1|Madhya 9-1975: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Travels to
>|the Holy Places
2|Chapter 9
3|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places
4|A summary of the Ninth Chapter is given by Srila
>|Bhaktivinoda Thakura. After leaving Vidyanagara, Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu visited such places of pilgrimage as
>|Gautami-ganga, Mallikarjuna, Ahovala-nrsimha, Siddhavata,
>|Skanda-ksetra, Trimatha, Vrddhakasi, Bauddha-sthana,
>|Tirupati, Tirumala, Pana-nrsimha, Siva-kanci, Visnu-kanci,
>|Trikala-hasti, Vrddhakola, Siyali-bhairavi, Kaveri -
>|tira and Kumbhakarna-kapala.
5|Finally the Lord went to Sri Ranga-ksetra, where He
>|converted a brahmana named Venkata Bhatta, who, along with
>|his family, became a devotee of Krsna. After
>|leaving Sri Ranga, Caitanya Mahaprabhu reached Rsabha-
>|parvata, where He met Paramananda Puri, who later arrived
>|at Jagannatha Puri. Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then
>|proceeded farther, arriving at Setubandha Ramesvara. At Sri
>|Saila-parvata, the Lord met Lord Siva and his wife Durga in
>|the dress of a brahmana and brahmani. From there He went to
>|Kamakosthi-puri and later arrived at southern Mathura. A
>|brahmana devotee of Lord Ramacandra 's talked with Him.
>|Then the Lord took His bath in the river Krtamala. On the
>|hill known as Mahendra-saila, the Lord saw Parasurama. Then
>|the Lord went to Setubandha and took His bath at Dhanus-
>|tirtha. He also visited Ramesvara, where He collected some
>|papers connected with Sitadevi, whose illusory form was
>| kidnapped by Ravana. The Lord next visited the places
>|known as Pandya-desa, Tamraparni , Naya- tripadi,
>|Ciyadatala, Tila-kanci, Gajendra-moksana, Panagadi,
>|Camtapura, Sri Vaikuntha, Malaya-parvata and Kanya-kumari.
>|The Lord then met the Bhattatharis at Mallara-desa
>|and saved Kala Krsnadasa from their clutches. The Lord also
>|collected the Brahma-samhita, Fifth Chapter, on the banks
>|of the Payasvini River. He then visited Payasvini,
>|Srngavera-puri-matha and Matsya-tirtha. At the village of
>|Udupi He saw the Gopala Deity installed by Sri Madhvacarya.
>|He then defeated the Tattvavadis in sastric conversation.
>|The Lord next visited Phalgu-tirtha, Tritakupa, Pancapsara,
>|Surparaka and Kolapura. At Sri Rangapuri the Lord
>|received news of Sankararanya 's
>|disappearance . He then
>|went to the banks of the Krsnavenva River, where He
>|collected from among the Vaisnava brahmanas a book written
>|by Bilvamangala , Krsna-karnamrta. The Lord
>|then visited Tapti, Mahismati-pura, Narmada - tira and
>|Rsyamuka-parvata. He entered Dandakaranya and liberated
>|the seven palm trees. From there He visited a place known
>|as Pampa-sarovara and visited Pancavati, Nasika, Brahmagiri
>|and also the source of the Godavari River, Kusavarta. Thus
>|the Lord visited almost all the holy places in South India.
>|He finally returned to Jagannatha Puri by taking the same
>|route, after visiting Vidyanagara again.
6|Madhya 9.1
7|TEXT 1
8|TEXT
9|nana-mata-graha-grastan
10|daksinatya-jana-dvipan
11|krparina vimucyaitan
12|gauras cakre sa vaisnavan
13|SYNONYMS
14|nana-mata-by various philosophies; graha-like crocodiles;
>|grastan-captured; daksinatya-jana-the inhabitants of South
>|India; dvipan-like elephants; krpa-arina-by His disc of
>|mercy; vimucya-liberating; etan-all these; gaurah-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; cakre-converted; sah-He; vaisnavan-to
>|the Vaisnava cult.
15|TRANSLATION
16|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu converted the inhabitants of
>|South India. These people were as strong as elephants, but
>|they were in the clutches of the crocodiles of various
>|philosophies, such as the Buddhist, Jain and Mayavada
>|philosophies. With His disc of mercy the Lord delivered
>|them all by converting them into Vaisnavas, devotees of the
>|Lord.
17|PURPORT
18|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's converting the people of South
>|India into Vaisnavas is compared herein to Lord Visnu's
>|delivering Gajendra the elephant from the attack of a
>|crocodile. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu visited southern
>|India, almost all the residents were within the jaws of the
>|crocodiles of Buddhist, Jain and Mayavada philosophy. Here
>|Kaviraja Gosvami states that although these people were as
>|strong as elephants, they were almost in the clutches of
>|death because they were being attacked by the crocodiles of
>|various philosophies. However, as Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu in the form of Visnu mercifully saved the
>|elephant Gajendra from the clutches of a crocodile, so He
>|saved all the people of South India from the clutches of
>|various philosophies by converting them into Vaisnavas.
19|Madhya 9.2
20|TEXT 2
21|TEXT
22|jaya jaya sri-caitanya jaya nityananda
23|jayadvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda
24|SYNONYMS
25|jaya jaya-all glories; sri-caitanya-to Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; jaya-all glories; nityananda-unto Nityananda
>|Prabhu; jaya advaita-candra-all glories to Advaita Prabhu;
>|jaya-all glories; gaura-bhakta-vrnda-to the devotees of
>|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
26|TRANSLATION
27|All glories to Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu! All glories to
>|Lord Nityananda Prabhu! All glories to Sri Advaita Prabhu!
>|And all glories to the devotees of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu!
28|Madhya 9.3
29|TEXT 3
30|TEXT
31|daksina-gamana prabhura ati vilaksana
32|sahasra sahasra tirtha kaila darasana
33|SYNONYMS
34|daksina-gamana-touring in South India; prabhura-of the Lord;
>| ati-very; vilaksana-extraordinary; sahasra sahasra-
>|thousands and thousands; tirtha-holy places; kaila-did;
>|darasana-visit.
35|TRANSLATION
36|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's tour of South India was certainly
>|very extraordinary because He visited many thousands of
>|places of pilgrimage there.
37|Madhya 9.4
38|TEXT 4
39|TEXT
40|sei saba tirtha sparsi' maha-tirtha kaila
41|sei chale sei desera loka nistarila
42|SYNONYMS
43|sei saba-all those; tirtha-holy places; sparsi'-touching;
>|maha-tirtha-into great places of pilgrimage; kaila-made
>|them; sei chale-under that plea; sei desera-of those
>|countries; loka-the people; nistarila-He delivered.
44|TRANSLATION
45|On the plea of visiting all those holy places, the Lord
>|converted many thousands of residents and thus delivered
>|them. Simply by touching the holy places, He made them into
>|great places of pilgrimage.
46|PURPORT
47|It is said: tirthi-kurvanti tirthani. A tirtha, or holy
>|place, is a place where great saintly personalities visit
>|or reside. Although the holy places were already places of
>|pilgrimage, they were all purified by Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu's visit. Many people go to these holy places and
>|leave their sinful activities there, thus becoming free
>|from contamination. When these contaminations pile up, they
>|are counteracted by the visit of great personalities like
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His strict followers. Many
>|kinds of patients come to a hospital, which may be infected
>|by many types of disease. Actually the hospital is always
>|infected, but the expert physician keeps the hospital
>|sterilized by his expert presence and management. Similarly,
>| places of pilgrimage are always infected by the sins left
>|by the sinners who go there, but when a personality like
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu visits such a place, all
>|contaminations vanish.
48|Madhya 9.5
49|TEXT 5
50|TEXT
51|sei saba tirthera krama kahite na pari
52|daksina-vame tirtha-gamana haya pherapheri
53|SYNONYMS
54|sei saba-all those; tirthera-of holy places; krama-the
>|chronological order; kahite-to tell of; na pari-I am unable;
>| daksina-vame-left and right; tirtha-gamana-visiting the
>|holy places; haya-is; pherapheri-going and coming back
55|TRANSLATION
56|I cannot chronologically record all the places of
>|pilgrimage visited by Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. I can
>|only summarize everything by saying that the Lord visited
>|all holy places right and left, coming and going.
57|Madhya 9.6
58|TEXT 6
59|TEXT
60|ataeva nama-matra kariye ganana
61|kahite na pari tara yatha anukrama
62|SYNONYMS
63|ataeva-therefore; nama-matra-only as a token record; kariye
>|ganana-I count; kahite-to tell; na pari-I am unable; tara-
>|of that; yatha-as; anukrama-chronological order.
64|TRANSLATION
65|Because it is impossible for me to record all these places
>|in chronological order, I simply make a token gesture
>|of recording them.
66|Madhya 9.7-8
67|TEXTS 7-8
68|TEXT
69|purvavat pathe yaite ye paya darasana
70|yei grame yaya, se gramera yata jana
71|sabei vaisnava haya, kahe 'krsna' 'hari'
72|anya grama nistaraye sei 'vaisnava' kari'
73|SYNONYMS
74|purva-vat-as done previously; pathe-on the way; yaite-while
>|going; ye-anyone who; paya-gets; darasana-audience; yei-
>|which; grame-in the village; yaya-Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu goes; se-that; gramera-of the village; yata-all;
>|jana-people; sabei-all of them; vaisnava haya-become
>|devotees; kahe-say; krsna hari-the holy names of Lord Krsna
>|and Hari; anya grama-other villages; nistaraye-delivers;
>|sei-He; vaisnava-devotees; kari'-making.
75|TRANSLATION
76|As previously stated, all the residents of the villages
>|visited by Lord Caitanya became Vaisnavas and began to
>|chant "Hari " and "Krsna. " In this way, in all the
>|villages visited by the Lord, everyone became a Vaisnava, a
>|devotee.
77|PURPORT
78|The holy names of Krsna and Hari, or the chanting of the
>|Hare Krsna maha-mantra, are so spiritually powerful that
>|even today, as our preachers go to remote parts of the
>|world, people immediately begin chanting Hare Krsna. Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu was the Supreme Personality of Godhead
>|Himself. There cannot be anyone who can compare to Him or
>|His potencies. However, because we are following in His
>|footsteps and are also chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra,
>|the effect is almost as potent as during the time of Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Our preachers mainly belong to
>|European and American countries, yet by the grace of Lord
>|Caitanya they have tremendous success wherever they go to
>|open branches. Indeed, everywhere people are very seriously
>|chanting Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare
>|Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
79|Madhya 9.9
80|TEXT 9
81|TEXT
82|daksina desera loka aneka prakara
83|keha jnani, keha karmi, pasandi apara
84|SYNONYMS
85|daksina desera-of South India; loka-people; aneka-many;
>|prakara-varieties; keha-someone; jnani-philosophical
>|speculator; keha-someone; karmi-fruitive worker; pasandi-
>|nondevotees; apara-innumerable.
86|TRANSLATION
87|In South India there were many types of people. Some were
>|philosophical speculators, and some were fruitive workers,
>|but in any case there were innumerable nondevotees.
88|Madhya 9.10
89|TEXT 10
90|TEXT
91|sei saba loka prabhura darsana-prabhave
92|nija-nija-mata chadi' ha-ila vaisnave
93|SYNONYMS
94|sei saba loka-all those people; prabhura-of Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; darsana-prabhave-by the influence of
>|His visit; nija-nija-their own; mata-opinion; chadi'-giving
>|up; ha-ila-became; vaisnave-devotees.
95|TRANSLATION
96|By the influence of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, all these
>|people abandoned their own opinions and became Vaisnavas,
>|devotees of Krsna.
97|Madhya 9.11
98|TEXT 11
99|TEXT
100|vaisnavera madhye rama-upasaka saba
101|keha 'tattvavadi', keha haya 'sri-vaisnava'
102|SYNONYMS
103|vaisnavera madhye-amongst Vaisnavas; rama-upasaka saba-all
>|worshipers of Lord Sri Ramacandra; keha-someone; tattva-
>|vadi-followers of Madhvacarya; keha-someone; haya-is; sri-
>|vaisnava-devotees following the disciplic succession of Sri
>|Ramanujacarya
104|TRANSLATION
105|At the time, all the South Indian Vaisnavas were worshipers
>|of Lord Ramacandra. Some were Tattvavadis, and some were
>|followers of Ramanujacarya.
106|PURPORT
107|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura points out that the
>|word "Tattvavadi" refers to the followers of Srila
>|Madhvacarya. To distinguish his disciplic succession from
>|the Mayavadi followers of Sankaracarya, Srila Madhvacarya
>|named his party the Tattvavadis. Impersonal monists are
>|always attacked by these Tattvavadis, who attempt to defeat
>|their philosophy of impersonalism. Generally, they
>|establish the supremacy of the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead. Actually the disciplic succession of Madhvacarya
>|is known as the Brahma Vaisnava sect; that is the sect
>|coming down from Lord Brahma. Consequently the Tattvavadis,
>|or followers of Madhvacarya, do not accept the incident of
>|Lord Brahma's illusion, which is recorded in the Tenth
>|Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam. Srila Madhvacarya has
>|purposefully avoided commenting on that portion of Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam in which brahma-mohana, the illusion of Lord
>|Brahma, is mentioned. Srila Madhavendra Puri was one of the
>|acaryas in the Tattvavada disciplic succession, and he
>|established the ultimate goal of transcendentalism to be
>|attainment of pure devotional service, love of Godhead.
>|Those Vaisnavas belonging to the Gaudiya-sampradaya, the
>|disciplic succession following Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, are
>|distinct from the Tattvavadis, although they belong to the
>|same Tattvavada-sampradaya. The followers of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu are therefore known as the Madhva-Gaudiya-
>|sampradaya.
108|The word pasandi refers to those who are opposed to pure
>|devotional service. In particular, these are the Mayavadis,
>|the impersonalists. A definition of pasandi is given in the
>|Hari-bhakti-vilasa (1.73), wherein it is stated:
109|yas tu narayanam devam
110|brahma- rudradi - daivataih
111|samatvenaiva vikseta
112|sa pasandi bhaved dhruvam
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113|A
>| pasandi
>| is one
>| who
>|thinks that the Supreme Lord Narayana
>|,
>|
>|the Personality of Godhead ,
>|is on the same level with the
>|demigods , headed by Lord Brahma and
>| Lord Siva
>|. the devotee never
>|considers Lord Narayana to be on the
>|same platform with Lord Brahma and Lord
>|Siva. The Madhvacarya - sampradaya
>| and Ramanuja -sampradaya are
>| mainly worshipers of
>|Lord Ramacandra, although the Sri
>|Vaisnavas are supposed to be worshipers of
>|Lord Narayana and Laksmi and
>| the
>|Tattvavadis are supposed
>| to be worshipers of Lord
>|
>|Krsna . At present
>|, in most
>|
>| of the monasteries
>|belonging to the Madhva-
>|sampradaya , Lord Ramacandra is
>|worshiped .
114|In the book known as Adhyatma-ramayana, there are
>|statements in Chapters Twelve to Fifteen about the worship
>|of the Deities Sri Ramacandra and Sita. There it is stated
>|that during Lord Ramacandra's time there was a brahmana who
>|took a vow to fast until he saw Lord Ramacandra. Sometimes,
>|due to business, Lord Ramacandra was absent from His
>|capital for a full week and could not be seen by citizens
>|during that time. Because of his vow, the brahmana could
>|not take even a drop of water during that week. Later,
>|after eight or nine days, when the brahmana could see Lord
>|Ramacandra personally, he would break his fast. Upon
>|observing the brahmana's rigid vow, Lord Sri Ramacandra
>|ordered His younger brother Laksmana to deliver a pair of
>|Sita-Rama Deities to the brahmana. The brahmana received
>|the Deities from Sri Laksmanaji and worshiped Them
>|faithfully as long as he lived. At the time of his death,
>|he delivered the Deities to Sri Hanumanji, who, for many
>|years, hung Them around his neck and served Them with all
>|devotion. After many years, when Hanumanji departed on the
>|hill known as Gandha-madana, he delivered the Deities to
>|Bhimasena, one of the Pandavas, and Bhimasena brought Them
>|to his palace, where he kept Them very carefully. The last
>|king of the Pandavas, Ksemakanta, worshiped the Deities in
>|that palace. Later, the same Deities were kept in the
>|custody of the kings of Orissa known as Gajapatis. One of
>|the acaryas, known as Narahari Tirtha, who was in the
>|disciplic succession of Madhvacarya, received these Deities
>|from the King of Orissa.
115|It may be noted that these particular Deities of Rama and
>|Sita have been worshiped from the time of King Iksvaku.
>|Indeed, they were worshiped by the royal princes even
>|before the appearance of Lord Ramacandra. Later, during
>|Lord Ramacandra's presence, the Deities were worshiped by
>|Laksmana. It is said that just three months before his
>|disappearance, Sri Madhvacarya received these Deities and
>|installed them in the Udupi temple. Since then the Deities
>|have been worshiped by the Madhvacarya-sampradaya at that
>|monastery. As far as the Sri Vaisnavas are concerned,
>|beginning with Ramanujacarya, they also worshiped Deities
>|of Sita-Rama. Sita-Rama Deities are also being worshiped in
>|Tirupati and other places. From the Sri Ramanuja-sampradaya
>|there is another branch known as Ramanandi or Ramat, and
>|the followers of that branch also worship Deities of Sita-
>|Rama very rigidly. The Ramanuja-sampradaya Vaisnavas prefer
>|the worship of Lord Ramacandra to that of Radha-Krsna.
116|Madhya 9.12
117|TEXT 12
118|TEXT
119|sei saba vaisnava mahaprabhura darsane
120|krsna-upasaka haila, laya krsna-name
121|SYNONYMS
122|sei saba-all those; vaisnava-devotees; mahaprabhura-of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; darsane-by seeing; krsna-upasaka-
>|devotees of Lord Krsna; haila-became; laya-took; krsna-name-
>|the holy name of Lord Krsna.
123|TRANSLATION
124|After meeting Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, all those different
>|Vaisnavas became devotees of Krsna and began chanting the
>|Hare Krsna maha-mantra.
125|Madhya 9.13
126|TEXT 13
127|TEXT
128|rama! raghava! rama! raghava! rama! raghava! pahi mam
129|krsna! kesava! krsna! kesava! krsna! kesava! raksa mam
130|SYNONYMS
131|rama-O Rama; raghava-O descendant of Raghu; pahi-please
>|protect; mam-me; krsna-O Krsna; kesava-O killer of Kesi;
>|raksa-protect; mam-me.
132|TRANSLATION
133|" 'O Lord Ramacandra, descendant of Maharaja Raghu, kindly
>|protect me! O Lord Krsna, killer of the Kesi demon, kindly
>|protect me!' "
134|Madhya 9.14
135|TEXT 14
136|TEXT
137|ei sloka pathe padi' karila prayana
138|gautami-gangaya yai' kaila ganga-snana
139|SYNONYMS
140|ei sloka-this Sanskrit verse; pathe-on the way; padi'-
>|reciting; karila-did; prayana-going; gautami-gangaya-to the
>|bank of the Gautami-ganga; yai'-going; kaila-did; ganga-
>|snana-bathing in the Ganges.
141|TRANSLATION
142|While walking on the road, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to
>|chant this Rama Raghava mantra. Chanting in this way, He
>|arrived at the banks of the Gautami-ganga and took His bath
>|there.
143|PURPORT
144|The Gautami-ganga is another branch of the river Godavari.
>|Formerly a great sage named Gautama Rsi used to live on the
>|bank of this river opposite the city of Rajamahendri, and
>|consequently this branch was called the Gautami-ganga.
145|Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura says that Srila Kaviraja Gosvami
>|has recorded the names of the holy places visited by Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu but that there is no chronological
>|order of the places visited. However, there is a notebook
>|of Govinda dasa's containing a chronological order and
>|references to geographical positions. Srila Bhaktivinoda
>|Thakura requests the readers to refer to that book.
>|According to Govinda dasa, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to
>|Trimanda from the Gautami-ganga. From there He went to
>|Dhundirama-tirtha, another place of pilgrimage. According
>|to this book, after visiting the Gautami-
>|ganga, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to Mallikarjuna-tirtha.
146|Madhya 9.15
147|TEXT 15
148|TEXT
149|mallikarjuna-tirthe yai' mahesa dekhila
150|tahan saba loke krsna-nama laoyaila
151|SYNONYMS
152|mallikarjuna-tirthe-to the holy place known as Mallikarjuna;
>| yai'-going; mahesa-the deity of Lord Siva; dekhila-He saw;
>|tahan-there; saba loke-all the people; krsna-nama-Lord
>|Krsna's holy name; laoyaila-He induced to chant.
153|TRANSLATION
154|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then went to Mallikarjuna-tirtha
>|and saw the deity of Lord Siva there. He also induced all
>|the people to chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra.
155|PURPORT
156|Mallikarjuna is also known as Sri Saila. It is situated
>|about seventy miles south of Karnula on the
>|right bank of the Krsna River. There are great walls all
>|around the village, and within the walls resides the deity
>|known as Mallikarjuna. It is a deity of Lord Siva and is
>|one of the Jyotirlingas .
157|Madhya 9.16
158|TEXT 16
159|TEXT
160|ramadasa mahadeve karila darasana
161|ahovala-nrsimhere karila gamana
162|SYNONYMS
163|rama-dasa-Ramadasa; maha-deve-of Mahadeva; karila-did;
>|darasana-seeing; ahovala-nrsimhere-to Ahovala-nrsimha;
>|karila-did; gamana-going.
164|TRANSLATION
165|There he saw Lord Mahadeva [Siva], the servant of Lord Rama.
>| He then went to Ahovala-nrsimha.
166|Madhya 9.17
167|TEXT 17
168|TEXT
169|nrsimha dekhiya tanre kaila nati-stuti
170|siddhavata gela yahan murti sitapati
171|SYNONYMS
172|nrsimha dekhiya-after seeing the Lord Nrsimha Deity; tanre-
>|unto Him; kaila-did; nati-stuti-offering of various prayers;
>| siddhavata-to Siddhavata; gela-He went; yahan-where; murti-
>|the Deity; sita-pati-Lord Ramacandra.
173|TRANSLATION
174|After seeing the Ahovala-nrsimha Deity, Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|offered many prayers unto the Lord. He then went to
>|Siddhavata, where He saw the Deity of Ramacandra, the Lord
>|of Sitadevi.
175|PURPORT
176|Siddhavata, also known as Sidhauta, is ten miles east of
>|the village Kudapa. Previously this place was also known
>|as southern Benares. There is a great banyan tree
>|there, and it is therefore known as Siddhavata. Vata means
>|banyan tree.
177|Madhya 9.18
178|TEXT 18
179|TEXT
180|raghunatha dekhi' kaila pranati stavana
181|tahan eka vipra prabhura kaila nimantrana
182|SYNONYMS
183|raghu-natha dekhi'-after seeing Lord Ramacandra, the
>|descendant of Maharaja Raghu; kaila-offered; pranati-
>|obeisances; stavana-prayers; tahan-there; eka-one; vipra-
>|brahmana; prabhura-to Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kaila-
>|did; nimantrana-invitation.
184|TRANSLATION
185|After seeing the Deity of Lord Ramacandra, the descendant
>|of King Raghu, the Lord offered His prayers and obeisances.
>|Then a brahmana invited the Lord to take lunch.
186|Madhya 9.19
187|TEXT 19
188|TEXT
189|sei vipra rama-nama nirantara laya
190|'rama''rama' vina anya vani na kahaya
191|SYNONYMS
192|sei vipra-that brahmana; rama-nama-the holy name of Lord
>|Ramacandra; nirantara-constantly; laya-chants; rama rama-
>|the holy names Rama Rama; vina-without; anya-other; vani-
>|vibration; na-does not; kahaya-speak.
193|TRANSLATION
194|That brahmana constantly chanted the holy name of
>|Ramacandra. Indeed, but for chanting Lord Ramacandra's holy
>|name, that brahmana did not speak a word.
195|Madhya 9.20
196|TEXT 20
197|TEXT
198|sei dina tanra ghare rahi' bhiksa kari'
199|tanre krpa kari' age calila gaurahari
200|SYNONYMS
201|sei dina-on that day; tanra ghare-the house of that
>|brahmana; rahi'-staying; bhiksa kari'-accepting prasada;
>|tanre-unto him; krpa kari'-showing mercy; age-ahead; calila-
>|departed; gaura-hari-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
202|TRANSLATION
203|That day, Lord Caitanya remained there and accepted
>|prasada at his house. After bestowing mercy upon him in
>|this way, the Lord proceeded ahead.
204|Madhya 9.21
205|TEXT 21
206|TEXT
207|skanda-ksetra-tirthe kaila skanda darasana
208|trimatha aila, tahan dekhi' trivikrama
209|SYNONYMS
210|skanda-ksetra-tirthe-in the holy place known as Skanda-
>|ksetra; kaila-did; skanda darasana-visiting Lord Skanda (
>|Karttikeya, son of Lord Siva); trimatha-at Trimatha; aila-
>|arrived; tahan-there; dekhi'-seeing; trivikrama-a form of
>|Lord Visnu, Trivikrama.
211|TRANSLATION
212|At the holy place known as Skanda-ksetra, Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu visited the temple of Skanda. From there He went
>|to Trimatha, where He saw the Visnu Deity Trivikrama.
213|Madhya 9.22
214|TEXT 22
215|TEXT
216|punah siddhavata aila sei vipra-ghare
217|sei vipra krsna-nama laya nirantare
218|SYNONYMS
219|punah-again; siddha-vata-to the place known as Siddhavata;
>|aila-returned; sei-that; vipra-ghare-in the house of the
>|brahmana; sei vipra-that brahmana; krsna-nama-the holy name
>|of Lord Krsna; laya-chants; nirantare-constantly.
220|TRANSLATION
221|After visiting the temple of Trivikrama, the Lord returned
>|to Siddhavata, where He again visited the house of the
>|brahmana, who was now constantly chanting the Hare Krsna
>|maha-mantra.
222|Madhya 9.23
223|TEXT 23
224|TEXT
225|bhiksa kari' mahaprabhu tanre prasna kaila
226|' 'kaha vipra, ei tomara kon dasa haila
227|SYNONYMS
228|bhiksa kari'-after accepting lunch; mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; tanre-unto him; prasna kaila-asked a question;
>|kaha vipra-My dear brahmana friend, please say; ei-this;
>|tomara-your; kon-what; dasa-situation; haila-became.
229|TRANSLATION
230|After finishing His lunch there, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|asked the brahmana, "My dear friend, kindly tell Me what
>|your position is now.
231|Madhya 9.24
232|TEXT 24
233|TEXT
234|purve tumi nirantara laite rama-nama
235|ebe kene nirantara lao krsna-nama' '
236|SYNONYMS
237|purve-formerly; tumi-you; nirantara-constantly; laite-used
>|to chant; rama-nama-the holy name of Lord Ramacandra; ebe-
>|now; kene-why; nirantara-constantly; lao-you chant; krsna-
>|nama-the holy name of Krsna.
238|TRANSLATION
239|"Formerly you were constantly chanting the holy name of
>|Lord Rama. Why are you now constantly chanting the holy
>|name of Krsna?"
240|Madhya 9.25
241|TEXT 25
242|TEXT
243|vipra bale,-ei tomara darsana-prabhave
244|toma dekhi' gela mora ajanma svabhave
245|SYNONYMS
246|vipra bale-the brahmana replied; ei-this; tomara darsana-
>|prabhave-by the influence of Your visit; toma dekhi'-after
>|seeing You; gela-went; mora-my; a-janma-from childhood;
>|svabhave-nature.
247|TRANSLATION
248|The brahmana replied, "This is all due to Your influence,
>|sir. After seeing You, I have lost my lifelong practice.
