, one cannot preach of the Lord's
>|name, fame, quality, form, entourage and so on. It should
>|be concluded, therefore, that the description of
>|Caitanya-caritamrta by Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami manifests
>|specific mercy bestowed upon the author, although he
>|thought of himself as the most fallen. We should not
>|consider him fallen because he describes himself as such.
>|Rather, anyone who is able to compose such transcendental
>|literature is our esteemed master.
19|Adi 13.2
20|TEXT 2
21|TEXT
22|jaya jaya sri-krsna-caitanya gauracandra
23|jayadvaitacandra jaya jaya nityananda
24|SYNONYMS
25|jaya jaya-all glories; sri-krsna-caitanya-Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; gaura-candra-Lord Gauracandra; jaya advaita-
>|candra-all glories to Advaita Acarya; jaya jaya-all glories
>|to; nityananda-Lord Nityananda Prabhu.
26|TRANSLATION
27|All glories to Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu! All glories
>|to Advaitacandra! All glories to Lord Nityananda Prabhu!
28|Adi 13.3
29|TEXT 3
30|TEXT
31|jaya jaya gadadhara jaya srinivasa
32|jaya mukunda vasudeva jaya haridasa
33|SYNONYMS
34|jaya jaya gadadhara-all glories to Gadadhara Prabhu; jaya
>|srinivasa-all glories to Srivasa Thakura; jaya mukunda-all
>|glories to Mukunda; vasudeva-all glories to Vasudeva; jaya
>|haridasa-all glories to Haridasa Thakura.
35|TRANSLATION
36|All glories to Gadadhara Prabhu! All glories to Srivasa
>|Thakura! All glories to Mukunda Prabhu and Vasudeva Prabhu!
>|All glories to Haridasa Thakura!
37|Adi 13.4
38|TEXT 4
39|TEXT
40|jaya damodara-svarupa jaya murari gupta
41|ei saba candrodaye tamah kaila lupta
42|SYNONYMS
43|jaya-all glories; damodara-svarupa-of the name Svarupa
>|Damodara; jaya-all glories; murari gupta- of the name
>|Murari Gupta; ei saba-of all these; candra-udaye-such moons
>|having arisen; tamah-darkness; kaila-made; lupta-dissipated.
44|TRANSLATION
45|All glories to Svarupa Damodara and Murari Gupta! All these
>|brilliant moons have together dissipated the darkness of
>|this material world.
46|Adi 13.5
47|TEXT 5
48|TEXT
49|jaya sri-caitanyacandrera bhakta candra-gana
50|sabara prema jyotsnaya ujjvala tri-bhuvana
51|SYNONYMS
52|jaya-all glories; sri-caitanya-of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|candrera-who is as bright as the moon; bhakta-devotees;
>|candra-gana-other moons; sabara-of all of them; prema-
>|jyotsnaya-by the full light of love of Godhead; ujjvala-
>|bright; tri-bhuvana-all the three worlds.
53|TRANSLATION
54|All glories to the moons who are devotees of the principal
>|moon, Lord Caitanyacandra! Their bright moonshine
>|illuminates the entire universe.
55|PURPORT
56|In this verse we find the moon described as candra-gana,
>|which is plural in number. This indicates that there are
>|many moons. In the Bhagavad-gita the Lord says,
>|naksatranam aham sasi: "Among the stars, I am the moon." (
>|Bg. 10.21) All the stars are like the moon. Western
>|astronomers consider the stars to be suns, but Vedic
>|astronomers, following the Vedic scriptures, consider them
>|moons. The sun has the ability to shine powerfully, and the
>|moons reflect the sunshine and therefore look brilliant. In
>| Caitanya-caritamrta Krsna is described to be like the
>|sun. The supreme powerful is the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead Sri Krsna, or Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and His
>|devotees are also bright and illuminating because they
>|reflect the supreme sun. The Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya 22.
>|31) states:
57|krsna-surya-sama; maya haya andhakara
58|yahan krsna, tahan nahi mayara adhikara
59|"Krsna is bright like the sun. As soon as the sun appears,
>|there is no question of darkness or nescience." Similarly,
>|this verse also describes that by the illumination
>|of all the moons, brightened by the reflection of the Krsna
>|sun, or by the grace of all the devotees of Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, the entire world will be illuminated, despite
>|the darkness of Kali-yuga. Only the devotees of Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu can dissipate the darkness of Kali-yuga,
>| the ignorance of the population of this age. No one else
>|can do so. We therefore wish that all the devotees of the
>|Krsna consciousness movement may reflect the supreme sun
>|and thus dissipate the darkness of the entire world.
60|Adi 13.6
61|TEXT 6
62|TEXT
63|ei ta' kahila grantharambhe mukha-bandha
64|ebe kahi caitanya-lila-krama-anubandha
65|SYNONYMS
66|ei ta'-thus; kahila-I have spoken; grantha-arambhe-in the
>|beginning of the book; mukha-bandha-preface; ebe-now; kahi-
>|I speak; caitanya-of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; lila-krama-
>|the chronological order of His pastimes; anubandha-as they
>|are combined together.
67|TRANSLATION
68|Thus I have spoken the preface of Caitanya-caritamrta.
>|Now I shall describe Caitanya Mahaprabhu's pastimes in
>|chronological order.
69|Adi 13.7
70|TEXT 7
71|TEXT
72|prathame ta' sutra-rupe kariye ganana
73|pacne taha vistari kariba vivarana
74|SYNONYMS
75|prathame-in the beginning; ta'-however; sutra-rupe-in the
>|form of a synopsis; kariye-do; ganana-counting; pache-
>|thereafter; taha-that; vistari-describing; kariba-I shall
>|do; vivarana-expansion.
76|TRANSLATION
77|First let me give a synopsis of the Lord's pastimes. Then I
>|shall describe them in detail.
78|Adi 13.8
79|TEXT 8
80|TEXT
81|sri-krsna-caitanya navadvipe avatari
82|ata-callisa vatsara prakata vihari
83|SYNONYMS
84|sri-krsna-caitanya-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; navadvipe-
>|at Navadvipa; avatari-adventing Himseif; ata-callisa-forty-
>|eight; vatsara-years; prakata-visible; vihari-enjoying.
85|TRANSLATION
86|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, adventing Himself in
>|Navadvipa, was visible for forty-eight years, enjoying His
>|pastimes.
87|Adi 13.9
88|TEXT 9
89|TEXT
90|caudda-sata sata sake janmera pramana
91|caudda-sata pancanne ha-ila antardhana
92|SYNONYMS
93|caudda-sata-1400 (A.D. 1479); sata- and seven; sake-in
>|the Saka Era; janmera-of birth; pramana-evidence; caudda-
>|sata pancanne-in the year 1455 (A.D. 1534); ha-ila-became;
>|antardhana-disappearance.
94|TRANSLATION
95|In the year 1407 of the Saka Era (A.D. 1486), Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared, and in the year 1455 (A.D.
>|1534) He disappeared from this world.
96|Adi 13.10
97|TEXT 10
98|TEXT
99|cabbisa vatsara prabhu kaila grha-vasa
100|nirantara kaila krsna-kirtana-vilasa
101|SYNONYMS
102|cabbisa-twenty-four; vatsara-years; prabhu-the Lord; kaila-
>|did; grha-vasa-residing at home; nirantara-always; kaila-
>|did; krsna-kirtana-chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra;
>|vilasa-pastimes.
103|TRANSLATION
104|For twenty-four years Lord Caitanya lived in the grhastha-
>|asrama [household life], always engaging in the pastimes of
>|the Hare Krsna movement.
105|Adi 13.11
106|TEXT 11
107|TEXT
108|cabbisa vatsara-sese kariya sannyasa
109|ara cabbisa vatsara kaila nilacale vasa
110|SYNONYMS
111|cabbisa-twenty-four; vatsara-years; sese-at the end of;
>|kariya-accepting; sannyasa-renounced order; ara-another;
>|cabbisa-twenty-four; vatsara-years; kaila-did; nilacale-at
>|Jagannatha Puri; vasa-reside.
112|TRANSLATION
113|After twenty-four years He accepted the renounced order of
>|life, sannyasa, and He resided for twenty-four years more
>|at Jagannatha Puri.
114|Adi 13.12
115|TEXT 12
116|TEXT
117|tara madhye chaya vatsara-gamanagamana
118|kabhu daksina, kabhu gauda, kabhu vrndavana
119|SYNONYMS
120|tara madhye-out of that; chaya vatsara-six years; gamana-
>|agamana-touring; kabhu-sometimes; daksina-in South India;
>|kabhu-sometimes; gauda-in Bengal; kabhu-sometimes;
>|vrndavana-in Vrndavana.
121|TRANSLATION
122|Of these last twenty-four years, He spent the first six
>|years continuously touring India, sometimes in
>|South India, sometimes in Bengal and sometimes in Vrndavana.
123|Adi 13.13
124|TEXT 13
125|TEXT
126|astadasa vatsara rahila nilacale
127|krsna-prema-namamrte bhasa'la sakale
128|SYNONYMS
129|astadasa-eighteen; vatsara-years; rahila-remained; nilacale-
>|at Jagannatha Puri; krsna-prema-love of Godhead; nama-amrte-
>|in the nectar of the Hare Krsna mantra; bhasa'la-inundated;
>|sakale-everyone.
130|TRANSLATION
131|For the remaining eighteen years He continuously stayed in
>|Jagannatha Puri. Chanting the nectarean Hare Krsna maha-
>|mantra, He inundated everyone there in a flood of love of
>|Krsna.
132|Adi 13.14
133|TEXT 14
134|TEXT
135|garhasthye prabhura lila-'adi'-lilakhyana
136|'madhya'- 'antya'-lila-sesa-lilara dui nama
137|SYNONYMS
138|garhasthye-in household life; prabhura-of the Lord; lila-
>|pastimes; adi-the original; lila-pastimes; akhyana-has the
>|name of; madhya-middle; antya-last; lila-pastimes; sesa-
>|lilara-the last part of the pastimes; dui-two; nama-names.
139|TRANSLATION
140|The pastimes of His household life are known as adi-
>|lila, or the original pastimes. His later pastimes are
>|known as madhya-lila and antya-lila, or the middle and
>|final pastimes.
141|Adi 13.15
142|TEXT 15
143|TEXT
144|adi-lila-madhye prabhura yateka carita
145|sutra-rupe murari gupta karila grathita
146|SYNONYMS
147|adi-lila-the original pastimes; madhye-within; prabhura-of
>|the Lord; yateka-whatever; carita-activities; sutra-rupe-in
>|the form of notes; murari gupta-of the name Murari Gupta;
>|karila-has; grathita-recorded.
148|TRANSLATION
149|All the pastimes enacted by Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in
>|His adi-lila were recorded in summary form by Murari Gupta.
150|Adi 13.16
151|TEXT 16
152|TEXT
153|prabhura ye sesa-lila svarupa-damodara
154|sutra kari' granthilena granthera bhitara
155|SYNONYMS
156|prabhura-of the Lord; ye-whatever; sesa-lila-pastimes at
>|the end; svarupa- damodara-of the name Svarupa Damodara;
>|sutra kari'-in the form of notes; granthilena-recorded;
>|granthera-a book; bhitara-within.
157|TRANSLATION
158|His later pastimes [madhya-lila and antya-lila] were
>|recorded in the form of notes by His secretary, Svarupa
>|Damodara Gosvami, and thus kept within a book.
159|Adi 13.17
160|TEXT 17
161|TEXT
162|ei dui janera sutra dekhiya suniya
163|varnana karena vaisnava krama ye kariya
164|SYNONYMS
165|ei-of these; dui-two; janera-persons; sutra-notes; dekhiya-
>|after looking at; suniya-and hearing; varnana-description;
>|karena-does; vaisnava-the devotee; krama-chronological; ye-
>|which; kariya-making.
166|TRANSLATION
167|By seeing and hearing the notes recorded by these two great
>|personalities, a Vaisnava, a devotee of the Lord, can know
>|these pastimes one after another.
168|Adi 13.18
169|TEXT 18
170|TEXT
171|balya, pauganda, kaisora, yauvana,-cari bheda
172|ataeva adi-khande lila cari bheda
173|SYNONYMS
174|balya-childhood; pauganda-early boyhood; kaisora-later
>|boyhood; yauvana-youth; cari-four; bheda-divisions; ataeva-
>|therefore; adi-khande-in the original part; lila-of the
>|pastimes; cari-four; bheda-divisions.
175|TRANSLATION
176|In His original pastimes there are four divisions: balya,
>|pauganda, kaisora and yauvana [childhood, early boyhood,
>|later boyhood and youth ].
177|Adi 13.19
178|TEXT 19
179|TEXT
180|sarva-sad-guna-purnam tam
181|vande phalguna-purnimam
182|yasyam sri-krsna-caitanyo
183|'vatirnah krsna-namabhih
184|SYNONYMS
185|sarva-all; sat-auspicious; guna-qualities; purnam-filled
>|with; tam-that; vande-I offer obeisances; phalguna-of the
>|month of Phalguna; purnimam-the full-moon evening; yasyam-
>|in which; sri-krsna-caitanyah-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|avatirnah-advented; krsna-Lord Krsna's; namabhih-with the
>|chanting of the holy names.
186|TRANSLATION
187|I offer my respectful obeisances unto the full-moon evening
>|in the month of Phalguna, an auspicious time full of
>|auspicious symptoms, when Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|advented Himself with the chanting of the holy name, Hare
>|Krsna.
188|Adi 13.20
189|TEXT 20
190|TEXT
191|phalguna-purnima-sandhyaya prabhura janmodaya
192|sei-kale daiva-yoge candra-grahana haya
193|SYNONYMS
194|phalguna-purnima-of the full moon of the month of Phalguna;
>|sandhyaya-in the evening; prabhura-of Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; janma-udaya-at the time of His birth; sei-kale-
>|at that moment; daiva-yoge-accidentally; candra-grahana-
>|lunar eclipse; haya-takes place.
195|TRANSLATION
196|On the full-moon evening of the month of Phalguna when the
>|Lord took birth, coincidentally there was also a lunar
>|eclipse.
197|Adi 13.21
198|TEXT 21
199|TEXT
200|'hari' 'hari' bale loka harasita hana
201|janmila caitanya-prabhu 'nama' janmaiya
202|SYNONYMS
203|hari hari-the holy names of the Lord; bale-speak; loka-the
>|people; harasita-jubilant; hana-becoming; janmila-took
>|birth; caitanya-prabhu-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; nama-
>|the holy name; janmaiya-after causing to appear.
204|TRANSLATION
205|In jubilation everyone was chanting the holy name of the
>|Lord-"Hari! Hari!"-and Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then
>|appeared, after first causing the appearance of the holy
>|name.
206|Adi 13.22
207|TEXT 22
208|TEXT
209|janma-balya-pauganda-kaisora-yuva-kale
210|hari-nama laoyaila prabhu nana chale
211|SYNONYMS
212|janma-time of birth; balya-childhood; pauganda-early
>|boyhood; kaisora-end of boyhood; yuva-kale-youth; hari-nama-
>|the holy name of the Lord; laoyaila-caused to take; prabhu-
>|the Lord; nana-various; chale-under different pleas.
213|TRANSLATION
214|At His birth, in His childhood, in His early and later
>|boyhood as well as in His youth, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
>| under different pleas, induced people to chant the holy
>|name of Hari [the Hare Krsna maha-mantra].
215|Adi 13.23
216|TEXT 23
217|TEXT
218|balya-bhava chale prabhu karena krandana
219|'krsna' 'hari' nama suni' rahaye rodana
220|SYNONYMS
221|balya-bhava chale-as if in His childhood state; prabhu-the
>|Lord; karena-does; krandana-crying; krsna-Lord Krsna; hari-
>|Lord Hari; nama-names; suni'-hearing; rahaye-stops; rodana-
>|crying.
222|TRANSLATION
223|In His childhood, when the Lord was crying, He would stop
>|immediately upon hearing the holy names Krsna and Hari.
224|Adi 13.24
225|TEXT 24
226|TEXT
227|ataeva 'hari' 'hari' bale narigana
228|dekhite aise yeba sarva bandhu jana
229|SYNONYMS
230|ataeva-therefore; hari hari-the holy name of the Lord; bale-
>|chant; nari-gana-all the ladies; dekhite-to see; aise-they
>|come; yeba-whoever; sarva-all; bandhu-jana-friends.
231|TRANSLATION
232|All the friendly ladies who came to see the child would
>|chant the holy names, "Hari, Hari!" as soon as the child
>|would cry.
233|Adi 13.25
234|TEXT 25
235|TEXT
236|'gaurahari' bali' tare hase sarva nari
237|ataeva haila tanra nama 'gaurahari'
238|SYNONYMS
239|gaurahari-of the name Gaurahari; bali'-addressing Him thus;
>|tare-unto the Lord; hase-laugh; sarva nari-all the ladies;
>|ataeva-therefore; haila-became; tanra-His; nama-name;
>|gaurahari- of the name Gaurahari.
240|When all the ladies saw this fun, they enjoyed laughing and
>|called the Lord "Gaurahari." Since then , Gaurahari
>|became another of His names.
241|Adi 13.26
242|TEXT 26
243|TEXT
244|balya vayasa-yavat hate khadi dila
245|pauganda vayasa-yavat vivaha na kaila
246|SYNONYMS
247|balya vayasa-childhood age; yavat-until the time; hate-in
>|His hand; khadi-chalk; dila-was given; pauganda vayasa-the
>|part of boyhood known as pauganda; yavat-until; vivaha-
>|marriage; na-not; kaila-did take place.
248|TRANSLATION
249|His childhood lasted until the date of hate khadi, the
>|beginning of His education, and His age from the end of His
>|childhood until He married is called pauganda.
250|Adi 13.27
251|TEXT 27
252|TEXT
253|vivaha karile haila navina yauvana
254|sarvatra laoyaila prabhu nama-sankirtana
255|SYNONYMS
256|vivaha karile-after getting married; haila-began; navina-
>|new; yauvana-youth; sarvatra-everywhere; laoyaila-caused to
>|take; prabhu-the Lord; nama-sankirtana-the sankirtana
>|movement.
257|TRANSLATION
258|After His marriage His youth began, and in His youth He
>|induced everyone to chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra
>|anywhere and everywhere.
259|Adi 13.28
260|TEXT 28
261|TEXT
262|pauganda-vayase padena, padana sisyagane
263|sarvatra karena krsna-namera vyakhyane
264|SYNONYMS
265|pauganda-vayase-in the age of pauganda; padena-studies;
>|padana-teaches; sisya-gane-disciples; sarvatra-everywhere;
>|karena-does; krsna-namera-the holy name of Lord Krsna;
>|vyakhyane-description.
266|TRANSLATION
267|During His pauganda age He became a serious student and
>|also taught disciples. In this way He used to explain the
>|holy name of Krsna everywhere.
268|Adi 13.29
269|TEXT 29
270|TEXT
271|sutra-vrtti-panji-tika krsnete tatparya
272|sisyera pratita haya,-prabhava ascarya
273|SYNONYMS
274|sutra-aphorisms; vrtti-explanation; panji-application; tika-
>|notes; krsnete-unto Krsna; tatparya-culmination; sisyera-of
>|the disciple; pratita-realization; haya-becomes; prabhava-
>|influence; ascarya-wonderful.
275|TRANSLATION
276|When teaching a course in grammar [vyakarana] and
>|explaining it with notes, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught
>|His disciples about the glories of Lord Krsna. All
>|explanations culminated in Krsna, and His disciples would
>|understand them very easily. Thus His influence was
>|wonderful.
277|PURPORT
278|Srila Jiva Gosvami compiled a grammar in two parts named
>|Laghu-hari-namamrta-vyakarana and Brhad-dhari-namamrta-
>|vyakarana. If someone studies these two texts in vyakarana,
>|or grammar, he learns the grammatical rules of the Sanskrit
>|language and simultaneously learns how to become a great
>|devotee of Lord Krsna.
279|In the Caitanya-bhagavata, First Chapter,
>|there is a statement about the method by which Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught grammar. Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu explained the aphorisms of grammar to be eternal,
>| like the holy name of Krsna. As stated in Bhagavad-
>|gita (15.15), vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyah. The
>|purport of all revealed scriptures is understanding of
>|Krsna. Therefore if a person explains anything that is not
>|Krsna, he simply wastes his time laboring hard without
>|fulfilling the aim of his life. If one simply becomes a
>|teacher or professor of education but does not understand
>|Krsna, it is to be understood that he is among the lowest
>|of mankind, as stated in Bhagavad-gita (7.15):
>|naradhama mayayapahrta-jnanah. If one does not know the
>|essence of all revealed scriptures but still becomes a
>|teacher, his teaching is like the disturbing braying of an
>|ass.
280|Adi 13.30
281|TEXT 30
282|TEXT
283|yare dekhe, tare kahe,-kaha krsna-nama
284|krsna-name bhasaila navadvipa-grama
285|SYNONYMS
286|yare-whomever; dekhe-He sees; tare-to him; kahe-He says;
>|kaha-speak; krsna-nama-the holy name of Lord Krsna; krsna-
>|name-by the holy name of Lord Krsna; bhasaila-was inundated;
>| navadvipa-the place of the name Navadvipa; grama-village.
287|TRANSLATION
288|When Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu was a student, He asked
>|whomever He met to chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. In
>|this way He inundated the whole town of Navadvipa with the
>|chanting of Hare Krsna.
289|PURPORT
290|The present Navadvipa-dhama is but a part of the whole of
>|Navadvipa. Navadvipa means "nine islands." These nine
>|islands, which occupy an area of land estimated at thirty-
>|two square miles, are surrounded by different branches of
>|the Ganges. In all nine of those islands of the Navadvipa
>|area there are different places for cultivating devotional
>|service. It is stated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam (7.5.23)
>|that there are nava-vidha bhakti, nine different activities
>|of devotional service:
291|sravanam kirtanam visnoh
292|smaranam pada-sevanam
293|arcanam vandanam dasyam
294|sakhyam atma-nivedanam
295|There are different islands in the Navadvipa area for
>|cultivation of these nine varieties of devotional service.
>|They are as follows: (1) Antardvipa, (2) Simantadvipa, (3)
>|Godrumadvipa, (4) Madhyadvipa, (5) Koladvipa, (6) Rtudvipa,
>|(7) Jahnudvipa, (8) Modadruma-dvipa and (9) Rudradvipa.
>|According to the settlement map, our ISKCON Navadvipa
>|center is situated on the Rudradvipa island. Below
>|Rudradvipa, in Antardvipa, is Mayapur. There Sri Jagannatha
>|Misra, the father of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, used to reside.
>|In all these different islands, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
>|as a young man, used to lead His sankirtana party. He thus
>|inundated the entire area with the waves of love of Krsna.
296|Adi 13.31
297|TEXT 31
298|TEXT
299|kisora vayase arambhila sankirtana
300|ratra-dine preme nrtya, sange bhakta-gana
301|SYNONYMS
302|kisora vayase-just before the beginning of His youthful
>|life; arambhila-began; sankirtana-the sankirtana movement;
>|ratra-dine-night and day; preme-in ecstasy; nrtya-dancing;
>|sange-along with; bhakta-gana-the devotees.
303|TRANSLATION
304|Just prior to His youthful life, He began the sankirtana
>|movement. Day and night He used to dance in ecstasy with
>|His devotees.
305|Adi 13.32
306|TEXT 32
307|TEXT
308|nagare nagare bhrame kirtana kariya
309|bhasaila tri-bhuvana prema-bhakti diya
310|SYNONYMS
311|nagare nagare-in different parts of the town; bhrame-
>|wanders; kirtana-chanting; kariya-performing; bhasaila-
>|inundated; tri-bhuvana-all the three worlds; prema-bhakti-
>|love of Godhead; diya-distributing.
312|TRANSLATION
313|The sankirtana movement went on from one part of the town
>|to another, as the Lord wandered everywhere performing
>|kirtana. In this way He inundated the whole world by
>|distributing love of Godhead.
314|PURPORT
315|One may raise the question how all three worlds became
>|inundated with love of Krsna since Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|performed kirtana only in the Navadvipa area. The answer is
>|that Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna Himself. The
>|entire cosmic manifestation results from the Lord's first
>|setting it in motion. Similarly, since the sankirtana
>|movement was first set in motion five hundred years ago by
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's desire that it spread all over
>|the universe, the Krsna consciousness movement, in
>|continuity of that same motion, is now spreading all over
>|the world, and in this way it will gradually spread all
>|over the universe. With the spread of the Krsna
>|consciousness movement, everyone will merge in an ocean of
>|love of Krsna.
316|Adi 13.33
317|TEXT 33
318|TEXT
319|cabbisa vatsara aiche navadvipa-grame
320|laoyaila sarva-loke krsna-prema-name
321|SYNONYMS
322|cabbisa-twenty-four; vatsara-years; aiche-in that way;
>|navadvipa-of the name Navadvipa; grame-in the village;
>|laoyaila-induced; sarva-loke-every man; krsna-prema-love of
>|Krsna; name-in the holy name.
323|TRANSLATION
324|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu lived in the Navadvipa area for
>|twenty-four years, and He induced every person to chant the
>|Hare Krsna maha-mantra and thus merge in love of Krsna.
325|Adi 13.34
326|TEXT 34
327|TEXT
328|cabbisa vatsara chila kariya sannyasa
329|bhakta-gana lana kaila nilacale vasa
330|SYNONYMS
331|cabbisa-twenty-four; vatsara-years; chila-remained; kariya-
>|accepting; sannyasa-the renounced order; bhakta-gana-
>|devotees; lana-taking with Him; kaila-did; nilacale-in
>|Jagannatha Puri; vasa-reside.
332|TRANSLATION
333|For His remaining twenty-four years, Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, after accepting the renounced order of life,
>|stayed at Jagannatha Puri with His devotees.
334|Adi 13.35
335|TEXT 35
336|TEXT
337|tara madhye nilacale chaya vatsara
338|nrtya, gita, premabhakti-dana nirantara
339|SYNONYMS
340|tara madhye-out of those twenty-four years; nilacale-while
>|He was staying at Jagannatha Puri; chaya vatsara-
>|continuously for six years; nrtya-dancing; gita-chanting;
>|prema-bhakti-love of Krsna; dana-distribution; nirantara-
>|always.
341|TRANSLATION
342|For six of these twenty-four years in Nilacala [Jagannatha
>|Puri], He distributed love of Godhead by always chanting
>|and dancing.
343|Adi 13.36
344|TEXT 36
345|TEXT
346|setubandha, ara gauda-vyapi vrndavana
347|prema-nama pracariya karila bhramana
348|SYNONYMS
349|setubandha-Cape Comorin; ara-and; gauda-Bengal; vyapi-
>|extending; vrndavana-to Vrndavana; prema-nama-love of Krsna
>|and the holy name of Krsna; pracariya-distributing; karila-
>|performed; bhramana-touring.
350|TRANSLATION
351|Beginning from Cape Comorin and extending through Bengal to
>|Vrndavana, during these six years He toured all of India,
>|chanting, dancing and distributing love of Krsna.
352|Adi 13.37
353|TEXT 37
354|TEXT
355|ei 'madhya-lila' nama-lila-mukhyadhama
356|sesa astadasa varsa-'antya-lila' nama
357|SYNONYMS
358|ei-these; madhya-lila nama-named the middle pastimes; lila-
>|pastimes; mukhya-dhama-principal place; sesa-last; astadasa-
>|eighteen; varsa-years; antya-lila-the final pastimes; nama-
>|named.
359|TRANSLATION
360|The activities of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu in His travels
>|after He accepted sannyasa are His principal pastimes. His
>|activities during His remaining eighteen years are called
>|antya-lila, or the final portion of His pastimes.
361|Adi 13.38
362|TEXT 38
363|TEXT
364|tara madhye chaya vatsara bhaktagana-sange
365|prema-bhakti laoyaila nrtya-gita-range
366|SYNONYMS
367|tara madhye-out of that; chaya vatsara-six years; bhakta-
>|gana-sange-along with devotees; prema-bhakti-love of Krsna;
>|laoyaila-induced; nrtya-dancing; gita-chanting; range-in
>|transcendental bliss.
368|TRANSLATION
369|For six of the eighteen years He continuously stayed in
>|Jagannatha Puri, He regularly performed kirtana, inducing
>|all the devotees to love Krsna simply by chanting and
>|dancing.
370|Adi 13.39
371|TEXT 39
372|TEXT
373|dvadasa vatsara sesa rahila nilacale
374|premavastha sikhaila asvadana-cchale
375|SYNONYMS
376|dvadasa-twelve; vatsara-years; sesa-balance; rahila-
>|remained; nilacale-at Jagannatha Puri; prema-avastha-a
>|state of ecstasy; sikhaila-instructed everyone; asvadana-
>|chale-under the plea of tasting it Himself.
377|TRANSLATION
378|For the remaining twelve years He stayed in Jagannatha Puri,
>| He taught everyone how to taste the transcendental mellow
>|ecstasy of love of Krsna by tasting it Himself.
379|PURPORT
380|A person who is advanced in Krsna consciousness always
>|feels separation from Krsna because such a feeling of
>|separation excels the feeling of meeting Krsna. Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, in His last twelve years of existence
>|within this world at Jagannatha Puri, taught the people of
>|the world how, with a feeling of separation, one can
>|develop His dormant love of Krsna. Such feelings of
>|separation or meeting with Krsna are different stages of
>|love of Godhead. These feelings develop in time when a
>|person seriously engages in devotional service. The highest
>|stage is called prema-bhakti, but this stage is attained by
>|executing sadhana-bhakti. One should not try to elevate
>|himself artificially to the stage of prema-bhakti without
>|seriously following the regulative principles of sadhana-
>|bhakti. prema-bhakti is the stage of relishing, whereas
>|sadhana-bhakti is the stage of improving in devotional
>|service. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught this cult of
>|devotional service in full detail by practical application
>|in His own life. It is said, therefore, apani acari' bhakti
>|sikhaimu sabare. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna Himself,
>|and in the role of a krsna-bhakta, a devotee of Krsna, He
>|instructed the entire world how one can execute devotional
>|service and thus go back home, back to Godhead, in due
>|course of time.
381|Adi 13.40
382|TEXT 40
383|TEXT
384|ratri-divase krsna-viraha-sphurana
385|unmadera cesta kare pralapa-vacana
386|SYNONYMS
387|ratri-divase-day and night; krsna-viraha-feelings of
>|separation from Krsna; sphurana-awakening; unmadera-of a
>|madman; cesta-activities; kare-performs; pralapa-talking
>|inconsistently; vacana-words.
388|TRANSLATION
389|Day and night Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu felt separation from
>|Krsna. Manifesting symptoms of this separation, He cried
>|and talked very inconsistently, like a madman.
390|Adi 13.41
391|TEXT 41
392|TEXT
393|sri-radhara pralapa yaiche uddhava-darsane
394|seimata unmada-pralapa kare ratri-dine
395|SYNONYMS
396|sri-radhara-of Srimati Radharani; pralapa-talking; yaiche-
>|as She did; uddhava-darsane-by meeting Uddhava; sei-mata-
>|exactly like that; unmada-madness; pralapa-talking
>|inconsistently; kare-does; ratri-dine-day and night.
397|TRANSLATION
398|As Srimati Radharani talked inconsistently when She met
>|Uddhava, so also Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu relished, both day
>|and night, such ecstatic talk in the mood of Srimati
>|Radharani.
399|PURPORT
400|In this connection one should refer to Srimati Radharani's
>|soliloquy after meeting Uddhava in Vrndavana. Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu presented a similar picture of such ecstatic
>|imaginary talking. Full of jealousy and madness
>|symptomizing neglect by Krsna, Srimati Radharani,
>|criticizing a bumblebee, talked just like a madwoman. Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, in the last days of His pastimes,
>|exhibited all the symptoms of such ecstasy. In this
>|connection one should refer to the Fourth Chapter of
>|Adi-lila, verses 107 and 108.
401|Adi 13.42
402|TEXT 42
403|TEXT
404|vidyapati, jayadeva, candidasera gita
405|asvadena ramananda-svarupa-sahita
406|SYNONYMS
407|vidyapati-the author of the name Vidyapati; jayadeva-of the
>|name Jayadeva; candidasera- of the name Candidasa; gita-
>|their songs; asvadena-tastes; ramananda- of the name
>|Ramananda; svarupa- of the name Svarupa; sahita-along with.
408|TRANSLATION
409|The Lord used to read the books of Vidyapati, Jayadeva and
>|Candidasa, relishing their songs with His confidential
>|associates like Sri Ramananda Raya and Svarupa Damodara
>|Gosvami.
410|PURPORT
411|Vidyapati was a famous composer of songs about the pastimes
>|of Radha-Krsna. He was an inhabitant of Mithila, born in a
>|brahmana family. It is calculated that he composed his
>|songs during the reign of King Sivasimha and Queen
>|Lachimadevi in the beginning of the fourteenth century of
>|the Saka Era, almost one hundred years before the
>|appearance of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The twelfth
>|generation of Vidyapati's descendants is still living.
>|Vidyapati's songs about the pastimes of Lord Krsna express
>|intense feelings of separation from Krsna, and Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu relished all those songs in His ecstasy of
>|separation from Krsna.
412|Jayadeva was born during the reign of Maharaja Laksmana
>|Sena of Bengal in the eleventh or twelfth century of the
>|Saka Era. His father was Bhojadeva, and his mother was
>|Vamadevi. For many years he lived in Navadvipa, then the
>|capital of Bengal. His birthplace was in the Birbhum
>|district in the village Kendubilva. In the opinion of
>|some authorities, however, he was born in Orissa, and still
>|others say that he was born in southern India. He passed
>|the last days of his life in Jagannatha Puri. One of his
>|famous books is Gita-govinda, which is full of
>|transcendental mellow feelings of separation from Krsna.
>|The gopis felt separation from Krsna before the rasa dance,
>|as mentioned in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, and the Gita-
>|govinda expresses such feelings. There are many
>|commentaries on the Gita-govinda by many Vaisnavas.
413|Candidasa was born in the village of Nannura, which is also
>|in the Birbhum district of Bengal. He was born of a
>|brahmana family, and it is said that he also took birth in
>|the beginning of the fourteenth century, Sakabda Era. It
>|has been suggested that Candidasa and Vidyapati were great
>|friends because the writings of both express the
>|transcendental feelings of separation profusely. The
>|feelings of ecstasy described by Candidasa and Vidyapati
>|were actually exhibited by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He
>|relished all those feelings in the role of Srimati
>|Radharani, and His appropriate associates for this purpose
>|were Sri Ramananda Raya and Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami.
>|These intimate associates of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|helped the Lord very much in the pastimes in which He felt
>|like Radharani.