249|Madhya 9.26
250|TEXT 26
251|TEXT
252|balyavadhi rama-nama-grahana amara
253|toma dekhi' krsna-nama aila eka-bara
254|SYNONYMS
255|balya-avadhi-since the days of my childhood; rama-nama-
>|grahana-chanting the holy name of Lord Ramacandra; amara-my;
>| toma dekhi'-upon seeing You; krsna-nama-the holy name of
>|Lord Krsna; aila-came; eka-bara-once only.
256|TRANSLATION
257|"From my childhood I have been chanting the holy name of
>|Lord Ramacandra, but upon seeing You I chanted the holy
>|name of Lord Krsna just once.
258|Madhya 9.27
259|TEXT 27
260|TEXT
261|sei haite krsna-nama jihvate vasila
262|krsna-nama sphure, rama-nama dure gela
263|SYNONYMS
264|sei haite-since that time; krsna-nama-the holy name of Lord
>|Krsna; jihvate-on the tongue; vasila-was seated tightly;
>|krsna-nama-the holy name of Lord Krsna; sphure-
>|automatically comes; rama-nama-the holy name of Lord
>|Ramacandra; dure-far away; gela-went.
265|TRANSLATION
266|"Since then, the holy name of Krsna has been tightly fixed
>|upon my tongue. Indeed, since I have been chanting the holy
>|name of Krsna, the holy name of Lord Ramacandra has gone
>|far away.
267|Madhya 9.28
268|TEXT 28
269|TEXT
270|balya-kala haite mora svabhava eka haya
271|namera mahima-sastra kariye sancaya
272|SYNONYMS
273|balya-kala haite-from my childhood; mora-my; svabhava-
>|practice; eka-one; haya-there is; namera-of the holy name;
>|mahima-concerning the glories; sastra-the revealed
>|scriptures; kariye sancaya-I collect.
274|TRANSLATION
275|"From my childhood I have been practicing this chanting and
>|have been collecting the glories of the holy name from
>|revealed scriptures.
276|Madhya 9.29
277|TEXT 29
278|TEXT
279|ramante yogino 'nante
280|satyanande cid-atmani
281|iti rama-padenasau
282|param brahmabhidhiyate
283|SYNONYMS
284|ramante-take pleasure; yoginah-transcendentalists; anante-
>|in the unlimited; satya-anande-real pleasure; cit-atmani-in
>|spiritual existence; iti-thus; rama-Rama; padena-by the
>|word; asau-He; param-supreme; brahma-truth; abhidhiyate-is
>|called.
285|TRANSLATION
286|" 'The Supreme Absolute Truth is called Rama because the
>|transcendentalists take pleasure in the unlimited true
>|pleasure of spiritual existence.'
287|PURPORT
288|This is the eighth verse of the Sata-nama-stotra of Lord
>|Ramacandra, which is found in the Padma Purana.
289|Madhya 9.30
290|TEXT 30
291|TEXT
292|krsir bhu-vacakah sabdo
293|nas ca nirvrti-vacakah
294|tayor aikyam param brahma
295|krsna ity abhidhiyate
296|SYNONYMS
297|krsih-the verbal root krs; bhu-attractive existence;
>|vacakah-signifying; sabdah-word; nah-the syllable na; ca-
>|and; nirvrti-spiritual pleasure; vacakah-indicating; tayoh-
>|of both; aikyam-amalgamation; param-supreme; brahma-
>|Absolute Truth; krsnah-Lord Krsna; iti-thus; abhidhiyate-is
>|called.
298|TRANSLATION
299|" 'The word "krs" is the attractive feature of the Lord's
>|existence, and "na" means spiritual pleasure. When the verb
>|"krs" is added to the affix "na," it becomes "Krsna," which
>|indicates the Absolute Truth.'
300|PURPORT
301|This is a verse from the Mahabharata (Udyoga-parva 71.4).
302|Madhya 9.31
303|TEXT 31
304|TEXT
305|param brahma dui-nama samana ha-ila
306|punah ara sastre kichu visesa paila
307|SYNONYMS
308|param brahma-the Absolute Truth; dui-nama-two names (Rama
>|and Krsna); samana-on an equal level; ha-ila-were; punah-
>|again; ara-further; sastre-in revealed scriptures; kichu-
>|some; visesa-specification; paila-is found.
309|TRANSLATION
310|"As far as the holy names of Rama and Krsna are concerned,
>|they are on an equal level, but for further advancement we
>|receive some specific information from revealed
>|scriptures.
311|Madhya 9.32
312|TEXT 32
313|TEXT
314|rama rameti rameti
315|rame rame manorame
316|sahasra-namabhis tulyam
317|rama-nama varanane
318|SYNONYMS
319|rama-Rama; rama-Rama; iti-thus; rama-Rama; iti-thus; rame-I
>|enjoy; rame-in the holy name of Rama; manah-rame-most
>|beautiful; sahasra-namabhih-with the one thousand names;
>|tulyam-equal; rama-nama-the holy name of Rama; vara-anane-O
>|lovely-faced woman.
320|TRANSLATION
321|" 'Lord Siva addressed his wife Durga as Varanana
>|and explained, "I chant the holy name of Rama, Rama, Rama
>|and thus enjoy this beautiful sound. This holy name of
>|Ramacandra is equal to one thousand holy names of Lord
>|Visnu. "'
322|PURPORT
323|This is a verse from the Brhad-visnu-sahasranama-stotra in
>|the Uttara-khanda of the Padma Purana (72.335).
324|Madhya 9.33
325|TEXT 33
326|TEXT
327|sahasra-namnam punyanam
328|trir-avrttya tu yat phalam
329|ekavrttya tu krsnasya
330|namaikam tat prayacchati
331|SYNONYMS
332|sahasra-namnam-of one thousand names; punyanam-holy; trih-
>|avrttya-by thrice chanting; tu-but; yat-which; phalam-
>|result; eka-avrttya-by one repetition; tu-but; krsnasya-of
>|Lord Krsna; nama-holy name; ekam-only one; tat-that result;
>|prayacchati-gives.
333|TRANSLATION
334|" 'The pious results derived from chanting the thousand
>|holy names of Visnu three times can be attained by only one
>|utterance of the holy name of Krsna.'
335|PURPORT
336|This verse from the Brahmanda Purana is found in the Laghu-
>|bhagavatamrta (1.5.354), by Rupa Gosvami. Simply by
>|chanting the name of Krsna once, one can attain the same
>|results achieved by chanting the holy name of Rama three
>|times.
337|Madhya 9.34
338|TEXT 34
339|TEXT
340|ei vakye krsna-namera mahima apara
341|tathapi la-ite nari, suna hetu tara
342|SYNONYMS
343|ei vakye-in this statement; krsna-namera-of the holy name
>|of Krsna; mahima-glories; apara-unlimited; tathapi-still;
>|la-ite-to chant; nari-I am unable; suna-just hear; hetu-the
>|reason; tara-of that.
344|TRANSLATION
345|"According to this statement of the sastras, the glories of
>|the holy name of Krsna are unlimited. Still I could not
>|chant His holy name. Please hear the reason for this.
346|Madhya 9.35
347|TEXT 35
348|TEXT
349|ista-deva rama, tanra name sukha pai
350|sukha pana rama-nama ratri-dina gai
351|SYNONYMS
352|ista-deva-my worshipable Lord; rama-Lord Sri Ramacandra;
>|tanra name-in His holy name; sukha pai-I get happiness;
>|sukha pana-getting such transcendental happiness; rama-nama-
>|the holy name of Lord Rama; ratri-dina-day and night; gai-I
>|chant.
353|TRANSLATION
354|"My worshipable Lord has been Lord Ramacandra, and by
>|chanting His holy name I received happiness. Because I
>|received such happiness, I chanted the holy name of Lord
>|Rama day and night.
355|Madhya 9.36
356|TEXT 36
357|TEXT
358|tomara darsane yabe krsna-nama aila
359|tahara mahima tabe hrdaye lagila
360|SYNONYMS
361|tomara darsane-by meeting You; yabe-when; krsna-nama-the
>|holy name of Krsna; aila-appeared; tahara-His; mahima-
>|glories; tabe-at that time; hrdaye-in the heart; lagila-
>|became fixed.
362|TRANSLATION
363|"By Your appearance, Lord Krsna's holy name also appeared,
>|and at that time the glories of Krsna's name awoke in my
>|heart."
364|Madhya 9.37
365|TEXT 37
366|TEXT
367|sei krsna tumi saksat-iha nirdharila
368|eta kahi' vipra prabhura carane padila
369|SYNONYMS
370|sei-that; krsna-the Personality of Godhead, Krsna; tumi-You;
>| saksat-directly; iha-this; nirdharila-concluded; eta kahi'-
>|saying this; vipra-the brahmana; prabhura-of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; carane-at the lotus feet; padila-fell down.
371|TRANSLATION
372|The brahmana concluded, "Sir, You are that Lord Krsna
>|Himself. This is my conclusion." Saying this, the brahmana
>|fell down at the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
373|Madhya 9.38
374|TEXT 38
375|TEXT
376|tanre krpa kari' prabhu calila ara dine
377|vrddhakasi asi' kaila siva-darasane
378|SYNONYMS
379|tanre-unto him; krpa kari'-showing mercy; prabhu-Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; calila-traveled; ara dine-the next day;
>| vrddhakasi-to Vrddhakasi; asi'-coming; kaila-did; siva-
>|darasane-visiting Lord Siva's temple.
380|TRANSLATION
381|After showing mercy to the brahmana, Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu left the next day and arrived at Vrddhakasi,
>|where He visited the temple of Lord Siva.
382|PURPORT
383|Vrddhakasi's present name is Vrddhacalam. It is situated in
>|the southern Arcot district on the bank of the river
>|Manimukha. This place is also known as Kalahastipura. Lord
>|Siva's temple there was worshiped for many years by Govinda,
>| the cousin of Ramanujacarya.
384|Madhya 9.39
385|TEXT 39
386|TEXT
387|tahan haite cali' age gela eka grame
388|brahmana-samaja tahan, karila visrame
389|SYNONYMS
390|tahan haite-from there; cali'-going; age-forward; gela-went;
>| eka-one; grame-to a village; brahmana-samaja-assembly of
>|brahmanas; tahan-there; karila visrame-He rested.
391|TRANSLATION
392|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then left Vrddhakasi and proceeded
>|further. In one village He saw that most of the residents
>|were brahmanas, and He took His rest there.
393|Madhya 9.40
394|TEXT 40
395|TEXT
396|prabhura prabhave loka aila darasane
397|laksarbuda loka aise na yaya ganane
398|SYNONYMS
399|prabhura-of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; prabhave-by the
>|influence; loka-people; aila-came; darasane-to see Him;
>|laksa-arbuda-many millions; loka-persons; aise-came; na-not;
>| yaya ganane-can be counted.
400|TRANSLATION
401|Due to the influence of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, many
>|millions of men came just to see Him. Indeed, the assembly
>|being unlimited, its members could not be counted.
402|Madhya 9.41
403|TEXT 41
404|TEXT
405|gosanira saundarya dekhi' tate premavesa
406|sabe 'krsna' kahe, 'vaisnava' haila sarva-desa
407|SYNONYMS
408|gosanira-of the Lord; saundarya-the beauty; dekhi'-seeing;
>|tate-in that; prema-avesa-ecstatic love; sabe-everyone;
>|krsna kahe-uttered the holy name of Krsna; vaisnava-
>|Vaisnava devotees; haila-became; sarva-desa-everyone.
409|TRANSLATION
410|The Lord's bodily features were very beautiful, and in
>|addition He was always in the ecstasy of love of Godhead.
>|Simply by seeing Him, everyone began chanting the holy name
>|of Krsna, and thus everyone became a Vaisnava devotee.
411|Madhya 9.42
412|TEXT 42
413|TEXT
414|tarkika-mimamsaka, yata mayavadi-gana
415|sankhya, patanjala, smrti, purana, agama
416|SYNONYMS
417|tarkika-logicians; mimamsaka-followers of Mimamsa
>|philosophy; yata-all; mayavadi-gana-followers of
>|Sankaracarya; sankhya-followers of Kapila; patanjala-
>|followers of mystic yoga; smrti-supplementary Vedic
>|literature; purana-Puranas; agama-the tantra-sastras.
418|TRANSLATION
419|There are many kinds of philosophers. Some are logicians
>|who follow Gautama or Kanada. Some follow the Mimamsa
>|philosophy of Jaimini. Some follow the Mayavada philosophy
>|of Sankaracarya, and others follow Kapila's Sankhya
>|philosophy or the mystic yoga system of Patanjali. Some
>|follow the smrti-sastra composed of twenty religious
>|scriptures, and others follow the Puranas and the tantra-
>|sastra. In this way there are many different types of
>|philosophers.
420|Madhya 9.43
421|TEXT 43
422|TEXT
423|nija-nija-sastrodgrahe sabai pracanda
424|sarva mata dusi' prabhu kare khanda khanda
425|SYNONYMS
426|nija-nija-their own; sastra-of the scripture; udgrahe-to
>|establish the conclusion; sabai-all of them; pracanda-very
>|powerful; sarva-all; mata-opinions; dusi'-condemning;
>|prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kare-does; khanda khanda-
>|breaking to pieces.
427|TRANSLATION
428|All of these adherents of various scriptures were ready to
>|present the conclusions of their respective scriptures, but
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu broke all their opinions to pieces
>|and established His own cult of bhakti based on the Vedas,
>|Vedanta, the Brahma-sutra and the philosophy of acintya-
>|bhedabheda-tattva.
429|Madhya 9.44
430|TEXT 44
431|TEXT
432|sarvatra sthapaya prabhu vaisnava-siddhante
433|prabhura siddhanta keha na pare khandite
434|SYNONYMS
435|sarvatra-everywhere; sthapaya-establishes; prabhu-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; vaisnava-siddhante-the conclusion of
>|the Vaisnavas; prabhura-of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|siddhanta-conclusion; keha-anyone; na pare-is not able;
>|khandite-to defy.
436|TRANSLATION
437|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu established the devotional cult
>|everywhere. No one could defeat Him.
438|Madhya 9.45
439|TEXT 45
440|TEXT
441|hari' hari' prabhu-mate karena pravesa
442|ei-mate 'vaisnava' prabhu kaila daksina desa
443|SYNONYMS
444|hari' hari'-being defeated; prabhu-mate-into the cult of
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; karena pravesa-enter; ei-mate-in
>|this way; vaisnava-Vaisnava devotees; prabhu-Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kaila-made; daksina-South India; desa-
>|country.
445|TRANSLATION
446|Being thus defeated by Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, all
>|these philosophers and their followers entered into His
>|cult. In this way Lord Caitanya made South India into a
>|country of Vaisnavas.
447|Madhya 9.46
448|TEXT 46
449|TEXT
450|pasandi aila yata panditya suniya
451|garva kari' aila sange sisya-gana lana
452|SYNONYMS
453|pasandi-nonbelievers; aila-came there; yata-all; panditya-
>|erudition; suniya-hearing; garva kari'-with great pride;
>|aila-came there; sange-with; sisya-gana-disciples; lana-
>|taking.
454|TRANSLATION
455|When the nonbelievers heard of the erudition of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, they came to Him with great pride,
>|bringing their disciples with them.
456|Madhya 9.47
457|TEXT 47
458|TEXT
459|bauddhacarya maha-pandita nija nava-mate
460|prabhura age udgraha kari' lagila balite
461|SYNONYMS
462|bauddha-acarya-the leader in Buddhist philosophy; maha-
>|pandita-greatly learned scholar; nija-own; nava-nine; mate-
>|philosophical conclusions; prabhura age-before Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; udgraha-argument; kari'-making; lagila-
>|began; balite-to speak.
463|TRANSLATION
464|One of them was a leader of the Buddhist cult and was a
>|very learned scholar. To establish the nine philosophical
>|conclusions of Buddhism, he came before the Lord and began
>|to speak.
465|Madhya 9.48
466|TEXT 48
467|TEXT
468|yadyapi asambhasya bauddha ayukta dekhite
469|tathapi balila prabhu garva khandaite
470|SYNONYMS
471|yadyapi-although; asambhasya-not fit for discussion;
>|bauddha-followers of Buddha's philosophy; ayukta-not fit;
>|dekhite-to see; tathapi-still; balila-spoke; prabhu-Lord
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; garva-pride; khandaite-to diminish.
472|TRANSLATION
473|Although the Buddhists are unfit for discussion and should
>|not be seen by Vaisnavas, Caitanya Mahaprabhu spoke to them
>|just to decrease their false pride.
474|Madhya 9.49
475|TEXT 49
476|TEXT
477|tarka-pradhana bauddha-sastra 'nava mate'
478|tarkei khandila prabhu, na pare sthapite
479|SYNONYMS
480|tarka-pradhana-argumentative; bauddha-sastra-scriptures of
>|the Buddhist cult; nava mate-in nine basic principles;
>|tarkei-by argument; khandila-refuted; prabhu-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; na-not; pare-can; sthapite-establish.
481|TRANSLATION
482|The scriptures of the Buddhist cult are chiefly based on
>|argument and logic, and they contain nine chief principles.
>|Because Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu defeated them in
>|their argument, they could not establish their cult.
483|Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura states that according to the
>|Buddhist cult there are two ways of understanding
>|philosophy. One is called Hinayana, and the other is called
>|Mahayanaa. Along the Buddhist path there are nine
>|principles: (1) The creation is eternal; therefore there is
>|no need to accept a creator. (2) This cosmic manifestation
>|is false. (3) "I am" is the truth. (4) There is repetition
>|of birth and death. (5) Lord Buddha is the only source of
>|understanding the truth. (6) The principle of nirvana, or
>|annihilation, is the ultimate goal. (7) The philosophy of
>|Buddha is the only philosophical path. (8) The Vedas are
>|compiled by human beings. (9) Pious activities, showing
>|mercy to others and so on are advised.
484|No one can attain the Absolute Truth by
>|argument . One may be very expert in logic , and
>|another person may be even more expert
>| in the art of argument. Because there is so
>|much word jugglery in logic , one can never
>|come to The real conclusion about
>|the Absolute Truth by argument . The followers
>|of Vedic principles understand This . However ,
>|it is seen here that Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu defeated the Buddhist philosophy by argument.
>|Those who are preachers in ISKCON will certainly
>|meet many people who believe in intellectual
>|arguments . Most of these people do not
>|believe in The authority of the Vedas.
>|Nevertheless, they accept intellectual speculation
>|and argument. Therefore The preachers of Krsna
>|consciousness should be prepared to defeat others by
>|argument, just as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu did. In this
>|verse it is clearly said, tarkei khandila prabhu.
>|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu put forward such
>|a strong argument that they could not
>|counter Him to establish their cult.
485|Their first principle is that the creation is always
>|existing. But if this is the case , there
>|can be no theory of annihilation .
>|The Buddhists maintain that annihilation , or
>|dissolution , is the highest truth . If the creation
>|is eternally existing, there is no question of
>|dissolution or annihilation . This argument is
>|not very strong because by practical experience
>|we see that material things have a
>|beginning, a middle and an end . The ultimate
>|aim of the Buddhist philosophy is to dissolve
>|the body. This is proposed because the body has
>|a beginning . Similarly , the entire cosmic
>|manifestation is also a gigantic body ,
>| but if we accept the fact that it is always
>|existing, there can be no question
>|of annihilation. Therefore the attempt to annihilate
>|everything in order to attain zero is
>|an absurdity . By our own practical experience
>|we have to accept the beginning of creation
>|, and when we accept the beginning , we
>|must accept a creator . Such a creator must
>|possess an all-pervasive body , as pointed out in
>|the Bhagavad - gita (13.14):
486|sarvatah pani
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>|-padam tat
487|sarvato-'ksi-siro-mukham
488|sarvatah sruti-mal loke
489|sarvam avrtya tisthati
490|"Everywhere are His hands and legs, His eyes, heads and
>|faces, and He has ears everywhere. In this way the
>|Supersoul exists, pervading everything."
491|The Supreme Person must be present everywhere. His body
>|existed before the creation; otherwise He could not be the
>|creator. If the Supreme Person is a created being, there
>|can be no question of a creator. The conclusion is that the
>|cosmic manifestation is certainly created at a certain time,
>| and the creator existed before the creation; therefore the
>|creator is not a created being. The creator is Param
>|Brahman, or the Supreme Spirit. Matter is not only
>|subordinate to spirit but is actually created on the basis
>|of spirit. When the spirit soul enters the womb of a mother,
>| the body is created by material ingredients supplied by
>|the mother. Everything is created in the material world,
>|and consequently there must be a creator who is the Supreme
>|Spirit and who is distinct from matter. It is confirmed in
>|the Bhagavad-gita that the material energy is inferior and
>|that the spiritual energy is the living entity. Both
>|inferior and superior energies belong to a supreme person.
492|The Buddhists argue that the world is false, but this is
>|not valid. The world is temporary, but it is not false. As
>|long as we have the body, we must suffer the pleasures and
>|pains of the body, even though we are not the body. We may
>|not take these pleasures and pains very seriously, but they
>|are factual nonetheless. We cannot actually say that they
>|are false. If the bodily pains and pleasures were false,
>|the creation would be false also, and consequently no one
>|would take very much interest in it. The conclusion is that
>|the material creation is not false or imaginary, but it is
>|temporary.
493|The Buddhists maintain that the principle "I am" is the
>|Ultimate Truth, but this excludes the individuality of "I"
>|and "you." If there is no "I" and "you," or individuality,
>|there is no possibility of argument. The Buddhist
>|philosophy depends on argument, but there can be no
>|argument if one simply depends on "I am." There must be a "
>|you," or another person also. The philosophy of duality-the
>|existence of the individual soul and the Supersoul-must be
>|there. This is confirmed in the Second Chapter of the
>|Bhagavad-gita (2.12), wherein the Lord says:
494|na tv evaham jatu nasam
495|na tvam neme janadhipah
496|na caiva na bhavisyamah
497|sarve vayam atah param
498|"Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor
>|all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to
>|be."
499|We existed in the past in different bodies, and after the
>|annihilation of this body we shall exist in another body.
>|The principle of the soul is eternal, and it exists in this
>|body or in another body. Even in this lifetime we
>|experience existence in a child's body, a youth's body, a
>|man's body and an old body. After the annihilation of the
>|body, we acquire another body. The Buddhist cult also
>|accepts the philosophy of transmigration, but the Buddhists
>|do not properly explain the next birth. There are 8,400,000
>|species of life, and our next birth may be in any one of
>|them; therefore this human body is not guaranteed.
500|According to the Buddhist's fifth principle, Lord Buddha
>|is the only source for the attainment of knowledge. We
>|cannot accept this, for Lord Buddha rejected the principles
>|of Vedic knowledge. One must accept a principle of standard
>|knowledge because one cannot attain the Absolute Truth
>|simply by intellectual speculation. If everyone is an
>|authority, or if everyone accepts his own intelligence as
>|the ultimate criterion-as is presently fashionable-the
>|scriptures will be interpreted in many different ways, and
>|everyone will claim that his own philosophy is supreme.
>|This has become a very great problem, and everyone is
>|interpreting scripture in his own way and setting up his
>|own basis of authority. Yata mata tata patha. Now everybody
>|and anybody is trying to establish his own theory as the
>|ultimate truth. The Buddhists theorize that annihilation,
>|or nirvana, is the ultimate goal. Annihilation applies to
>|the body, but the spirit soul transmigrates from one body
>|to another. If this were not the case, how can so many
>|multifarious bodies come into existence? If the next birth
>|is a fact, the next bodily form is also a fact. As soon as
>|we accept a material body, we must accept the fact that
>|that body will be annihilated and that we will have to
>|accept another body. If all material bodies are doomed to
>|annihilation, we must obtain a nonmaterial body, or a
>|spiritual body, if we wish the next birth to be anything
>|but false. How the spiritual body is attained is explained
>|by Lord Krsna in the Bhagavad-gita (4.9):
501|janma karma ca me divyam
502|evam yo vetti tattvatah
503|tyaktva deham punar janma
504|naiti mam eti so 'rjuna
505|"One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance
>|and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his
>|birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal
>|abode, O Arjuna."
506|This is the highest perfection-to give up one's material
>|body and not accept another but to return home, back to
>|Godhead. It is not that perfection means one's existence
>|becomes void or zero. Existence continues, but if we
>|positively want to annihilate the material body, we have to
>|accept a spiritual body; otherwise there can be no
>|eternality for the soul.
507|We cannot accept the theory that the Buddhist philosophy is
>|the only way, for there are so many defects in that
>|philosophy. A perfect philosophy is one that has no defects,
>| and that is Vedanta philosophy. No one can point out any
>|defects in Vedanta philosophy, and therefore we can
>|conclude that Vedanta is the supreme philosophical way of
>|understanding the truth. According to the Buddhist cult,
>|the Vedas are compiled by ordinary human beings. If this
>|were the case, they would not be authoritative. From the
>|Vedic literature we understand that shortly after the
>|creation Lord Brahma was instructed in the Vedas. It is
>|not that the Vedas were created by Brahma, although Brahma
>|is the original person in the universe. If Brahma did not
>|create the Vedas but he is acknowledged as the first
>|created being, wherefrom did Vedic knowledge come to Brahma?
>| Obviously the Vedas did not come from an ordinary person
>|born in this material world. According to Srimad-Bhagavatam,
>| tene brahma hrda ya adi-kavaye: after the
>|creation, the Supreme Person imparted Vedic knowledge
>|within the heart of Brahma. There was no person in the
>|beginning of the creation other than Brahma, yet he did not
>|compile the Vedas; therefore the conclusion is that the
>|Vedas were not compiled by any created being. Vedic
>|knowledge was given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
>|who created this material world. This is also accepted by
>|Sankaracarya, although he is not a Vaisnava.
508|It is stated that mercy is one of the qualities of a
>|Buddhist, but mercy is a relative thing. We show our mercy
>|to a subordinate or to one who is suffering more than
>|ourselves. However, if there is a superior person present,
>|the superior person cannot be the object of our mercy.
>|Rather, we are objects for the mercy of the superior person.
>| Therefore showing compassion and mercy is a relative
>|activity. It is not the Absolute Truth. Apart from this, we
>|also must know what actual mercy is. To give a sick man
>|something forbidden for him to eat is not mercy. Rather, it
>|is cruelty. Unless we know what mercy really is, we may
>|create an undesirable situation. If we wish to show real
>|mercy, we will preach Krsna consciousness in order to
>|revive the lost consciousness of human beings, the living
>|entity's original consciousness. Since the Buddhist
>|philosophy does not admit the existence of the spirit soul,
>|the so-called mercy of the Buddhists is defective.
509|Madhya 9.50
510|TEXT 50
511|TEXT
512|bauddhacarya 'nava prasna' saba uthaila
513|drdha yukti-tarke prabhu khanda khanda kaila
514|SYNONYMS
515|bauddha-acarya-the teacher of the Buddhist cult; nava
>|prasna-nine different types of questions; saba-all; uthaila-
>|raised; drdha-strong; yukti-argument; tarke-with logic;
>|prabhu-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; khanda khanda kaila-
>|broke into pieces.
516|TRANSLATION
517|The teacher of the Buddhist cult set forth the nine
>|principles, but Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu broke them to
>|pieces with His strong logic.
518|Madhya 9.51
519|TEXT 51
520|TEXT
521|darsanika pandita sabai paila parajaya
522|loke hasya kare, bauddha paila lajja-bhaya
523|SYNONYMS
524|darsanika-philosophical speculators; pandita-scholars;
>|sabai-all of them; paila parajaya-were defeated; loke-
>|people in general; hasya kare-laugh; bauddha-the Buddhists;
>|paila-got; lajja-shame; bhaya-fear.
525|TRANSLATION
526|All mental speculators and learned scholars were defeated
>|by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and when the people began to
>|laugh, the Buddhist philosophers felt both shame and fear.