414|Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments in this
>|connection that such feelings of separation as Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu enjoyed from the books of Vidyapati,
>|Candidasa and Jayadeva are especially reserved for persons
>|like Sri Ramananda Raya and Svarupa Damodara, who were
>|paramahamsas, men of the topmost perfection, because of
>|their advanced spiritual consciousness. Such topics are not
>|to be discussed by ordinary persons imitating the
>|activities of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. For critical
>|students of mundane poetry and literary men without God
>|consciousness who are after bodily sense gratification,
>|there is no need to read such a high standard of
>|transcendental literature. Persons who are after sense
>|gratification should not try to imitate raganuga devotional
>|service. In their songs , Candidasa, Vidyapati and
>|Jayadeva have described the transcendental activities
>|of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Mundane reviewers of
>|the songs of Vidyapati, Jayadeva and Candidasa simply
>|help people in general become debauchees, and this leads
>|only to social scandals and atheism in the world. One
>|should not misunderstand the pastimes of Radha and Krsna to
>|be the activities of a mundane young boy and girl. The
>|mundane sexual activities of young boys and girls are most
>|abominable. Therefore, those who are in bodily
>|consciousness and who desire sense gratification are
>|forbidden to indulge in discussions of the transcendental
>|pastimes of Sri Radha and Krsna.
415|Adi 13.43
416|TEXT 43
417|TEXT
418|krsnera viyoge yata prema-cestita
419|asvadiya purna kaila apana vanchita
420|SYNONYMS
421|krsnera-of Lord Krsna; viyoge-in separation; yata-as many;
>|prema-loving affairs; cestita-activities; asvadiya-tasting
>|them; purna-fulfilled; kaila-made; apana-own; vanchita-
>|desires.
422|TRANSLATION
423|In separation from Krsna, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu relished
>|all these ecstatic activities, and thus He fulfilled His
>|own desires.
424|PURPORT
425|In the beginning of Caitanya-caritamrta it is said that
>|Lord Caitanya appeared in order to taste the feelings
>|Radharani felt upon seeing Krsna. Krsna Himself could not
>|understand the ecstatic feelings of Radharani toward Him,
>|and therefore He desired to accept the role of Radharani
>|and thereby taste these feelings. Lord Caitanya is Krsna
>|with the feelings of Radharani; in other words, He is a
>|combination of Radha and Krsna. It is therefore said, sri-
>|krsna-caitanya radha-krsna nahe anya. By worshiping Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu alone, one can relish the loving
>|affairs of Radha and Krsna together. One should therefore
>|try to understand Radha-Krsna not directly but through Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu and through His devotees. Srila
>|Narottama dasa Thakura therefore says, rupa-raghunatha-pade
>|haibe akuti, kabe hama bujhaba se yugala-piriti: "When
>|shall I develop a mentality of service toward Sri Rupa
>|Gosvami, Sanatana Gosvami, Raghunatha dasa Gosvami and the
>|other devotees of Lord Caitanya and thus become eligible to
>|understand the pastimes of Sri Radha and Krsna?"
426|Adi 13.44
427|TEXT 44
428|TEXT
429|ananta caitanya-lila ksudra jiva hana
430|ke varnite pare, taha vistara kariya
431|SYNONYMS
432|ananta-unlimited; caitanya-lila-the pastimes of Lord
>|Caitanya; ksudra-a small; jiva-living entity; hana-being;
>|ke-who; varnite-describe; pare-can; taha-that; vistara-
>|expanding; kariya-doing so.
433|TRANSLATION
434|The pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu are unlimited. How
>|much can a small living entity elaborate about those
>|transcendental pastimes?
435|Adi 13.45
436|TEXT 45
437|TEXT
438|sutra kari' gane yadi apane ananta
439|sahasra-vadane tenho nahi paya anta
440|SYNONYMS
441|sutra-aphorisms; kari'-making; gane-counts; yadi-if; apane-
>|personally; ananta-Sesa Naga, the Personality of Godhead;
>|sahasra-vadane-by thousands of mouths; tenho-He also; nahi-
>|does not; paya-get; anta-the limit.
442|TRANSLATION
443|If Sesanaga Ananta personally were to make the
>|pastimes of Lord Caitanya into sutras, even with His
>|thousands of mouths there is no possibility that He could
>|find their limit.
444|Adi 13.46
445|TEXT 46
446|TEXT
447|damodara-svarupa, ara gupta murari
448|mukhya-mukhya-lila sutre likhiyache vicari'
449|SYNONYMS
450|damodara-svarupa-of the name Svarupa Damodara; ara-and;
>|gupta murari- of the name Murari Gupta; mukhya-mukhya-most
>|important; lila-pastimes; sutre-in notes; likhiyache-have
>|written; vicari'-by mature deliberation.
451|TRANSLATION
452|Devotees like Sri Svarupa Damodara and Murari Gupta have
>|recorded all the principal pastimes of Lord Caitanya in the
>|form of notes, after deliberate consideration.
453|Adi 13.47
454|TEXT 47
455|TEXT
456|sei, anusare likhi lila-sutragana
457|vistari' varniachena taha dasa-vrndavana
458|SYNONYMS
459|sei-that; anusare-following; likhi-I write; lila-pastimes;
>|sutra-gana-notes; vistari'-very explicitly; varniyachena-
>|has described; taha-that; dasa-vrndavana-Vrndavana dasa
>|Thakura.
460|TRANSLATION
461|The notes kept by Sri Svarupa Damodara and Murari Gupta are
>|the basis of this book. Following those notes, I write of
>|all the pastimes of the Lord. The notes have been described
>|elaborately by Vrndavana dasa Thakura.
462|Adi 13.48
463|TEXT 48
464|TEXT
465|caitanya-lilara vyasa,-dasa vrndavana
466|madhura kariya lila karila racana
467|SYNONYMS
468|caitanya-lilara-of the pastimes of Lord Caitanya; vyasa-the
>|authorized writer Vyasadeva; dasa vrndavana-Vrndavana dasa
>|Thakura; madhura-sweet; kariya-making it; lila-pastimes;
>|karila-did; racana-compilation.
469|TRANSLATION
470|Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura, the authorized writer of the
>|pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, is as good as Srila
>|Vyasadeva. He has described the pastimes in such a way as
>|to make them sweeter and sweeter.
471|Adi 13.49
472|TEXT 49
473|TEXT
474|grantha-vistara-bhaye chadila ye ye sthana
475|sei sei sthane kichu kariba vyakhyana
476|SYNONYMS
477|grantha-of the book; vistara-of expansion; bhaye-being
>|afraid; chadila-gave up; ye ye sthana-which different
>|places; sei sei sthane-in those places; kichu-something;
>|kariba-I shall make; vyakhyana-description.
478|TRANSLATION
479|Being afraid of his book's becoming too voluminous, he left
>|some places without vivid descriptions. I shall try to fill
>|those places as far as possible.
480|Adi 13.50
481|TEXT 50
482|TEXT
483|prabhura lilamrta tenho kaila asvadana
484|tanra bhukta-sesa kichu kariye carvana
485|SYNONYMS
486|prabhura-of the Lord; lilamrta-the nectar of the pastimes;
>|tenho-he (Vrndavana dasa Thakura); kaila-did; asvadana-
>|taste; tanra-his; bhukta-of food; sesa-remnants; kichu-
>|something; kariye-I do; carvana-chew.
487|TRANSLATION
488|The transcendental pastimes of Lord Caitanya have actually
>|been relished by Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura. I am simply
>|trying to chew the remnants of food left by him.
489|Adi 13.51
490|TEXT 51
491|TEXT
492|adi-lila-sutra likhi, suna, bhakta-gana
493|sanksepe likhiye samyak na yaya likhana
494|SYNONYMS
495|adi-lila-the first part of His pastimes; sutra likhi-I
>|write a synopsis; suna-hear; bhakta-gana-all you devotees;
>|sanksepe-in brief; likhiye-I write; samyak-full; na-not;
>|yaya-possible; likhana-to write.
496|TRANSLATION
497|My dear devotees of Lord Caitanya, let me now write a
>|synopsis of the adi-lila; I write of these pastimes in
>|brief because it is not possible to describe them in full.
498|Adi 13.52
499|TEXT 52
500|TEXT
501|kona vancha purana lagi' vrajendra-kumara
502|avatirna haite mane karila vicara
503|SYNONYMS
504|kona-some; vancha-desire; purana-fulfillment; lagi'-for the
>|matter of; vrajendra-kumara-Lord Krsna; avatirna haite-to
>|descend as an incarnation; mane-in the mind; karila-did;
>|vicara-consideration.
505|TRANSLATION
506|To fulfill a particular desire within His mind, Lord Krsna,
>|Vrajendra-kumara, decided to descend on this planet after
>|mature contemplation.
507|Adi 13.53
508|TEXT 53
509|TEXT
510|age avatarila ye ye guru-parivara
511|sanksepe kahiye, kaha na yaya vistara
512|SYNONYMS
513|age-first of all; avatarila-allowed to descend; ye ye-all
>|those; guru-parivara-family of spiritual masters; sanksepe-
>|in brief; kahiye-I describe; kaha-to describe; na-not; yaya-
>|possible; vistara-expansively.
514|TRANSLATION
515|Lord Krsna therefore first allowed His family of superiors
>|to descend on the earth. I shall try to describe them in
>|brief because it is not possible to describe them fully.
516|Adi 13.54-55
517|TEXTS 54-55
518|TEXT
519|sri-saci-jagannatha, sri-madhava-puri
520|kesava bharati, ara sri-isvara puri
521|advaita acarya, ara pandita srivasa
522|acaryaratna, vidyanidhi, thakura haridasa
523|SYNONYMS
524|sri-saci-jagannatha-Srimati Sacidevi and Jagannatha Misra;
>|sri-madhava puri-Sri Madhavendra Puri; kesava bharati-of
>|the name Kesava Bharati; ara-and; sri-isvara puri- of the
>|name Sri Isvara Puri; advaita acarya- of the name Advaita
>|Acarya; ara-and; pandita srivasa- of the name Srivasa
>|Pandita; acarya-ratna- of the name Acaryaratna; vidyanidhi-
>|of the name Vidyanidhi; thakura haridasa- of the name
>|Thakura Haridasa.
525|TRANSLATION
526|Lord Sri Krsna, before appearing as Lord Caitanya,
>|requested these devotees to precede Him: Sri Sacidevi,
>|Jagannatha Misra, Madhavendra Puri, Kesava Bharati, Isvara
>|Puri, Advaita Acarya, Srivasa Pandita, Acaryaratna,
>|Vidyanidhi and Thakura Haridasa.
527|Adi 13.56
528|TEXT 56
529|TEXT
530|srihatta-nivasi sri-upendra-misra-nama
531|vaisnava, pandita, dhani, sad-guna-pradhana
532|SYNONYMS
533|sri-hatta-nivasi-a resident of Srihatta; sri-upendra-misra-
>|nama-by the name of Upendra Misra; vaisnava-a devotee of
>|Lord Visnu; pandita-learned; dhani-rich; sat-guna-pradhana-
>|qualified with all good qualities.
534|TRANSLATION
535|There was also Sri Upendra Misra, a resident of the
>|district of Srihatta. He was a great devotee of Lord Visnu,
>|a learned scholar, a rich man and a reservoir of all good
>|qualities.
536|PURPORT
537|Upendra Misra is described in the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika,
>|verse 35 , as the gopala named Parjanya. The same
>|personality who was formerly the grandfather of Lord Krsna
>|appeared as Upendra Misra at Srihatta and begot seven sons.
>|He was a resident of Dhaka-daksina-grama in the district
>|of Srihatta. There are still many residents of that part of
>|the country who introduce themselves as belonging to the
>|Misra family of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
538|Adi 13.57-58
539|TEXTS 57-58
540|TEXT
541|sapta misra tanra putra-sapta rsisvara
542|kamsari, paramananda, padmanabha, sarvesvara
543|jagannatha, janardana, trailokyanatha
544|nadiyate ganga-vasa kaila jagannatha
545|SYNONYMS
546|sapta misra-seven Misras; tanra-his; putra-sons; sapta-
>|seven; rsi-great saintly persons; isvara-most influential;
>|kamsari-of the name Kamsari; paramananda- of the name
>|Paramananda; padmanabha- of the name Padmanabha; sarvesvara-
>| of the name Sarvesvara; jagannatha- of the name Jagannatha;
>| janardana- of the name Janardana; trailokyanatha- of the
>|name Trailokyanatha; nadiyate-at Navadvipa; ganga-vasa-
>|living on the bank of the Ganges; kaila-did; jagannatha-the
>|fifth son of Upendra Misra.
547|TRANSLATION
548|Upendra Misra had seven sons, who were all saintly and most
>|influential: (1) Kamsari, (2) Paramananda, (3) Padmanabha, (
>|4) Sarvesvara, (5) Jagannatha, (6) Janardana and (7)
>|Trailokyanatha. Jagannatha Misra, the fifth son, decided to
>|reside on the bank of the Ganges at Nadia.
549|Adi 13.59
550|TEXT 59
551|TEXT
552|jagannatha misravara-padavi 'purandara'
553|nanda-vasudeva-rupa sadguna-sagara
554|SYNONYMS
555|jagannatha misra-vara-Jagannatha Misra, who was the chief
>|among the seven; padavi-designation; purandara-another name
>|of Vasudeva; nanda-Nanda, the father of Krsna; vasudeva-the
>|father of Krsna; rupa-like; sat-guna-good qualities; sagara-
>|ocean.
556|TRANSLATION
557|Jagannatha Misra was designated as Purandara. Exactly like
>|Nanda Maharaja and Vasudeva, he was an ocean of all good
>|qualities.
558|Adi 13.60
559|TEXT 60
560|TEXT
561|tanra patni 'saci'-nama, pativrata sati
562|yanra pita 'nilambara' nama cakravarti
563|SYNONYMS
564|tanra patni-his wife; saci-of the name Saci; nama-named;
>|pati-vrata-devoted to her husband; sati-chaste; yanra-whose;
>| pita-father; nilambara- of the name Nilambara; nama-named;
>|cakravarti-with the title Cakravarti.
565|TRANSLATION
566|His wife, Srimati Sacidevi, was a chaste woman highly
>|devoted to her husband. Sacidevi's father's name was
>|Nilambara, and his surname was Cakravarti.
567|PURPORT
568|
>|In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika , verse 104 , it
>|is mentioned that Nilambara Cakravarti was formerly Garga
>|Muni. Some of the family descendants of Nilambara
>|Cakravarti still live in the village of the name Magdoba
>|in the district of Faridpur in Bangladesh. His nephew was
>|Jagannatha Cakravarti, also known as Mamu Thakura, who
>|became a disciple of Pandita Gosvami and stayed at
>|Jagannatha Puri as the priest of Tota-gopinatha. Nilambara
>|Cakravarti lived at Navadvipa in the neighborhood of
>|Belapukuriya. This fact is mentioned in the book Prema-
>|vilasa. Because he lived near the house of the Kazi, the
>|Kazi was also considered one of the maternal uncles of Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The Kazi used to address Nilambara
>|Cakravarti as kaka, or "uncle. " One cannot separate the
>|residence of the Kazi from Vamanapukura because the tomb of
>|the Kazi is still existing there. Formerly the place was
>|known as Belapukuriya, and now it is called Vamanapukura.
>|This has been ascertained by archeological evidence.
569|Adi 13.61
570|TEXT 61
571|TEXT
572|radhadese janmila thakura nityananda
573|gangadasa pandita, gupta murari, mukunda
574|SYNONYMS
575|radha-dese-the place where there is no Ganges; janmila-took
>|birth; thakura nityananda-Nityananda Prabhu; gangadasa
>|pandita-of the name Gangadasa Pandita; gupta murari- of the
>|name Murari Gupta; mukunda- of the name Mukunda.
576|TRANSLATION
577|In Radhadesa, the part of Bengal where the Ganges is not
>|visible, Nityananda Prabhu, Gangadasa Pandita, Murari Gupta
>|and Mukunda took birth.
578|PURPORT
579|Here radha-dese refers to the village of the name Ekacakra
>|in the district of Birbhum, next to Burdwan. After the
>|Burdwan railway station there is another branch line, which
>|is called the Loop Line of the Eastern Railway, and there
>|is a railway station of the name Mallarapura. Eight miles
>|east of this railway station Ekacakra village is still
>|situated. Ekacakra village extends north and south for an
>|area of about eight miles. Other villages, namely
>|Viracandra-pura and Virabhadra-pura, are situated within
>|the area of the village of Ekacakra. In honor of the holy
>|name of Virabhadra Gosvami, these places are renowned as
>|Viracandra-pura and Virabhadra-pura.
580|In the Bengali year 1331 (A.D. 1924) a thunderbolt struck
>|the temple of Ekacakra-grama. Therefore the temple is now
>|in a broken state. Before this, there were no such
>|accidents in that quarter. Within the temple there is a
>|Deity of Sri Krsna established by Sri Nityananda Prabhu.
>|The name of the Deity is Bankima Raya or Banka Raya.
581|On the right side of Bankima Raya is a Deity of
>|Jahnava, and on His left side is Srimati Radharani. The
>|priests of the temple describe that Lord Nityananda Prabhu
>|entered within the body of Bankima Raya and that the Deity
>|of Jahnava-mata was therefore later placed on the right
>|side of Bankima Raya. Afterwards, many other Deities were
>|installed within the temple. On another throne within the
>|temple are Deities of Muralidhara and Radha-Madhava. On
>|another throne are Deities of Manomohana, Vrndavana-candra
>|and Gaura-Nitai. But Bankima Raya is the Deity originally
>|installed by Nityananda Prabhu.
582|On the eastern side of the temple is a ghata known as
>|Kadamba-khandi on the bank of the Yamuna,
>|and it is said that the Deity of Bankima Raya was floating
>|in the water and Lord Nityananda Prabhu picked Him up and
>|then installed Him in the temple. Thereafter, in a place
>|known as Bhaddapura, in the village of Viracandra-pura,
>|about half a mile west, in a place underneath a nima tree,
>|Srimati Radharani was found. For this reason, the Radharani
>|of Bankima Raya was known as Bhaddapurera Thakurani, the
>|mistress of Bhaddapura. On another throne, on the right
>|side of Bankima Raya, is a Deity of Yogamaya.
583|Now the temple and temple corridor rest on a high plinth,
>|and on a concrete structure in front of the temple is a
>|meeting hall. It is also said that on the northern side of
>|the temple there was a Deity of Lord Siva named Bhandisvara
>|and that the father of Nityananda Prabhu, Hadai Pandita,
>|used to worship that Deity. At present, however, the
>|Bhandisvara Deity is missing, and in his place a Jagannatha
>|Svami Deity has been installed. Lord Nityananda Prabhu did
>|not factually construct any temples. The temple was
>|constructed at the time of Virabhadra Prabhu. In the
>|Bengali year 1298 (A.D. 1891), the temple being in a
>|dilapidated condition, a brahmacari of the name Sivananda
>|Svami repaired it .
584|In this temple there is an arrangement to offer foodstuffs
>|to the Deity on the basis of seventeen seers
>|of rice and necessary vegetables. The
>|present priestly order of the temple belongs to the family
>|of Gopijana-vallabhananda, one of the branches of
>|Nityananda Prabhu. There is a land settlement in the name
>|of the temple, and income from this land finances the
>|expenditures for the temple. There are three parties of
>|priestly gosvamis who take charge of the temple management,
>|one after another. A few steps onward from the temple is a
>|place known as Visramatala, where it is said that
>|Nityananda Prabhu in His childhood used to enjoy sporting
>|with His boyfriends by enacting the rasa-lila and various
>|other pastimes of Vrndavana.
585|Near the temple is a place named Amalitala,
>|which is so named because of a big tamarind tree there.
>|According to a party named the Nedadi-sampradaya,
>|Virabhadra Prabhu, with the assistance of twelve hundred
>|Nedas , dug a great lake of the name
>|Svetaganga. Outside of the temple are tombs of the Gosvamis,
>| and there is a small river known as the Maudesvara, which
>|is called the water of Yamuna. Within half a mile from this
>|small river is the birthplace of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. It
>|appears that there was a big meeting hall in front of the
>|temple, but later it became dilapidated. It is now covered
>|by banyan trees. Later on, a temple was constructed within
>|which Gaura-Nityananda Deities are existing. The temple was
>|constructed by the late Prasannakumara Karapharma. A tablet
>|was installed in his memory in the Bengali year 1323 (A.D.
>|1916), in the month of Vaisakha (April-May).
586|The place where Nityananda Prabhu appeared is called
>|Garbhavasa. There is an allotment of about forty-three
>|bighas (fourteen acres) of land to continue the worship in
>|a temple there. The Maharaja of Dinajapura donated twenty
>|bighas ( 6.5 acres ) of land in
>|this connection. It is said that near the place known as
>|Garbhavasa, Hadai Pandita conducted a primary school. The
>|priests of this place, listed in a genealogical table, were
>|as follows: (1) Sri Raghavacandra, (2) Jagadananda dasa, (3)
>| Krsnadasa, (4) Nityananda dasa, (5) Ramadasa, (6)
>|Vrajamohana dasa, (7) Kanai dasa, (8) Gauradasa, (9)
>|Sivananda dasa and (10) Haridasa. Krsnadasa belonged to the
>|Cidiya-kunja at Vrndavana. The date of his disappearance is
>|Krsna-janmastami. Cidiya-kunja is a place now managed by
>|the gosvamis of Singara-ghata in Vrndavana. They are also
>|known as belonging to the Nityananda family, most probably
>|on the basis of their relationship with Krsnadasa.
587|Near Garbhavasa is a place called Bakulatala, where Sri
>|Nityananda Prabhu and His boyfriends used to take part in
>|sporting activities known as jhala-jhapeta. There is a
>|bakula tree there that is wonderful because all its
>|branches and subbranches look like the hoods of serpents.
>|It has been suggested that by the desire of Sri Nityananda
>|Prabhu, Anantadeva manifested Himself in that way. The tree
>|is very old. It is said that formerly it had two trunks,
>|but later on, when the playmates of Nityananda Prabhu felt
>|inconvenience in jumping from the branches of one trunk to
>|those of the nother, Nityananda Prabhu, by His mercy,
>|merged the two trunksinto one.
588|Another place nearby is named Hantugada. It is said that
>|Lord Nityananda Prabhu brought all the holy places there.
>|Therefore the people in the surrounding villages go there
>|instead of to the Ganges to take bath. It is named
>|Hantugada because Srila Nityananda Prabhu used to perform
>|the dadhi-cida festival of distributing chipped rice with
>|yogurt prasada there and He took the prasada kneeling
>|down. A sanctified lake in this place is always full of
>|water throughout the year. A great fair is held there
>|during Gosthastami, and there is another big fair on the
>|birthday of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. In the Gaura-ganoddesa-
>|dipika it is described that Halayudha, Baladeva,
>|Visvarupa and Sankarsana appeared as Nityananda Avadhuta.
589|Adi 13.62
590|TEXT 62
591|TEXT
592|asankhya bhaktera karaila avatara
593|sese avatirna haila vrajendra-kumara
594|SYNONYMS
595|asankhya-unlimited; bhaktera-of devotees; karaila-made into
>|being; avatara-incarnation; sese-at last; avatirna-
>|descended; haila-became; vrajendra-kumara-Lord Krsna, the
>|son of Nanda Maharaja.
596|TRANSLATION
597|Lord Krsna, Vrajendra-kumara, first caused countless
>|devotees to appear, and at last He appeared Himself.
598|Adi 13.63
599|TEXT 63
600|TEXT
601|prabhura avirbhava-purve yata vaisnava-gana
602|advaita-acaryera sthane karena gamana
603|SYNONYMS
604|prabhura-of the Lord; avirbhava-appearance; purve-before;
>|yata-all; vaisnava-gana-devotees; advaita-acaryera-of
>|Advaita Acarya; sthane-place; karena-do; gamana-go.
605|TRANSLATION
606|Before the appearance of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, all the
>|devotees of Navadvipa used to gather in the house of
>|Advaita Acarya.
607|Adi 13.64
608|TEXT 64
609|TEXT
610|gita-bhhagavata kahe acarya-gosani
611|jnana-karma nindi' kare bhaktira badai
612|SYNONYMS
613|gita-Bhagavad-gita; bhagavata-Srimad-Bhagavatam; kahe-
>|recites; acarya-gosani-Advaita Acarya; jnana-the path of
>|philosophical speculation; karma-fruitive activity; nindi'-
>|decrying; kare-establishes; bhaktira-of devotional service;
>|badai-excellence.
614|TRANSLATION
615|In these meetings of the Vaisnavas, Advaita Acarya used to
>|recite Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam, decrying
>|the paths of philosophical speculation and fruitive
>|activity and establishing the superexcellence of devotional
>|service.
616|Adi 13.65
617|TEXT 65
618|TEXT
619|sarva-sastre kahe krsna-bhaktira vyakhyana
620|jnana, yoga, tapo-dharma nahi mane ana
621|SYNONYMS
622|sarva-sastre-in all revealed scriptures; kahe-says; krsna-
>|bhaktira-of devotional service to Lord Krsna; vyakhyana-
>|explanation; jnana-philosophical speculation; yoga-mystic
>|hatha-yoga; tapas-austerities; dharma-religious procedures;
>|nahi-does not; mane-accept; ana-other.
623|TRANSLATION
624|In all the revealed scriptures of Vedic culture, devotional
>|service to Lord Krsna is explained throughout. Therefore
>|devotees of Lord Krsna do not recognize the processes of
>|philosophical speculation, mystic yoga, unnecessary
>|austerity and so-called religious rituals. They do not
>|accept any process but devotional service.
625|PURPORT
626|Our Krsna consciousness movement follows this principle. We
>|do not recognize any method for spiritual realization other
>|than Krsna consciousness, devotional service. Sometimes we
>|are criticized by groups following jnana, yoga, tapas or
>|dharma, but fortunately we are unable to make any
>|compromises with them. We simply stand on the platform of
>|devotional service and preach the same principles all over
>|the world.
627|Adi 13.66
628|TEXT 66
629|TEXT
630|tanra sange ananda kare vaisnavera gana
631|krsna-katha, krsna-puja, nama-sankirtana
632|SYNONYMS
633|tanra sange-with Him (Advaita Acarya); ananda-pleasure;
>|kare-takes; vaisnavera-of the devotees; gana-assembly;
>|krsna-katha-topics of Lord Krsna; krsna-puja-worship of
>|Krsna; nama-sankirtana-chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-
>|mantra.
634|TRANSLATION
635|In the house of Advaita Acarya, all the Vaisnavas took
>|pleasure in always talking of Krsna, always worshiping
>|Krsna and always chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra.
636|PURPORT
637|On these principles only does the Krsna consciousness
>|movement go on. We have no business other than to talk of
>|Krsna, worship Krsna and chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra.
638|Adi 13.67
639|TEXT 67
640|TEXT
641|kintu sarva-loka dekhi' krsna-bahirmukha
642|visaye nimagna loka dekhi' paya duhkha
643|SYNONYMS
644|kintu-but; sarva-loka-all people; dekhi'-seeing; krsna-
>|bahirmukha-without Krsna consciousness; visaye-material
>|enjoyment; nimagna-merged; loka-all people; dekhi'-seeing;
>|paya duhkha-felt pained.
645|TRANSLATION
646|But Sri Advaita Acarya Prabhu felt pained to see all the
>|people without Krsna consciousness simply merging in
>|material sense enjoyment.
647|PURPORT
648|A bona fide devotee of Lord Krsna is always pained to see
>|the fallen condition of the whole world. Srila
>|Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura used to say, "There is no
>|scarcity of anything within this world. The only scarcity
>|is of Krsna consciousness." That is the vision of all pure
>|devotees. Because of this lack of Krsna consciousness in
>|human society, people are suffering terribly, being merged
>|in an ocean of nescience and sense gratification. A devotee
>|onlooker is very much aggrieved to see such a situation in
>|the world.
649|Adi 13.68
650|TEXT 68
651|TEXT
652|lokera nistara-hetu karena cintana
653|kemate e saba lokera ha-ibe tarana
654|SYNONYMS
655|lokera-of all people; nistara-hetu-for the matter of
>|deliverance; karena-does; cintana-contemplation; kemate-how;
>| e-these; saba-all; lokera-of people in general; ha-ibe-
>|will become; tarana-liberation.
656|TRANSLATION
657|Seeing the condition of the world, He began to think
>|seriously of how all these people could be delivered from
>|the clutches of maya.
658|Adi 13.69
659|TEXT 69
660|TEXT
661|krsna avatari' karena bhaktira vistara
662|tabe ta' sakala lokera ha-ibe nistara
663|SYNONYMS
664|krsna-Lord Krsna; avatari'-descending; karena-does;
>|bhaktira-of devotional service; vistara-expansion; tabe-
>|then; ta'-certainly; sakala-all; lokera-of the people; ha-
>|ibe-there will be; nistara-liberation.
665|TRANSLATION
666|Srila Advaita Acarya Prabhu thought, "If Krsna Himself
>|appears in order to distribute the cult of devotional
>|service, then only will liberation be possible for all
>|people."
667|PURPORT
668|Just as a condemned person can be relieved by a special
>|favor of the chief executive head, the president or king,
>|so the condemned people of this Kali-yuga can be delivered
>|only by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself or a
>|person especially empowered for this purpose. Srila Advaita
>|Acarya Prabhu desired that the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead advent Himself to deliver the fallen souls of this
>|age.
669|Adi 13.70
670|TEXT 70
671|TEXT
672|krsna avatarite acarya pratijna kariya
673|krsna-puja kare tulasi-gangajala diya
674|SYNONYMS
675|krsna-Lord Krsna; avatarite-to cause His advent; acarya-
>|Advaita Acarya; pratijna-promise; kariya-making; krsna-puja-
>|worship of Lord Krsna; kare-does; tulasi-tulasi leaves;
>|ganga-jala diya-with the water of the Ganges.
676|TRANSLATION
677|With this consideration, Advaita Acarya Prabhu, promising
>|to cause Lord Krsna to descend, began to worship the
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, with tulasi leaves
>|and water of the Ganges.
678|PURPORT
679|Tulasi leaves and Ganges water, with, if possible, a little
>|pulp of sandalwood, is sufficient paraphernalia to worship
>|the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord says in
>|Bhagavad-gita :
680|patram puspam phalam toyam
681|yo me bhaktya prayacchati
682|tad aham bhakty - upahrtam
>|
>|
>|
>|
683|asnami prayatatmanah
684|"If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower,
>|a fruit or water, I will accept it." (Bg. 9.26) Following
>|this principle, Advaita Prabhu pleased the Supreme
>|personality of Godhead with tulasi leaves and water of the
>|Ganges.
685|Adi 13.71
686|TEXT 71
687|TEXT
688|krsnera ahvana kare saghana hunkara
689|hunkare akrsta haila vrajendra-kumara
690|SYNONYMS
691|krsnera-of Lord Krsna; ahvana-invitation; kare-does;
>|saghana-with great gravity; hunkara-vibration; hunkare-and
>|by such loud cries; akrsta-attracted; haila-became;
>|vrajendra-kumara-the son of Vrajendra, Lord Krsna.
692|TRANSLATION
693|By loud cries He invited Krsna to appear, and this repeated
>|invitation attracted Lord Krsna to descend.
694|Adi 13.72
695|TEXT 72
696|TEXT
697|jagannathamisra-patni sacira udare
698|asta kanya krame haila, janmi' janmi' mare
699|SYNONYMS
700|jagannatha-misra-of the name Jagannatha Misra; patni-his
>|wife; sacira-of Sacimata; udare-within the womb; asta-eight;
>| kanya-daughters; krame-one after another; haila-appeared;
>|janmi'-after taking birth; janmi'-after taking birth; mare-
>|all died.
701|TRANSLATION
702|Before the birth of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, eight
>|daughters took birth one after another from the womb of
>|Sacimata, the wife of Jagannatha Misra. But just after
>|their birth, they all died.
703|Adi 13.73
704|TEXT 73
705|TEXT
706|apatya-virahe misrera duhkhi haila mana
707|putra lagi' aradhila visnura carana
708|SYNONYMS
709|apatya-of children; virahe-in separation; misrera-of
>|Jagannatha Misra; duhkhi-unhappy; haila-became; mana-mind;
>|putra-son; lagi'-for the matter of; aradhila-worshiped;
>|visnura-of Lord Visnu; carana-lotus feet.
710|TRANSLATION
711|Jagannatha Misra was very unhappy at the death of his
>|children one after another. Therefore, desiring a son, he
>|worshiped the lotus feet of Lord Visnu.
712|Adi 13.74
713|TEXT 74
714|TEXT
715|tabe putra janamila 'visvarupa' nama
716|maha-gunavan tenha-'baladeva'-dhama
717|SYNONYMS
718|tabe-thereafter; putra-son; janamila-took birth; visvarupa-
>|Visvarupa; nama-named; maha-gunavan-highly qualified; tenha-
>|He; baladeva-of Lord Baladeva; dhama-incarnation.
719|TRANSLATION
720|After this, Jagannatha Misra got a son of the name
>|Visvarupa, who was most powerful and highly qualified
>|because He was an incarnation of Baladeva.
721|PURPORT
722|Visvarupa was the elder brother of Gaurahari, Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. When arrangements were being made for
>|His marriage , He took sannyasa and left home.
>|He took the sannyasa name of Sankararanya. In 1431 Sakabda
>|Era (A.D. 1510), He disappeared in Panderapura in the
>|district of Sholapur. As an incarnation of Sankarsana, He
>|is both the ingredient and immediate cause of the creation
>|of this material world. He is nondifferent from Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, as amsa and amsi, or the
>|part and the whole, are not different. He
>| belongs to the quadruple
>|manifestation of catur-vyuha as an incarnation of
>|Sankarsana. In the Gaura-candrodaya it is said that
>|Visvarupa, after His so-called demise, remained mixed
>|within Sri Nityananda Prabhu.
723|Adi 13.75
724|TEXT 75
725|TEXT
726|baladeva-prakasa-parama-vyome 'sankarsana'
727|tenha-visvera upadana-nimitta-karana
728|SYNONYMS
729|baladeva-prakasa-manifestation of Baladeva; parama-vyome-in
>|the spiritual sky; sankarsana-of the name Sankarsana; tenha-
>|He; visvera-the cosmic manifestation; upadana-ingredient;
>|nimitta-karana-immediate cause.
730|TRANSLATION
731|The expansion of Baladeva known as Sankarsana in the
>|spiritual world is the ingredient and immediate cause of
>|this material cosmic manifestation.
732|Adi 13.76
733|TEXT 76
734|TEXT
735|tanha ba-i visve kichu nahi dekhi ara
736|ataeva 'visvarupa' nama ye tanhara
737|SYNONYMS
738|tanha ba-i-except Him; visve-within this cosmic
>|manifestation; kichu-something; nahi-there is none; dekhi-I
>|see; ara-further; ataeva-therefore; visvarupa-universal
>|form; nama-name; ye-that; tanhara-His.