527|PURPORT
528|These philosophers were all atheists, for they did not
>|believe in the existence of God. Atheists may be very
>|expert in mental speculation and may be so-called great
>|philosophers, but they can be defeated by a Vaisnava firmly
>|situated in his conviction and God consciousness. Following
>|in the footsteps of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, all the
>|preachers engaged in the service of ISKCON should be very
>|expert in putting forward strong arguments and defeating
>|all types of atheists.
529|Madhya 9.52
530|TEXT 52
531|TEXT
532|prabhuke vaisnava jani' bauddha ghare gela
533|sakala bauddha mili' tabe kumantrana kaila
534|SYNONYMS
535|prabhuke-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; vaisnava jani'-
>|knowing to be a Vaisnava; bauddha-the Buddhists; ghare gela-
>|returned home; sakala bauddha-all the Buddhists; mili'-
>|coming together; tabe-thereafter; ku-mantrana-plot; kaila-
>|made.
536|TRANSLATION
537|The Buddhists could understand that Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu was a Vaisnava, and they returned home very
>|unhappy. Later, however, they began to plot against the
>|Lord.
538|Madhya 9.53
539|TEXT 53
540|TEXT
541|apavitra anna eka thalite bhariya
542|prabhu-age nila 'maha-prasada' baliya
543|SYNONYMS
544|apavitra-polluted; anna-food; eka-one; thalite-plate;
>|bhariya-filling; prabhu-age-in front of Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; nila-brought; maha-prasada baliya-calling it
>|maha-prasada.
545|TRANSLATION
546|Having made their plot, the Buddhists brought a plate of
>|untouchable food before Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and
>|called it maha-prasada.
547|PURPORT
548|The word apavitra anna refers to food that is unacceptable
>|for a Vaisnava. In other words, a Vaisnava cannot accept
>|any food offered by an avaisnava in the name of maha-
>|prasada. This should be a principle for all Vaisnavas.
>|When asked, "What is the behavior of a Vaisnava?" Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied, "A Vaisnava must avoid the
>|company of an avaisnava [asat]." The word asat refers to an
>|avaisnava, that is, one who is not a Vaisnava. Asat-sanga-
>|tyaga,-ei vaisnava-acara (Cc. Madhya 22.87). A Vaisnava
>|must be very strict in this respect and should not at all
>|cooperate with an avaisnava. If an avaisnava offers food in
>|the name of maha- prasada, it should not be accepted. Such
>|food cannot be prasada because an avaisnava cannot offer
>|anything to the Lord. Sometimes preachers in the Krsna
>|consciousness movement have to accept food in a home where
>|the householder is an avaisnava; however, if this food is
>|offered to the Deity, it can be taken. Ordinary food cooked
>|by an avaisnava should not be accepted by a Vaisnava. Even
>|if an avaisnava cooks food without fault, he cannot offer
>|it to Lord Visnu, and it cannot be accepted as maha-
>|prasada. According to Lord Krsna in the Bhagavad-gita (9.
>|26):
549|patram puspam phalam toyam
550|yo me bhaktya prayacchati
551|tad aham bhakty-upahrtam
552|asnami prayatatmanah
553|"If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower,
>|a fruit or water, I will accept it."
554|Krsna can accept anything offered by His devotee with
>|devotion. An avaisnava may be a vegetarian and a very clean
>|cook, but because he cannot offer the food he cooks
>|to Visnu, it cannot be accepted as maha- prasada. It is
>|better that a Vaisnava abandon such food as untouchable.
555|Madhya 9.54
556|TEXT 54
557|TEXT
558|hena-kale maha-kaya eka paksi aila
559|thonte kari' anna-saha thali lana gela
560|SYNONYMS
561|hena-kale-at this time; maha-kaya-having a large body; eka-
>|one; paksi-bird; aila-appeared there; thonte kari'-by the
>|beak; anna-saha-with food; thali-the plate; lana-taking;
>|gela-went away.
562|TRANSLATION
563|When the contaminated food was offered to Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, a very large bird appeared on the spot, picked
>|up the plate in its beak and flew away.
564|Madhya 9.55
565|TEXT 55
566|TEXT
567|bauddha-ganera upare anna pade amedhya haiya
568|bauddhacaryera mathaya thali padila bajiya
569|SYNONYMS
570|bauddha-ganera-all the Buddhists; upare-upon; anna-the food;
>| pade-began to fall down; amedhya-untouchable; haiya-being;
>|bauddha-acaryera-of the teacher of the Buddhists; mathaya-
>|on the head; thali-the plate; padila-fell down; bajiya-
>|making a great sound.
571|TRANSLATION
572|Indeed, the untouchable food fell upon the Buddhists, and
>|the large bird dropped the plate on the head of the chief
>|Buddhist teacher. When it fell on his head, it made a big
>|sound.
573|Madhya 9.56
574|TEXT 56
575|TEXT
576|terache padila thali,-matha kati' gela
577|murcchita hana acarya bhumite padila
578|SYNONYMS
579|terache-at an angle; padila-fell down; thali-the plate;
>|matha-the head; kati'-cutting; gela-went; murcchita-
>|unconscious; hana-becoming; acarya-the teacher; bhumite-on
>|the ground; padila-fell down.
580|TRANSLATION
581|The plate was made of metal, and when its edge hit the head
>|of the teacher, it cut him, and the teacher immediately
>|fell to the ground unconscious.
582|Madhya 9.57
583|TEXT 57
584|TEXT
585|hahakara kari' kande saba sisya-gana
586|sabe asi' prabhu-pade la-ila sarana
587|SYNONYMS
588|haha-kara-a roaring sound; kari'-making; kande-cry; saba-
>|all; sisya-gana-disciples; sabe-all of them; asi'-coming;
>|prabhu-pade-to the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|la-ila-took; sarana-shelter.
589|TRANSLATION
590|When the teacher fell unconscious, his Buddhist disciples
>|cried aloud and ran to the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu for shelter.
591|Madhya 9.58
592|TEXT 58
593|TEXT
594|tumi ta' isvara saksat, ksama aparadha
595|jiyao amara guru, karaha prasada
596|SYNONYMS
597|tumi-You; ta'-indeed; isvara-the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead; saksat-directly; ksama-please excuse; aparadha-
>|offense; jiyao-bring back to consciousness; amara-our; guru-
>|spiritual master; karaha-do; prasada-this mercy.
598|TRANSLATION
599|They all prayed to Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, addressing
>|Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself and
>|saying, "Sir, please excuse our offense. Please have mercy
>|upon us and bring our spiritual master back to life."
600|Madhya 9.59
601|TEXT 59
602|TEXT
603|prabhu kahe,-sabe kaha 'krsna' 'krsna' 'hari'
604|guru-karne kaha krsna-nama ucca kari'
605|SYNONYMS
606|prabhu kahe-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; sabe-all of
>|you; kaha-chant; krsna krsna hari-the holy names of Lord
>|Krsna and Hari; guru-karne-near the ear of your spiritual
>|master; kaha-chant; krsna-nama-the holy name of Lord Krsna;
>|ucca kari'-very loudly.
607|TRANSLATION
608|The Lord then replied to the Buddhist disciples, "You
>|should all chant the names of Krsna and Hari very loudly
>|near the ear of your spiritual master.
609|Madhya 9.60
610|TEXT 60
611|TEXT
612|toma-sabara 'guru' tabe paibe cetana
613|saba bauddha mili' kare krsna-sankirtana
614|SYNONYMS
615|toma-sabara-all of you; guru-the spiritual master; tabe-
>|then; paibe-will get; cetana-consciousness; saba bauddha-
>|all the Buddhist disciples; mili'-coming together; kare-do;
>|krsna-sankirtana-chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra.
616|TRANSLATION
617|"By this method your spiritual master will regain his
>|consciousness." Following Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's advice,
>|all the Buddhist disciples began to chant the holy name of
>|Krsna congregationally.
618|Madhya 9.61
619|TEXT 61
620|TEXT
621|guru-karne kahe sabe 'krsna' 'rama' 'hari'
622|cetana pana acarya bale 'hari' 'hari'
623|SYNONYMS
624|guru-karne-into the ear of the spiritual master; kahe-they
>|said; sabe-all together; krsna rama hari-the holy names of
>|the Lord, namely Krsna, Rama and Hari ; cetana-
>|consciousness; pana-getting; acarya-the teacher; bale-
>|chanted; hari hari-the name of Lord Hari.
625|TRANSLATION
626|When all the disciples chanted the holy names Krsna, Rama
>|and Hari, the Buddhist teacher regained consciousness and
>|immediately began to chant the holy name of Lord Hari.
627|PURPORT
628|Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments that all the
>|Buddhist disciples were actually initiated by Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu into the chanting of the holy name of Krsna, and
>|when they chanted, they actually became different persons.
>|At that time they were not Buddhists or atheists but
>|Vaisnavas. Consequently they immediately accepted Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu's order. Their original Krsna
>|consciousness was revived, and they were immediately able
>|to chant Hare Krsna and begin worshiping the Supreme Lord
>|Visnu.
629|It is the spiritual master who delivers the disciple from
>|the clutches of maya by initiating him into the chanting of
>|the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. In this way a sleeping human
>|being can revive his consciousness by chanting Hare Krsna,
>|Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama,
>|Rama Rama, Hare Hare. In other words, the spiritual master
>|awakens the sleeping living entity to his original
>|consciousness so that he can worship Lord Visnu. This is
>|the purpose of diksa, or initiation. Initiation means
>|receiving the pure knowledge of spiritual consciousness.
630|One point to note in this regard is that the spiritual
>|master of the Buddhists did not initiate his disciples.
>|Rather, his disciples were initiated by Sri Krsna Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, and they in turn were able to initiate their so-
>|called spiritual master. This is the parampara system. The
>|so-called spiritual master of the Buddhists was actually in
>|the position of a disciple, and after his disciples were
>|initiated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, they acted as his
>|spiritual masters. This was possible only because the
>|disciples of the Buddhist acarya received the mercy of Lord
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Unless one is favored by Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu in the disciplic succession, one cannot
>|act as a spiritual master. We should take the instructions
>|of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the spiritual master of the
>|whole universe, to understand how one becomes a spiritual
>|master and a disciple.
631|Madhya 9.62
632|TEXT 62
633|TEXT
634|krsna bali' acarya prabhure karena vinaya
635|dekhiya sakala loka ha-ila vismaya
636|SYNONYMS
637|krsna bali'-chanting the holy name of Krsna; acarya-the so-
>|called spiritual master of the Buddhists; prabhure-unto
>|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; karena-does; vinaya-
>|submission; dekhiya-seeing this; sakala loka-all the people;
>| ha-ila-became; vismaya-astonished.
638|TRANSLATION
639|When the spiritual master of the Buddhists began to chant
>|the holy name of Krsna and submitted to Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, all the people who were gathered there were
>|astonished.
640|Madhya 9.63
641|TEXT 63
642|TEXT
643|ei-rupe kautuka kari' sacira nandana
644|antardhana kaila, keha na paya darsana
645|SYNONYMS
646|ei-rupe-in this way; kautuka kari'-making fun; sacira
>|nandana-the son of mother Saci; antardhana kaila-
>|disappeared; keha-anyone; na-does not; paya-get; darsana-
>|audience.
647|TRANSLATION
648|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the son of Sacidevi, then suddenly
>|and humorously disappeared from everyone's sight, and it
>|was impossible for anyone to find Him.
649|Madhya 9.64
650|TEXT 64
651|TEXT
652|mahaprabhu cali' aila tripati-trimalle
653|catur-bhuja murti dekhi' vyenkatadrye cale
654|SYNONYMS
655|mahaprabhu-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; cali' aila-arrived
>|by walking; tripati-trimalle-at the holy places named
>|Tirupati and Tirumala; catur-bhuja-fourhanded ;
>|murti-Deity; dekhi'-seeing; vyenkata-adrye-to the holy
>|place Venkata Hill; cale-began to proceed.
656|TRANSLATION
657|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu next arrived at Tirupati and
>|Tirumala, where He saw a four-handed Deity. Then He next
>|proceeded toward Venkata Hill.
658|PURPORT
659|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura has actually
>|described the chronological order of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu's visit. The Tirupati temple is sometimes called
>|Tirupatura. It is situated on the northern side of Arcot in
>|the district of Candragiri. It is a famous holy place of
>|pilgrimage. In pursuance of His name, Venkatesvara, the
>|four-handed Lord Visnu, the Deity of Balaji, with His
>|potencies named Sri and Bhu, is located on Venkata Hill,
>|about eight miles from Tirupati. This Venkatesvara Deity is
>|in the form of Lord Visnu, and the place where He is
>|situated is known as Venkata-ksetra. There are many temples
>|in southern India, but this Balaji temple is especially
>|opulent. A great fair is held there in the months of
>|September and October . There is a railway
>|station called Tirupati on the Southern Railway. Nimna-
>|tirupati is located in the valley of the Venkata Hill.
>|There are several temples there also, among which are those
>|of Govindaraja and Lord Ramacandra.
660|Madhya 9.65
661|TEXT 65
662|TEXT
663|tripati asiya kaila sri-rama darasana
664|raghunatha-age kaila pranama stavana
665|SYNONYMS
666|tripati asiya-coming to Tirupati; kaila sri-rama darasana-
>|visited the temple of Ramacandra; raghunatha-age-before
>|Lord Ramacandra; kaila-did; pranama-obeisances; stavana-
>|offering prayers.
667|TRANSLATION
668|After arriving at Tirupati, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|visited the temple of Lord Ramacandra. He offered His
>|prayers and obeisances before Ramacandra, the descendant of
>|King Raghu.
669|Madhya 9.66
670|TEXT 66
671|TEXT
672|sva-prabhave loka-sabara karana vismaya
673|pana-nrsimhe aila prabhu daya-maya
674|SYNONYMS
675|sva-prabhave-by His own influence; loka-sabara-of all the
>|people; karana-inducing; vismaya-astonishment; pana-nrsimhe-
>|to the Lord named Pana-nrsimha; aila-came; prabhu-Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; daya-maya-the most merciful.
676|TRANSLATION
677|Everywhere Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went, His influence
>|astonished everyone. He next arrived at the temple of Pana-
>|nrsimha. The Lord is so merciful.
678|PURPORT
679|Pana-nrsimha, or Panakal-narasimha, is located in the
>|district of Krishna in the hills known as Mangalagiri,
>|about seven miles from a city known as Vijayawada. One must
>|climb six hundred steps to reach the temple. It is said
>|that when the Lord is offered food with syrup here, He does
>|not take more than half. Within this temple is a conchshell
>|presented by the late king of Tanjor, and it is said that
>|this shell was used by Lord Krsna Himself. During the month
>|of March, a great fair takes place in this temple.
680|Madhya 9.67
681|TEXT 67
682|TEXT
683|nrsimhe pranati-stuti premavese kaila
684|prabhura prabhave loka camatkara haila
685|SYNONYMS
686|nrsimhe-unto Lord Nrsimha; pranati-stuti-obeisances and
>|prayers; prema-avese-in ecstatic love; kaila-offered;
>|prabhura-of the Lord; prabhave-by the influence; loka-the
>|people; camatkara haila-were astonished.
687|TRANSLATION
688|In great ecstatic love, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu offered
>|obeisances and prayers unto Lord Nrsimha. The people were
>|astonished to see Lord Caitanya's influence.
689|Madhya 9.68
690|TEXT 68
691|TEXT
692|siva-kanci asiya kaila siva darasana
693|prabhave 'vaisnava' kaila saba saiva-gana
694|SYNONYMS
695|siva-kanci-to the holy place named Siva-kanci; asiya-coming;
>| kaila-did; siva darasana-visiting the temple of Lord Siva;
>|prabhave-by His influence; vaisnava kaila-turned into
>|Vaisnavas; saba-all; saiva-gana-the devotees of Lord Siva.
696|TRANSLATION
697|Arriving at Siva-kanci, Caitanya Mahaprabhu visited the
>|deity of Lord Siva. By His influence, He converted all the
>|devotees of Lord Siva into Vaisnavas.
698|PURPORT
699|Siva-kanci is also known as Kanjivarama, or the Benares of
>|southern India. In Siva-kanci there are hundreds of temples
>|containing symbolic representations of Lord Siva, and one
>|of these temples is said to be very, very old.
700|Madhya 9.69
701|TEXT 69
702|TEXT
703|visnu-kanci asi' dekhila laksmi-narayana
704|pranama kariya kaila bahuta stavana
705|SYNONYMS
706|visnu-kanci-to the holy place named Visnu-kanci; asi'-
>|coming; dekhila-the Lord saw; laksmi-narayana-the Deity of
>|Lord Narayana with mother Laksmi, the goddess of fortune;
>|pranama kariya-after offering obeisances; kaila-made;
>|bahuta stavana-many prayers.
707|TRANSLATION
708|The Lord then visited a holy place known as Visnu-kanci.
>|There He saw Laksmi-Narayana Deities, and He offered His
>|respects and many prayers to please Them.
709|PURPORT
710|Visnu-kanci is situated about five miles away from
>|Kanjivarama. It is here that Lord Varadaraja, another form
>|of Lord Visnu, resides. There is also a big lake known as
>|Ananta-sarovara.
711|Madhya 9.70
712|TEXT 70
713|TEXT
714|premavese nrtya-gita bahuta karila
715|dina-dui rahi' loke 'krsna-bhakta' kaila
716|SYNONYMS
717|prema-avese-in ecstatic love; nrtya-gita-dancing and
>|chanting; bahuta-much; karila-performed; dina-dui-for two
>|days; rahi'-staying; loke-the people in general; krsna-
>|bhakta-devotees of Lord Krsna; kaila-made.
718|TRANSLATION
719|When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu stayed at Visnu-kanci for two
>|days, He danced and performed kirtana in ecstasy. When all
>|the people saw Him, they were converted into devotees of
>|Lord Krsna.
720|Madhya 9.71
721|TEXT 71
722|TEXT
723|trimalaya dekhi' gela trikala-hasti-sthane
724|mahadeva dekhi' tanre karila praname
725|SYNONYMS
726|trimalaya dekhi'-after seeing Trimalaya; gela-went; trikala-
>|hasti-sthane-to the place named Trikala-hasti; mahadeva-
>|Lord Siva; dekhi'-seeing; tanre-unto him; karila praname-
>|offered obeisances.
727|TRANSLATION
728|After visiting Trimalaya, Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to see
>|Trikala-hasti. There He saw Lord Siva and offered him all
>|respects and obeisances.
729|PURPORT
730|Trikala-hasti is situated about twenty-
>|two miles northeast of Tirupati. On its northern side is a
>|river known as Suvarna-mukhi. The temple of Trikala-hasti
>|is located on the southern side of the river. The place is
>|generally known as Sri Kalahasti or Kalahasti and is famous
>|for its temple of Lord Siva. There he is called Vayu-linga
>|Siva.
731|Madhya 9.72
732|TEXT 72
733|TEXT
734|paksi-tirtha dekhi' kaila siva darasana
735|vrddhakola-tirthe tabe karila gamana
736|SYNONYMS
737|paksi-tirtha dekhi'-after visiting the place known as Paksi-
>|tirtha; kaila-did; siva darasana-visiting the temple of
>|Lord Siva; vrddhakola-tirthe-to the holy place known as
>|Vrddhakola; tabe-then; karila gamana-went.
738|TRANSLATION
739|At Paksi-tirtha, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu visited the
>|temple of Lord Siva. Then He went to the Vrddhakola place
>|of pilgrimage.
740|PURPORT
741|Paksi-tirtha, also called Tirukadi-kundam, is located nine
>|miles southeast of Cimlipat. It has a five-hundred-foot
>|elevation and is situated in a chain of hills known as
>|Vedagiri or Vedacalam. There is a temple of Lord Siva there,
>| and the deity is known as Vedagirisvara. Two birds come
>|there daily to receive food from the temple priest, and it
>|is claimed that they have been coming since time immemorial.
742|Madhya 9.73
743|TEXT 73
744|TEXT
745|sveta-varaha dekhi, tanre namaskari'
746|pitambara-siva-sthane gela gaurahari
747|SYNONYMS
748|sveta-varaha-the white boar incarnation; dekhi-seeing;
>|tanre-unto Him; namaskari'-offering respect; pita-ambara-
>|dressed with yellow garments; siva-sthane-to the temple of
>|Lord Siva; gela-went; gaurahari-Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu.
749|TRANSLATION
750|At Vrddhakola, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu visited the
>|temple of Sveta-varaha, the white boar incarnation. After
>|offering Him respects, the Lord visited the temple of Lord
>|Siva, wherein the deity is dressed with yellow garments.
751|PURPORT
752|The temple of the white boar incarnation is situated at
>|Vrddhakola. The temple is made of stone and
>|is located about one mile south of an oasis known as
>|Balipitham. There is a Deity of the white boar incarnation,
>|above whose head Sesa Naga serves as an umbrella . The
>|deity of Lord Siva is known as Pitambara and also as
>|Cidambaram. This temple is located twenty-six miles south
>|of Cuddaloreda, and the deity there is also known as Akasa-
>|linga. The deity is in the form of Lord Siva. This temple
>|is situated on about thirty-nine acres of land, and all
>|this land is surrounded by a wall sixty feet high.
753|Madhya 9.74
754|TEXT 74
755|TEXT
756|siyali bhairavi devi kari' darasana
757|kaverira tire aila sacira nandana
758|SYNONYMS
759|siyali bhairavi-Siyali-bhairavi; devi-goddess; kari'
>|darasana-visiting; kaverira tire-on the bank of the river
>|Kaveri; aila-came; sacira nandana-the son of mother Saci.
760|TRANSLATION
761|After visiting the temple of Siyali-bhairavi [another form
>|of the goddess Durga], Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the son of
>|mother Saci, went to the bank of the river Kaveri.
762|PURPORT
763|Siyali-bhairavi is located in the Tanjorean
>|district, about forty-eight miles northeast of Tanjorean
>|City. There is a very much celebrated temple of Lord Siva
>|there and also a very large lake. It is said that once a
>|small boy who was a devotee of Lord Siva came to that
>|temple and the goddess Durga, known as Bhairavi, gave him
>|her breast to suck. After visiting this temple, Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to the bank of the river Kaveri
>| via the district of Tiruchchirapalli. The Kaveri
>|is mentioned in Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.5.40) as a very pious
>|river.
764|Madhya 9.75
765|TEXT 75
766|TEXT
767|go-samaje siva dekhi' aila vedavana
768|mahadeva dekhi' tanre karila vandana
769|SYNONYMS
770|go-samaje-at the place named Go-samaja; siva dekhi'-seeing
>|the deity of Lord Siva; aila vedavana-He arrived at
>|Vedavana; mahadeva dekhi'-seeing Lord Siva; tanre-unto him;
>|karila vandana-offered prayers.
771|TRANSLATION
772|The Lord then visited a place known as Go-samaja, where He
>|saw Lord Siva's temple. He then arrived at Vedavana, where
>|He saw another deity of Lord Siva and offered him prayers.
773|PURPORT
774|Go-samaja is a place of pilgrimage for the devotees of Lord
>|Siva. It is very important and is located next to Vedavana.
775|Madhya 9.76
776|TEXT 76
777|TEXT
778|amrtalinga-siva dekhi' vandana karila
779|saba sivalaye saiva 'vaisnava' ha-ila
780|SYNONYMS
781|amrta-linga-siva-the Lord Siva deity named Amrta-linga;
>|dekhi'-seeing; vandana karila-offered obeisances; saba siva-
>|alaye-in all the temples of Lord Siva; saiva-devotees of
>|Lord Siva; vaisnava ha-ila-became devotees of Lord Krsna.
782|TRANSLATION
783|Seeing the Siva deity named Amrta-linga, Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu offered His obeisances. Thus He visited all the
>|temples of Lord Siva and converted the devotees of Lord
>|Siva into Vaisnavas.
784|Madhya 9.77
785|TEXT 77
786|TEXT
787|deva-sthane asi' kaila visnu darasana
788|sri-vaisnavera sange tahan gosthi anuksana
789|SYNONYMS
790|deva-sthane-to the place known as Devasthana; asi'-coming;
>|kaila-did; visnu darasana-visiting the temple of Lord Visnu;
>| sri-vaisnavera sange-with the Vaisnavas in the disciplic
>|succession of Ramanuja; tahan-there; gosthi-discussion;
>|anuksana-always.
791|TRANSLATION
792|At Devasthana, Caitanya Mahaprabhu visited the temple of
>|Lord Visnu, and there He talked with the Vaisnavas in the
>|disciplic succession of Ramanujacarya. These Vaisnavas are
>|known as Sri Vaisnavas.
793|Madhya 9.78
794|TEXT 78
795|TEXT
796|kumbhakarna-kapale dekhi' sarovara
797|siva-ksetre siva dekhe gauranga-sundara
798|SYNONYMS
799|kumbhakarna-kapale-at Kumbhakarna-kapala; dekhi'-after
>|seeing; sarovara-the lake; siva-ksetre-at Siva-ksetra; siva-
>|Lord Siva; dekhe-sees; gauranga-sundara-Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu.
800|TRANSLATION
801|At Kumbhakarna-kapala, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw a great
>|lake and then the holy place named Siva-ksetra, where a
>|temple of Lord Siva is located.
802|PURPORT
803|Kumbhakarna is the name of the brother of Ravana. At the
>|present moment the city of Kumbhakarna-kapala is known as
>|Kumbhakonnam; it is situated twenty miles northeast
>|of the city of Tanjorean. There are twelve temples of Lord
>|Siva located at Kumbhakonnam, as well as four Visnu temples
>|and one temple to Lord Brahma. Siva-ksetra, within the city
>|of Tanjorean, is situated near a big lake known as Siva-
>|ganga. At this place is a large temple of Lord Siva known
>|as Brhatisvara-siva-mandira.
804|Madhya 9.79
805|TEXT 79
806|TEXT
807|papa-nasane visnu kaila darasana
808|sri-ranga-ksetre tabe karila gamana
809|SYNONYMS
810|papa-nasane-at the place named Papanasana; visnu-Lord Visnu;
>| kaila-did; darasana-visiting; sri-ranga-ksetre-to the holy
>|place named Sri Ranga-ksetra; tabe-then; karila-did; gamana-
>|departure.
811|TRANSLATION
812|After visiting the holy place named Siva-ksetra, Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu arrived at Papanasana and there saw the temple
>|of Lord Visnu. Then He finally reached Sri Ranga-ksetra.
813|PURPORT
814|According to some , the place known as Papanasana
>|was located eight miles southwest of Kumbhakonnam . Others
>|say that in the district of Tinebheli there is a city known
>|as Palamakota and that Twenty miles west of there is the
>|holy place known as Papanasana, near the river
>|Tamraparni . Sri Ranga-ksetra is a very famous place. Near
>|Tiruchchirapalli is a river named Kaveri, or Kolirana. A
>|city known as Sri Rangam is located on this river in the
>|district of Tanjorean, about ten miles west of
>|Kumbhakonnam. The Sri Ranga temple is the largest in
>|India, and there are seven walls surrounding it. There are
>|also seven roads leading to Sri Ranga. The ancient names of
>|these roads are the road of Dharma, the road of
>|Rajamahendra, the road of Kulasekhara, the road of
>|Alinadana, the road of Tiruvikrama, the Tirubidi road of
>|Madamadi-gaisa, and the road of Ada-iyavala-indana. The
>|temple was founded before the reign of Dharmavarma, who
>|reigned before Rajamahendra. Many celebrated kings like
>|Kulasekhara, and others such as Alabandaru, resided in the
>|temple of Sri Rangam . Yamunacarya, Sri
>|Ramanuja, Sudarsanacarya and others also supervised this
>|temple.