739|TRANSLATION
740|The gigantic universal form is called the Visvarupa
>|incarnation of Maha-sankarsana. Thus we do not find
>|anything within this cosmic manifestation except the Lord
>|Himself.
741|Adi 13.77
742|TEXT 77
743|TEXT
744|naitac citram bhagavati
745|hy anante jagad-isvare
746|otam protam idam yasmin
747|tantusv anga yatha patah
748|SYNONYMS
749|na-not; etat-this; citram-wonderful; bhagavati-in the
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead; hi-certainly; anante-in the
>|unlimited; jagat-isvare-the master of the universe; otam-
>|lengthwise; protam-breadthwise; idam-this universe; yasmin-
>|in whom; tantusu-in the threads; anga-O King; yatha-as much
>|as; patah-a cloth.
750|TRANSLATION
751|"As the thread in a cloth spreads both lengthwise and
>|breadthwise, so everything we see within this
>|cosmic manifestation is directly and indirectly
>|existing in the Supreme Personality of Godhead
>|. This is not very wonderful for Him."
752|PURPORT
753|This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.15.35).
754|Adi 13.78
755|TEXT 78
756|TEXT
757|ataeva prabhu tanre bale, 'bada bhai'
758|krsna, balarama dui-caitanya, nitai
759|SYNONYMS
760|ataeva-therefore; prabhu-Lord Caitanya; tanre-unto
>|Visvarupa; bale-says; bada bhai-elder brother; krsna-Lord
>|Krsna; balarama-and Baladeva; dui-two; caitanya-Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; nitai-and Lord Nityananda Prabhu.
761|TRANSLATION
762|Because Maha-sankarsana is the ingredient and efficient
>|cause of the cosmic manifestation, He is present in every
>|detail of it. Lord Caitanya therefore called Him His elder
>|brother. The two brothers are known as Krsna and Balarama
>|in the spiritual world, but at the present moment they are
>|Caitanya and Nitai. Therefore the conclusion is that
>|Nityananda Prabhu is the original Sankarsana, Baladeva.
763|Adi 13.79
764|TEXT 79
765|TEXT
766|putra pana dampati haila anandita mana
767|visese sevana kare govinda-carana
768|SYNONYMS
769|putra-son; pana-having gotten; dampati-husband and wife;
>|haila-became; anandita-pleased; mana-mind; visese-
>|specifically; sevana-service; kare-render; govinda-carana-
>|the lotus feet of Lord Govinda.
770|TRANSLATION
771|The husband and wife [Jagannatha Misra and Sacimata],
>|having gotten Visvarupa as their son, were very pleased
>|within their minds. Because of their pleasure, they
>|specifically began to serve the lotus feet of Govinda.
772|PURPORT
773|There is a common saying in India that everyone goes to
>|worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead when he is in
>|distress, but when a person is in an opulent position, he
>|forgets God. In Bhagavad-gita (7.16) this is also
>|confirmed:
774|catur-vidha bhajante mam
775|janah sukrtino 'rjuna
776|arto jijnasur artharthi
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778|"If backed by pious activities in the past, four kinds of
>|men-namely, those who are distressed, those in need of
>|money, those searching after knowledge and those who are
>|inquisitive-become interested in devotional service." The
>|husband and wife, Jagannatha Misra and Sacimata, were very
>|unhappy because their eight daughters had passed away. Now,
>|when they got Visvarupa as their son, certainly they became
>|extremely happy. They knew that it was by the grace of the
>|Lord that they were endowed with such happiness and
>|opulence. Therefore instead of forgetting the Lord, they
>|became more and more adherent in rendering service to the
>|lotus feet of Govinda. When a common man becomes opulent,
>|he forgets God; but the more opulent a devotee becomes by
>|the grace of the Lord, the more he becomes attached to the
>|service of the Lord.
779|Adi 13.80
780|TEXT 80
781|TEXT
782|caudda-sata chaya sake sesa magha mase
783|jagannatha-sacira dehe krsnera pravese
784|SYNONYMS
785|caudda-sata-1400; chaya-6; sake-in the year of the Saka Era;
>| sesa-last; magha-Magha; mase-in the month; jagannatha-of
>|Jagannatha Misra; sacira-and of Sacidevi; dehe-in the
>|bodies; krsnera-of Lord Krsna; pravese-by the entrance.
786|TRANSLATION
787|In the month of January in the year 1406 of the Saka Era (A.
>|D. 1485), Lord Krsna entered the bodies of both Jagannatha
>|Misra and Saci.
788|PURPORT
789|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu took His birth in the year 1407
>|Saka Era (A.D. 1486), in the month of Phalguna. But here we
>|see that He entered the bodies of His parents in the year
>|1406 in the month of Magha. Therefore, the Lord entered
>|the bodies of His parents thirteen full months before His
>|birth. Generally a common child remains within the womb of
>|his mother for ten lunar months, but here we see that the
>|Lord remained within the body of His mother for thirteen
>|lunar months.
790|Adi 13.81
791|TEXT 81
792|TEXT
793|misra kahe saci-sthane,-dekhi ana rita
794|jyotirmaya deha, geha laksmi-adhisthita
795|SYNONYMS
796|misra kahe-Jagannatha Misra began to speak; saci-sthane-in
>|the presence of Sacidevi-mata; dekhi-I see; ana-
>|extraordinary; rita-behavior; jyotir-maya-effulgent; deha-
>|body; geha-home; laksmi-the goddess of fortune; adhisthita-
>|situated.
797|TRANSLATION
798|Jagannatha Misra said to Sacimata, "I see wonderful things!
>|Your body is effulgent, and it appears as if the goddess of
>|fortune were now staying personally in my home.
799|Adi 13.82
800|TEXT 82
801|TEXT
802|yahan tahan sarva-loka karaye sammana
803|ghare pathaiya deya dhana, vastra, dhana
804|SYNONYMS
805|yahan-wherever; tahan-anywhere; sarva-loka-all people;
>|karaye-show; sammana-respect; ghare-at home; pathaiya-
>|sending; deya-give; dhana-riches; vastra-cloth; dhana-paddy.
806|TRANSLATION
807|"Anywhere and everywhere I go, all people offer me respect.
>|Even without my asking, they voluntarily give me riches,
>|clothing and paddy."
808|PURPORT
809|A brahmana does not become anyone's servant. To render
>|service to someone else is the business of the sudras. A
>|brahmana is always independent because he is a teacher,
>|spiritual master and advisor to society. The members of
>|society provide him with all the necessities for life. In
>|the Bhagavad-gita the Lord has divided society into
>|four divisions-brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and sudra. A
>|society cannot run smoothly without this scientific
>|division. A brahmana should give good advice to all the
>|members of the society, a ksatriya should look after the
>|administration, maintaining law and order in society,
>|vaisyas should produce and trade to meet all the needs of
>|society, whereas sudras should render service to the higher
>|sections of society (the brahmanas, ksatriyas and vaisyas).
810|Jagannatha Misra was a brahmana; therefore people would
>|send him all bodily necessities-money, cloth, grain and so
>|on. While Lord Caitanya was in the womb of Sacimata,
>|Jagannatha Misra received all these necessities of life
>|without asking for them. Because of the presence of the
>|Lord in his family, everyone offered him due respect as a
>|brahmana. In other words, if a brahmana or Vaisnava sticks
>|to his position as an eternal servant of the Lord and
>|executes the will of the Lord, there is no question of
>|scarcity for his personal maintenance or the needs of his
>|family.
811|Adi 13.83
812|TEXT 83
813|TEXT
814|saci kahe,-muni dekhon akasa-upare
815|divya-murti loka saba yena stuti kare
816|SYNONYMS
817|saci kahe-mother Sacidevi replied; muni-I; dekhon-see;
>|akasa-upare-in outer space; divya-murti-brilliant forms;
>|loka-people; saba-all; yena-as if; stuti-prayers; kare-
>|offering.
818|TRANSLATION
819|Sacimata told her husband, "I also see wonderfully
>|brilliant human beings appearing in outer space, as if
>|offering prayers."
820|PURPORT
821|Jagannatha Misra was honored by everyone on the earth and
>|was supplied with all necessities. Similarly, mother Saci
>|saw many demigods in outer space offering prayers to her
>|because of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's presence in her womb.
822|Adi 13.84
823|TEXT 84
824|TEXT
825|jagannatha misra kahe,-svapna ye dekhila
826|jyotirmaya-dhama mora hrdaye pasila
827|SYNONYMS
828|jagannatha misra kahe-Jagannatha Misra replied; svapna-
>|dream; ye-that; dekhila-I have seen; jyotir-maya-with a
>|brilliant effulgence; dhama-abode; mora-my; hrdaye-in the
>|heart; pasila-entered.
829|TRANSLATION
830|Jagannatha Misra then replied, "In a dream I saw the
>|effulgent abode of the Lord enter my heart.
831|Adi 13.85
832|TEXT 85
833|TEXT
834|amara hrdaya haite gela tomara hrdaye
835|hena bujhi, janmibena kona mahasaye
836|SYNONYMS
837|amara hrdaya haite-from my heart; gela-transferred; tomara
>|hrdaye-into your heart; hena-like this; bujhi-I understand;
>|janmibena-will take birth; kona-some; mahasaye-very great
>|personality.
838|TRANSLATION
839|"From my heart it entered your heart. I therefore
>|understand that a great personality will soon take birth."
840|Adi 13.86
841|TEXT 86
842|TEXT
843|eta bali' dunhe rahe harasita hana
844|salagrama seva kare visesa kariya
845|SYNONYMS
846|eta bali'-after this conversation; dunhe-both of them; rahe-
>|remained; harasita-jubilant; hana-becoming; salagrama-
>|salagrama-narayana-sila; seva-service; kare-rendered;
>|visesa-with special attention; kariya-giving it.
847|TRANSLATION
848|After this conversation, both husband and wife were very
>|jubilant, and together they rendered service to the
>|household salagrama-sila.
849|PURPORT
850|Especially in every brahmana's house there must be a
>|salagrama-sila to be worshiped by the brahmana family. This
>|system is still current. People who are brahmana by caste,
>|who are born in a brahmana family, must worship the
>|salagrama-sila. Unfortunately, with the progress of Kali-
>|yuga, the so-called brahmanas, although very proud of
>|taking birth in brahmana families, no longer worship the
>|salagrama-sila. But actually it has been a custom since
>|time immemorial that a person born in a brahmana family
>|must worship the salagrama-sila in all circumstances. In
>|our Krsna consciousness society, some of the members are
>|very anxious to introduce the salagrama-sila,
>|but we have purposely refrained from introducing it because
>|most of the members of the Krsna consciousness movement do
>|not originally come from families of the brahmana caste.
>|After some time, when we find that they are actually
>|situated strictly in the line of brahminical behavior, this
>|salagrama-sila will be introduced.
851|In this age, the worship of the salagrama-sila is not as
>|important as the chanting of the holy name of the Lord.
>|That is the injunction of the sastra. Harer nama harer nama
>|harer namaiva kevalam kalau nasty eva nasty eva nasty eva
>|gatir anyatha . Srila Jiva Gosvami's
>|opinion is that by chanting the holy name offenselessly one
>|becomes completely perfect. Nevertheless, just to purify
>|the situation of the mind, worship of the Deity in the
>|temple is also necessary. Therefore when one is advanced in
>|spiritual consciousness or is perfectly situated on a
>|spiritual platform he may take to the worship of the
>|salagrama-sila.
852|The transference of the Lord from the heart of Jagannatha
>|Misra to the heart of Sacimata is explained by Srila
>|Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura as follows: "It is to be
>|concluded that Jagannatha Misra and Sacimata are nitya-
>|siddhas, ever purified associates of the Lord. Their hearts
>|are always uncontaminated, and therefore they never forget
>|the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A common man in this
>|material world has a contaminated heart. He must therefore
>|first purify his heart to come to the transcendental
>|position. But Jagannatha Misra and Sacimata were not a
>|common man and woman with contaminated hearts. When the
>|heart is uncontaminated, it is said to be in the
>|existential position of Vasudeva. Vasudeva can beget
>|Vasudeva, or Krsna, who is transcendentally situated."
853|It is to be understood that Sacidevi did not become
>|pregnant as an ordinary woman becomes pregnant because of
>|sense indulgence. One should not think the pregnancy of
>|Sacimata to be that of an ordinary woman because that is
>|an offense. One can understand the pregnancy of Sacimata
>|when one is actually advanced in spiritual consciousness
>|and fully engaged in the devotional service of the Lord.
854|In Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.2.16) it is stated:
855|bhagavan api visvatma
856|bhaktanam abhayan- karah
857|avivesamsa
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859|This is a statement regarding the birth
>|of Lord Krsna. The incarnation of the
>|Lord entered the mind of Vasudeva and was then
>|transferred to the mind of Devaki . Srila Sridhara Svami
>|gives the following annotation in this connection: '
>| mana avivesa' manasy avirbabhuva; jivanam iva na dhatu-
>|sambandha ity arthah . There was no question of
>|the seminal discharge necessary for the birth of
>|an ordinary human being . Srila Rupa
>|Gosvami also comments in this connection that Lord Krsna
>|first appeared in the mind of Anakadundubhi,
>|Vasudeva , and was then transferred to the
>|mind of Devaki- devi. Thus the
>|spiritual bliss in the mind of Devaki-devi
>|gradually increased, just as the moon increases every
>|night until it becomes a full moon. At the
>|time of His appearance, Lord Krsna
>|came out of the mind of Devaki and
>|appeared within the prison house of Kamsa
>|by the side of Devaki ' s bed. At that
>|time, by the spell of yogamaya, Devaki thought that her
>|child had now been born. In this connection , even
>|the demigods from the celestial kingdom were also
>|bewildered . As it is stated, muhyanti
>| yat surayah (Bhag. 1.1.1). They came to offer their
>|prayers to Devaki, thinking that the Supreme Lord
>|was within her womb . The demigods came to Mathura
>|from their celestial kingdom . This indicates that
>|Mathura is still more important than the celestial
>|kingdom of the upper planetary system.
860|Lord Krsna, as the eternal son of Yasodamayi, is always
>|present in Vrndavana. The pastimes of Lord Krsna are
>|continuously going on within both this material world and
>|the spiritual world. In such pastimes, the Lord always
>|thinks Himself the eternal son of mother Yasoda and father
>|Nanda Maharaja. In the Tenth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam,
>|Chapter Six, verse 43, it is stated, "When magnanimous,
>|broad-hearted Nanda Maharaja came back from a tour, he
>|immediately took his son Krsna on his lap and experienced
>|transcendental bliss by smelling His head." Similarly, in
>|the Tenth Canto, Ninth Chapter, verse 21, it is said, "This
>|Personality of Godhead, appearing as the son of a cowherd
>|damsel, is easily available and understandable to devotees,
>|whereas those who are under the concept of bodily life,
>|even though they are very advanced in austerity and penance
>|or even though they are great philosophers, are unable to
>|understand Him."
861|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura next quotes Sripada
>|Baladeva Vidyabhusana, who refers to the prayers offered by
>|the demigods to Lord Krsna in the womb of Devaki and
>|summarizes the birth of Krsna as follows: "As the rising
>|moon manifests light in the east, so Devaki, who was always
>|situated on the transcendental platform, having been
>|initiated in the Krsna mantra by Vasudeva, the son of
>|Surasena, kept Krsna within her heart." From this statement
>|of Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.2.18) it is understood that the
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead, having been transferred
>|from the heart of Anakadundubhi, or Vasudeva, manifested
>|Himself in the heart of Devaki. According to Srila Baladeva
>|Vidyabhusana, the "heart of Devaki" means the womb of
>|Devaki because in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto,
>|Second Chapter, verse 41, the demigods say, distyamba te
>|kuksi-gatah parah puman: "Mother Devaki, the Lord is
>|already within your womb." Therefore, that the Lord was
>|transferred from the heart of Vasudeva to the heart of
>|Devaki means that He was transferred to the womb of Devaki.
862|Similarly, in regard to the appearance of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu as described in the Caitanya-caritamrta, the
>|words visese sevana kare govinda-carana, "they specifically
>|began to worship the lotus feet of Govinda," indicate that
>|exactly as Krsna appeared in the heart of Devaki through
>|the heart of Vasudeva, so Lord Caitanya appeared in the
>|heart of Sacidevi through the heart of Jagannatha Misra.
>|This is the mystery of the appearance of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu. Consequently, one should not think of Lord
>|Caitanya's appearance as that of a common man or living
>|entity. This subject matter is a little difficult to
>|understand, but for devotees of the Lord it will not at all
>|be difficult to realize the statements given by Krsnadasa
>|Kaviraja Gosvami.
863|Adi 13.87
864|TEXT 87
865|TEXT
866|haite haite haila garbha trayodasa masa
867|tathapi bhumistha nahe,-misrera haila trasa
868|SYNONYMS
869|haite haite-thus becoming; haila-it so became; garbha-
>|pregnancy; trayodasa-thirteenth; masa-month; tathapi-still;
>|bhumistha-delivery; nahe-there was no sign; misrera-of
>|Jagannatha Misra; haila-became; trasa-apprehension.
870|TRANSLATION
871|In this way the pregnancy approached its thirteenth month,
>|but still there was no sign of the delivery of the child.
>|Thus Jagannatha Misra became greatly apprehensive.