815|The incarnation of the goddess of fortune
>|known as Godadevi , who was one of the
>|twelve liberated persons known as divya -
>|suris, was married to the Deity , Lord Sri
>|Ranganatha. Later she entered into the body of
>| The Lord . An incarnation of Karmuka , Tirumanga (
>|one of the Alwars ), acquired some money by
>|stealing and built the fourth boundary wall of Sri
>|Rangam. It is said that in the year 289 of the
>|Age of Kali, the Alwar of the name
>|Tondaradippadi was born. While engaged in devotional
>|service, he fell victim to a prostitute , and Sri
>|Ranganatha, seeing His devotee so degraded, sent one of
>|His servants with a golden plate to that
>|prostitute . When the golden plate was discovered
>|missing from The temple , there was
>|a search , and it was found in the prostitute 's
>|house . When the devotee saw Ranganatha' s
>|mercy upon this prostitute , his mistake
>|was rectified . He then prepared the
>|third boundary wall of the Ranganatha
>|temple and cultivated a tulasi
>|garden there.
816|There was also a celebrated disciple of
>|Ramanujacarya 's known as Kuresa. Sri Ramapilla was
>|the son of Kuresa , and his
>| son was Vagvijaya Bhatta , whose son was
>| Vedavyasa Bhatta, or Sri Sudarsanacarya .
>|When Sudarsanacarya was An
>|old man , the Mohammedans attacked the
>|temple of Ranganatha
>| and killed about twelve hundred Sri
>|Vaisnavas. At that time the Deity of
>|Ranganatha was transferred to the temple of Tirupati in
>|the kingdom of Vijaya - nagara. The governor
>|of Gingeen, Goppanarya,
>|brought Sri Ranganatha from the temple
>| of Tirupati to a place known as Simha
>|-brahma, where the Lord was situated for
>|three years. In the year 1293 Saka (A .D.
>|1372) the Deity was reinstalled in the Ranganatha
>|temple. On the eastern wall of the
>|Ranganatha temple is an inscription written
>|by Vedanta -desika relating how Ranganatha
>|was returned to the temple
>|.
817|Madhya 9.80
818|TEXT 80
819|TEXT
820|kaverite snana kari' dekhi' ranganatha
821|stuti-pranati kari' manila krtartha
822|SYNONYMS
823|kaverite-in the river known as Kaveri; snana kari'-after
>|bathing; dekhi'-visiting; ranga-natha-the Ranganatha temple;
>| stuti-prayers; pranati-obeisances; kari'-offering; manila-
>|thought Himself; krta-artha-very successful.
824|TRANSLATION
825|After bathing in the river Kaveri, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|saw the temple of Ranganatha and offered His ardent prayers
>|and obeisances. Thus He felt Himself successful.
826|Madhya 9.81
827|TEXT 81
828|TEXT
829|premavese kaila bahuta gana nartana
830|dekhi' camatkara haila saba lokera mana
831|SYNONYMS
832|prema-avese-in the ecstasy of love; kaila-did; bahuta-
>|various; gana-songs; nartana-dancing; dekhi'-seeing which;
>|camatkara-astonished; haila-were; saba-all; lokera-of
>|persons; mana-minds.
833|TRANSLATION
834|In the temple of Ranganatha, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|chanted and danced in ecstatic love of Godhead. Seeing His
>|performance, everyone was struck with wonder.
835|Madhya 9.82
836|TEXT 82
837|TEXT
838|sri-vaisnava eka,-'vyenkata bhatta' nama
839|prabhure nimantrana kaila kariya sammana
840|SYNONYMS
841|sri-vaisnava eka-a devotee belonging to the Ramanuja-
>|sampradaya; vyenkata bhatta-Venkata Bhatta; nama-named;
>|prabhure-unto Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; nimantrana-
>|invitation; kaila-did; kariya-offering; sammana-great
>|respect.
842|TRANSLATION
843|One Vaisnava known as Venkata Bhatta then invited Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu to his home with great respect.
844|PURPORT
845|Sri Venkata Bhatta was a Vaisnava brahmana and an
>|inhabitant of Sri Ranga-ksetra. He belonged to the
>|disciplic succession of Sri Ramanujacarya. Sri Ranga is one
>|of the places of pilgrimage in the province of Tamil Nadus.
>|The inhabitants of that province do not retain the name
>|Venkata. It is therefore supposed that Venkata Bhatta did
>|not belong to that province, although he may have been
>|residing there for a very long time. Venkata Bhatta was in
>|a branch of the Ramanuja-sampradaya known as Badagala -i.
>|He had a brother in the Ramanuja-sampradaya known as
>|Sripada Prabodhananda Sarasvati. The son of Venkata Bhatta
>|was later known in the Gaudiya-sampradaya as Gopala Bhatta
>|Gosvami, and he established the Radharamana temple in
>|Vrndavana. More information about him may be found in a
>|book known as Bhakti-ratnakara, by Narahari Cakravarti.
846|Madhya 9.83
847|TEXT 83
848|TEXT
849|nija-ghare lana kaila pada-praksalana
850|sei jala lana kaila sa-vamse bhaksana
851|SYNONYMS
852|nija-ghare-to his own home; lana-bringing; kaila-did; pada-
>|praksalana-washing of the feet; sei jala-that water; lana-
>|taking; kaila-did; sa-vamse-with all the family members;
>|bhaksana-drinking.
853|TRANSLATION
854|Sri Venkata Bhatta took Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to his home.
>| After he washed the Lord's feet, all the members of his
>|family drank the water.
855|Madhya 9.84
856|TEXT 84
857|TEXT
858|bhiksa karana kichu kaila nivedana
859|caturmasya asi' prabhu, haila upasanna
860|SYNONYMS
861|bhiksa karana-after offering lunch; kichu-some; kaila-did;
>|nivedana-submission; caturmasya-the period of Caturmasya;
>|asi'-coming; prabhu-my Lord; haila upasanna-has already
>|arrived.
862|TRANSLATION
863|After offering lunch to the Lord, Venkata Bhatta submitted
>|that the period of Caturmasya had already arrived.
864|Madhya 9.85
865|TEXT 85
866|TEXT
867|caturmasye krpa kari' raha mora ghare
868|krsna-katha kahi' krpaya uddhara' amare
869|SYNONYMS
870|caturmasye-during this period of Caturmasya; krpa kari'-
>|being merciful; raha-please stay; mora ghare-at my place;
>|krsna-katha-topics of Lord Krsna; kahi'-speaking; krpaya-by
>|Your mercy; uddhara' amare-kindly deliver me.
871|TRANSLATION
872|Venkata Bhatta said, "Please be merciful to me and stay at
>|my house during Caturmasya. Speak about Lord Krsna's
>|pastimes and kindly deliver me by Your mercy."
873|Madhya 9.86
874|TEXT 86
875|TEXT
876|tanra ghare rahila prabhu krsna-katha-rase
877|bhatta-sange gonaila sukhe cari mase
878|SYNONYMS
879|tanra ghare-in his home; rahila-stayed; prabhu-Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; krsna-katha-rase-enjoying the
>|transcendental mellow of discussing Lord Krsna's pastimes;
>|bhatta-sange-with Venkata Bhatta; gonaila-passed; sukhe-in
>|happiness; cari mase-four months.
880|TRANSLATION
881|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu remained at the house of Venkata
>|Bhatta for four continuous months. The Lord passed His days
>|in great happiness, enjoying the transcendental mellow of
>|discussing Lord Krsna's pastimes.
882|Madhya 9.87
883|TEXT 87
884|TEXT
885|kaverite snana kari' sri-ranga darsana
886|pratidina premavese karena nartana
887|SYNONYMS
888|kaverite-in the river known as Kaveri; snana kari'-taking a
>|bath; sri-ranga darsana-visiting the temple of Sri Ranga;
>|prati-dina-every day; prema-avese-in great happiness;
>|karena-does perform; nartana-dancing.
889|TRANSLATION
890|While there, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took His bath in the
>|river Kaveri and visited the temple of Sri Ranga. Every day
>|the Lord also danced in ecstasy.
891|Madhya 9.88
892|TEXT 88
893|TEXT
894|saundaryadi premavesa dekhi, sarva-loka
895|dekhibare aise, dekhe, khande duhkha-soka
896|SYNONYMS
897|saundarya-adi-the beauty of the body, etc.; prema-avesa-His
>|ecstatic love; dekhi-seeing; sarva-loka-all men; dekhibare-
>|to see; aise-come there; dekhe-and see; khande duhkha-soka-
>|are relieved from all unhappiness and distress.
898|TRANSLATION
899|The beauty of Lord Caitanya's body and His ecstatic love of
>|God were witnessed by everyone. Many people used to come
>|see Him, and as soon as they saw Him, all their unhappiness
>|and distress vanished.
900|Madhya 9.89
901|TEXT 89
902|TEXT
903|laksa laksa loka aila nana-desa haite
904|sabe krsna-nama kahe prabhuke dekhite
905|SYNONYMS
906|laksa laksa-many hundreds of thousands; loka-of people;
>|aila-came there; nana-desa-different countries; haite-from;
>|sabe-all of them; krsna-nama kahe-chant the Hare Krsna maha-
>|mantra; prabhuke-the Lord; dekhite-seeing.
907|TRANSLATION
908|Many hundreds of thousands of people from various countries
>|came to see the Lord, and after seeing Him they all chanted
>|the Hare Krsna maha-mantra.
909|Madhya 9.90
910|TEXT 90
911|TEXT
912|krsna-nama vina keha nahi kahe ara
913|sabe krsna-bhakta haila,-loke camatkara
914|SYNONYMS
915|krsna-nama vina-without chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra;
>| keha-anyone; nahi-does not; kahe-speak; ara-anything else;
>|sabe-all of them; krsna-bhakta-Lord Krsna's devotees; haila-
>|became; loke-the people; camatkara-astonished.
916|TRANSLATION
917|Indeed, they did not chant anything but the Hare Krsna maha-
>|mantra, and all of them became Lord Krsna's devotees. Thus
>|the general populace was astonished.
918|Madhya 9.91
919|TEXT 91
920|TEXT
921|sri-ranga-ksetre vaise yata vaisnava-brahmana
922|eka eka dina sabe kaila nimantrana
923|SYNONYMS
924|sri-ranga-ksetre-in Sri Ranga-ksetra; vaise-residing; yata-
>|all; vaisnava-brahmana-Vaisnava brahmanas; eka eka dina-
>|every day; sabe-all of them; kaila nimantrana-invited the
>|Lord.
925|TRANSLATION
926|All the Vaisnava brahmanas residing in Sri Ranga-ksetra
>|invited the Lord to their homes. Indeed, He had an
>|invitation every day.
927|Madhya 9.92
928|TEXT 92
929|TEXT
930|eka eka dine caturmasya purna haila
931|kataka brahmana bhiksa dite na paila
932|SYNONYMS
933|eka eka dine-day by day; caturmasya-the period of
>|Caturmasya; purna haila-became filled; kataka brahmana-some
>|of the brahmanas; bhiksa dite-to offer Him lunch; na-did
>|not; paila-get the opportunity.
934|TRANSLATION
935|Each day the Lord was invited by a different brahmana, but
>|some of the brahmanas did not get the opportunity to offer
>|Him lunch because the period of Caturmasya came to an end.
936|Madhya 9.93
937|TEXT 93
938|TEXT
939|sei ksetre rahe eka vaisnava-brahmana
940|devalaye asi' kare gita avartana
941|SYNONYMS
942|sei ksetre-in that holy place; rahe-there was; eka-one;
>|vaisnava-brahmana-a brahmana following the Vaisnava cult;
>|deva-alaye-in the temple; asi'-coming; kare-does; gita-of
>|the Bhagavad-gita; avartana-recitation.
943|TRANSLATION
944|In the holy place of Sri Ranga-ksetra, a brahmana Vaisnava
>|used to visit the temple daily and recite the entire text
>|of the Bhagavad-gita.
945|Madhya 9.94
946|TEXT 94
947|TEXT
948|astadasadhyaya pade ananda-avese
949|asuddha padena, loka kare upahase
950|SYNONYMS
951|astadasa-adhyaya-eighteen chapters; pade-reads; ananda-
>|avese-in great ecstasy; asuddha padena-could not pronounce
>|the text correctly; loka-people in general; kare-do;
>|upahase-joking.
952|TRANSLATION
953|The brahmana regularly read the eighteen chapters of the
>|Bhagavad-gita in great transcendental ecstasy, but because
>|he could not pronounce the words correctly, people used to
>|joke about him.
954|Madhya 9.95
955|TEXT 95
956|TEXT
957|keha hase, keha ninde, taha nahi mane
958|avista hana gita pade anandita-mane
959|SYNONYMS
960|keha hase-someone laughs; keha ninde-someone criticizes;
>|taha-that; nahi mane-he does not care for; avista hana-
>|being in great ecstasy; gita pade-reads the Bhagavad-gita;
>|anandita-in great happiness; mane-his mind.
961|TRANSLATION
962|Due to his incorrect pronunciation, people sometimes
>|criticized him and laughed at him, but he did not care. He
>|was full of ecstasy due to reading the Bhagavad-gita and
>|was personally very happy.
963|Madhya 9.96
964|TEXT 96
965|TEXT
966|pulakasru, kampa, sveda,-yavat pathana
967|dekhi' anandita haila mahaprabhura mana
968|SYNONYMS
969|pulaka-standing of the hairs of the body; asru-tears; kampa-
>|trembling; sveda-perspiration; yavat-during; pathana-the
>|reading of the book; dekhi'-seeing this; anandita-very
>|happy; haila-became; mahaprabhura-of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; mana-the mind.
970|TRANSLATION
971|While reading the book, the brahmana experienced
>|transcendental bodily transformations. his
>|hair stood on end, tears welled in his eyes, and his
>|body trembled and perspired as he read. Seeing this, Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu became very happy.
972|PURPORT
973|Although the brahmana could not pronounce the words very
>|well due to illiteracy, he still experienced ecstatic
>|symptoms while reading the Bhagavad-gita. Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu was very much pleased to observe these symptoms,
>|and this indicates that the Supreme Personality of Godhead
>|is pleased by devotion, not by erudite scholarship. Even
>|though the words were imperfectly pronounced, Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, Lord Krsna Himself, did not think this very
>|serious. Rather, the Lord was pleased by the bhava (
>|devotion). In Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.5.11) this is confirmed:
974|tad-vag-visargo janatagha-viplavo
975|yasmin prati-slokam abaddhavaty api
976|namany anantasya yaso-'nkitani yat
977|srnvanti gayanti grnanti sadhavah
978|"On the other hand, that literature which is full of
>|descriptions of the transcendental glories of the name,
>|fame, forms and pastimes of the unlimited Supreme Lord is a
>|different creation, full of transcendental words directed
>|toward bringing about a revolution in the impious lives of
>|this world's misdirected civilization. Such transcendental
>|literature, even though imperfectly composed, is heard,
>|sung and accepted by purified men who are thoroughly honest.
>|"
979|The purport to this verse may be considered for further
>|information on this subject.
980|Madhya 9.97
981|TEXT 97
982|TEXT
983|mahaprabhu puchila tanre, suna, mahasaya
984|kon artha jani' tomara eta sukha haya
985|SYNONYMS
986|mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; puchila-inquired; tanre-
>|from him; suna-please hear; maha-asaya-My dear sir; kon-
>|what; artha-meaning; jani'-knowing; tomara-your; eta-so
>|great; sukha-happiness; haya-is.
987|TRANSLATION
988|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked the brahmana, "My dear sir,
>|why are you in such ecstatic love? Which portion of the
>|Bhagavad-gita gives you such transcendental pleasure?"
989|Madhya 9.98
990|TEXT 98
991|TEXT
992|vipra kahe,-murkha ami, sabdartha na jani
993|suddhasuddha gita padi, guru-ajna mani'
994|SYNONYMS
995|vipra kahe-the brahmana replied; murkha ami-I am illiterate;
>| sabda-artha-the meaning of the words; na jani-I do not
>|know; suddha-asuddha-sometimes correct and sometimes not
>|correct; gita-the Bhagavad-gita; padi-I read; guru-ajna-the
>|order of my spiritual master; mani'-accepting.
996|TRANSLATION
997|The brahmana replied, "I am illiterate and therefore do not
>|know the meaning of the words. Sometimes I read the
>|Bhagavad-gita correctly and sometimes incorrectly, but in
>|any case I am doing this in compliance with the orders of
>|my spiritual master."
998|PURPORT
999|This is a good example of a person who had become so
>|successful that he was able to capture the attention of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu even while reading the Bhagavad-gita
>|incorrectly. His spiritual activities did not depend on
>|material things such as correct pronunciation. Rather, his
>|success depended on strictly following the instructions of
>|his spiritual master.
1000|yasya deve para bhaktir
1001|yatha deve tatha gurau
1002|tasyaite kathita hy arthah
1003|prakasante mahatmanah
>|
>|
>|
1004|"Only unto those great souls who have implicit faith in
>|both the Lord and the spiritual master are all the imports
>|of Vedic knowledge automatically revealed."(Svetasvatara
>|Upanisad 6.23)
1005|Actually the meaning of the words of the Bhagavad-gita or
>|Srimad-Bhagavatam are revealed to one strictly following
>|the orders of the spiritual master. They are also revealed
>|to one who has equal faith in the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead. In other words, being faithful to both Krsna and
>|the spiritual master is the secret of success in spiritual
>|life.
1006|Madhya 9.99
1007|TEXT 99
1008|TEXT
1009|arjunera rathe krsna haya rajju-dhara
1010|vasiyache hate totra syamala sundara
1011|SYNONYMS
1012|arjunera-of Arjuna; rathe-in the chariot; krsna-Lord Krsna;
>|haya-is; rajju-dhara-holding the reins; vasiyache-He was
>|sitting there; hate-in the hand; totra-a bridle; syamala-
>|blackish; sundara-very beautiful.
1013|TRANSLATION
1014|The brahmana continued, "Actually I only see Lord Krsna
>|sitting on a chariot as Arjuna's charioteer. Taking the
>|reins in His hands, He appears very beautiful and blackish.
1015|Madhya 9.100
1016|TEXT 100
1017|TEXT
1018|arjunere kahitechena hita-upadesa
1019|tanre dekhi' haya mora ananda-avesa
1020|SYNONYMS
1021|arjunere-unto Arjuna; kahitechena-He is speaking; hita-
>|upadesa-good instruction; tanre-Him; dekhi'-seeing; haya-
>|there is; mora-my; ananda-transcendental happiness; avesa-
>|ecstasy.
1022|TRANSLATION
1023|"While seeing Lord Krsna sitting in a chariot and
>|instructing Arjuna, I am filled with ecstatic happiness.
1024|Madhya 9.101
1025|TEXT 101
1026|TEXT
1027|yavat padon, tavat pana tanra darasana
1028|ei lagi' gita-patha na chade mora mana
1029|SYNONYMS
1030|yavat-as long as; padon-I read; tavat-so long; pana-I get;
>|tanra-His; darasana-audience; ei lagi'-for this reason;
>|gita-patha-reading the Bhagavad-gita; na chade-does not
>|quit; mora mana-my mind.
1031|TRANSLATION
1032|"As long as I read the Bhagavad-gita, I simply see the Lord'
>|s beautiful features. It is for this reason that I am
>|reading the Bhagavad-gita, and my mind cannot be distracted
>|from this."
1033|Madhya 9.102
1034|TEXT 102
1035|TEXT
1036|prabhu kahe,-gita-pathe tomara-i adhikara
1037|tumi se janaha ei gitara artha-sara
1038|SYNONYMS
1039|prabhu kahe-the Lord replied; gita-pathe-in reading the
>|Bhagavad-gita; tomarai adhikara-you have the proper
>|authority; tumi-you; se-that; janaha-know; ei-this; gitara-
>|of the Bhagavad-gita; artha-sara-the real purport.
1040|TRANSLATION
1041|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu told the brahmana, "Indeed, you are
>|an authority in the reading of the Bhagavad-gita. Whatever
>|you know constitutes the real purport of the Bhagavad-gita."
1042|PURPORT
1043|According to the sastras: bhaktya bhagavatam grahyam na
>|buddhya na ca tikaya. One should understand the Bhagavad-
>|gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam by hearing them from a real
>|devotee. One cannot understand them simply by erudite
>|scholarship or sharp intelligence. It is also said:
1044|gitadhita ca yenapi
1045|bhakti- bhavena cetasa
1046|veda-sastra-puranani
1047|tenadhitani sarvasah
1048|To one who reads the Bhagavad-gita with faith and devotion,
>|the essence of Vedic knowledge is revealed. And according
>|to the Svetasvatara Upanisad (6.23):
1049|yasya deve para bhaktir
1050|yatha deve tatha gurau
1051|tasyaite kathita hy arthah
1052|prakasante mahatmanah
>|
>|
>|
1053|All Vedic scriptures are to be understood with faith and
>|devotion, not by mundane scholarship. We therefore
>|present the Bhagavad-gita As It Is. There are many
>|so-called scholars and philosophers who read the Bhagavad-
>|gita in a scholarly way. They simply waste their time and
>|mislead those who read their commentaries.
1054|Madhya 9.103
1055|TEXT 103
1056|TEXT
1057|eta bali' sei vipre kaila alingana
1058|prabhu-pada dhari' vipra karena rodana
1059|SYNONYMS
1060|eta bali'-saying this; sei vipre-that brahmana; kaila
>|alingana-He embraced; prabhu-pada-the lotus feet of Lord
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dhari'-catching; vipra-the
>|brahmana; karena-does; rodana-crying.
1061|TRANSLATION
1062|After saying this, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu embraced the
>|brahmana, and the brahmana, catching the lotus feet of the
>|Lord, began to cry.
1063|Madhya 9.104
1064|TEXT 104
1065|TEXT
1066|toma dekhi' taha haite dvi-guna sukha haya
1067|sei krsna tumi,-hena mora mane laya
1068|SYNONYMS
1069|toma dekhi'-by seeing You; taha haite-than the vision of
>|Lord Krsna; dvi-guna-twice as much; sukha-happiness; haya-
>|there is; sei krsna-that Lord Krsna; tumi-You are; hena-
>|such; mora-my; mane-in the mind; laya-takes.
1070|TRANSLATION
1071|The brahmana said, "Upon seeing You, my happiness is
>|doubled. I take it that You are the same Lord Krsna."
1072|Madhya 9.105
1073|TEXT 105
1074|TEXT
1075|krsna-sphurtye tanra mana hanache nirmala
1076|ataeva prabhura tattva janila sakala
1077|SYNONYMS
1078|krsna-sphurtye-by revelation of Lord Krsna; tanra-his; mana-
>|mind; hanache-did become; nirmala-purified; ataeva-
>|therefore; prabhura-of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tattva-
>|truth; janila-could understand; sakala-all.
1079|TRANSLATION
1080|The mind of the brahmana was purified by the revelation of
>|Lord Krsna, and therefore he could understand the truth of
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in all details.
1081|Madhya 9.106
1082|TEXT 106
1083|TEXT
1084|tabe mahaprabhu tanre karaila siksana
1085|ei bat kahan na kariha prakasana
1086|SYNONYMS
1087|tabe-then; mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tanre-unto
>|the brahmana; karaila-made; siksana-instruction; ei bat-
>|this version; kahan-anywhere; na-do not; kariha-do;
>|prakasana-revelation.
1088|TRANSLATION
1089|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then taught the brahmana very
>|thoroughly and requested him not to disclose the fact that
>|He was Lord Krsna Himself.
1090|Madhya 9.107
1091|TEXT 107
1092|TEXT
1093|sei vipra mahaprabhura bada bhakta haila
1094|cari masa prabhu-sanga kabhu na chadila
1095|SYNONYMS
1096|sei vipra-that brahmana; mahaprabhura-of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; bada-big; bhakta-devotee; haila-became; cari
>|masa-for four months; prabhu-sanga-association of the Lord;
>|kabhu-at any time; na-did not; chadila-give up.
1097|TRANSLATION
1098|That brahmana became a great devotee of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, and for four continuous months he did not give
>|up the Lord's company.
1099|Madhya 9.108
1100|TEXT 108
1101|TEXT
1102|ei-mata bhatta-grhe rahe gauracandra
1103|nirantara bhatta-sange krsna-kathananda
1104|SYNONYMS
1105|ei-mata-in this way; bhatta-grhe-in the house of Venkata
>|Bhatta; rahe-remained; gauracandra-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|nirantara-constantly; bhatta-sange-with Venkata Bhatta;
>|krsna-katha-ananda-the transcendental bliss of talking
>|about Krsna.
1106|TRANSLATION
1107|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu remained at the house of Venkata
>|Bhatta and constantly talked with him about Lord Krsna. In
>|this way He was very happy.
1108|Madhya 9.109
1109|TEXT 109
1110|TEXT
1111|sri-vaisnava' bhatta seve laksmi-narayana
1112|tanra bhakti dekhi' prabhura tusta haila mana
1113|SYNONYMS
1114|sri-vaisnava-a devotee of the Ramanuja-sampradaya; bhatta-
>|Venkata Bhatta; seve-used to worship; laksmi-narayana-the
>|Deities of Lord Narayana and the goddess of fortune, Laksmi;
>| tanra-his; bhakti-devotion; dekhi'-seeing; prabhura-of
>|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tusta-happy; haila-became;
>|mana-the mind.
1115|TRANSLATION
1116|Being a Vaisnava in the Ramanuja-sampradaya, Venkata Bhatta
>|worshiped the Deities of Laksmi and Narayana. Seeing his
>|pure devotion, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was very much
>|satisfied.
1117|Madhya 9.110
1118|TEXT 110
1119|TEXT
1120|nirantara tanra sange haila sakhya-bhava
1121|hasya-parihase dunhe sakhyera svabhava
1122|SYNONYMS
1123|nirantara-constantly; tanra sange-being associated with him;
>| haila-there was; sakhya-bhava-a friendly relationship;
>|hasya-laughing; parihase-joking; dunhe-both of them;
>|sakhyera-of fraternity; svabhava-nature.
1124|TRANSLATION
1125|Constantly associating with each other, Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu and Venkata Bhatta gradually developed a
>|friendly relationship. Indeed, sometimes they laughed and
>|joked together.
1126|Madhya 9.111
1127|TEXT 111
1128|TEXT
1129|prabhu kahe,-bhatta, tomara laksmi-thakurani
1130|kanta-vaksah-sthita, pativrata-siromani
1131|SYNONYMS
1132|prabhu kahe-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; bhatta-My
>|dear Bhattacarya; tomara-your; laksmi-thakurani-goddess of
>|fortune; kanta-of her husband, Narayana; vaksah-sthita-
>|situated on the chest; pati-vrata-chaste woman; siromani-
>|the topmost.
1133|TRANSLATION
1134|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu told the Bhattacarya, "Your
>|worshipable goddess of fortune, Laksmi, always remains on
>|the chest of Narayana, and she is certainly the most chaste
>|woman in the creation.
1135|Madhya 9.112
1136|TEXT 112
1137|TEXT
1138|amara thakura krsna-gopa, go-caraka
1139|sadhvi hana kene cahe tanhara sangama
1140|SYNONYMS
1141|amara thakura-My worshipable Deity; krsna-Lord Krsna; gopa-
>|cowherd; go-caraka-a tender of cows; sadhvi hana-being so
>|chaste; kene-why; cahe-wants; tanhara-His; sangama-
>|association.
1142|TRANSLATION
1143|"However, my Lord is Lord Sri Krsna, a cowherd boy who is
>|engaged in tending cows. Why is it that Laksmi, being such
>|a chaste wife, wants to associate with My Lord?
1144|Madhya 9.113
1145|TEXT 113
1146|TEXT
1147|ei lagi' sukha-bhoga chadi' cira-kala
1148|vrata-niyama kari' tapa karila apara
1149|SYNONYMS
1150|ei lagi'-for this reason; sukha-bhoga-the enjoyment of
>|Vaikuntha; chadi'-giving up; cira-kala-for a long time;
>|vrata-niyama-vows and regulative principles; kari'-
>|accepting; tapa-austerity; karila apara-performed
>|unlimitedly.
1151|TRANSLATION
1152|"Just to associate with Krsna, Laksmi abandoned all
>|transcendental happiness in Vaikuntha and for a long time
>|accepted vows and regulative principles and performed
>|unlimited austerities."
1153|Madhya 9.114
1154|TEXT 114
1155|TEXT
1156|kasyanubhavo 'sya na deva vidmahe
1157|tavanghri-renu-sparasadhikarah
1158|yad-vanchaya srir lalanacarat tapo
1159|vihaya kaman su-ciram dhrta-vrata
1160|SYNONYMS
1161|kasya-of what; anubhavah-a result; asya-of the serpent (
>|Kaliya); na-not; deva-O Lord; vidmahe-we know; tava anghri-
>|of Your lotus feet; renu-of the dust; sparasa-for touching;
>|adhikarah-qualification; yat-which; vanchaya-by desiring;
>|srih-the goddess of fortune; lalana-the topmost woman;
>|acarat-performed; tapah-austerity; vihaya-giving up; kaman-
>|all desires; su-ciram-for a long time; dhrta-a law upheld;
>|vrata-as a vow.
1162|TRANSLATION
1163|Caitanya Mahaprabhu then said, " 'O Lord, we do not know
>|how the serpent Kaliya attained such an opportunity to be
>|touched by the dust of Your lotus feet. Even the goddess of
>|fortune, for this end, performed austerities for centuries,
>|giving up all other desires and observing austere vows.
>|Indeed, we do not know how the serpent Kaliya got such an
>|opportunity. "'
1164|PURPORT
1165|This is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.16.36) ;
>|it was spoken by the wives of the Kaliya serpent.
1166|Madhya 9.115
1167|TEXT 115
1168|TEXT
1169|bhatta kahe, krsna-narayana-eka-i svarupa
1170|krsnete adhika lila-vaidagdhyadi-rupa
1171|SYNONYMS
1172|bhatta kahe-Venkata Bhatta said; krsna-narayana-Krsna and
>|Narayana; eka-i svarupa-one and the same; krsnete-in Lord
>|Krsna; adhika-more; lila-pastimes; vaidagdhya-adi-rupa-
>|sportive nature.
1173|TRANSLATION
1174|Venkata Bhatta then said, "Lord Krsna and Lord Narayana are
>|one and the same, but the pastimes of Krsna are more
>|relishable due to their sportive nature.
1175|Madhya 9.116
1176|TEXT 116
1177|TEXT
1178|tara sparse nahi yaya pativrata-dharma
1179|kautuke laksmi cahena krsnera sangama
1180|SYNONYMS
1181|tara sparse-by the touching of Krsna by Laksmi; nahi-does
>|not; yaya-disappear; pati-vrata-dharma-the vow of chastity;
>|kautuke-in great fun; laksmi-the goddess of fortune; cahena-
>|wants; krsnera-of Lord Krsna; sangama-association.
1182|TRANSLATION
1183|"Since Krsna and Narayana are the same personality, Laksmi'
>|s association with Krsna does not break her vow of chastity.
>| Rather, it was in great fun that the goddess of fortune
>|wanted to associate with Lord Krsna."
1184|PURPORT
1185|This is an answer to Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's
>|question, and from this we can understand that Venkata
>|Bhatta knew the truth. He told Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu that
>|Narayana is a form of Krsna associated with transcendental
>|opulence. Although Krsna is two-armed and Narayana four-
>|armed, there is no difference in the person. They are one
>|and the same. Narayana is as beautiful as Krsna, but Krsna'
>|s pastimes are more sportive. It is not that the sportive
>|pastimes of Krsna make Him different from Narayana. Laksmi'
>|s desiring to associate with Krsna was perfectly natural.
>|In other words, it is understandable that a chaste woman
>|wants to associate with her husband in all his different
>|dresses. Therefore one should not criticize Laksmi for
>|wanting to associate with Krsna.
1186|Madhya 9.117
1187|TEXT 117
1188|TEXT
1189|siddhantatas tv abhede 'pi
1190|srisa-krsna-svarupayoh
1191|rasenotkrsyate krsna-
1192|rupam esa rasa-sthitih
1193|SYNONYMS
1194|siddhantatah-in reality; tu-but; abhede-no difference; api-
>|although; sri-isa-of the husband of Laksmi, Narayana; krsna-
>|of Lord Krsna; svarupayoh-between the forms; rasena-by
>|transcendental mellows; utkrsyate-is superior; krsna-rupam-
>|the form of Lord Krsna; esa-this; rasa-sthitih-reservoir of
>|pleasure.
1195|TRANSLATION
1196|Venkata Bhatta continued, " 'According to transcendental
>|realization, there is no difference between the forms of
>|Narayana and Krsna. Yet in Krsna there is a special
>|transcendental attraction due to the conjugal mellow, and
>|consequently He surpasses Narayana. This is the conclusion
>|of transcendental mellows.'
1197|PURPORT
1198|This verse quoted by Venkata Bhatta is also found in
>|Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.2.59).
1199|Madhya 9.118
1200|TEXT 118
1201|TEXT
1202|krsna-sange pativrata-dharma nahe nasa
1203|adhika labha paiye, ara rasa-vilasa
1204|SYNONYMS
1205|krsna-sange-in the association of Lord Krsna; pati-vrata-of
>|chastity; dharma-vow; nahe-is not; nasa-lost; adhika-more;
>|labha-profit; paiye-I get; ara-also; rasa-vilasa-the
>|enjoyment in the rasa dance.
1206|TRANSLATION
1207|"The goddess of fortune considered that her vow of chastity
>|would not be damaged by her relationship with Krsna. Rather,
>| by associating with Krsna she could enjoy the benefit of
>|the rasa dance."
1208|Madhya 9.119
1209|TEXT 119
1210|TEXT
1211|vinodini laksmira haya krsne abhilasa
1212|ihate ki dosa, kene kara parihasa
1213|SYNONYMS
1214|vinodini-the enjoyer; laksmira-of the goddess of fortune;
>|haya-there is; krsne-for Lord Krsna; abhilasa-desire; ihate-
>|in this; ki-what; dosa-fault; kene-why; kara-You do;
>|parihasa-joking.
1215|TRANSLATION
1216|Venkata Bhatta further explained, "Mother Laksmi, the
>|goddess of fortune, is also an enjoyer of transcendental
>|bliss; therefore if she wanted to enjoy herself with Krsna,
>|what fault is there? Why are You joking so about this?"
1217|Madhya 9.120
1218|TEXT 120
1219|TEXT
1220|prabhu kahe,-dosa nahi, iha ami jani
1221|rasa na paila laksmi, sastre iha suni
1222|SYNONYMS
1223|prabhu kahe-the Lord replied; dosa nahi-there is no fault;
>|iha ami jani-this I know; rasa na paila laksmi-Laksmi, the
>|goddess of fortune, could not join the rasa dance; sastre
>|iha suni-we get this information from revealed scriptures.
1224|TRANSLATION
1225|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied, "I know that there is no
>|fault on the part of the goddess of fortune, but still she
>|could not enter into the rasa dance. We hear this from
>|revealed scriptures.
1226|Madhya 9.121
1227|TEXT 121
1228|TEXT
1229|nayam sriyo 'nga u nitanta-rateh prasadah
1230|svar-yositam nalina-gandha-rucam kuto 'nyah
1231|rasotsave 'sya bhuja-danda-grhita-kantha-
1232|labdhasisam ya udagad vraja-sundarinam
1233|SYNONYMS
1234|na-not; ayam-this; sriyah-of the goddess of fortune; ange-
>|on the chest; u-alas; nitanta-rateh-one who is very
>|intimately related; prasadah-the favor; svah-of the
>|heavenly planets; yositam-of women; nalina-of the lotus
>|flower; gandha-having the aroma; rucam-and bodily luster;
>|kutah-much less; anyah-others; rasa-utsave-in the festival
>|of the rasa dance; asya-of Lord Sri Krsna; bhuja-danda-by
>|the arms; grhita-embraced; kantha-their necks; labdha-
>|asisam-who achieved such a blessing; yah-which; udagat-
>|became manifest; vraja-sundarinam-of the beautiful gopis,
>|the transcendental girls of Vrajabhumi.
1235|TRANSLATION
1236|" 'When Lord Sri Krsna was dancing with the gopis in the
>|rasa-lila, He put His arms around their necks and
>|embraced them . This transcendental favor was never
>|bestowed upon the goddess of fortune or the other consorts
>|in the spiritual world. Nor was such a thing ever imagined
>|by the most beautiful girls in the heavenly planets, girls
>|whose bodily luster and aroma exactly resemble the
>|lotus flower. And what to speak of
>|worldly women, who may be very, very beautiful according to
>|material estimation?'
1237|PURPORT
1238|This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.47.60).
1239|Madhya 9.122
1240|TEXT 122
1241|TEXT
1242|laksmi kene na paila, ihara ki karana
1243|tapa kari' kaiche krsna paila sruti-gana
1244|SYNONYMS
1245|laksmi-the goddess of fortune; kene-why; na-did not; paila-
>|get; ihara-of this; ki-what; karana-cause; tapa kari'-
>|undergoing severe austerities; aiche-how; krsna-Lord Krsna;
>|paila-attained; sruti-gana-Vedic authorities.
1246|TRANSLATION
1247|"But can you tell Me why the goddess of fortune, Laksmi,
>|could not enter the rasa dance? The authorities of Vedic
>|knowledge could enter the dance and associate with Krsna.
1248|Madhya 9.123
1249|TEXT 123
1250|TEXT
1251|nibhrta-marun-mano-'ksa-drdha-yoga-yujo hrdi yan-
1252|munaya upasate tad arayo 'pi yayuh smaranat
1253|striya uragendra-bhoga-bhuja-danda-visakta-dhiyo
1254|vayam api te samah samadrso 'nghri-saroja-sudhah
1255|SYNONYMS
1256|nibhrta-controlled; marut-the life air; manah-the mind;
>|aksa-the senses; drdha-strong; yoga-in the mystic yoga
>|process; yujah-who are engaged; hrdi-within the heart; yat-
>|who; munayah-the great sages; upasate-worship; tat-that;
>|arayah-the enemies; api-also; yayuh-obtain; smaranat-from
>|remembering; striyah-the gopis; uraga-indra-of serpents;
>|bhoga-like the bodies; bhuja-the arms; danda-like rods;
>|visakta-fastened to; dhiyah-whose minds; vayam api-we also;
>|te-Your; samah-equal to them; sama-drsah-having the same
>|ecstatic emotions; anghri-saroja-of the lotus feet; sudhah-
>|the nectar.
1257|TRANSLATION
1258|" 'Great sages conquer the mind and senses by practicing
>|the mystic yoga system and controlling the breath. Thus
>|engaging in mystic yoga, they see the Supersoul within
>|their hearts and ultimately enter into impersonal Brahman.
>|But even the enemies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
>|attain that position simply by thinking of the Supreme Lord.
>| However, the damsels of Vraja, the gopis, being attracted
>|by the beauty of Krsna, simply wanted to embrace Him and
>|His arms, which are like serpents. Thus the gopis
>|ultimately tasted the nectar of the lotus feet of the Lord.
>|Similarly, we Upanisads can also taste the nectar of His
>|lotus feet by following in the footsteps of the gopis.' "
1259|PURPORT
1260|This verse is from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.87.23).
1261|Madhya 9.124
1262|TEXT 124
1263|TEXT
1264|sruti paya, laksmi na paya, ithe ki karana
1265|bhatta kahe,-iha pravesite nare mora mana
1266|SYNONYMS
1267|sruti paya-the Vedic authorities got admission; laksmi na
>|paya-and the goddess of fortune could not get admission;
>|ithe ki karana-what must be the reason for this; bhatta
>|kahe-Venkata Bhatta replied; iha-this; pravesite-to enter;
>|nare-is not able; mora-my; mana-mind.
1268|TRANSLATION
1269|Having been asked by Caitanya Mahaprabhu why the goddess of
>|fortune could not enter into the rasa dance whereas the
>|authorities on Vedic knowledge could, Venkata Bhatta
>|replied, "I cannot enter into the mysteries of this
>|behavior."
1270|Madhya 9.125
1271|TEXT 125
1272|TEXT
1273|ami jiva,-ksudra-buddhi, sahaje asthira
1274|isvarera lila-koti-samudra-gambhira
1275|SYNONYMS
1276|ami jiva-I am an ordinary living being; ksudra-buddhi-
>|possessing limited intelligence; sahaje asthira-very easily
>|agitated; isvarera lila-the pastimes of the Lord; koti-
>|samudra-as millions of oceans; gambhira-as deep.
1277|TRANSLATION
1278|Venkata Bhatta then admitted, "I am an ordinary human being.
>| Since my intelligence is very much limited and I am
>|easily agitated, my mind cannot enter within the deep ocean
>|of the pastimes of the Lord.
1279|Madhya 9.126
1280|TEXT 126
1281|TEXT
1282|tumi saksat sei krsna, jana nija-karma
1283|yare janaha, sei jane tomara lila-marma
1284|SYNONYMS
1285|tumi-You; saksat-directly; sei-that; krsna-the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead; jana-You know; nija-karma-Your
>|activities; yare janaha-and unto whom You make it known;
>|sei-that person; jane-knows; tomara-Your; lila-marma-the
>|purport of the pastimes.
1286|TRANSLATION
1287|"You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna Himself.
>|You know the purpose of Your activities, and the person
>|whom You enlighten can also understand Your pastimes."
1288|PURPORT
1289|The Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna and His pastimes
>|cannot be understood by blunt material senses. One has to
>|purify the senses by rendering transcendental loving
>|service unto the Lord. When the Lord is pleased and reveals
>|Himself, one can understand the transcendental form, name,
>|qualities and pastimes of the Lord. This is confirmed in
>|the Katha Upanisad (2.23) and in the Mundaka Upanisad (3.2.
>|3): yam evaisa vrnute tena labhyas tasyaisa atma vivrnute
>|tanum svam. "Anyone who is favored by the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead can understand His transcendental
>|name, qualities, form and pastimes."
1290|Madhya 9.127
1291|TEXT 127
1292|TEXT
1293|prabhu kahe,-krsnera eka svabhava vilaksana
1294|sva-madhurye sarva citta kare akarsana
1295|SYNONYMS
1296|prabhu kahe-the Lord replied; krsnera-of Lord Krsna; eka-
>|one; svabhava-characteristic; vilaksana-special; sva-
>|madhurye-His conjugal love; sarva-all; citta-hearts; kare-
>|does; akarsana-attraction.
1297|TRANSLATION
1298|The Lord replied, "Lord Krsna has a special characteristic:
>|He attracts everyone's heart by the mellow of His personal
>|conjugal love.
1299|Madhya 9.128
1300|TEXT 128
1301|TEXT
1302|vraja-lokera bhave paiye tanhara carana
1303|tanre isvara kari' nahi jane vraja-jana
1304|SYNONYMS
1305|vraja-lokera-of the inhabitants of Goloka Vrndavana; bhave-
>|in the ecstasy; paiye-one gets; tanhara-Lord Krsna's;
>|carana-lotus feet; tanre-unto Him; isvara-the Supreme
>|Person; kari'-accepting; nahi-do not; jane-know; vraja-jana-
>|the inhabitants of Vrajabhumi.
1306|TRANSLATION
1307|"By following in the footsteps of the inhabitants of the
>|planet known as Vrajaloka or Goloka Vrndavana one can
>|attain the shelter of the lotus feet of Sri Krsna. However,
>|in that planet the inhabitants do not know that Lord Krsna
>|is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
1308|Madhya 9.129
1309|TEXT 129
1310|TEXT
1311|keha tanre putra-jnane udukhale bandhe
1312|keha sakha-jnane jini' cade tanra kandhe
1313|SYNONYMS
1314|keha-someone; tanre-Him; putra-jnane-by accepting as a son;
>|udukhale-to a big mortar; bandhe-ties; keha-someone; sakha-
>|jnane-by accepting as a friend; jini'-conquering; cade-gets
>|up; tanra-His; kandhe-on the shoulder.
1315|TRANSLATION
1316|"There someone may accept Him as a son and sometimes bind
>|Him to a grinding mortar. Someone else may accept Him as an
>|intimate friend and, attaining victory over Him, playfully
>|mount His shoulders.
1317|Madhya 9.130
1318|TEXT 130
1319|TEXT
1320|'vrajendra-nandana' bali' tanre jane vraja-jana
1321|aisvarya-jnane nahi kona sambandha-manana
1322|SYNONYMS
1323|vrajendra-nandana-the son of Nanda Maharaja, the King of
>|Vrajabhumi; bali'-as; tanre-Him; jane-know; vraja-jana-the
>|inhabitants of Vrajabhumi; aisvarya-jnane-in opulence; nahi-
>|there is not; kona-any; sambandha-relationship; manana-
>|regarding.
1324|TRANSLATION
1325|"The inhabitants of Vrajabhumi know Krsna as the son of
>|Maharaja Nanda, the King of Vrajabhumi, and they consider
>|that they can have no relationship with the Lord in the
>|rasa of opulence.
1326|Madhya 9.131
1327|TEXT 131
1328|TEXT
1329|vraja-lokera bhave yei karaye bhajana
1330|sei jana paya vraje vrajendra-nandana
1331|SYNONYMS
1332|vraja-lokera-of the inhabitants of Vrajabhumi; bhave-in the
>|ecstasy; yei-anyone who; karaye-does; bhajana-worship; sei
>|jana-that person; paya-attains; vraje-in Vraja; vrajendra-
>|nandana-Lord Krsna, the son of Maharaja Nanda.
1333|TRANSLATION
1334|"One who worships the Lord by following in the footsteps of
>|the inhabitants of Vrajabhumi attains Him in the
>|transcendental planet of Vraja, where He is known as the
>|son of Maharaja Nanda."
1335|PURPORT
1336|The inhabitants of Vrajabhumi, or Goloka Vrndavana, know
>|Krsna as the son of Maharaja Nanda. They do not accept Him
>|as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as people in general
>|do. The Lord is the supreme maintainer of everyone and the
>|chief personality among all personalities. In Vrajabhumi
>|Krsna is certainly the central point of love, but no one
>|knows Him there as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
>|Rather, a person may know Him as a friend, son, lover or
>|master. In any case, the center is Krsna. The inhabitants
>|of Vrajabhumi are related to the Lord in servitude,
>|friendship, parental love and conjugal love. A person
>|engaged in devotional service may accept any one of these
>|transcendental relationships, which are known as mellows.
>|When such a person reaches the perfectional stage, he
>|returns home, back to Krsna, in his pure spiritual identity.
1337|Madhya 9.132
1338|TEXT 132
1339|TEXT
1340|nayam sukhapo bhagavan
1341|dehinam gopika-sutah
1342|jnaninam catma-bhutanam
1343|yatha bhakti-matam iha
1344|SYNONYMS
1345|na-not; ayam-this Lord Sri Krsna; sukha-apah-easily
>|available; bhagavan-the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
>|dehinam-for materialistic persons who have accepted the
>|body as the self; gopika-sutah-the son of mother Yasoda;
>|jnaninam-for persons addicted to mental speculation; ca-and;
>| atma-bhutanam-for persons performing severe austerities
>|and penances; yatha-as; bhakti-matam-for persons engaged in
>|spontaneous devotional service; iha-in this world.
1346|TRANSLATION
1347|Caitanya Mahaprabhu then quoted, " 'The Supreme Personality
>|of Godhead, Krsna, the son of mother Yasoda, is accessible
>|to those devotees engaged in spontaneous loving service,
>|but He is not as easily accessible to mental speculators,
>|to those striving for self-realization by severe
>|austerities and penances, or to those who consider the body
>|the same as the self.'
1348|PURPORT
1349|This verse, also given in Madhya-lila 8.227, is quoted from
>|Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.9.21).
1350|Madhya 9.133
1351|TEXT 133
1352|TEXT
1353|sruti-gana gopi-ganera anugata hana
1354|vrajesvari-suta bhaje gopi-bhava lana
1355|SYNONYMS
1356|sruti-gana-the authorities of Vedic hymns; gopi-ganera-of
>|the gopis; anugata hana-following in the footsteps;
>|vrajesvari-suta-the son of mother Yasoda; bhaje-worship;
>|gopi-bhava-the ecstasy of the gopis; lana-accepting.
1357|TRANSLATION
1358|"The authorities in the Vedic literature who are known as
>|the sruti-gana worshiped Lord Krsna in the ecstasy of the
>|gopis and followed in their footsteps.
1359|PURPORT
1360|The authorities in the Vedic literature known as
>|the sruti- gana desired to enter into Lord Sri Krsna's
>|rasa dance; therefore they began to worship the Lord in the
>|ecstasy of the gopis. In the beginning, however, they were
>|unsuccessful. When they could not enter the dance simply by
>|thinking of Krsna in the ecstasy of the gopis, they
>|actually accepted bodies like those of the gopis. They even
>|took birth in Vrajabhumi just like the gopis and
>|consequently became engrossed in the ecstasy of the gopis'
>|love. In this way they were allowed to enter into the rasa-
>|lila dance of the Lord.
1361|Madhya 9.134
1362|TEXT 134
1363|TEXT
1364|bahyantare gopi-deha vraje yabe paila
1365|sei dehe krsna-sange rasa-krida kaila
1366|SYNONYMS
1367|bahya-antare-externally and internally; gopi-deha-the body
>|of a gopi; vraje-in Vrajabhumi; yabe-when; paila-they got;
>|sei dehe-in that body; krsna-sange-with Krsna; rasa-krida-
>|pastimes of the rasa dance; kaila-performed.
1368|TRANSLATION
1369|"The personified authorities on the Vedic hymns acquired
>|bodies like those of the gopis and took birth in Vrajabhumi.
>| In those bodies they were allowed to enter into the Lord's
>|rasa-lila dance.
1370|Madhya 9.135
1371|TEXT 135
1372|TEXT
1373|gopa-jati krsna, gopi-preyasi tanhara
1374|devi va anya stri krsna na kare angikara
1375|SYNONYMS
1376|gopa-jati-belonging to the cowherd community; krsna-Lord
>|Krsna; gopi-the damsels of Vrajabhumi, the gopis; preyasi-
>|dearmost; tanhara-His; devi-the wives of the demigods; va-
>|or; anya-other; stri-women; krsna-Lord Krsna; na-does not;
>|kare-do; angikara-acceptance.
1377|TRANSLATION
1378|"Lord Krsna belongs to the cowherd community, and the gopis
>|are the dearmost lovers of Krsna. Although the wives of the
>|denizens of the heavenly planets are most opulent within
>|the material world, neither they nor any other women in the
>|material universe can acquire Krsna's association.
1379|Madhya 9.136
1380|TEXT 136
1381|TEXT
1382|laksmi cahe sei dehe krsnera sangama
1383|gopika-anuga hana na kaila bhajana
1384|SYNONYMS
1385|laksmi-the goddess of fortune; cahe-wants; sei-that; dehe-
>|in the body; krsnera sangama-the association of Krsna;
>|gopika-of the gopis; anuga-follower; hana-becoming; na-did
>|not; kaila-perform; bhajana-worship.
1386|TRANSLATION
1387|"The goddess of fortune, Laksmi, wanted to enjoy Krsna and
>|at the same time retain her spiritual body in the form of
>|Laksmi. However, she did not follow in the footsteps of the
>|gopis in her worship of Krsna.
1388|Madhya 9.137
1389|TEXT 137
1390|TEXT
1391|anya dehe na paiye rasa-vilasa
1392|ataeva 'nayam' sloka kahe veda-vyasa
1393|SYNONYMS
1394|anya dehe-in a body other than those of the gopis; na-not;
>|paiye-one gets; rasa-vilasa-the pastimes of the rasa dance;
>|ataeva-therefore; nayam-beginning with the word nayam;
>|sloka-the Sanskrit verse; kahe-says; veda-vyasa-Dvaipayana
>|Vedavyasa.
1395|TRANSLATION
1396|"Vyasadeva, the supreme authority on Vedic literature,
>|composed the verse beginning 'nayam sukhapo bhagavan'
>|because no one can enter into the rasa-lila dance in any
>|body other than that of a gopi."
1397|PURPORT
1398|This verse confirms a verse of the Bhagavad-gita (9.25):
1399|yanti deva-vrata devan
1400|pitrn yanti pitr-vratah
1401|bhutani yanti bhutejya
>|
>|
>|
>|
1402|yanti mad-yajino 'pi mam
1403|"[Lord Krsna said:] 'Those who worship the demigods will
>|take birth among the demigods; those who worship the
>|ancestors go the ancestors; those who worship ghosts and
>|spirits will take birth among such beings; and those who
>|worship Me will live with Me.' "
1404|In the material world, every conditioned soul changes his
>|material body again and again, but when the spirit soul is
>|purified of all material coverings, there is no longer a
>|chance of his accepting a material body. Such a soul then
>|remains in his original, spiritual identity, a state that
>|is possible to achieve only by understanding Krsna in truth
>|through the practice of Krsna consciousness. As Krsna says
>|in the Bhagavad-gita (4.9),
1405|janma karma ca me divyam
1406|evam yo vetti tattvatah
1407|tyaktva deham punar janma
1408|naiti mam eti so 'rjuna
1409|"One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance
>|and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his
>|birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal
>|abode, O Arjuna."
1410|Only when one regains his original spiritual body can he
>|enter into the spiritual kingdom. As far as the rasa-lila
>|pastimes of the Lord are concerned, it is futile for one
>|who is within the material world to attempt to imitate the
>|Lord's dances.. One has to attain a spiritual body like
>|that of a gopi to enter into the pastimes of the rasa-lila.
>| In the nayam sukhapo verse, the devotees are referred to
>|as bhaktimat, that is, fully engaged in devotional service
>|and devoid of material contamination. One cannot enter into
>|Krsna's rasa-lila dance simply by artificially imitating it
>|or artificially thinking oneself a sakhi and dressing up
>|like one. Krsna's rasa-lila dance is completely spiritual .
>|It has nothing to do with material contamination ;
>|therefore no one can enter into this pastime by artificial,
>|material means. That is the instruction of the nayam
>|sukhapo verse, and it must be strictly understood.
1411|Madhya 9.138
1412|TEXT 138
1413|TEXT
1414|purve bhattera mane eka chila abhimana
1415|'sri-narayana' hayena svayam-bhagavan
1416|SYNONYMS
1417|purve-before this; bhattera-of Venkata Bhatta; mane-in the
>|mind; eka-one; chila-there was; abhimana-an impression; sri-
>|narayana-the form of the Lord as Narayana; hayena-is;
>|svayam-personally; bhagavan-the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead.
1418|TRANSLATION
1419|Before this explanation was given by Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, Venkata Bhatta thought that Sri Narayana was
>|the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
1420|Madhya 9.139
1421|TEXT 139
1422|TEXT
1423|tanhara bhajana sarvopari-kaksa haya
1424|sri-vaisnave'ra bhajana ei sarvopari haya
1425|SYNONYMS
1426|tanhara bhajana-worship of Narayana; sarva-upari-topmost;
>|kaksa-department; haya-is; sri-vaisnavera-of the followers
>|of Ramanujacarya; bhajana-worship; ei-this; sarva-upari
>|haya-is the topmost.
1427|TRANSLATION
1428|Thinking in this way, Venkata Bhatta believed that worship
>|of Narayana was the supreme form of worship, superior to
>|all other processes of devotional service, for it was
>|followed by the Sri Vaisnava disciples of Ramanujacarya.