872|Adi 13.88
873|TEXT 88
874|TEXT
875|nilambara cakravarti kahila ganiya
876|ei mase putra habe subha-ksana pana
877|SYNONYMS
878|nilambara cakravarti-of the name Nilambara Cakravarti;
>|kahila-said; ganiya-by astrological calculation; ei mase-in
>|this month; putra-son; habe-will take birth; subha-ksana-
>|auspicious moment; pana-taking advantage of.
879|TRANSLATION
880|Nilambara Cakravarti [the grandfather of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu] then did an astrological calculation and said
>|that in that month, taking advantage of an auspicious
>|moment, the child would take birth.
881|Adi 13.89
882|TEXT 89
883|TEXT
884|caudda-sata sata-sake masa ye phalguna
885|paurnamasira sandhya-kale haile subha-ksana
886|SYNONYMS
887|caudda-sata sata-sake-in 1407 of the Saka Era (A.D. 1486);
>|masa-month; ye-which; phalguna-of the name Phalguna;
>|paurnamasira-of the full moon ; sandhya-kale-in the
>|evening; haile-there was; subha-ksana-an auspicious
>|constellation.
888|TRANSLATION
889|Thus in the year 1407 of the Saka Era (A.D. 1486 ), in the
>|month of Phalguna [ March-April], on the evening of the
>|full moon , the desired auspicious moment appeared.
890|PURPORT
891|Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya,
>|has presented the horoscope of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as
>|follows:
892|sala 140710222845
893|dinam
894|7 11 8
895|15 54 38
896|40 37 40
897|13 6 23
898|The explanation of the horoscope given by Bhaktivinoda
>|Thakura is that at the time of the birth of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu the constellations were situated as follows:
>|Sukra (Venus) was in Mesa-rasi (Aries) , in the
>|constellation of Asvini; Ketu (the ninth
>|planet) was in Simha-rasi (Leo) , in Uttaraphalguni;
>|Candra (the moon) was in Simha-rasi, in Purvaphalguni (the
>|eleventh lunar mansion); Sani (Saturn) was in Vrscika-rasi (
>|Scorpio) , in Jyestha; Brhaspati (Jupiter) was in Dhanu-
>|rasi , in Purvasadha (Sagittarius) ; Mangala
>|(Mars) was in Makara-rasi (Capricorn) , in Sravana; Ravi (
>|the sun) and Rahu were in Kumbha-rasi (Aquarius) ,
>| in Purvabhadrapada; and Budha (
>|Mercury) was in Mina-rasi (Pisces) , in Uttarabhadrapada ..
>| The lagna was Simha.
899|Adi 13.90
900|TEXT 90
901|TEXT
902|simha-rasi, simha-lagna, ucca graha-gana
903|sad-varga, asta-varga, sarva sulaksana
904|SYNONYMS
905|simha-the lion; rasi-sign of the zodiac; simha-the lion;
>|lagna-birth moment; ucca-high; graha-gana-all planets; sat-
>|varga-six area; asta-varga-eight area; sarva-all;
>|su-laksana- auspiciousness.
906|TRANSLATION
907|According to the Jyotir-veda, or Vedic astronomy, when the
>|figure of the lion appears both in The
>|zodiac and the time of birth [lagna], this
>|indicates a very high conjunction of planets,
>|an area under the influence of sad-
>|varga and asta-varga , which are all-auspicious
>|moments.
908|PURPORT
909|The divisions of
>|
>| The sad-varga area are technically
>|called ksetra, hora, drekkana, navamsa, dvadasamsa and
>|trimsamsa. According to Jyotir-vedic astrology, when it
>|is calculated who rules the constellation of
>|six areas , the auspicious moment is calculated . Srila
>|Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, who was
>|previously also a great astrologer , says that
>| In the book named Brhaj-jataka and other books
>|there are directions for knowing the movements of the
>|stars and planets. One who knows the process of drawing
>| a straight line and thus understands the area of asta-
>|varga can explain the auspicious
>|constellations . This science is known
>|especially by persons who are called hora-sastra-vit, or
>|those who know the scripture of the name Hora. On
>|the strength of astrological calculations from the Hora
>|scripture, Nilambara Cakravarti, the grandfather of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, ascertained the auspicious moment
>|in which the Lord would appear.
910|Adi 13.91
911|TEXT 91
912|TEXT
913|a-kalanka gauracandra dila darasana
914|sa-kalanka candre ara kon prayojana
915|SYNONYMS
916|a-kalanka-without contamination; gauracandra-the moon of
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dila-gave; darasana-audience; sa-
>|kalanka-with contamination; candre-for a moon; ara-also;
>|kon-what; prayojana-necessity.
917|TRANSLATION
918|When the spotless moon of Caitanya Mahaprabhu became
>|visible, what would be the need for a moon full of black
>|marks on its body?
919|Adi 13.92
920|TEXT 92
921|TEXT
922|eta jani' rahu kaila candrera grahana
923|'krsna' 'krsna' 'hari' name bhase tri-bhuvana
924|SYNONYMS
925|eta jani'-knowing all this; rahu-the zodiac figure Rahu;
>|kaila-attempted; candrera-of the moon; grahana-eclipse;
>|krsna krsna-the holy name of Krsna; hari-the holy name of
>|Hari; name-the names; bhase-inundated; tri-bhuvana-the
>|three worlds.
926|TRANSLATION
927|Considering this, Rahu, the black planet, covered the full
>|moon, and immediately vibrations of "Krsna! Krsna! Hari!"
>|inundated the three worlds.
928|PURPORT
929|According to the Jyotir-veda,
>|the Rahu planet comes in front of the full moon , and
>|thus a lunar eclipse takes place. It is customary in India
>|that all the followers of the Vedic scriptures bathe in the
>|Ganges or the sea as soon as there is a lunar or solar
>|eclipse. All strict followers of Vedic religion stand
>|up in the water throughout the whole period of the eclipse
>|and chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. At the time of the
>|birth of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu such a lunar eclipse
>|took place, and naturally all the people standing in the
>|water were chanting Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna,
>|Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
930|Adi 13.93
931|TEXT 93
932|TEXT
933|jaya jaya dhvani haila sakala bhuvana
934|camatkara haiya loka bhave mane mana
935|SYNONYMS
936|jaya jaya-all glories; dhvani-vibration; haila-there was;
>|sakala-all; bhuvana-worlds; camatkara-wonderful; haiya-
>|becoming; loka-all the people; bhave-state; mane mana-
>|within their minds.
937|TRANSLATION
938|All people thus chanted the Hare Krsna maha-mantra during
>|the lunar eclipse, and their minds were struck with wonder.
939|Adi 13.94
940|TEXT 94
941|TEXT
942|jagat bhariya loka bale-'hari' 'hari'
943|sei-ksane gaurakrsna bhume avatari
944|SYNONYMS
945|jagat-the whole world; bhariya-fulfilling; loka-people;
>|bale-said; hari hari-the holy name of the Lord; sei-ksane-
>|at that time; gaurakrsna-Lord Krsna in the form of
>|Gaurahari; bhume-on the earth; avatari-advented.
946|TRANSLATION
947|When the whole world was thus chanting the holy name of the
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna in the form of
>|Gaurahari advented Himself on the earth.
948|Adi 13.95
949|TEXT 95
950|TEXT
951|prasanna ha-ila saba jagatera mana
952|'hari' bali' hinduke hasya karaye yavana
953|SYNONYMS
954|prasanna-joyful; ha-ila-became; saba-all; jagatera-of the
>|whole world; mana-the mind; hari-the holy name of the Lord;
>|bali'-saying; hinduke-unto the Hindus; hasya-laughing;
>|karaye-do so; yavana-the Muslims.
955|TRANSLATION
956|The whole world was pleased. While the Hindus chanted the
>|holy name of the Lord, the non-Hindus, especially the
>|Muslims, jokingly imitated the words.
957|PURPORT
958|Although the Muslims, or non-Hindus, have no interest in
>|chanting the holy name of the Lord, the Hare Krsna maha-
>|mantra, while the Hindus in Navadvipa
>|chanted during the lunar eclipse the Muslims
>|imitated them. Thus the Hindus and Muslims joined together
>|in chanting the holy name of the Lord when Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu advented Himself.
959|Adi 13.96
960|TEXT 96
961|TEXT
962|'hari' bali' narigana dei hulahuli
963|svarge vadya-nrtya kare deva kutuhali
964|SYNONYMS
965|hari bali'-by saying the word Hari; nari-gana-all the
>|ladies; dei-chanting; hulahuli-the sound of hulahuli;
>|svarge-in the heavenly planets; vadya-nrtya-music and dance;
>| kare-do; deva-demigods; kutuhali-curious.
966|TRANSLATION
967|While all the ladies vibrated the holy name of Hari on
>|earth, in the heavenly planets dancing and music were going
>|on, for the demigods were very curious.
968|Adi 13.97
969|TEXT 97
970|TEXT
971|prasanna haila dasa dik, prasanna nadijala
972|sthavara-jangama haila anande vihvala
973|SYNONYMS
974|prasanna-jubilant; haila-became; dasa-ten; dik-directions;
>|prasanna-satisfied; nadi-jala-the water of the rivers;
>|sthavara-immovable; jangama-movable; haila-became; anande-
>|in joy; vihvala-overwhelmed.
975|TRANSLATION
976|In this atmosphere, all the ten directions became jubilant,
>|as did the waves of the rivers. Moreover, all beings,
>|moving and nonmoving, were overwhelmed with transcendental
>|bliss.
977|Adi 13.98
978|TEXT 98
979|TEXT
980|nadiya-udayagiri, purnacandra gaurahari,
981|krpa kari' ha-ila udaya
982|papa-tamah haila nasa, tri-jagatera ullasa,
983|jagabhari' hari-dhvani haya
984|SYNONYMS
985|nadiya-the place known as Nadiya; udayagiri-is the
>|appearing place; purna-candra-the full moon; gaurahari-Lord
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; krpa-by mercy; kari'-doing so; ha-
>|ila-became; udaya-risen; papa-sinful; tamah-darkness; haila-
>|became; nasa-dissipated; tri-jagatera-of the three worlds;
>|ullasa-happiness; jaga-bhari'-filling the whole world; hari-
>|dhvani-the transcendental vibration of Hari; haya-resounded.
986|TRANSLATION
987|Thus by His causeless mercy the full moon, Gaurahari, rose
>|in the district of Nadia, which is compared to Udayagiri,
>|where the sun first becomes visible. His rising in the sky
>|dissipated the darkness of sinful life, and thus the three
>|worlds became joyful and chanted the holy name of the Lord.
988|Adi 13.99
989|TEXT 99
990|TEXT
991|sei-kale nijalaya, uthiya advaita raya,
992|nrtya kare anandita-mane
993|haridase lana sange, hunkara-kirtana-range
994|kene nace, keha nahi jane
995|SYNONYMS
996|sei-kale-at that time; nija-alaya-in His own house; uthiya-
>|standing; advaita-Advaita Acarya; raya-the rich man; nrtya-
>|dancing; kare-performs; anandita-with joyful; mane-mind;
>|haridase-Thakura Haridasa; lana-taking; sange-with Him;
>|hunkara-loudly; kirtana-sankirtana; range-performing; kene-
>|why; nace-dances; keha nahi-no one; jane-knows.
997|TRANSLATION
998|At that time Sri Advaita Acarya Prabhu, in His own house at
>|Santipura, was dancing in a pleasing mood. Taking Haridasa
>|Thakura with Him, He danced and loudly chanted Hare Krsna.
>|But why they were dancing, no one could understand.
999|PURPORT
1000|It is understood that Advaita Prabhu, at that time, was in
>|His own paternal house at Santipura. Haridasa Thakura
>|frequently used to meet Him. Coincidentally, therefore, he
>|was also there, and upon the birth of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu both of them immediately began to dance. But no
>|one in Santipura could understand why those two saintly
>|persons were dancing.
1001|Adi 13.100
1002|TEXT 100
1003|TEXT
1004|dekhi' uparaga hasi', sighra ganga-ghate asi'
1005|anande karila ganga-snana
1006|pana uparaga-chale, apanara mano-bale,
1007|brahmanere dila nana dana
1008|SYNONYMS
1009|dekhi'-seeing; uparaga-the eclipse; hasi'-laughing; sighra-
>|very soon; ganga-ghate-on the bank of the Ganges; asi'-
>|coming; anande-in jubilation; karila-took; ganga-snana-bath
>|in the Ganges; pana-taking advantage of; uparaga-chale-on
>|the event of the lunar eclipse; apanara-His own; manah-bale-
>|by the strength of mind; brahmanere-unto the brahmanas;
>|dila-gave; nana-various; dana-charities.
1010|TRANSLATION
1011|Seeing the lunar eclipse and laughing, both Advaita Acarya
>|and Haridasa Thakura immediately went to the bank of the
>|Ganges and bathed in the Ganges in great jubilation. Taking
>|advantage of the occasion of the lunar eclipse, Advaita
>|Acarya, by His own mental strength, distributed various
>|types of charity to the brahmanas.
1012|PURPORT
1013|It is the custom of Hindus to give in charity to the poor
>|as much as possible during the time of a lunar or solar
>|eclipse. Advaita Acarya, therefore, taking advantage of
>|this eclipse, distributed many varieties of charity to the
>|brahmanas. In the Srimad-Bhagavatam there is a
>|statement in the Tenth Canto, Third Chapter, verse 11, that
>|when Krsna took His birth, immediately Vasudeva ,
>|taking advantage of this moment ,
>|distributed ten thousand cows to the brahmanas. It is
>|customary among Hindus that at the time a child is born,
>|especially a male child, the parents distribute great
>|charity in jubilation. Advaita Acarya was actually
>|interested in distributing charity because of Lord Caitanya'
>|s birth at the time of the lunar eclipse. People could not
>|understand, however, why Advaita Acarya was giving such a
>|great variety of things in charity. He did so not because
>|of the lunar eclipse but because of the Lord's taking birth
>|at that moment. He distributed charity exactly as Vasudeva
>|did at the time of Lord Krsna's appearance.
1014|Adi 13.101
1015|TEXT 101
1016|TEXT
1017|jagat anandamaya, dekhi' mane sa-vismaya,
1018|tharethore kahe haridasa
1019|tomara aichana ranga, mora mana parasanna,
1020|dekhi-kichu karye ache bhasa
1021|SYNONYMS
1022|jagat-the whole world; ananda-maya-full of pleasure; dekhi'-
>|seeing; mane-within the mind; sa-vismaya-with amazement;
>|tharethore-by direct and indirect indications; kahe-says;
>|haridasa-Haridasa Thakura; tomara-Your; aichana-that kind
>|of; ranga-performance; mora-my; mana-mind; parasanna-very
>|much pleased; dekhi-I can understand; kichu-something;
>|karye-in work; ache-there is; bhasa-indication.
1023|TRANSLATION
1024|When he saw that the whole world was jubilant, Haridasa
>|Thakura, his mind astonished, directly and indirectly
>|expressed himself to Advaita Acarya, "Your dancing and
>|distributing charity are very pleasing to me. I can
>|understand that there is some special purpose in these
>|actions."
1025|Adi 13.102
1026|TEXT 102
1027|TEXT
1028|acaryaratna, srivasa, haila mane sukhollasa
1029|yai' snana kaila ganga-jale
1030|anande vihvala mana, kare hari-sankirtana
1031|nana dana kaila mano-bale
1032|SYNONYMS
1033|acaryaratna-of the name Acaryaratna; srivasa- of the name
>|Srivasa; haila-became; mane-in the mind; sukha-ullasa-happy;
>| yai'-going; snana-bathing; kaila-executed; ganga-jale-in
>|the water of the Ganges; anande-in jubilation; vihvala-
>|overwhelmed; mana-mind; kare-does; hari-sankirtana-
>|performance of sankirtana; nana-various; dana-charities;
>|kaila-did; manah-bale-by the strength of the mind.
1034|TRANSLATION
1035|Acaryaratna [Candrasekhara] and Srivasa Thakura were
>|overwhelmed with joy, and immediately they went to the bank
>|of the Ganges to take bath in the water of the Ganges.
>|Their minds full of happiness, they chanted the Hare Krsna
>|mantra and gave charity by mental strength.
1036|Adi 13.103
1037|TEXT 103
1038|TEXT
1039|ei mata bhakta-tati, yanra yei dese sthiti,
1040|tahan tahan pana mano-bale
1041|nace, kare sankirtana, anande vihvala mana,
1042|dana kare grahanera chale
1043|SYNONYMS
1044|ei mata-in this way; bhakta-tati-all the devotees there;
>|yanra-whose; yei-whichever; dese-in the country; sthiti-
>|resident; tahan tahan-there and there; pana-taking
>|advantage; manah-bale-by the strength of the mind; nace-
>|dance; kare sankirtana-perform sankirtana; anande-in
>|joyfulness; vihvala-overwhelmed; mana-mind; dana-in charity;
>| kare-give; grahanera-of the lunar eclipse; chale-on the
>|pretense.
1045|TRANSLATION
1046|In this way all the devotees, wherever they were situated,
>|in every city and every country, danced, performed
>|sankirtana and gave charity by mental strength on the plea
>|of the lunar eclipse, their minds overwhelmed with joy.