1429|Madhya 9.140
1430|TEXT 140
1431|TEXT
1432|ei tanra garva prabhu karite khandana
1433|parihasa-dvare uthaya eteka vacana
1434|SYNONYMS
1435|ei-this; tanra-his (Venkata Bhatta's); garva-pride; prabhu-
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; karite khandana-to curb; parihasa-
>|dvare-by joking; uthaya-raises; eteka-so many; vacana-words.
1436|TRANSLATION
1437|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had understood this misconception
>|of Venkata Bhatta's, and to correct it the Lord talked so
>|much in a joking way.
1438|Madhya 9.141
1439|TEXT 141
1440|TEXT
1441|prabhu kahe,-bhatta, tumi na kariha samsaya
1442|'svayam-bhagavan' krsna ei ta' niscaya
1443|SYNONYMS
1444|prabhu kahe-the Lord said; bhatta-My dear Venkata Bhatta;
>|tumi-you; na kariha-do not do; samsaya-doubt; svayam-
>|bhagavan-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; krsna-is Lord
>|Krsna; ei ta' niscaya-this is the conclusion.
1445|TRANSLATION
1446|The Lord then continued, "My dear Venkata Bhatta, please do
>|not continue doubting. Lord Krsna is the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead, and this is the conclusion of the
>|Vedic literature.
1447|Madhya 9.142
1448|TEXT 142
1449|TEXT
1450|krsnera vilasa-murti-sri-narayana
1451|ataeva laksmi-adyera hare tenha mana
1452|SYNONYMS
1453|krsnera-of Lord Krsna; vilasa-murti-form for enjoyment; sri-
>|narayana-Lord Narayana; ataeva-therefore; laksmi-adyera-of
>|the goddess of fortune and her followers; hare-attracts;
>|tenha-He (Lord Narayana); mana-the mind.
1454|TRANSLATION
1455|"Lord Narayana, the opulent form of Krsna, attracts the
>|minds of the goddess of fortune and her followers.
1456|Madhya 9.143
1457|TEXT 143
1458|TEXT
1459|ete camsa-kalah pumsah
1460|krsnas tu bhagavan svayam
1461|indrari-vyakulam lokam
1462|mrdayanti yuge yuge
1463|SYNONYMS
1464|ete-these; ca-and; amsa-plenary portions; kalah-parts of
>|plenary portions; pumsah-of the purusa-avataras; krsnah-
>|Lord Krsna; tu-but; bhagavan-the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead; svayam-Himself; indra-ari-the enemies of Lord
>|Indra; vyakulam-full of; lokam-the world; mrdayanti-make
>|happy; yuge yuge-at the right time in each age.
1465|TRANSLATION
1466|" 'All these incarnations of Godhead are either plenary
>|portions or parts of the plenary portions of the purusa-
>|avataras. But Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead
>|Himself. In every age He protects the world through His
>|different features when the world is disturbed by the
>|enemies of Indra.'
1467|PURPORT
1468|This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.3.28).
1469|Madhya 9.144
1470|TEXT 144
1471|TEXT
1472|narayana haite krsnera asadharana guna
1473|ataeva laksmira krsne trsna anuksana
1474|SYNONYMS
1475|narayana haite-over and above Narayana; krsnera-of Lord
>|Krsna; asadharana guna-uncommon qualities; ataeva-therefore;
>| laksmira-of the goddess of fortune; krsne-unto Krsna;
>|trsna-desire; anuksana-always.
1476|TRANSLATION
1477|"Because Krsna has four extraordinary qualities not
>|possessed by Lord Narayana, the goddess of fortune, Laksmi,
>|always desires His company.
1478|PURPORT
1479|Lord Narayana has sixty transcendental qualities. Over and
>|above these, Krsna has four extraordinary transcendental
>|qualities absent in Lord Narayana. These four qualities are:
>| (1) His wonderful pastimes, which are compared to an ocean
>|; (2) His association in the circle of the supreme devotees
>|in conjugal love (the gopis) ; (3) His playing on the flute,
>| whose vibration attracts the three worlds ; and (4) His
>|extraordinary beauty, which surpasses the beauty of the
>|three worlds. Lord Krsna's beauty is unequaled and
>|unsurpassed.
1480|Madhya 9.145
1481|TEXT 145
1482|TEXT
1483|tumi ye padila sloka, se haya pramana
1484|sei sloke aise 'krsna-svayam bhagavan'
1485|SYNONYMS
1486|tumi-you; ye-which; padila-have recited; sloka-verse; se-
>|that; haya-is; pramana-evidence; sei sloke-in that verse;
>|aise krsna-Krsna is; svayam bhagavan-the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead.
1487|TRANSLATION
1488|"You have recited the sloka beginning with 'siddhantatas tv
>|abhede 'pi.' That very verse is evidence that Krsna is the
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead.
1489|Madhya 9.146
1490|TEXT 146
1491|TEXT
1492|siddhantatas tv abhede 'pi
1493|srisa-krsna-svarupayoh
1494|rasenotkrsyate krsna-
1495|rupam esa rasa-sthitih
1496|SYNONYMS
1497|siddhantatah-in reality; tu-but; abhede-no difference; api-
>|although; sri-isa-of the husband of Laksmi, Narayana; krsna-
>|of Lord Krsna; svarupayoh-between the forms; rasena-by
>|transcendental mellows; utkrsyate-is superior; krsna-rupam-
>|the form of Lord Krsna; esa-this; rasa-sthitih-the
>|reservoir of pleasure.
1498|TRANSLATION
1499|" 'According to transcendental realization, there is no
>|difference between the forms of Krsna and Narayana. Yet in
>|Krsna there is a special transcendental attraction due to
>|the conjugal mellow, and consequently He surpasses Narayana.
>| This is the conclusion of transcendental mellows.'
1500|PURPORT
1501|This is a verse from the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.2.59).
>|Here Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja says that Lord Caitanya spoke
>|the verse to Venkata Bhatta, and earlier he said that
>|Venkata Bhatta spoke it to the Lord. But since their
>|conversation took place long, long before the Bhakti-
>|rasamrta-sindhu was composed, the question my be raised as
>|to how either of them quoted the verse. Srila Bhaktivinoda
>|Thakura explains that this verse and many others like it
>|were current among devotees long before the Bhakti-rasamrta-
>|sindhu was composed. Thus devotees would always quote them
>|and explain their purport in ecstasy.
1502|Madhya 9.147
1503|TEXT 147
1504|TEXT
1505|svayam bhagavan 'krsna' hare laksmira mana
1506|gopikara mana harite nare 'narayana'
1507|SYNONYMS
1508|svayam bhagavan-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; krsna-
>|is Lord Krsna; hare-attracts; laksmira-of the goddess of
>|fortune; mana-the mind; gopikara-of the gopis; mana-the
>|minds; harite-to attract; nare-is not able; narayana-Lord
>|Narayana.
1509|TRANSLATION
1510|"The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, attracts the
>|mind of the goddess of fortune, but Lord Narayana cannot
>|attract the minds of the gopis. This proves the
>|superexcellence of Krsna.
1511|Madhya 9.148
1512|TEXT 148
1513|TEXT
1514|narayanera ka katha, sri-krsna apane
1515|gopikare hasya karaite haya 'narayane'
1516|SYNONYMS
1517|narayanera-of Lord Narayana; ka katha-what to speak; sri-
>|krsna-Lord Sri Krsna; apane-Himself; gopikare-the gopis;
>|hasya karaite-to make them jubilant; haya-becomes; narayane-
>|in the form of Narayana.
1518|TRANSLATION
1519|"To say nothing of Lord Narayana personally, Lord Krsna
>|Himself appeared as Narayana just to play a joke on the
>|gopis.
1520|Madhya 9.149
1521|TEXT 149
1522|TEXT
1523|'catur-bhuja-murti' dekhaya gopi-ganera age
1524|sei 'krsne' gopikara nahe anurage
1525|SYNONYMS
1526|catur-bhuja-murti-four-handed form; dekhaya-exhibits; gopi-
>|ganera-of the gopis; age-in front; sei krsne-unto that
>|Krsna; gopikara-of the gopis; nahe-not; anurage-attraction.
1527|TRANSLATION
1528|"Although Krsna assumed the four-armed form of Narayana, He
>|could not attract the serious attention of the gopis in
>|ecstatic love.
1529|Madhya 9.150
1530|TEXT 150
1531|TEXT
1532|gopinam pasupendra-nandana-juso bhavasya kas tam krti
1533|vijnatum ksamate duruha-padavi-sancarinah prakriyam
1534|aviskurvati vaisnavim api tanum tasmin bhujair jisnubhir
1535|yasam hanta caturbhir adbhuta-rucim ragodayah kuncati
1536|SYNONYMS
1537|gopinam-of the gopis; pasupa-indra-nandana-jusah-of the
>|service of the son of Vraja's King, Maharaja Nanda;
>|bhavasya-ecstatic; kah-what; tam-that; krti-learned man;
>|vijnatum-to understand; ksamate-is able; duruha-very
>|difficult to understand; padavi-the position; sancarinah-
>|which provokes; prakriyam-activity; aviskurvati-He
>|manifests; vaisnavim-of Visnu; api-certainly; tanum-the
>|body; tasmin-in that; bhujaih-with arms; jisnubhih-very
>|beautiful; yasam-of whom (the gopis); hanta-alas; caturbhih-
>|four; adbhuta-wonderfully; rucim-beautiful; raga-udayah-the
>|evoking of ecstatic feelings; kuncati-cripples.
1538|TRANSLATION
1539|" 'Once Lord Sri Krsna playfully manifested Himself as
>|Narayana, with four victorious hands and a very beautiful
>|form. When the gopis saw this exalted form, however, their
>|ecstatic feelings were crippled. A learned scholar,
>|therefore, cannot understand the gopis' ecstatic feelings,
>|which are firmly fixed upon the original form of Lord Krsna
>|as the son of Nanda Maharaja. The wonderful feelings of the
>|gopis in ecstatic parama-rasa with Krsna constitute the
>|greatest mystery in spiritual life.' "
1540|PURPORT
1541|This is a verse spoken by Narada Muni in the Lalita-madhava-
>|nataka (6.14), a drama written by Srila Rupa Gosvami.
1542|Madhya 9.151
1543|TEXT 151
1544|TEXT
1545|eta kahi' prabhu tanra garva curna kariya
1546|tanre sukha dite kahe siddhanta phiraiya
1547|SYNONYMS
1548|eta kahi'-saying this; prabhu-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|tanra-his (of Venkata Bhatta); garva-pride; curna kariya-
>|smashing into pieces; tanre-unto him; sukha dite-to give
>|happiness; kahe-says; siddhanta phiraiya-turning the whole
>|conversation.
1549|TRANSLATION
1550|In this way Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu deflated the pride
>|of Venkata Bhatta, but just to make him happy again, He
>|spoke as follows.
1551|Madhya 9.152
1552|TEXT 152
1553|TEXT
1554|duhkha na bhaviha, bhatta, kailun parihasa
1555|sastra-siddhanta suna, yate vaisnava-visvasa
1556|SYNONYMS
1557|duhkha-unhappiness; na-do not; bhaviha-bear; bhatta-My dear
>|Venkata Bhatta; kailun parihasa-I was simply making a joke;
>|sastra-siddhanta-the conclusion of the revealed scriptures;
>|suna-hear; yate-in which; vaisnava-visvasa-the faith of the
>|Vaisnavas.
1558|TRANSLATION
1559|The Lord pacified Venkata Bhatta by saying, "Actually
>|whatever I have said is by way of jest. Now you can hear
>|from Me the conclusion of the sastras, in which every
>|Vaisnava devotee has firm faith.
1560|Madhya 9.153
1561|TEXT 153
1562|TEXT
1563|krsna-narayana, yaiche eka-i svarupa
1564|gopi-laksmi-bheda nahi haya eka-rupa
1565|SYNONYMS
1566|krsna-narayana-Lord Krsna and Lord Narayana; yaiche-as; eka-
>|i-one; svarupa-form; gopi-the gopis; laksmi-the goddess of
>|fortune; bheda-difference; nahi-there is not; haya-there is;
>| eka-rupa-one form.
1567|TRANSLATION
1568|"There is no difference between Lord Krsna and Lord
>|Narayana, for They are of the same form. Similarly, there
>|is no difference between the gopis and the goddess of
>|fortune, for they also are of the same form.
1569|Madhya 9.154
1570|TEXT 154
1571|TEXT
1572|gopi-dvare laksmi kare krsna-sangasvada
1573|isvaratve bheda manile haya aparadha
1574|SYNONYMS
1575|gopi-dvare-through the gopis; laksmi-the goddess of fortune;
>| kare-does; krsna-sanga-asvada-tasting the sweetness of the
>|association of Lord Krsna; isvaratve-in the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead; bheda-difference; manile-if one
>|considers; haya-there is; aparadha-offense.
1576|TRANSLATION
1577|"The goddess of fortune enjoys the association of Krsna
>|through the gopis. One should not see a
>|difference between the forms of the Lord, for such a
>|conception is offensive.
1578|Madhya 9.155
1579|TEXT 155
1580|TEXT
1581|eka isvara-bhaktera dhyana-anurupa
1582|eka-i vigrahe kare nanakara rupa
1583|SYNONYMS
1584|eka isvara-the Lord is one; bhaktera-of the devotees;
>|dhyana-meditation; anurupa-according to; eka-i-one; vigrahe-
>|in form; kare-exhibits; nana-akara-different; rupa-forms.
1585|TRANSLATION
1586|"There is no difference between the transcendental forms of
>|the Lord. Different forms are manifest due to different
>|attachments of different devotees. Actually the Lord is one,
>| but He appears in different forms just to satisfy His
>|devotees.
1587|PURPORT
1588|In the Brahma-samhita (5.33) it is stated:
1589|advaitam acyutam anadim ananta-rupam
1590|adyam purana-purusam nava-yauvanam ca
1591|The Lord is advaita, without differentiation. There is no
>|difference between the forms of Krsna, Rama, Narayana and
>|Visnu. All of them are one. Sometimes foolish people ask
>|whether when we chant "Rama" in the Hare Krsna mantra we
>|refer to Lord Ramacandra or Lord Balarama. If a devotee
>|says that the name Rama in the Hare Krsna maha-mantra
>|refers to Balarama, a foolish person may become angry
>|because to him the name Rama refers to Lord Ramacandra.
>|Actually there is no difference between Balarama and Lord
>|Rama. It does not matter if one chants Hare Rama
>|referring to Balarama or Lord Ramacandra
>|, for there is no difference between Them. However,
>| it is offensive to think that Balarama is superior to Lord
>|Ramacandra or vice versa. Neophyte devotees do not
>|understand this sastric conclusion, and consequently they
>|unnecessarily create an offensive situation. In text 154
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu clarified this in a very lucid way:
>|isvaratve bheda manile haya aparadha. "It is offensive for
>|one to differentiate between the forms of the Lord." On the
>|other hand, one should not think that the forms of the Lord
>|are the same as the forms of the demigods. This is
>|certainly offensive, as confirmed by the Vaisnava-tantra:
1592|yas tu narayanam devam
1593|brahma- rudradi - daivataih
1594|samatvenaiva vikseta
1595|sa pasandi bhaved dhruvam
1596|"A pasandi is one who considers the great demigods such as
>|Lord Brahma and Lord Siva equal to the Supreme Personality
>|of Godhead, Narayana." (Hari-bhakti-vilasa 7.117)
1597|The conclusion is that we should neither differentiate
>|between the forms of the Lord nor equate the forms of the
>|Lord with the forms of demigods or human beings. For
>|instance, sometimes foolish sannyasis, thinking the body of
>|the Lord to be material, equate daridra-narayana with
>|Narayana, and this is certainly offensive. Unless one is
>|instructed by a bona fide spiritual master, he cannot
>|perfectly understand these different forms. The Brahma-
>|samhita confirms, vedesu durlabham adurlabham atma-bhaktau
>|. One cannot understand the differences between
>|the forms of the Lord simply by academic study or by
>|reading Vedic literature. One must learn from a realized
>|devotee. Only then can one learn how to distinguish between
>|one form of the Lord and another. The conclusion is that
>|there is no difference between the forms of the Lord, but
>|there is a difference between His forms and those of the
>|demigods.
1598|Madhya 9.156
1599|TEXT 156
1600|TEXT
1601|manir yatha vibhagena
1602|nila-pitadibhir yutah
1603|rupa-bhedam avapnoti
1604|dhyana-bhedat tathacyutah
1605|SYNONYMS
1606|manih-jewel, specifically the jewel known as vaidurya;
>|yatha-as; vibhagena-separately; nila-blue; pita-yellow;
>|adibhih-and with other colors; yutah-joined; rupa-bhedam-
>|difference of form; avapnoti-gets; dhyana-bhedat-by
>|different types of meditation; tatha-similarly; acyutah-the
>|infallible Supreme Personality of Godhead.
1607|TRANSLATION
1608|" 'When the jewel known as vaidurya touches various other
>|materials, it appears to be separated into different colors,
>| and consequently its forms also appear different.
>|Similarly, according to the meditational ecstasy of the
>|devotee, the Lord, who is known as Acyuta [ infallible
>|], appears in different forms, although He is
>|essentially one.' "
1609|PURPORT
1610|This is a verse quoted from Sri Narada-pancaratra.
1611|Madhya 9.157
1612|TEXT 157
1613|TEXT
1614|bhatta kahe,-kahan ami jiva pamara
1615|kahan tumi sei krsna,-saksat isvara
1616|SYNONYMS
1617|bhatta kahe-Venkata Bhatta said; kahan-whereas; ami-I; jiva-
>|an ordinary living being; pamara-fallen; kahan-whereas;
>|tumi-You; sei krsna-the same Supreme Personality of Godhead,
>| Krsna; saksat isvara-directly the Lord.
1618|TRANSLATION
1619|Venkata Bhatta then said, "I am an ordinary fallen living
>|entity, but You are Krsna, the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead Himself.
1620|Madhya 9.158
1621|TEXT 158
1622|TEXT
1623|agadha isvara-lila kichui na jani
1624|tumi yei kaha, sei satya kari' mani
1625|SYNONYMS
1626|agadha-unfathomable; isvara-lila-pastimes of the Lord;
>|kichui-anything; na jani-I do not know; tumi-You; yei-
>|whatever; kaha-say; sei satya-that is right; kari' mani-I
>|accept.
1627|TRANSLATION
1628|"The transcendental pastimes of the Lord are unfathomable,
>|and I do not know anything about them. Whatever You say I
>|accept as the truth.
1629|PURPORT
1630|This is the way to understand the truth about the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead. After hearing the Bhagavad-gita,
>|Arjuna said very much the same thing:
1631|sarvam etad rtam manye
1632|yan mam vadasi kesava
1633|na hi te bhagavan vyaktim
1634|vidur deva na danavah
1635|"O Krsna, I totally accept as truth all that You have told
>|me. Neither the demigods nor the demons, O Lord, can
>|understand Your personality." (Bg. 10.14)
1636|It is not possible to understand the truth about the
>|pastimes of the Lord simply by using our own logic,
>|argument and academic education. We must receive bona fide
>|information from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, just
>|as Arjuna received information when Krsna spoke the
>|Bhagavad-gita. We have to accept the Bhagavad-gita or any
>|other Vedic literature in good faith. These Vedic
>|scriptures are the only source of knowledge about the Lord.
>| We must understand that we cannot comprehend the Absolute
>|Truth by the speculative process.
1637|Madhya 9.159
1638|TEXT 159
1639|TEXT
1640|more purna krpa kaila laksmi-narayana
1641|tanra krpaya painu tomara carana-darasana
1642|SYNONYMS
1643|more-unto me; purna-complete; krpa-mercy; kaila-did; laksmi-
>|narayana-the Deity of mother goddess of fortune and
>|Narayana; tanra krpaya-by Their mercy; painu-I have gotten;
>|tomara-Your; carana-darasana-vision of the lotus feet.
1644|TRANSLATION
1645|"I have been engaged in the service of Laksmi-Narayana, and
>|it is due to Their mercy that I have been able to see Your
>|lotus feet.
1646|Madhya 9.160
1647|TEXT 160
1648|TEXT
1649|krpa kari' kahile more krsnera mahima
1650|yanra rupa-gunaisvaryera keha na paya sima
1651|SYNONYMS
1652|krpa kari'-showing causeless mercy; kahile-You have spoken;
>|more-unto me; krsnera-of Lord Krsna; mahima-the glories;
>|yanra-whose; rupa-guna-aisvaryera-of forms, qualities and
>|opulence; keha-anyone; na-not; paya-gets; sima-the limit.
1653|TRANSLATION
1654|"Out of Your causeless mercy You have told me of the
>|glories of Lord Krsna. No one can reach the end of the
>|opulence, qualities and forms of the Lord.
1655|Madhya 9.161
1656|TEXT 161
1657|TEXT
1658|ebe se janinu krsna-bhakti sarvopari
1659|krtartha karile, more kahile krpa kari'
1660|SYNONYMS
1661|ebe-now; se-that; janinu-I understand; krsna-bhakti-
>|devotional service to Lord Krsna; sarva-upari-above all;
>|krta-artha-successful; karile-You have made; more-unto me;
>|kahile-You have spoken; krpa kari'-by Your causeless mercy.
1662|TRANSLATION
1663|"I can now understand that devotional service unto Lord
>|Krsna is the supreme form of worship. Out of Your causeless
>|mercy You have made my life successful simply by explaining
>|the facts."
1664|Madhya 9.162
1665|TEXT 162
1666|TEXT
1667|eta bali' bhatta padila prabhura carane
1668|krpa kari' prabhu tanre kaila alingane
1669|SYNONYMS
1670|eta bali'-saying this; bhatta-Venkata Bhatta; padila-fell
>|down; prabhura carane-at the lotus feet of the Lord; krpa
>|kari'-showing him mercy; prabhu-Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; tanre-unto him; kaila-did; alingane-embracing.
1671|TRANSLATION
1672|After saying this, Venkata Bhatta fell down before the
>|lotus feet of the Lord, and the Lord, out of His causeless
>|mercy, embraced him.
1673|Madhya 9.163
1674|TEXT 163
1675|TEXT
1676|caturmasya purna haila, bhatta-ajna lana
1677|daksina calila prabhu sri-ranga dekhiya
1678|SYNONYMS
1679|caturmasya-the period of Caturmasya; purna haila-became
>|completed; bhatta-ajna lana-taking permission from Venkata
>|Bhatta; daksina-south; calila-proceeded; prabhu-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sri-ranga dekhiya-visiting Sri Ranga.
1680|TRANSLATION
1681|When the period of Caturmasya was completed, Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu took permission to leave Venkata Bhatta,
>|and after visiting Sri Ranga He proceeded further toward
>|southern India.
1682|Madhya 9.164
1683|TEXT 164
1684|TEXT
1685|sangete calila bhatta, na yaya bhavane
1686|tanre vidaya dila prabhu aneka yatane
1687|SYNONYMS
1688|sangete-along with Him; calila-began to go; bhatta-Venkata
>|Bhatta; na yaya bhavane-does not return to his home; tanre-
>|unto him; vidaya dila-gave farewell; prabhu-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; aneka yatane-with great endeavor.
1689|TRANSLATION
1690|Venkata Bhatta did not want to return home but also wanted
>|to go with the Lord. It was with great endeavor that Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu bade him farewell.
1691|Madhya 9.165
1692|TEXT 165
1693|TEXT
1694|prabhura viyoge bhatta haila acetana
1695|ei ranga-lila kare sacira nandana
1696|SYNONYMS
1697|prabhura viyoge-on account of separation from Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; bhatta-Venkata Bhatta; haila-became; acetana-
>|unconscious; ei-this; ranga-lila-pastime at Sri Ranga-
>|ksetra; kare-does; sacira nandana-the son of mother Saci.
1698|TRANSLATION
1699|When He did so, Venkata Bhatta fell down unconscious. Such
>|are the pastimes of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the son
>|of mother Saci, at Sri Ranga-ksetra.
1700|Madhya 9.166
1701|TEXT 166
1702|TEXT
1703|rsabha-parvate cali' aila gaurahari
1704|narayana dekhila tanha nati-stuti kari'
1705|SYNONYMS
1706|rsabha-parvate-to the Rsabha Hill; cali'-walking; aila-
>|arrived; gaurahari-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; narayana-
>|the Deity of Lord Narayana; dekhila-saw; tanha-there; nati-
>|stuti kari'-offering obeisances and prayers.
1707|TRANSLATION
1708|When the Lord arrived at Rsabha Hill, He saw the temple of
>|Lord Narayana and offered obeisances and various prayers.
1709|PURPORT
1710|Rsabha Hill is in southern
>| Karnata, in the district of Madurai .
>|Twelve miles north of Madurai City is a place
>|called Anagada-malaya-parvata, which is situated
>|within the forest of Kutakacala . Within
>|this forest Lord Rsabhadeva burned Himself to ashes .
>|Now this place is known as Palni Hill.
1711|Madhya 9.167
1712|TEXT 167
1713|TEXT
1714|paramananda-puri tahan rahe catur-masa
1715|suni' mahaprabhu gela puri-gosanira pasa
1716|SYNONYMS
1717|paramananda-puri-Paramananda Puri; tahan-there; rahe-
>|remained; catur-masa-four months; suni'-hearing; mahaprabhu-
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; gela-went; puri-Paramananda Puri;
>|gosanira-the spiritual master; pasa-near.
1718|TRANSLATION
1719|Paramananda Puri was staying at Rsabha Hill during the four
>|months of the rainy season, and when Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu heard this, He immediately went to see him.
1720|Madhya 9.168
1721|TEXT 168
1722|TEXT
1723|puri-gosanira prabhu kaila carana vandana
1724|preme puri gosani tanre kaila alingana
1725|SYNONYMS
1726|puri-gosanira-of Paramananda Puri; prabhu-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; kaila-did; carana vandana-worship of the lotus
>|feet; preme-in ecstasy; puri gosani-Paramananda Puri; tanre-
>|unto Him; kaila-did; alingana-embracing.
1727|TRANSLATION
1728|Upon meeting Paramananda Puri, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|offered him all respects, touching his lotus feet, and
>|Paramananda Puri embraced the Lord in ecstasy.
1729|Madhya 9.169
1730|TEXT 169
1731|TEXT
1732|tina-dina preme donhe krsna-katha-range
1733|sei vipra-ghare donhe rahe eka-sange
1734|SYNONYMS
1735|tina-dina-three days; preme-in ecstasy; donhe-both; krsna-
>|katha-discussing topics of Krsna; range-in jubilation; sei
>|vipra-ghare-in the home of a brahmana; donhe-both of them;
>|rahe-stayed; eka-sange-together.
1736|TRANSLATION
1737|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu stayed with Paramananda Puri in the
>|brahmana's house where he was residing. The two of them
>|passed three days there discussing topics of Krsna.
1738|Madhya 9.170
1739|TEXT 170
1740|TEXT
1741|puri-gosani bale,-ami yaba purusottame
1742|purusottama dekhi' gaude yaba ganga-snane
1743|SYNONYMS
1744|puri-gosani-Paramananda Puri; bale-said; ami-I; yaba-shall
>|go; purusottame-to Jagannatha Puri; purusottama dekhi'-
>|after visiting Jagannatha Puri; gaude yaba-I shall go to
>|Bengal; ganga-snane-for bathing in the Ganges.
1745|TRANSLATION
1746|Paramananda Puri informed Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu that he
>|was going to see Purusottama at Jagannatha Puri. After
>|seeing Lord Jagannatha there, he would go to Bengal to
>|bathe in the Ganges.
1747|Madhya 9.171
1748|TEXT 171
1749|TEXT
1750|prabhu kahe,-tumi punah aisa nilacale
1751|ami setubandha haite asiba alpa-kale
1752|SYNONYMS
1753|prabhu kahe-the Lord said; tumi-you; punah-again; aisa-come;
>| nilacale-to Jagannatha Puri; ami-I; setubandha haite-from
>|Ramesvara; asiba-shall return; alpa-kale-very soon.