1047|Adi 13.104
1048|TEXT 104
1049|TEXT
1050|brahmana-sajjana-nari, nana-dravye thali bhari'
1051|aila sabe yautuka la-iya
1052|yena kanca-sona-dyuti, dekhi' balakera murti,
1053|asirvada kare sukha pana
1054|SYNONYMS
1055|brahmana-the respectful brahmanas; sat-jana-gentlemen;
>|nari-ladies; nana-varieties; dravye-with gifts; thali-
>|plates; bhari'-filled up; aila-came; sabe-all; yautuka-
>|presentations; la-iya-taking; yena-like; kanca-raw; sona-
>|gold; dyuti-glaring; dekhi'-seeing; balakera-of the child;
>|murti-form; asirvada-blessings; kare-offered; sukha-
>|happiness; pana-achieving.
1056|TRANSLATION
1057|All sorts of respectful brahmana gentlemen and ladies,
>|carrying plates filled with various gifts, came with their
>|presentations. Seeing the newborn child, whose form
>|resembled natural glaring gold, all of them with
>|happiness offered their blessings.
1058|Adi 13.105
1059|TEXT 105
1060|TEXT
1061|savitri, gauri, sarasvati, saci, rambha, arundhati
1062|ara yata deva-narigana
1063|nana-dravye patra bhari', brahmanira vesa dhari',
1064|asi' sabe kare darasana
1065|SYNONYMS
1066|savitri-the wife of Lord Brahma; gauri-the wife of Lord
>|Siva; sarasvati-the wife of Lord Nrsimhadeva; saci-the wife
>|of King Indra; rambha-a dancing girl of heaven; arundhati-
>|the wife of Vasistha; ara-and; yata-all; deva-celestial;
>|nari-gana-women; nana-varieties; dravye-with gifts; patra
>|bhari'-filling up the baskets; brahmanira-in the forms of
>|brahmana ladies; vesa dhari'-dressing like that; asi'-
>|coming there; sabe-all; kare-do; darasana-visit.
1067|TRANSLATION
1068|Dressing themselves as the wives of brahmanas, all the
>|celestial ladies, including the wives of Lord Brahma, Lord
>|Siva, Lord Nrsimhadeva, King Indra and Vasistha Rsi, along
>|with Rambha, a dancing girl of heaven, came there with
>|varieties of gifts.
1069|PURPORT
1070|When Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu was a newly born baby, He
>|was visited by the neighboring ladies, most of whom were
>|the wives of respectable brahmanas. In the dress of
>|brahmanas' wives, celestial ladies like the wives of Lord
>|Brahma and Lord Siva also came to see the newly born
>|child. Ordinary people saw them as respectable brahmana
>|ladies of the neighborhood , but actually they were all
>|celestial ladies dressed in that way.
1071|Adi 13.106
1072|TEXT 106
1073|TEXT
1074|antarikse deva-gana, gandharva, siddha, carana,
1075|stuti-nrtya kare vadya-gita
1076|nartaka, vadaka, bhata, navadvipe yara nata,
1077|sabe asi' nace pana prita
1078|SYNONYMS
1079|antarikse-in outer space; deva-gana-the demigods; gandharva-
>|the inhabitants of Gandharvaloka; siddha-the inhabitants of
>|Siddhaloka; carana-the professional singers of the heavenly
>|planets; stuti-prayers; nrtya-dancing; kare-do; vadya-music;
>| gita-song; nartaka-dancers; vadaka-professional drummers;
>|bhata-professional blessers; navadvipe-in the city of
>|Navadvipa; yara-of whom; nata-stage; sabe-all of them; asi'-
>|coming; nace-began to dance; pana-achieving; prita-
>|happiness.
1080|TRANSLATION
1081|In outer space all the demigods, including the inhabitants
>|of Gandharvaloka, Siddhaloka and Caranaloka, offered their
>|prayers and danced to the accompaniment of music, songs
>|and the beating of drums. Similarly, in Navadvipa city all
>|the professional dancers, musicians and blessers gathered
>|together, dancing in great jubilation.
1082|PURPORT
1083|As there are professional singers, dancers and reciters of
>|prayers in the heavenly planets, so in India still there
>|are professional dancers, blessers and singers, all of whom
>|assemble together during householder ceremonies, especially
>|marriages and birth ceremonies. These professional men earn
>|their livelihood by taking charity on such occasions from
>|the homes of the Hindus. Eunuchs also take advantage of
>|such ceremonies to receive charity. That is their means of
>|livelihood. Such men never become servants or engage
>|themselves in agriculture or business occupations; they
>|simply take charity from neighborhood friends to maintain
>|themselves peacefully. The bhatas are a class of brahmanas
>|who go to such ceremonies to offer blessings by composing
>|poems with references to the Vedic scriptures.
1084|Adi 13.107
1085|TEXT 107
1086|TEXT
1087|keba ase keba yaya, keba nace keba gaya,
1088|sambhalite nare kara bola
1089|khandileka duhkha-soka, pramoda-purita loka,
1090|misra haila anande vihvala
1091|SYNONYMS
1092|keba-who; ase-is coming; keba-who; yaya-is going; keba-who;
>|nace-is dancing; keba-who; gaya-is singing; sambhalite-to
>|understand; nare-cannot; kara-others; bola-language;
>|khandileka-dissipated; duhkha-unhappiness; soka-lamentation;
>| pramoda-jubilation; purita-full of; loka-all people; misra-
>|Jagannatha Misra; haila-became; anande-in happiness;
>|vihvala-overwhelmed.
1093|TRANSLATION
1094|No one could understand who was coming and who was going,
>|who was dancing and who was singing. Nor could they
>|understand one another's language. Yet all unhappiness and
>|lamentation were immediately dissipated, and people became
>|all-jubilant. Thus Jagannatha Misra was also overwhelmed
>|with joy.
1095|Adi 13.108
1096|TEXT 108
1097|TEXT
1098|acaryaratna, srivasa, jagannatha-misra-pasa,
1099|asi' tanre kare savadhana
1100|karaila jatakarma, ye achila vidhi-dharma,
1101|tabe misra kare nana dana
1102|SYNONYMS
1103|acaryaratna-Candrasekhara Acarya; srivasa-Srivasa Thakura;
>|jagannatha-misra pasa-at the house of Jagannatha Misra; asi'
>|-coming; tanre-unto him; kare-do; savadhana-attention;
>|karaila-executed; jata-karma-the auspicious ceremony at the
>|time of birth; ye-whatever; achila-there was; vidhi-dharma-
>|regulative principles of religion; tabe-at that time; misra-
>|Jagannatha Misra; kare-does; nana-varieties; dana-charities.
1104|TRANSLATION
1105|Candrasekhara Acarya and Srivasa Thakura both came to
>|Jagannatha Misra and drew his attention in various ways.
>|They performed the ritualistic ceremonies prescribed at the
>|time of birth according to religious principles. Jagannatha
>|Misra also gave varieties of charity.
1106|Adi 13.109
1107|TEXT 109
1108|TEXT
1109|yautuka paila yata, ghare va achila kata,
1110|saba dhana vipre dila dana
1111|yata nartaka, gayana, bhata, akincana jana,
1112|dhana diya kaila sabara mana
1113|SYNONYMS
1114|yautuka-presentation; paila-received; yata-as much as;
>|ghare-in the house; va-or; achila-there was; kata-whatever;
>|saba dhana-all riches; vipre-unto the brahmanas; dila-gave;
>|dana-in charity; yata-all; nartaka-dancers; gayana-singers;
>|bhata-blessers; akincana jana-poor men; dhana diya-giving
>|them riches; kaila-did; sabara-everyone's; mana-honor.
1115|TRANSLATION
1116|Whatever riches Jagannatha Misra collected in the form of
>|gifts and presentations, and whatever he had in his house,
>|he distributed among the brahmanas, professional singers,
>|dancers, bhatas and the poor. He honored them all by giving
>|them riches in charity.
1117|Adi 13.110
1118|TEXT 110
1119|TEXT
1120|srivasera brahmani, nama tanra 'malini',
1121|acaryaratnera patni-sange
1122|sindura, haridra, taila, kha-i, kala, narikela,
1123|diya puje narigana range
1124|SYNONYMS
1125|srivasera brahmani-the wife of Srivasa Thakura; nama-name;
>|tanra-her; malini-of the name Malini; acaryaratnera-of
>|Candrasekhara (Acaryaratna); patni-wife; sange-along with;
>|sindura-vermilion; haridra-turmeric; taila-oil; kha-i-fused
>|rice; kala-banana; narikela-coconut; diya-giving; puje-
>|worship; nari-gana-ladies; range-in a happy mood.
1126|TRANSLATION
1127|The wife of Srivasa Thakura, whose name was Malini,
>|accompanied by the wife of Candrasekhara [Acaryaratna] and
>|other ladies, came there in great happiness to worship the
>|baby with paraphernalia such as vermilion, turmeric, oil,
>|fused rice, bananas and coconuts.
1128|PURPORT
1129|Vermilion, kha-i (fused rice), bananas, coconuts and
>|turmeric mixed with oil are all auspicious gifts for such a
>|ceremony. As there is puffed rice, so there is another
>|preparation of rice called kha-i, or fused rice, which,
>|along with bananas, is taken as a very auspicious
>|presentation. Also, turmeric mixed with oil and vermilion
>|makes an auspicious ointment that is smeared over the body
>|of a newly born baby or a person who is going to marry.
>|These are all auspicious activities in family affairs. We
>|see that five hundred years ago at the birth of Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu all these ceremonies were performed
>|rigidly, but at present such ritualistic performances
>|hardly ever take place. Generally a pregnant mother is sent
>|to the hospital, and as soon as her child is born he is
>|washed with an antiseptic, and this concludes everything.
1130|Adi 13.111
1131|TEXT 111
1132|TEXT
1133|advaita-acarya-bharya, jagat-pujita arya,
1134|nama tanra 'sita thakurani'
1135|acaryera ajna pana, gela upahara lana,
1136|dekhite balaka-siromani
1137|SYNONYMS
1138|advaita-acarya-bharya-the wife of Advaita Acarya; jagat-
>|pujita-worshiped by the whole world; arya-the most advanced
>|cultured lady; nama-name; tanra-her; sita thakurani-mother
>|Sita; acaryera ajna pana-taking the order of Advaita Acarya;
>| gela-went; upahara-presentation; lana-taking; dekhite-to
>|see; balaka-the child; siromani-topmost.
1139|TRANSLATION
1140|One day shortly after Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu was born,
>|Advaita Acarya's wife, Sitadevi, who is worshipable by the
>|whole world, took her husband's permission and went to see
>|that topmost child with all kinds of gifts and presentations
1141|PURPORT
1142|It appears that Advaita Acarya had two different houses,
>|one at Santipura and one at Navadvipa. When Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu was born, Advaita Acarya was residing not at His
>|Navadvipa house but at His Santipura house. Therefore, as
>|formerly explained (text 99), from Advaita's old paternal
>|house in Santipura (nijalaya)Sita came to
>|Navadvipa to present gifts to the newly born child,
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
1143|Adi 13.112
1144|TEXT 112
1145|TEXT
1146|suvarnera kadi-ba-uli, rajatamudra-pasuli,
1147|suvarnera angada, kankana
1148|du-bahute divya sankha, rajatera malabanka,
1149|svarna-mudrara nana haragana
1150|SYNONYMS
1151|suvarnera-made of gold; kadi-ba-uli-bangles worn on the
>|hand; rajata-mudra-gold coins; pasuli-a kind of ornament
>|covering the foot; suvarnera-made of gold; angada-a kind of
>|ornament; kankana-another kind of ornament for the hand; du-
>|bahute-in two arms; divya-celestial; sankha-conchshell;
>|rajatera-made of gold; malabanka-bangles for the foot;
>|svarna-mudrara-made of gold; nana-varieties; hara-gana-
>|necklaces.
1152|TRANSLATION
1153|She brought different kinds of golden ornaments, including
>|bangles for the hand, armlets, necklaces and
>|anklets .
1154|Adi 13.113
1155|TEXT 113
1156|TEXT
1157|vyaghra-nakha hema-jadi, kati-pattasutra-dori
1158|hasta-padera yata abharana
1159|citra-varna patta-sadi, buni photo pattapadi,
1160|svarna-raupya-mudra bahu-dhana
1161|SYNONYMS
1162|vyaghra-nakha-tiger nails; hema-jadi-set in gold; kati-
>|pattasutra-dori-silken thread for the waist; hasta-padera-
>|of the hands and legs; yata-all kinds of; abharana-
>|ornaments; citra-varna-printed with varieties of colors;
>|patta-sadi-silken saris; buni-woven; photo-small jackets
>|for children; patta-padi-with embroidery of silk; svarna-
>|gold; raupya-silver; mudra-coins; bahu-dhana-all kinds of
>|riches.
1163|TRANSLATION
1164|There were also tiger nails set in gold, waist decorations
>|of silk and lace, ornaments for the hands and legs, nicely
>|printed silken saris and a child's garment, also made of
>|silk. Many other riches, including gold and silver coins,
>|were also presented to the child.
1165|PURPORT
1166|From the gifts presented by Sita Thakurani, Advaita Acarya'
>|s wife, it appears that Advaita Acarya was at that time a
>|very rich man. Although brahmanas are not the rich men of
>|society, Advaita Acarya, being the leader of the brahmanas
>|in Santipura, was considerably well-to-do. Therefore He
>|presented many ornaments to the baby, Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu. But Kamalakanta Visvasa's asking for three
>|hundred rupees from the King of Jagannatha Puri, Maharaja
>|Prataparudra, on the plea that Advaita Acarya was in debt
>|for that amount, indicates that such a rich man, who could
>|present many valuable ornaments, saris, etc., thought it
>|difficult to repay three hundred rupees. Therefore the
>|value of a rupee at that time was many thousands of times
>|greater than it is now. At the present, no one feels
>|difficulty over a debt of three hundred rupees, nor can an
>|ordinary man accumulate such valuable ornaments to present
>|to a friend's son. Probably the value of three hundred
>|rupees at that time was equal to the present value of
>|thirty thousand rupees.
1167|Adi 13.114
1168|TEXT 114
1169|TEXT
1170|durva, dhanya, gorocana, haridra, kunkuma, candana,
1171|mangala-dravya patra bhariya
1172|vastra-gupta dola cadi' sange lana dasi cedi,
1173|vastralankara petari bhariya
1174|SYNONYMS
1175|durva-fresh grass; dhanya-rice paddy; gorocana-a yellow
>|patch for the head of a cow; haridra-turmeric; kunkuma-a
>|kind of scent produced in Kashmir; candana-sandalwood;
>|mangala-dravya-auspicious things; patra bhariya-filling up
>|a dish; vastra-gupta-covered by cloth; dola-palanquin; cadi'
>|-riding; sange-along with; lana-taking; dasi-maidservant;
>|cedi-female attendants; vastra-alankara-ornaments and
>|clothes; petari-basket; bhariya-filled up.
1176|TRANSLATION
1177|Riding in a palanquin covered with cloth and accompanied by
>|maidservants, Sita Thakurani came to the house of
>|Jagannatha Misra, bringing with her many auspicious
>|articles such as fresh grass, paddy, gorocana, turmeric,
>|kunkuma and sandalwood. All these presentations filled a
>|large basket.
1178|PURPORT
1179|The words vastra-gupta dola are very significant in this
>|verse. Even fifty or sixty years ago in Calcutta, all
>|respectable ladies would go to a neighboring place riding
>|on a palanquin carried by four men. The palanquin was
>|covered with soft cotton, and in that way there was no
>|chance to see a respectable lady traveling in public.
>|Ladies, especially those coming from respectable families,
>|could not be seen by ordinary men. This system is still
>|current in remote places. The Sanskrit word asurya-pasya
>|indicates that a respectable lady could not be seen even by
>|the sun. In the oriental culture this system was very much
>|prevalent and was strictly observed by respectable ladies,
>|both Hindu and Muslim. We have actual experience in our
>|childhood that our mother would not go next door to
>|her house to observe an invitation by walking;
>|she would go in either a carriage or a palanquin carried by
>|four men. This custom was also strictly followed five
>|hundred years ago, and the wife of Advaita Acarya, being a
>|very respectable lady, observed the customary rules current
>|in that social environment.
1180|Adi 13.115
1181|TEXT 115
1182|TEXT
1183|bhaksya, bhojya, upahara, sange la-ila bahu bhara,
1184|saci-grhe haila upanita
1185|dekhiya balaka-thama, saksat gokula-kana,
1186|varna-matra dekhi viparita
1187|SYNONYMS
1188|bhaksya-foods; bhojya-fried foods; upahara-presentation;
>|sange-along with her; la-ila-took; bahu bhara-many packages;
>| saci-grhe-in the house of mother Saci; haila-was; upanita-
>|carried; dekhiya-seeing; balaka-thama-the feature of the
>|child; saksat-directly; gokula-kana-Lord Krsna of Gokula;
>|varna-matra-only the color; dekhi-seeing; viparita-opposite.
1189|TRANSLATION
1190|When Sita Thakurani came to the house of Sacidevi, bringing
>|with her many kinds of eatables, dresses and other gifts,
>|she was astonished to see the newly born child, for she
>|appreciated that except for a difference in color, the
>|child was directly Krsna of Gokula Himself.
1191|PURPORT
1192|A petari is a kind of big basket that is carried in pairs
>|on the ends of a rod balanced over the shoulders. The man
>|who carries such a load is called a bhari. This system of
>|carrying luggage and packages is still current in India and
>|other oriental countries, and we have seen that the same
>|system is still current even in Jakarta, Indonesia.