1754|TRANSLATION
1755|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then told him, "Please return to
>|Jagannatha Puri, for I will return there very soon from
>|Ramesvara [Setubandha].
1756|Madhya 9.172
1757|TEXT 172
1758|TEXT
1759|tomara nikate rahi,-hena vancha haya
1760|nilacale asibe more hana sadaya
1761|SYNONYMS
1762|tomara nikate-with you; rahi-I may stay; hena-such; vancha
>|haya-is My desire; nilacale-to Jagannatha Puri; asibe-
>|please come; more-unto Me; hana-being; sa-daya-merciful.
1763|TRANSLATION
1764|"It is My desire to stay with you, and therefore if you
>|would return to Jagannatha Puri, you would show great mercy
>|to Me."
1765|Madhya 9.173
1766|TEXT 173
1767|TEXT
1768|eta bali' tanra thani ei ajna lana
1769|daksine calila prabhu harasita hana
1770|SYNONYMS
1771|eta bali'-saying this; tanra thani-from him; ei ajna lana-
>|taking permission; daksine calila-departed for southern
>|India; prabhu-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; harasita hana-
>|being very much pleased.
1772|TRANSLATION
1773|After talking in this way with Paramananda Puri, the Lord
>|took his permission to leave and, very much pleased,
>|departed for southern India.
1774|Madhya 9.174
1775|TEXT 174
1776|TEXT
1777|paramananda puri tabe calila nilacale
1778|mahaprabhu cali cali aila sri-saile
1779|SYNONYMS
1780|paramananda puri-Paramananda Puri; tabe-then; calila
>|nilacale-departed for Jagannatha Puri; mahaprabhu-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; cali cali-walking; aila-came; sri-
>|saile-to Sri Saila.
1781|TRANSLATION
1782|Thus Paramananda Puri started for Jagannatha Puri, and Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu began walking toward Sri Saila.
1783|PURPORT
1784|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura remarks, "Which Sri
>|Saila is being indicated by Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami is
>|not clearly understood. There is no temple of Mallikarjuna
>|in this area because the Sri Saila located in the district
>|of Dharwad cannot possibly be there. That Sri Saila is on
>|the southern side of Belgauma, and the Siva temple of
>|Mallikarjuna is located there. (Refer to text fifteen of
>|this chapter.) It is said that on that hill Lord Siva lived
>|with Devi. Also, Lord Brahma lived there with all the
>|demigods."
1785|Madhya 9.175
1786|TEXT 175
1787|TEXT
1788|siva-durga rahe tahan brahmanera vese
1789|mahaprabhu dekhi' donhara ha-ila ullase
1790|SYNONYMS
1791|siva-durga-Lord Siva and his wife, Durga; rahe tahan-stayed
>|there; brahmanera vese-in the dress of brahmanas;
>|mahaprabhu dekhi'-seeing Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; donhara-
>|of both of them; ha-ila-there was; ullase-great pleasure.
1792|TRANSLATION
1793|It was in Sri Saila that Lord Siva and his wife Durga lived
>|in the dress of brahmanas, and when they saw Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, they became very much pleased.
1794|Madhya 9.176
1795|TEXT 176
1796|TEXT
1797|tina dina bhiksa dila kari' nimantrana
1798|nibhrte vasi' gupta-varta kahe dui jana
1799|SYNONYMS
1800|tina dina-for three days; bhiksa dila-offered alms; kari'
>|nimantrana-inviting Him; nibhrte-in a solitary place; vasi'-
>|sitting together; gupta-varta-confidential talks; kahe-
>|speak; dui jana-both of them.
1801|TRANSLATION
1802|Lord Siva, dressed like a brahmana, gave alms to Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu and invited Him to spend three days in
>|a solitary place. Sitting there together, they talked very
>|confidentially.
1803|Madhya 9.177
1804|TEXT 177
1805|TEXT
1806|tanra sange mahaprabhu kari istagosthi
1807|tanra ajna lana aila puri kamakosthi
1808|SYNONYMS
1809|tanra sange-with him; mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|kari ista-gosthi-discussing spiritual subject matter; tanra-
>|his; ajna-order; lana-taking; aila-came; puri kamakosthi-to
>|Kamakosthi-puri.
1810|TRANSLATION
1811|After talking with Lord Siva, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took
>|his permission to leave and went to Kamakosthi-puri.
1812|Madhya 9.178
1813|TEXT 178
1814|TEXT
1815|daksina-mathura aila kamakosthi haite
1816|tahan dekha haila eka brahmana-sahite
1817|SYNONYMS
1818|daksina-mathura-at southern Mathura; aila-arrived;
>|kamakosthi haite-from Kamakosthi; tahan-there; dekha haila-
>|He met; eka-one; brahmana-sahite-with a brahmana.
1819|TRANSLATION
1820|When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu arrived at southern Mathura
>|from Kamakosthi, He met a brahmana.
1821|PURPORT
1822|Southern Madurai, presently known as Madura, is situated
>|on the banks of the Bhagai River. This place of pilgrimage
>|is specifically meant for the devotees of Lord Siva;
>|therefore it is called Saiva-ksetra, that is, the place
>|where Lord Siva is worshiped. In this area there are
>|mountains and forests. There are also two Siva temples, one
>|known as Ramesvara and the other known as Sundaresvara.
>|There is also a temple to Devi called the Minaksi-devi
>|temple, which displays very great architectural
>|craftsmanship. It was built under the supervision of the
>|kings of the Pandya Dynasty, and when the Muslims attacked
>|this temple, as well as the temple of Sundaresvara, great
>|damage was done. In the Christian year 1372, a king named
>|Kampanna Udaiyara reigned on the throne of Madura. Long
>|ago, Emperor Kulasekhara ruled this area, and during his
>|reign he established a colony of brahmanas. A well-known
>|king named Anantaguna Pandya is an eleventh-generation
>|descendant of Emperor Kulasekhara.
1823|Madhya 9.179
1824|TEXT 179
1825|TEXT
1826|sei vipra mahaprabhuke kaila nimantrana
1827|rama-bhakta sei vipra-virakta mahajana
1828|SYNONYMS
1829|sei vipra-that brahmana; mahaprabhuke-unto Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kaila-did; nimantrana-invitation; rama-
>|bhakta-devotee of Lord Ramacandra; sei-that; vipra-brahmana;
>| virakta-very much detached; mahajana-a great devotee and
>|authority.
1830|TRANSLATION
1831|The brahmana who met Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu invited the
>|Lord to his home. This brahmana was a great devotee and an
>|authority on Lord Sri Ramacandra. He was always detached
>|from material activities.
1832|Madhya 9.180
1833|TEXT 180
1834|TEXT
1835|krtamalaya snana kari' aila tanra ghare
1836|bhiksa ki dibena vipra,-paka nahi kare
1837|SYNONYMS
1838|krtamalaya-in the Krtamala River; snana kari'-bathing; aila-
>|came; tanra-of the brahmana; ghare-to the home; bhiksa-
>|offering of alms; ki dibena-what shall give; vipra-the
>|brahmana; paka-cooking; nahi kare-did not do.
1839|TRANSLATION
1840|After bathing in the river Krtamala, Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu went to the brahmana's house to take lunch, but
>|He saw that the food was unprepared because the brahmana
>|had not cooked it.
1841|Madhya 9.181
1842|TEXT 181
1843|TEXT
1844|mahaprabhu kahe tanre,-suna mahasaya
1845|madhyahna haila, kene paka nahi haya
1846|SYNONYMS
1847|mahaprabhu kahe-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; tanre-unto
>|him; suna mahasaya-please hear, My dear sir; madhya-ahna
>|haila-it is already noon; kene-why; paka nahi haya-you did
>|not cook.
1848|TRANSLATION
1849|Seeing this, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "My dear sir,
>|please tell Me why you have not cooked. It is already noon."
1850|Madhya 9.182
1851|TEXT 182
1852|TEXT
1853|vipra kahe,-prabhu, mora aranye vasati
1854|pakera samagri vane na mile samprati
1855|SYNONYMS
1856|vipra kahe-the brahmana replied; prabhu-O Lord; mora-my;
>|aranye-in the forest; vasati-residence; pakera samagri-the
>|ingredients for cooking; vane-in the forest; na mile-are
>|not available; samprati-at this time.
1857|TRANSLATION
1858|The brahmana replied, "My dear Lord, we are living in the
>|forest. For the time being we cannot get all the
>|ingredients for cooking.
1859|Madhya 9.183
1860|TEXT 183
1861|TEXT
1862|vanya saka-phala-mula anibe laksmana
1863|tabe sita karibena paka-prayojana
1864|SYNONYMS
1865|vanya-of the forest; saka-vegetables; phala-mula-fruits and
>|roots; anibe-will bring; laksmana-Laksmana; tabe-that time;
>|sita-mother Sita; karibena-will do; paka-prayojana-the
>|necessary cooking.
1866|TRANSLATION
1867|"When Laksmana brings all the vegetables, fruits and roots
>|from the forest, Sita will do the necessary cooking."
1868|Madhya 9.184
1869|TEXT 184
1870|TEXT
1871|tanra upasana suni' prabhu tusta haila
1872|aste-vyaste sei vipra randhana karila
1873|SYNONYMS
1874|tanra-his; upasana-method of worship; suni'-hearing; prabhu-
>|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tusta haila-was very much
>|pleased; aste-vyaste-with great haste; sei-that; vipra-
>|brahmana; randhana karila-began to cook.
1875|TRANSLATION
1876|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was very much satisfied to hear
>|about the brahmana's method of worship. Finally the
>|brahmana hastily made arrangements for cooking.
1877|Madhya 9.185
1878|TEXT 185
1879|TEXT
1880|prabhu bhiksa kaila dinera trtiya-prahare
1881|nirvinna sei vipra upavasa kare
1882|SYNONYMS
1883|prabhu-Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bhiksa kaila-took His
>|luncheon; dinera-of the day; trtiya-prahare-at about three
>|o'clock; nirvinna-sorrowful; sei-that; vipra-brahmana;
>|upavasa kare-fasted.
1884|TRANSLATION
1885|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took His lunch at about three o'
>|clock, but the brahmana, being very sorrowful, fasted.
1886|Madhya 9.186
1887|TEXT 186
1888|TEXT
1889|prabhu kahe,-vipra kanhe kara upavasa
1890|kene eta duhkha, kene karaha hutasa
1891|SYNONYMS
1892|prabhu kahe-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; vipra-My
>|dear brahmana; kanhe-why; kara upavasa-you are fasting;
>|kene-why; eta-so much; duhkha-unhappiness; kene-why; karaha
>|hutasa-you express so much worry.
1893|TRANSLATION
1894|While the brahmana was fasting, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|asked him, "Why are you fasting? Why are you so unhappy?
>|Why are you so worried?"
1895|Madhya 9.187
1896|TEXT 187
1897|TEXT
1898|vipra kahe,-jivane mora nahi prayojana
1899|agni-jale pravesiya chadiba jivana
1900|SYNONYMS
1901|vipra kahe-the brahmana said; jivane mora-for my life; nahi-
>|there is not; prayojana-necessity; agni-in fire; jale-in
>|water; pravesiya-entering; chadiba-I shall give up; jivana-
>|life.
1902|TRANSLATION
1903|The brahmana replied, "I have no reason to live. I shall
>|give up my life by entering either fire or water.
1904|Madhya 9.188
1905|TEXT 188
1906|TEXT
1907|jagan-mata maha-laksmi sita-thakurani
1908|raksase sparsila tanre,-iha kane suni
1909|SYNONYMS
1910|jagat-mata-the mother of the universe; maha-laksmi-the
>|supreme goddess of fortune; sita-thakurani-mother Sita;
>|raksase-the demon Ravana; sparsila-touched; tanre-her; iha-
>|this; kane suni-I have heard.
1911|TRANSLATION
1912|"My dear Sir, mother Sita is the mother of the universe and
>|the supreme goddess of fortune. She has been touched by the
>|demon Ravana, and I am troubled upon hearing this news.
1913|Madhya 9.189
1914|TEXT 189
1915|TEXT
1916|e sarira dharibare kabhu na yuyaya
1917|ei duhkhe jvale deha, prana nahi yaya
1918|SYNONYMS
1919|e sarira-this body; dharibare-to keep; kabhu-ever; na-not;
>|yuyaya-deserve; ei duhkhe-in this unhappiness; jvale deha-
>|my body is burning; prana-my life; nahi yaya-does not go
>|away.
1920|TRANSLATION
1921|"Sir, due to my unhappiness I cannot continue living.
>|Although my body is burning, my life is not leaving."
1922|Madhya 9.190
1923|TEXT 190
1924|TEXT
1925|prabhu kahe,-e bhavana na kariha ara
1926|pandita hana kene na karaha vicara
1927|SYNONYMS
1928|prabhu kahe-the Lord said; e bhavana-this kind of thinking;
>|na-do not; kariha-do; ara-anymore; pandita hana-being a
>|learned pandita; kena-why; na karaha-you do not make;
>|vicara-consideration.
1929|TRANSLATION
1930|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied, "Please do not think this
>|way any longer. You are a learned pandita. Why don't you
>|consider the case?"
1931|Madhya 9.191
1932|TEXT 191
1933|TEXT
1934|isvara-preyasi sita-cid-ananda-murti
1935|prakrta-indriyera tanre dekhite nahi sakti
1936|SYNONYMS
1937|isvara-preyasi-the dearmost wife of the Lord; sita-mother
>|Sita; cit-ananda-murti-spiritual blissful form; prakrta-
>|material; indriyera-of the senses; tanre-her; dekhite-to
>|see; nahi-there is not; sakti-power.
1938|TRANSLATION
1939|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu continued, "Sitadevi, the dearmost
>|wife of the Supreme Lord Ramacandra, certainly has a
>|spiritual form full of bliss. No one can see her with
>|material eyes, for no materialist has such power.
1940|Madhya 9.192
1941|TEXT 192
1942|TEXT
1943|sparsibara karya achuka, na paya darsana
1944|sitara akrti-maya harila ravana
1945|SYNONYMS
1946|sparsibara-to touch; karya-business; achuka-let it be; na-
>|does not; paya-get; darsana-sight; sitara-of mother Sita;
>|akrti-maya-the form made of maya; harila-took away; ravana-
>|the demon Ravana.
1947|TRANSLATION
1948|"To say nothing of touching mother Sita, a person with
>|material senses cannot even see her. When Ravana kidnapped
>|her, he kidnapped only her material, illusory form.
1949|Madhya 9.193
1950|TEXT 193
1951|TEXT
1952|ravana asitei sita antardhana kaila
1953|ravanera age maya-sita pathaila
1954|SYNONYMS
1955|ravana-the demon Ravana; asitei-as soon as he arrived; sita-
>|mother Sita; antardhana kaila-disappeared; ravanera age-
>|before the demon Ravana; maya-sita-illusory, material form
>|of Sita; pathaila-sent.
1956|TRANSLATION
1957|"As soon as Ravana arrived before Sita, she disappeared.
>|Then just to cheat Ravana she sent an illusory, material
>|form.
1958|Madhya 9.194
1959|TEXT 194
1960|TEXT
1961|aprakrta vastu nahe prakrta-gocara
1962|veda-puranete ei kahe nirantara
1963|SYNONYMS
1964|aprakrta-spiritual; vastu-substance; nahe-not; prakrta-of
>|matter; gocara-within the jurisdiction; veda-puranete-the
>|Vedas and the Puranas; ei-this; kahe-say; nirantara-always.
1965|TRANSLATION
1966|"Spiritual substance is never within the jurisdiction of
>|the material conception. This is always the verdict of the
>|Vedas and Puranas."
1967|PURPORT
1968|As stated in the Katha Upanisad (2.3.9, 12):
1969|na samdrse tisthati rupam asya
1970|na caksusa pasyati kascanainam
1971|hrda manisa manasabhiklpto
1972|ya etad vidur amrtas te bhavanti
1973|naiva vaca na manasa
1974|praptum sakyo na caksusa
1975|"Spirit is not within the jurisdiction of material eyes,
>|words or mind."
1976|Similarly, Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.84.13) states:
1977|yasyatma-buddhih kunape tri-dhatuke
1978|sva-dhih kalatradisu bhauma ijya-dhih
1979|yat-tirtha-buddhih salile na karhicij
1980|janesv abhijnesu sa eva go-kharah
1981|"A human being who identifies his body made of three
>|elements with his self, who considers the by-products of
>|his body to be his kinsmen, who considers the land of his
>|birth worshipable, and who goes to a place of pilgrimage
>|simply to take a bath rather than to meet men of
>|transcendental knowledge there, is to be considered like an
>|ass or a cow."
1982|These are some Vedic statements about spiritual substance.
>|Spiritual substance cannot be seen by the unintelligent,
>|because they do not have the eyes or the mentality to see
>|the spirit soul. Consequently they think that there is no
>|such thing as spirit. But the followers of the Vedic
>|injunctions take their information from Vedic statements,
>|such as the verses from the Katha Upanisad and Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam quoted above.
1983|Madhya 9.195
1984|TEXT 195
1985|TEXT
1986|visvasa karaha tumi amara vacane
1987|punarapi ku-bhavana na kariha mane
1988|SYNONYMS
1989|visvasa karaha-believe; tumi-you; amara-My; vacane-in the
>|words; punarapi-again; ku-bhavana-misconception; na kariha-
>|do not do; mane-in the mind.
1990|TRANSLATION
1991|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then assured the brahmana, "Have
>|faith in My words and do not burden your mind any longer
>|with this misconception."
1992|PURPORT
1993|This is the process of spiritual understanding. Acintya
>|khalu ye bhava na tams tarkena yojayet: "We should not try
>|to understand things beyond our material conception by
>|argument and counterargument." Maha-jano yena gatah sa
>|panthah: "We have to follow in the footsteps of great
>|authorities coming down in the parampara system." If we
>|approach a bona fide acarya and keep faith in his words,
>|spiritual realization will be easy.
1994|Madhya 9.196
1995|TEXT 196
1996|TEXT
1997|prabhura vacane viprera ha-ila visvasa
1998|bhojana karila, haila jivanera asa
1999|SYNONYMS
2000|prabhura vacane-in the words of Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; viprera-of the brahmana; ha-ila-was; visvasa-
>|faith; bhojana karila-he took his lunch; haila-there was;
>|jivanera-for living; asa-hope.
2001|TRANSLATION
2002|Although the brahmana was fasting, he had faith in the
>|words of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and accepted food. In this
>|way his life was saved.
2003|Madhya 9.197
2004|TEXT 197
2005|TEXT
2006|tanre asvasiya prabhu karila gamana
2007|krtamalaya snana kari aila durvasana
2008|SYNONYMS
2009|tanre asvasiya-assuring him; prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>| karila gamana-departed; krtamalaya-in the river known as
>|Krtamala; snana kari-bathing; aila-came; durvasana-to
>|Durvasana.
2010|TRANSLATION
2011|After thus assuring the brahmana, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|proceeded further into southern India and finally arrived
>|at Durvasana, where He bathed in the river Krtamala.
2012|PURPORT
2013|Presently the Krtamala River is known as the river Bhagai
>|. This river has three tributaries, named Suruli,
>|Varaha-nadi and Battilla-gundu. The river Krtamala is also
>|mentioned in Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.5.39) by the sage
>|Karabhajana.
2014|Madhya 9.198
2015|TEXT 198
2016|TEXT
2017|durvasane raghunathe kaila darasana
2018|mahendra-saile parasuramera kaila vandana
2019|SYNONYMS
2020|durvasane-at Durvasana; raghunathe-Lord Ramacandra; kaila
>|darasana-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu visited; mahendra-saile-on
>|Mahendra-saila; parasu-ramera-to Lord Parasurama; kaila
>|vandana-offered prayers.
2021|TRANSLATION
2022|At Durvasana Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu visited the temple of
>|Lord Ramacandra, and on the hill known as Mahendra-saila He
>|saw Lord Parasurama.
2023|PURPORT
2024|In Durvasana, or Darbhasayana,
>|seven miles east of Ramnad, there is a temple of
>|Lord Ramacandra overlooking the ocean. The hill known as
>|Mahendra-saila is near Tirunelveli, and at the end of this
>|hill is a city known as Tiruchendurd. West of Mahendra-
>|saila is the territory of Tribankura. There is mention of
>|Mahendra-saila in the Ramayana.
2025|Madhya 9.199
2026|TEXT 199
2027|TEXT
2028|setubandhe asi' kaila dhanustirthe snana
2029|ramesvara dekhi' tahan karila visrama
2030|SYNONYMS
2031|setubandhe asi'-coming to Setubandha; kaila-did; dhanuh-
>|tirthe snana-bathing at the holy place known as
>|Dhanustirtha ; ramesvara dekhi'-visiting the holy
>|place Ramesvara; tahan-there; karila visrama-took rest.
2032|TRANSLATION
2033|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then went to Setubandha [Ramesvara],
>| where He took His bath at the place called Dhanustirtha
>|. From there He visited the Ramesvara temple and
>|then took rest.
2034|PURPORT
2035|The path through the ocean to the islands
>|known as Mandndapam and Pambam consists partly of sand and
>|partly of water. The island of Pambam is about eleven
>|miles long and six miles wide. On this island, four miles
>|north of Pambam Harbor, is Setubandha, where the temple of
>|Ramesvara is located. This is a temple of Lord Siva, and
>|the name Ramesvara indicates that he is a great personality
>|whose worshipable Deity is Lord Rama. Thus the Lord Siva
>|found in the temple of Ramesvara is a great devotee of Lord
>|Ramacandra. It is said, devi-pattanam arabhya gaccheyuh
>|setu-bandhanam: "After visiting the temple of the goddess
>|Durga, one should go to the temple of Ramesvara."
2036|
2037|
2038|In this area there are twenty-four different holy places,
>|one of which is Dhanustirtha , located about twelve
>|miles southeast of Ramesvara. It is near the last station
>|of the South Indian Railway, a station called Ramnada. It
>|is said that here, on the request of Ravana's younger
>|brother Vibhisana, Lord Ramacandra destroyed the bridge to
>|Lanka with His bow while returning to His capital. It is
>|also said that one who visits Dhanustirtha is
>|liberated from the cycle of birth and death, and that one
>|who bathes there gets all the fruitive results of
>|performing the yajna known as Agnistoma.
2039|Madhya 9.200
2040|TEXT 200
2041|TEXT
2042|vipra-sabhaya sune tanha kurma-purana
2043|tara madhye aila pativrata-upakhyana
2044|SYNONYMS
2045|vipra-sabhaya-among the assembly of brahmanas; sune-hears;
>|tanha-there; kurma-purana-the Kurma Purana; tara madhye-
>|within that book; aila-there was; pati-vrata-of the chaste
>|woman; upakhyana-narration.
2046|TRANSLATION
2047|There, among the brahmanas, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|listened to the Kurma Purana, wherein was mentioned the
>|chaste woman's narration.
2048|PURPORT
2049|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura remarks that only
>|two khandas of the Kurma Purana are now available, namely
>|the Purva-khanda and Uttara-khanda. Sometimes it is said
>|that the Kurma Purana contains six thousand verses, but
>|originally the Kurma Purana contained seventeen thousand
>|verses. According to Srimad-Bhagavatam , there are
>|seventeen thousand verses in the Kurma Purana ,
>|which is one of the eighteen Maha-puranas.
>|The Kurma Purana is considered the fifteenth of these
>| Maha-puranas.
2050|Madhya 9.201
2051|TEXT 201
2052|TEXT
2053|pativrata-siromani janaka-nandini
2054|jagatera mata sita-ramera grhini
2055|SYNONYMS
2056|pati-vrata-chaste woman; siromani-the topmost; janaka-
>|nandini-is the daughter of King Janaka; jagatera-of all the
>|three worlds; mata-the mother; sita-Sita; ramera-of Lord
>|Ramacandra; grhini-wife.
2057|TRANSLATION
2058|Srimati Sitadevi is the mother of the three worlds and the
>|wife of Lord Ramacandra. Among chaste women she is supreme,
>|and she is the daughter of King Janaka.
2059|Madhya 9.202
2060|TEXT 202
2061|TEXT
2062|ravana dekhiya sita laila agnira sarana
2063|ravana haite agni kaila sitake avarana
2064|SYNONYMS
2065|ravana dekhiya-after seeing Ravana; sita-mother Sita; laila-
>|took; agnira-of fire; sarana-shelter; ravana-Ravana; haite-
>|from; agni-fire; kaila-did; sitake-unto mother Sita;
>|avarana-covering.
2066|TRANSLATION
2067|When Ravana came to kidnap mother Sita and she saw him, she
>|took shelter of the fire-god, Agni. The fire-god covered
>|the body of mother Sita, and in this way she was protected
>|from the hands of Ravana.
2068|Madhya 9.203
2069|TEXT 203
2070|TEXT
2071|'maya-sita' ravana nila, sunila akhyane
2072|suni' mahaprabhu haila anandita mane
2073|SYNONYMS
2074|maya-sita-false, illusory Sita; ravana-the demon Ravana;
>|nila-took; sunila-heard; akhyane-in the narration of the
>|Kurma Purana; suni'-hearing this; mahaprabhu-Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; haila-became; anandita-very happy;
>|mane-within the mind.
2075|TRANSLATION
2076|Upon hearing from the Kurma Purana how Ravana had kidnapped
>|a false form of mother Sita, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu became
>|very much satisfied.
2077|Madhya 9.204
2078|TEXT 204
2079|TEXT
2080|sita lana rakhilena parvatira sthane
2081|'maya-sita' diya agni vancila ravane
2082|SYNONYMS
2083|sita lana-taking away mother Sita; rakhilena-kept;
>|parvatira sthane-with mother Parvati, or goddess Durga;
>|maya-sita-the false, illusory form of Sita; diya-delivering;
>| agni-fire-god; vancila-cheated; ravane-the demon Ravana.
2084|TRANSLATION
2085|The fire-god, Agni, took away the real Sita and brought her
>|to the place of Parvati, goddess Durga. An illusory form of
>|mother Sita was then delivered to Ravana, and in this way
>|Ravana was cheated.
2086|Madhya 9.205
2087|TEXT 205
2088|TEXT
2089|raghunatha asi' yabe ravane marila
2090|agni-pariksa dite yabe sitare anila
2091|SYNONYMS
2092|raghunatha-Lord Ramacandra; asi'-coming; yabe-when; ravane-
>|Ravana; marila-killed; agni-pariksa-test by fire; dite-to
>|give; yabe-when; sitare-Sita; anila-brought.
2093|TRANSLATION
2094|After Ravana was killed by Lord Ramacandra, Sitadevi was
>|brought before the fire and tested.
2095|Madhya 9.206
2096|TEXT 206
2097|TEXT
2098|tabe maya-sita agni kari antardhana
2099|satya-sita ani' dila rama-vidyamana
2100|SYNONYMS
2101|tabe-at that time; maya-sita-the illusory form of Sita;
>|agni-the fire-god; kari-doing; antardhana-disappearing;
>|satya-sita-real Sita; ani'-bringing; dila-delivered; rama-
>|of Ramacandra; vidyamana-in the presence.
2102|TRANSLATION
2103|When the illusory Sita was brought before the fire by Lord
>|Ramacandra, the fire-god made the illusory form disappear
>|and delivered the real Sita to Lord Ramacandra.
2104|Madhya 9.207
2105|TEXT 207
2106|TEXT
2107|sunina prabhura anandita haila mana
2108|ramadasa-viprera katha ha-ila smarana
2109|SYNONYMS
2110|sunina-hearing; prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|anandita-very much pleased; haila-became; mana-the mind;
>|ramadasa-viprera-of the brahmana known as Ramadasa; katha-
>|words; ha-ila smarana-He remembered.
2111|TRANSLATION
2112|When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu heard this story, He was very
>|much pleased, and He remembered the words of Ramadasa Vipra.