1193|Adi 13.116
1194|TEXT 116
1195|TEXT
1196|sarva anga-sunirmana, suvarna-pratima-bhana,
1197|sarva anga-sulaksanamaya
1198|balakera divya jyoti, dekhi' paila bahu priti,
1199|vatsalyete dravila hrdaya
1200|SYNONYMS
1201|sarva anga-all different parts of the body; sunirmana-well
>|constructed; suvarna-gold; pratima-form; bhana-like; sarva-
>|all; anga-parts of the body; sulaksana-maya-full of
>|auspicious signs; balakera-of the child; divya-
>|transcendental; jyoti-effulgence; dekhi'-seeing; paila-got;
>|bahu-much; priti-satisfaction; vatsalyete-by parental
>|affection; dravila-melted; hrdaya-her heart.
1202|TRANSLATION
1203|Seeing the transcendental bodily effulgence of the child,
>|each of His nicely constructed limbs full of auspicious
>|signs and resembling a form of gold, Sita Thakurani was
>|very much pleased, and because of her maternal affection,
>|she felt as if her heart were melting.
1204|Adi 13.117
1205|TEXT 117
1206|TEXT
1207|durva, dhanya, dila sirse, kaila bahu asise,
1208|cirajivi hao dui bhai
1209|dakini-sankhini haite, sanka upajila cite,
1210|dare nama thuila 'nimai'
1211|SYNONYMS
1212|durva-fresh grass; dhanya-paddy; dila-gave; sirse-on the
>|head; kaila-did; bahu-with much; asise-blessing; cira-jivi-
>|live long; hao-become; dui bhai-two brothers; dakini-
>|sankhini-ghosts and witches; haite-from; sanka-doubt;
>|upajila-grew; cite-in the heart; dare-out of fear; nama-
>|name; thuila-kept; nimai-Lord Caitanya's childhood name,
>|derived from the nima (nimba) tree.
1213|TRANSLATION
1214|She blessed the newly born child by placing fresh grass
>|and paddy on His head and saying, "May You be blessed with
>|a long duration of life." But being afraid of ghosts and
>|witches, she gave the child the name Nimai.
1215|PURPORT
1216|Dakini and Sankhini are two companions of Lord Siva and his
>|wife who are supposed to be extremely inauspicious, having
>|been born of ghostly life. It is believed that such
>|inauspicious living creatures cannot go near a nima tree.
>|At least medically it is accepted that nima wood is
>|extremely antiseptic, and formerly it was customary to have
>|a nima tree in front of one's house. On very large roads in
>|India, especially in Uttar Pradesh, there are hundreds and
>|thousands of nima trees. Nima wood is so antiseptic that
>|the Ayurvedic science uses it to cure leprosy. Medical
>|scientists have extracted the active principle of the nima
>|tree, which is called margosic acid. Nima is used for many
>|purposes, especially to brush the teeth. In Indian villages
>|ninety percent of the people use nima twigs for this
>|purpose. Because of all the antiseptic effects of the nima
>|tree and because Lord Caitanya was born beneath a nima tree,
>| Sita Thakurani gave the Lord the name Nimai. Later in His
>|youth He was celebrated as Nimai Pandita, and in the
>|neighborhood villages He was called by that name, although
>|His real name was Visvambhara.
1217|Adi 13.118
1218|TEXT 118
1219|TEXT
1220|putramata-snanadine, dila vastra vibhusane,
1221|putra-saha misrere sammani'
1222|saci-misrera puja lana, manete harisa hana,
1223|ghare aila sita thakurani
1224|SYNONYMS
1225|putra-mata-of the mother and child; snana-dine-on the day
>|of bathing; dila-gave; vastra-cloth; vibhusane-ornaments;
>|putra-saha-with the child; misrere-unto Jagannatha Misra;
>|sammani'-congratulating; saci-Sacidevi; misrera-Jagannatha
>|Misra; puja-honor; lana-receiving; manete-within the mind;
>|harisa-pleased; hana-becoming; ghare-home; aila-returned;
>|sita thakurani-mother Sita, wife of Advaita Acarya.
1226|TRANSLATION
1227|On the day the mother and son bathed and left the maternity
>|home, Sita Thakurani gave them all kinds of ornaments and
>|garments and then also honored Jagannatha Misra. Then Sita
>|Thakurani, being honored by mother Sacidevi and Jagannatha
>|Misra, was greatly happy within her mind, and thus she
>|returned home.
1228|PURPORT
1229|On the fifth day from the birth of a child, as also on the
>|ninth day, the mother bathes either in the Ganges or in
>|a sacred place. This is called niskramana, or the
>|ceremony of coming out of the maternity home. Nowadays the
>|maternity home is a hospital, but formerly in every
>|respectable house one room was set aside as a maternity
>|home where children would take birth, and on the ninth day
>|after the birth of a child the mother would come into the
>|regular rooms in the ceremony called niskramana. Of the ten
>|purificatory processes, niskramana is one. Formerly,
>|especially in Bengal, the higher castes observed four
>|months after the birth of a child as a quarantine. At the
>|end of the fourth month, the mother first had to see the
>|sun rise. Later the higher castes, namely , the brahmanas,
>|ksatriyas and vaisyas, observed only twenty-one days as a
>|quarantine, whereas the sudras had to observe thirty days.
>|For the sections of society known as kartabhaja and satima,
>|the mother of the child was immediately purified after the
>|quarantine by the throwing of hari-nuta, small pieces of
>|sweetmeat, in sankirtana. Sacidevi and Jagannatha Misra,
>|with the newly born child, were honored by Sita
>|Thakurani. Similarly, while Sita Thakurani was returning
>|home, she was also honored by Sacidevi and Jagannatha Misra.
>| That was the system in respectable families of Bengal.
1230|Adi 13.119
1231|TEXT 119
1232|TEXT
1233|aiche saci-jagannatha, putra pana laksminatha,
1234|purna ha-ila sakala vanchita
1235|dhana-dhanye bhare ghara, lokamanya kalevara,
1236|dine dine haya anandita
1237|SYNONYMS
1238|aiche-in that way; saci-jagannatha-mother Sacidevi and
>|Jagannatha Misra; putra-son; pana-having obtained; laksmi-
>|natha-personally the husband of the goddess of fortune;
>|purna-fulfilled; ha-ila-became; sakala-all; vanchita-
>|desires; dhana-dhanye-with riches and grains; bhare ghara-
>|the house filled up; loka-manya kalevara-the body beloved
>|by the people in general; dine dine-day after day; haya-
>|becomes; anandita-pleased.
1239|TRANSLATION
1240|In this way mother Sacidevi and Jagannatha Misra, having
>|obtained a son who was the husband of the goddess of
>|fortune, had all their desires fulfilled. Their house was
>|always filled with riches and grains. As they saw the
>|beloved body of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, day after day
>|their pleasure increased.
1241|PURPORT
1242|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead. Therefore everyone offered their respects to Him.
>|Even the denizens of heaven used to come in the dress of
>|ordinary men to offer their respect to the Lord. His father
>|and mother, Jagannatha Misra and Sacidevi, seeing the honor
>|of their transcendental son, also became very much pleased
>|within their hearts.
1243|Adi 13.120
1244|TEXT 120
1245|TEXT
1246|misra-vaisnava, santa, alampata, suddha, danta,
1247|dhana-bhoge nahi abhimana
1248|putrera prabhave yata, dhana asi' mile, tata,
1249|visnu-prite dvije dena dana
1250|SYNONYMS
1251|misra-Jagannatha Misra; vaisnava-a great devotee; santa-
>|peaceful; alampata-very regular; suddha-purified; danta-
>|controlled; dhana-bhoge-in the matter of enjoying material
>|happiness; nahi-there is no; abhimana-desire; putrera-of
>|their son; prabhave-by the influence; yata-all; dhana-
>|riches; asi'-coming; mile-gets; tata-so much so; visnu-
>|prite-for the satisfaction of Lord Visnu; dvije-to the
>|brahmanas; dena-gives; dana-charity.
1252|TRANSLATION
1253|Jagannatha Misra was an ideal Vaisnava. He was peaceful,
>|restrained in sense gratification, pure and controlled.
>|Therefore he had no desire to enjoy material opulence.
>|Whatever money came because of the influence of his
>|transcendental son, he gave it in charity to the brahmanas
>|for the satisfaction of Visnu.
1254|Adi 13.121
1255|TEXT 121
1256|TEXT
1257|lagna gani' harsamati, nilambara cakravarti,
1258|gupte kichu kahila misrere
1259|mahapurusera cihna, lagne ange bhinna bhinna,
1260|dekhi,-ei taribe samsare
1261|SYNONYMS
1262|lagna gani'-by astrological calculation of the birth moment;
>| harsa-mati-very pleased; nilambara cakravarti-of the name
>|Nilambara Cakravarti; gupte-in private; kichu-something;
>|kahila-said; misrere-unto Jagannatha Misra; maha-purusera
>|cihna-all the symptoms of a great personality; lagne-in the
>|birth moment; ange-on the body; bhinna bhinna-different;
>|dekhi-I see; ei-this child; taribe-shall deliver; samsare-
>|all the three worlds.
1263|TRANSLATION
1264|After calculating the birth moment of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, Nilambara Cakravarti privately said to
>|Jagannatha Misra that he saw all the different symptoms of
>|a great personality in both the body and birth moment of
>|the child. Thus he understood that in the future this child
>|would deliver all the three worlds.
1265|Adi 13.122
1266|TEXT 122
1267|TEXT
1268|aiche prabhu saci-ghare, krpaya kaila avatare,
1269|yei iha karaye sravana
1270|gaura-prabhu dayamaya, tanre hayena sadaya,
1271|sei paya tanhara carana
1272|SYNONYMS
1273|aiche-in this way; prabhu-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|saci-ghare-in the home of Sacidevi; krpaya-by His causeless
>|mercy; kaila-made; avatare-advent; yei-anyone who; iha-this;
>| karaye-does; sravana-hear; gaura-prabhu-Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; daya-maya-being very merciful; tanre-upon him;
>|hayena-becomes; sa-daya-merciful; sei-that person; paya-
>|gets; tanhara-His; carana-lotus feet.
1274|TRANSLATION
1275|In this way Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, out of His causeless
>|mercy, made His advent in the house of Sacidevi. Lord
>|Caitanya is very merciful to anyone who hears this
>|narration of His birth, and thus such a person attains the
>|lotus feet of the Lord.
1276|Adi 13.123
1277|TEXT 123
1278|TEXT
1279|paiya manusa janma, ye na sune gaura-guna,
1280|hena janma tara vyartha haila
1281|paiya amrtadhuni, piye visa-garta-pani,
1282|janmiya se kene nahi maila
1283|SYNONYMS
1284|paiya manusa janma-anyone who has gotten the form of a
>|human body; ye-who; na-does not; sune-hear; gaura-guna-the
>|qualities of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; hena janma-such a
>|birth; tara-his; vyartha haila-becomes useless; paiya-
>|getting the opportunity; amrtadhuni-of the river of nectar;
>|piye-drinks; visa-garta-pani-water in a poison pit of
>|material happiness; janmiya-taking birth as a human being;
>|se-he; kene-why; nahi-did not; maila-die.
1285|TRANSLATION
1286|Anyone who attains a human body but does not take to the
>|cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is baffled in his
>|opportunity. Amrtadhuni is a flowing river of the nectar of
>|devotional service. If after getting a human body one
>|drinks the water in a poison pit of material happiness
>|instead of the water of such a river, it would be better
>|for him not to have lived, but to have died long ago.
1287|PURPORT
1288|In this connection Srimat Prabodhananda Sarasvati has
>|composed the following verses in his Caitanya-candramrta (
>|37, 36, 34):
1289|acaitanyam idam visvam yadi caitanyam isvaram
1290|na viduh sarva-sastra-jna hy api bhramyanti te janah
1291|"This material world is without Krsna consciousness. Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna consciousness personified.
>|Therefore if a very learned scholar or scientist does not
>|understand Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, certainly he is
>|wandering uselessly in this world."
1292|prasarita-maha-prema-piyusa-rasa-sagare
1293|caitanya-candre prakate yo dino dina eva sah
1294|"A person who does not take advantage of the nectar of
>|devotional service overflowing during the presence of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu's cult is certainly the poorest of the
>|poor."
1295|avatirne gaura-candre vistirne prema-sagare
1296|suprakasita-ratnaughe yo dino dina eva sah
1297|"The advent of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu is just like an
>|expanding ocean of nectar. One who does not collect the
>|valuable jewels within this ocean is certainly the poorest
>|of the poor."
1298|Similarly, the Srimad-Bhagavatam (2.3.19, 20, 23) states:
1299|sva-vid-varahostra-kharaih
1300|samstutah purusah pasuh
1301|na yat-karna-pathopeto
1302|jatu nama gadagrajah
1303|bile batorukrama-vikraman ye
1304|na srnvatah karna-pute narasya
1305|jihvasati dardurikeva suta
1306|na copagayaty urugaya-gathah
1307|jivan chavo bhagavatanghri-renum
1308|na jatu martyo 'bhilabheta yas tu
1309|sri-visnu-padya manujas tulasyah
1310|svasan chavo yas tu na veda gandham
1311|"A person who has no connection with Krsna consciousness
>|may be a very great personality in so-called human society,
>|but actually he is no better than a great animal. Such big
>|animals are generally praised by other animals like dogs,
>|hogs camels and asses. A person who does not lend his aural
>|reception to hearing about the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead must be considered to have earholes like holes in a
>|field. Although that person has a tongue, it is like the
>|tongue of a frog, which unnecessarily creates a disturbance
>|by croaking, inviting the snake of death. Similarly, a
>|person who neither takes advantage of the dust of the lotus
>|feet of great devotees nor smells the tulasi leaves offered
>|to the lotus feet of the Lord must be considered dead even
>|though he is supposedly working."
1312|Similarly, the Srimad-Bhagavatam , Tenth Canto, Chapter One,
>| verse 4, states:
1313|nivrtta-tarsair upagiyamanad
1314|bhavausadhac chrotra-mano-'bhiramat
1315|ka uttamasloka-gunanuvadat
1316|puman virajyeta vina pasu-ghnat
1317|"Who but the animal-killer or the killer of the soul will
>|not care to hear glorification of the Supreme Personality
>|of Godhead? Such glorification is enjoyed by persons
>|liberated from the contamination of this material world."
1318|Similarly, in the Third Canto, Chapter Twenty-
>|three, verse 56 , the Bhagavatam says, na tirtha-
>|pada-sevayai jivann api mrto hi sah: "Although a person is
>|apparently living, if he does not serve the lotus feet of
>|great devotees he is to be considered a dead body."
1319|Adi 13.124
1320|TEXT 124
1321|TEXT
1322|sri-caitanya-nityananda, acarya advaitacandra,
1323|svarupa-rupa-raghunathadasa
1324|inha-sabara sri-carana, sire vandi nija-dhana,
1325|janma-lila gaila krsnadasa
1326|SYNONYMS
1327|sri-caitanya-nityananda-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and
>|Nityananda Prabhu; acarya advaitacandra-Acarya Sri
>|Advaitacandra; svarupa-rupa-raghunathadasa-Svarupa Damodara,
>| Rupa Gosvami and Raghunatha dasa Gosvami; inha-sabara-of
>|all of them; sri-carana-the lotus feet; sire-on the head;
>|vandi-offering respect; nija-dhana-personal property; janma-
>|lila-narration of the birth; gaila-sang; krsnadasa-
>|Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami.
1328|TRANSLATION
1329|Taking on my head as my own property the lotus feet of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Nityananda Prabhu, Acarya
>|Advaitacandra, Svarupa Damodara, Rupa Gosvami and
>|Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, I, Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami,
>|have thus described the advent of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
1330|PURPORT
1331|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Nityananda, Advaita Prabhu,
>|Svarupa Damodara, Rupa Gosvami, Raghunatha dasa and their
>|followers are all accepted by Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami.
>|Anyone who follows in the footsteps of Kaviraja Gosvami
>|also accepts the lotus feet of the above-mentioned lords as
>|his personal property. For a materialistic person, material
>|wealth and opulence are only illusory. Actually they are
>|not possessions but entanglements because by enjoying the
>|material world a conditioned soul becomes more and more
>|entangled by incurring debts for his present enjoyment.
>|Unfortunately, a conditioned soul considers property for
>|which he is in debt to be his own, and he is very busy
>|acquiring such property. But a devotee considers such
>|property not real property but simply an entanglement in
>|the material world. If Lord Krsna is very much pleased with
>|a devotee, He takes away his material property, as stated
>|in the Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.88.8) , where Lord Krsna
>|says, yasyaham anugrhnami harisye tad-dhanam sanaih. "To
>|show special favor to a devotee, I take away all his
>|material property." Similarly, Narottama dasa Thakura says:
1332|dhana mora nityananda, radha-krsna-sricarana
1333|sei mora pranadhana
1334|"My real riches are Nityananda Prabhu and the lotus feet of
>|Sri Radha and Krsna." He further prays, "O Lord, kindly
>|give me this opulence. I do not want anything but Your
>|lotus feet as my property." Srila Narottama dasa Thakura
>|has sung in many places that his real property is the lotus
>|feet of Radha and Krsna. Unfortunately we are interested
>|in unreal property and are neglecting our real property (
>|adhane yatana kari' dhana teyaginu).
1335|Sometimes smartas consider Raghunatha dasa Gosvami a sudra.
>|But Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami here especially mentions
>|svarupa-rupa-raghunathadasa. Therefore one who considers
>|the lotus feet of Raghunatha dasa to be transcendental to
>|all divisions of the caste system enjoys the riches of
>|actual spiritual bliss.
1336|Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Sri Caitanya-
>|caritamrta, Adi-lila, Thirteenth Chapter, describing the
>|advent of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
1337|