2113|Madhya 9.208
2114|TEXT 208
2115|TEXT
2116|e-saba siddhanta suni' prabhura ananda haila
2117|brahmanera sthane magi' sei patra nila
2118|SYNONYMS
2119|e-saba siddhanta-all these conclusive statements; suni'-
>|hearing; prabhura-of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; ananda-
>|happiness; haila-there was; brahmanera sthane-from the
>|brahmanas; magi'-asking; sei-those; patra-leaves; nila-took.
2120|TRANSLATION
2121|Indeed, when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu heard these conclusive
>|statements from the Kurma Purana, He felt great happiness.
>|After asking the brahmanas' permission, He took possession
>|of those manuscript leaves .
2122|Madhya 9.209
2123|TEXT 209
2124|TEXT
2125|nutana patra lekhana pustake deoyaila
2126|pratiti lagi' puratana patra magi' nila
2127|SYNONYMS
2128|nutana-new; patra-leaves; lekhana-getting written; pustake-
>|the book; deoyaila-He gave; pratiti lagi'-for direct
>|evidence; puratana-the old; patra-leaves; magi'-requesting;
>|nila-He took.
2129|TRANSLATION
2130|Since the Kurma Purana was very old, the manuscript was
>|also very old. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took possession of
>|the original leaves in order to have direct evidence. The
>|text was copied onto new leaves in order that the Purana be
>|replaced.
2131|Madhya 9.210
2132|TEXT 210
2133|TEXT
2134|patra lana punah daksina-mathura aila
2135|ramadasa vipre sei patra ani dila
2136|SYNONYMS
2137|patra lana-taking those leaves; punah-again; daksina-
>|mathura-to southern Mathura; aila-came; ramadasa vipre-unto
>|the brahmana known as Ramadasa; sei patra-those leaves; ani-
>|bringing back; dila-delivered.
2138|TRANSLATION
2139|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu returned to southern Mathura [
>|Madurai] and delivered the original manuscript of the Kurma
>|Purana to Ramadasa Vipra.
2140|Madhya 9.211-212
2141|TEXTS 211-212
2142|TEXT
2143|sitayaradhito vahnis
2144|chaya-sitam ajijanat
2145|tam jahara dasa-grivah
2146|sita vahni-puram gata
2147|pariksa-samaye vahnim
2148|chaya-sita vivesa sa
2149|vahnih sitam samaniya
2150|tat-purastad aninayat
2151|SYNONYMS
2152|sitaya-by mother Sita; aradhitah-being called for; vahnih-
>|the fire-god; chaya-sitam-the illusory form of mother Sita;
>|ajijanat-created; tam-her; jahara-kidnapped; dasa-grivah-
>|the ten-faced Ravana; sita-mother Sita; vahni-puram-to the
>|abode of the fire-god; gata-departed; pariksa-samaye-at the
>|time of testing; vahnim-the fire; chaya-sita-the illusory
>|form of Sita; vivesa-entered; sa-she; vahnih-the fire-god;
>|sitam-the original mother Sita; samaniya-bringing back; tat-
>|purastat-in His presence; aninayat-brought back.
2153|TRANSLATION
2154|"When he was petitioned by mother Sita, the fire-god, Agni,
>|brought forth an illusory form of Sita, and Ravana, who had
>|ten heads, kidnapped the false Sita. The original Sita then
>|went to the abode of the fire-god. When Lord Ramacandra
>|tested the body of Sita, it was the false, illusory Sita
>|that entered the fire. At that time the fire-god brought
>|the original Sita from his abode and delivered her to Lord
>|Ramacandra."
2155|PURPORT
2156|These two verses are taken from the Kurma Purana.
2157|Madhya 9.213
2158|TEXT 213
2159|TEXT
2160|patra pana viprera haila anandita mana
2161|prabhura carane dhari' karaye krandana
2162|SYNONYMS
2163|patra pana-getting the leaves; viprera-of the brahmana;
>|haila-there was; anandita-pleased; mana-mind; prabhura
>|carane-the lotus feet of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|dhari'-taking; karaye-does; krandana-crying.
2164|TRANSLATION
2165|Ramadasa Vipra was very much pleased to receive the
>|original leaf manuscript of the Kurma Purana, and he
>|immediately fell down before the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu and began to cry.
2166|Madhya 9.214
2167|TEXT 214
2168|TEXT
2169|vipra kahe,-tumi saksat sri-raghunandana
2170|sannyasira vese more dila darasana
2171|SYNONYMS
2172|vipra kahe-the brahmana said; tumi-You; saksat-directly;
>|sri-raghunandana-Lord Sri Ramacandra; sannyasira vese-in
>|the dress of a mendicant; more-unto me; dila-You gave;
>|darasana-audience.
2173|TRANSLATION
2174|After receiving the manuscript, the brahmana, being very
>|much pleased, said, "Sir, You are Lord Ramacandra Himself
>|and have come in the dress of a sannyasi to give me
>|audience.
2175|Madhya 9.215
2176|TEXT 215
2177|TEXT
2178|maha-duhkha ha-ite more karila nistara
2179|aji mora ghare bhiksa kara angikara
2180|SYNONYMS
2181|maha-duhkha-great unhappiness; ha-ite-from; more-me; karila
>|nistara-You delivered; aji-today; mora-my; ghare-at home;
>|bhiksa-lunch; kara-do; angikara-accept.
2182|TRANSLATION
2183|"My dear Sir, You have delivered me from a very unhappy
>|condition. I request that You take Your lunch at my place.
>|Please accept this invitation.
2184|Madhya 9.216
2185|TEXT 216
2186|TEXT
2187|mano-duhkhe bhala bhiksa na dila sei dine
2188|mora bhagye punarapi pailun darasane
2189|SYNONYMS
2190|mano-duhkhe-out of great mental distress; bhala bhiksa-good
>|lunch; na dila-could not give You; sei dine-that day; mora
>|bhagye-because of my good fortune; punarapi-again; pailun-I
>|have gotten; darasane-visit.
2191|TRANSLATION
2192|"Due to my mental distress I could not give You a very nice
>|lunch the other day. Now, by good fortune, You have come
>|again to my home."
2193|Madhya 9.217
2194|TEXT 217
2195|TEXT
2196|eta bali' sei vipra sukhe paka kaila
2197|uttama prakare prabhuke bhiksa karaila
2198|SYNONYMS
2199|eta bali'-saying this; sei vipra-that brahmana; sukhe-in
>|great happiness; paka kaila-cooked; uttama prakare-very
>|nicely; prabhuke-unto Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bhiksa-
>|lunch; karaila-gave.
2200|TRANSLATION
2201|Saying this, the brahmana very happily cooked food, and a
>|first-class dinner was offered to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
2202|Madhya 9.218
2203|TEXT 218
2204|TEXT
2205|sei ratri tahan rahi' tanre krpa kari'
2206|pandya-dese tamraparni gela gaurahari
2207|SYNONYMS
2208|sei ratri-that night; tahan-there; rahi'-staying; tanre-
>|unto the brahmana; krpa kari'-showing mercy; pandya-dese-in
>|the country known as Pandyadesa ; tamraparni-to the
>|place named Tamraparni; gela-went; gaurahari-Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
2209|TRANSLATION
2210|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu passed that night in the house of
>|the brahmana. Then, after showing him mercy, the Lord
>|started toward Tamraparni in Pandya-desa.
2211|PURPORT
2212|Pandya-desa is situated in the southern part of India known
>|as Kerala and Cola. In all these areas there were many
>|kings with the title Pandya who ruled over Madurai and
>|Ramesvara. In the Ramayana the name of Tamraparni is
>|mentioned. Tamraparni is also known as Purunai
>|and is situated on the bank of the Tinebheli River .
>|This river flows into the Bay of Bengal.
>|Tamraparni is also mentioned in Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.
>|5.39) Popup
2213|Madhya 9.219
2214|TEXT 219
2215|TEXT
2216|tamraparni snana kari' tamraparni-tire
2217|naya tripati dekhi' bule kutuhale
2218|SYNONYMS
2219|tamraparni-in the Tamraparni River; snana kari'-taking a
>|bath; tamraparni-tire-on the bank of the Tamraparni River;
>|naya tripati-the Deity named Naya-tripati; dekhi'-after
>|seeing; bule-wandered on; kutuhale-in great curiosity.
2220|TRANSLATION
2221|There was also a temple of Lord Visnu at Naya-
>|tripati on the bank of the river Tamraparni, and after
>|bathing in the river, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw the
>|Deity with great curiosity and wandered on.
2222|PURPORT
2223|This Naya-tripati is
>| also called Alwar
>|Tirunagarai. It is a town about seventeen miles southeast
>|of Tirunelveli . There are nine temples there of Sripati,
>|or Visnu. All the Deities of the temples assemble together
>|during a yearly festival in the town.
2224|Madhya 9.220
2225|TEXT 220
2226|TEXT
2227|ciyadatala tirthe dekhi' sri-rama-laksmana
2228|tila-kanci asi' kaila siva darasana
2229|SYNONYMS
2230|ciyadatala-named Ciyadatala; tirthe-at the holy place;
>|dekhi'-seeing; sri-rama-laksmana-the Deity of Lord Rama and
>|Laksmana; tila-kanci-to Tila-kanci; asi'-coming; kaila-did;
>|siva darasana-visiting the temple of Lord Siva.
2231|TRANSLATION
2232|After this, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to a holy place
>|known as Ciyadatala, where He saw the Deities of the two
>|brothers Lord Ramacandra and Laksmana. He then proceeded to
>|Tila-kanci, where He saw the temple of Lord Siva.
2233|PURPORT
2234|Ciyadatala is sometimes known as Cheratala. It is near the
>|city of Kaila, and there is a temple there dedicated to
>|Lord Sri Ramacandra and His brother Laksmana. Tila-kanci
>|is about thirty miles northeast of the city of
>|Tirunelveli.
2235|Madhya 9.221
2236|TEXT 221
2237|TEXT
2238|gajendra-moksana-tirthe dekhi visnu-murti
2239|panagadi-tirthe asi' dekhila sitapati
2240|SYNONYMS
2241|gajendra-moksana-tirthe-at the holy place named Gajendra-
>|moksana; dekhi-seeing; visnu-murti-the Deity of Lord Visnu;
>|panagadi-tirthe-to the holy place Panagadi; asi'-coming;
>|dekhila-saw; sita-pati-Lord Sri Ramacandra and Sitadevi.
2242|TRANSLATION
2243|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then visited the holy place
>|named Gajendra-moksana, where He went to a temple of Lord
>|Visnu. He then came to Panagadi, a holy place where He saw
>|the Deities of Lord Ramacandra and Sita.
2244|PURPORT
2245|The Gajendra-moksana temple is sometimes mistaken for a
>|temple of Lord Siva. It is about two miles south of the
>|city of Kaivera. Actually the Deity is not of
>|Lord Siva but of Visnu . Panagadi is about thirty miles
>|south of Tirunelveli. Formerly the temple there contained
>|the Deity of Sri Ramacandra, but later the devotees of Lord
>|Siva replaced Lord Ramacandra with a deity of Lord Siva
>|named Ramesvara or Rama-linga Siva.
2246|Madhya 9.222
2247|TEXT 222
2248|TEXT
2249|camtapure asi' dekhi' sri-rama-laksmana
2250|sri-vaikunthe asi' kaila visnu darasana
2251|SYNONYMS
2252|camtapure-to Camtapura; asi'-coming; dekhi'-seeing; sri-
>|rama-laksmana-Lord Ramacandra and Laksmana; sri-vaikunthe
>|asi'-coming to Sri Vaikuntha; kaila-did; visnu darasana-
>|seeing the temple of Lord Visnu.
2253|TRANSLATION
2254|Later the Lord went to Camtapura, where He saw the Deities
>|of Lord Ramacandra and Laksmana. He then went to Sri
>|Vaikuntha and saw the temple of Lord Visnu there.
2255|PURPORT
2256|Camtapura is sometimes called Cenganura and is located
>|in the state of Tribankura. A temple of Lord Ramacandra and
>|Laksmana is located there. Sri Vaikuntha-about four miles
>|north of Alwar Tirunagarai and sixteen miles southeast of
>|Tirunelveli-is situated on the bank of the Tamraparni River.
2257|Madhya 9.223
2258|TEXT 223
2259|TEXT
2260|malaya-parvate kaila agastya-vandana
2261|kanya-kumari tanhan kaila darasana
2262|SYNONYMS
2263|malaya-parvate-in the Malaya Hills; kaila-did; agastya-
>|vandana-obeisances to Agastya Muni; kanya-kumari-Kanya-
>|kumari; tanhan-there; kaila darasana-visited.
2264|TRANSLATION
2265|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then went to Malaya-parvata and
>|offered prayers to Agastya Muni. He then visited Kanya-
>|kumari [Cape Comorin].
2266|PURPORT
2267|The range of mountains in South India beginning at Kerala
>|and extending to Cape Comorin is called Malaya-parvata.
>|Concerning Agastya, there are four opinions: (1) There is a
>|temple of Agastya Muni in the village of Agastyampalli in
>|the district of Tanjorean. (2) There is a temple of Lord
>|Skanda on a hill known as Siva-giri, and it is
>|supposed to have been established by Agastya Muni. (3) Some
>|say that near Cape Comorin there is a hill known
>|as Pathiya , which was supposed to have served as Agastya
>|Muni's residence. (4) There is a place known as Agastya-
>|malaya, which is a range of hills on both sides of the
>|Tamraparni River. Cape Comorin itself is known as
>|Kanya-kumari.
2268|Madhya 9.224
2269|TEXT 224
2270|TEXT
2271|amlitalaya dekhi' sri-rama gaurahari
2272|mallara-desete aila yatha bhattathari
2273|SYNONYMS
2274|amlitalaya-at Amlitala; dekhi'-seeing; sri-rama-the Deity
>|of Ramacandra; gaurahari-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; mallara-
>|desete-to Mallara-desa; aila-came; yatha-where; bhattathari-
>|the Bhattathari community.
2275|TRANSLATION
2276|After visiting Kanya-kumari, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu came
>|to Amlitala, where He saw the Deity of Sri Ramacandra.
>|Thereafter He went to a place known as Mallara-desa, where
>|a community of Bhattatharis lived.
2277|PURPORT
2278|North of Mallara-desa is South Kanarada. To the east is
>|Coorg and Mysoreisu, to the south is Cochin, and to the
>|west is the Arabian Sea. As far as the Bhattatharis are
>|concerned, they are a nomadic community. They camp wherever
>|they like and have no fixed place of residence. Outwardly
>|they take up the dress of sannyasis, but their real
>|business is stealing and cheating. They allure others to
>|supply women for their camp, and they cheat many women and
>|keep them within their community. In this way they increase
>|their population. In Bengal also there is a similar
>|community. Actually, all over the world there are nomadic
>|communities whose business is simply to allure, cheat and
>|steal innocent women.
2279|Madhya 9.225
2280|TEXT 225
2281|TEXT
2282|tamala-kartika dekhi' aila vetapani
2283|raghunatha dekhi' tahan vancila rajani
2284|SYNONYMS
2285|tamala-kartika-the place named Tamala-kartika; dekhi'-
>|seeing; aila-came; vetapani-to Vetapani; raghunatha dekhi'-
>|seeing the temple of Lord Ramacandra; tahan-there; vancila
>|rajani-passed the night.
2286|TRANSLATION
2287|After visiting Mallara-desa, Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to
>|Tamala-kartika and then to Vetapani. There He saw the
>|temple of Raghunatha, Lord Ramacandra, and passed the night.
2288|PURPORT
2289|Tamala-kartika is forty-four miles south of Tirunelveli and
>|two miles south of Aramavalli Mountain. It is located
>|within the jurisdiction of Tovalai. At Tamala-kartika is a
>|temple of Subrahmanya, or Lord Kartika, the son of Lord
>|Siva. Vetapani, or Vatapani, is north of Kaila in the
>|Trivandrum district. It is also known as Bhutapandi and is
>|within the jurisdiction of the Tobala district. It is
>|understood that formerly there was a Deity of Lord
>|Ramacandra there. Later the Deity was replaced with a deity
>|of Lord Siva known as Ramesvara or Bhutanatha.
2290|Madhya 9.226
2291|TEXT 226
2292|TEXT
2293|gosanira sange rahe krsnadasa brahmana
2294|bhattathari-saha tahan haila darasana
2295|SYNONYMS
2296|gosanira-the Lord; sange-with; rahe-there was; krsnadasa
>|brahmana-a brahmana servant named Krsnadasa; bhattathari-
>|saha-with the Bhattatharis; tahan-there; haila-there was;
>|darasana-a meeting.
2297|TRANSLATION
2298|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was accompanied by His servant,
>|Krsnadasa. He was a brahmana, but he met with the
>|Bhattatharis there.
2299|Madhya 9.227
2300|TEXT 227
2301|TEXT
2302|stri-dhana dekhana tanra lobha janmaila
2303|arya sarala viprera buddhi-nasa kaila
2304|SYNONYMS
2305|stri-dhana-women; dekhana-showing; tanra-his; lobha-
>|attraction; janmaila-they created; arya-gentleman; sarala-
>|simple; viprera-of the brahmana; buddhi-nasa-loss of
>|intelligence; kaila-they made.
2306|TRANSLATION
2307|With women the Bhattatharis allured the brahmana Krsnadasa,
>|who was simple and gentle. By virtue of their bad
>|association, they polluted his intelligence.
2308|Madhya 9.228
2309|TEXT 228
2310|TEXT
2311|prate uthi' aila vipra bhattathari-ghare
2312|tahara uddese prabhu aila satvare
2313|SYNONYMS
2314|prate-in the morning; uthi'-rising from bed; aila-came;
>|vipra-the brahmana Krsnadasa; bhattathari-ghare-to the
>|place of the Bhattatharis; tahara uddese-for him; prabhu-
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; aila-came; satvare-very soon.
2315|TRANSLATION
2316|Allured by the Bhattatharis, Krsnadasa went to their place
>|early in the morning. The Lord also went there very quickly
>|just to find him out.
2317|Madhya 9.229
2318|TEXT 229
2319|TEXT
2320|asiya kahena saba bhattathari-gane
2321|amara brahmana tumi rakha ki karane
2322|SYNONYMS
2323|asiya-coming; kahena-He said; saba-all; bhattathari-gane-to
>|the Bhattatharis; amara-My; brahmana-brahmana assistant;
>|tumi-you; rakha-are keeping; ki-for what; karane-reason.
2324|TRANSLATION
2325|Upon reaching their community, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|asked the Bhattatharis, "Why are you keeping My brahmana
>|assistant?
2326|Madhya 9.230
2327|TEXT 230
2328|TEXT
2329|amiha sannyasi dekha, tumiha sannyasi
2330|more duhkha deha,-tomara 'nyaya' nahi vasi
2331|SYNONYMS
2332|amiha-I; sannyasi-in the renounced order of life; dekha-you
>|see; tumiha-you; sannyasi-in the renounced order of life;
>|more-unto Me; duhkha-pains; deha-you give; tomara-your;
>|nyaya-logic; nahi vasi-I do not find.
2333|TRANSLATION
2334|"I am in the renounced order of life, and so are you. Yet
>|you are purposefully giving Me pain, and I do not see any
>|good logic in this."
2335|Madhya 9.231
2336|TEXT 231
2337|TEXT
2338|suna' saba bhattathari uthe astra lana
2339|maribare aila sabe cari-dike dhana
2340|SYNONYMS
2341|suna'-hearing; saba-all; bhattathari-nomads; uthe-rise up;
>|astra-weapons; lana-taking; maribare-to kill; aila-came;
>|sabe-all; cari-dike-all around; dhana-running.
2342|TRANSLATION
2343|Upon hearing Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, all the Bhattatharis
>|came running from all sides with weapons in their hands,
>|desiring to hurt the Lord.
2344|Madhya 9.232
2345|TEXT 232
2346|TEXT
2347|tara astra tara ange pade hata haite
2348|khanda khanda haila bhattathari palaya cari bhite
2349|SYNONYMS
2350|tara astra-their weapons; tara ange-on their bodies; pade-
>|fall; hata haite-from their hands; khanda khanda-cut into
>|pieces; haila-became; bhattathari-the nomads; palaya-run
>|away; cari bhite-in the four directions.
2351|TRANSLATION
2352|However, their weapons fell from their hands and struck
>|their own bodies. When some of the Bhattatharis were thus
>|cut to pieces, the others ran away in the four directions.
2353|Madhya 9.233
2354|TEXT 233
2355|TEXT
2356|bhattathari-ghare maha uthila krandana
2357|kese dhari' vipre lana karila gamana
2358|SYNONYMS
2359|bhattathari-ghare-at the home of the Bhattatharis; maha-
>|great; uthila-there arose; krandana-crying; kese dhari'-
>|catching by the hair; vipre-the brahmana Krsnadasa; lana-
>|taking; karila-did; gamana-departure.
2360|TRANSLATION
2361|While there was much roaring and crying at the Bhattathari
>|community, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu grabbed Krsnadasa by the
>|hair and took him away.
2362|Madhya 9.234
2363|TEXT 234
2364|TEXT
2365|sei dina cali' aila payasvini-tire
2366|snana kari' gela adi-kesava-mandire
2367|SYNONYMS
2368|sei dina-on that very day; cali'-walking; aila-came;
>|payasvini-tire-to the bank of the Payasvini River; snana
>|kari'-bathing; gela-went; adi-kesava-mandire-to the temple
>|of Adi-kesava.
2369|TRANSLATION
2370|That very night, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His assistant
>|Krsnadasa arrived at the bank of the Payasvini River. They
>|took their bath and then went to see the temple of Adi-
>|kesava.
2371|Madhya 9.235
2372|TEXT 235
2373|TEXT
2374|kesava dekhiya preme avista haila
2375|nati, stuti, nrtya, gita, bahuta karila
2376|SYNONYMS
2377|kesava dekhiya-after seeing the Deity of Lord Kesava; preme-
>|in ecstasy; avista haila-became overwhelmed; nati-
>|obeisances; stuti-prayer; nrtya-dancing; gita-chanting;
>|bahuta karila-performed in various ways.
2378|TRANSLATION
2379|When the Lord saw the Adi-kesava temple, He was immediately
>|overwhelmed with ecstasy. Offering various obeisances and
>|prayers, He chanted and danced.
2380|Madhya 9.236
2381|TEXT 236
2382|TEXT
2383|prema dekhi' loke haila maha-camatkara
2384|sarva-loka kaila prabhura parama satkara
2385|SYNONYMS
2386|prema dekhi'-seeing His ecstatic features; loke-people;
>|haila-became; maha-camatkara-greatly astonished; sarva-loka-
>|all people; kaila-did; prabhura-of Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; parama satkara-great reception.
2387|TRANSLATION
2388|All the people there were greatly astonished to see the
>|ecstatic pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. They all
>|received the Lord very well.
2389|Madhya 9.237
2390|TEXT 237
2391|TEXT
2392|maha-bhakta-gana-saha tahan gosthi kaila
2393|'brahma-samhitadhyaya'-punthi tahan paila
2394|SYNONYMS
2395|maha-bhakta-gana-saha-among highly advanced devotees; tahan-
>|there; gosthi kaila-discussed; brahma-samhita-adhyaya-one
>|chapter of the Brahma-samhita; punthi-scripture; tahan-
>|there; paila-found.
2396|TRANSLATION
2397|In the temple of Adi-kesava, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|discussed spiritual matters among highly advanced devotees.
>|While there, He found a chapter of the Brahma-samhita.
2398|Madhya 9.238
2399|TEXT 238
2400|TEXT
2401|punthi pana prabhura haila ananda apara
2402|kampasru-sveda-stambha-pulaka vikara
2403|SYNONYMS
2404|punthi pana-getting that scripture; prabhura-of Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; haila-there was; ananda-happiness;
>|apara-unlimited; kampa-trembling; asru-tears; sveda-
>|perspiration; stambha-being stunned; pulaka-jubilation;
>|vikara-transformations.
2405|TRANSLATION
2406|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was greatly happy to find a chapter
>|of that scripture, and symptoms of ecstatic transformation-
>|trembling, tears, perspiration, trance and jubilation-were
>|manifest in His body.
2407|Madhya 9.239-240
2408|TEXTS 239-240
2409|TEXT
2410|siddhanta-sastra nahi 'brahma-samhita'ra sama
2411|govinda-mahima jnanera parama karana
2412|alpaksare kahe siddhanta apara
2413|sakala-vaisnava-sastra-madhye ati sara
2414|SYNONYMS
2415|siddhanta-sastra-conclusive scripture; nahi-there is not;
>|brahma-samhitara sama-like the scripture Brahma-samhita;
>|govinda-mahima-of the glories of Lord Govinda; jnanera-of
>|knowledge; parama-final; karana-cause; alpa-aksare-briefly;
>|kahe-expresses; siddhanta-conclusion; apara-unlimited;
>|sakala-all; vaisnava-sastra-devotional scriptures; madhye-
>|among; ati sara-very essential.
2416|TRANSLATION
2417|There is no scripture equal to the Brahma-samhita as far as
>|the final spiritual conclusion is concerned. Indeed, that
>|scripture is the supreme revelation of the glories of Lord
>|Govinda, for it reveals the topmost knowledge about Him.
>|Since all conclusions are briefly presented in the Brahma-
>|samhita, it is essential among all the Vaisnava scriptures.
>|
2418|PURPORT
2419|The Brahma-samhita is a very important scripture. Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu acquired the Fifth Chapter from the Adi-
>|kesava temple. In that Fifth Chapter, the philosophical
>|conclusion of acintya-bhedabheda-tattva (simultaneous
>|oneness and difference) is presented. The chapter also
>|presents methods of devotional service; the eighteen-
>|syllable Vedic hymn ; discourses on the soul, the Supersoul
>|and fruitive activity ; an explanation of Kama-gayatri,
>|kama-bija and the original Maha-Visnu ; and a detailed
>|description of the spiritual world, specifically Goloka
>|Vrndavana. Brahma-samhita also explains the demigod
>|Ganesa ; Garbhodakasayi Visnu ; the origin of the Gayatri
>|mantra ; the form of Govinda and His transcendental
>|position and abode ; the living entities ; the highest goal
>|; the goddess Durga ; the meaning of austerity ; the five
>|gross elements ; love of Godhead ; impersonal Brahman ; the
>|initiation of Lord Brahma ; and the vision of
>|transcendental love enabling one to see the Lord. The steps
>|of devotional service are also explained. The mind ; yoga-
>|nidra ; the goddess of fortune ; devotional service in
>|spontaneous ecstasy ; incarnations beginning with Lord
>|Ramacandra ; Deities ; the conditioned soul and its duties ;
>| the truth about Lord Visnu ; prayers ; Vedic hymns ; Lord
>|Siva ; the Vedic literature ; personalism and impersonalism
>|; good behavior ; and many other subjects are also
>|discussed. There is also a description of the sun and the
>|universal form of the Lord. All these subjects are
>|conclusively explained in a nutshell in the Brahma-samhita.
2420|Madhya 9.241
2421|TEXT 241
2422|TEXT
2423|bahu yatne sei punthi nila lekhaiya
2424|'ananta padmanabha' aila harasita hana
2425|SYNONYMS
2426|bahu yatne-with great attention; sei punthi-that scripture;
>|nila-took; lekhaiya-having it copied; ananta-padmanabha-to
>|Ananta Padmanabha; aila-came; harasita-in great happiness;
>|hana-being.
2427|TRANSLATION
2428|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu copied the Brahma-samhita and
>|afterwards , with great pleasure , went to a place known
>|as Ananta Padmanabha.
2429|PURPORT
2430|Concerning Ananta Padmanabha, one should refer to Madhya-
>|lila, Chapter One, text 115.
2431|Madhya 9.242
2432|TEXT 242
2433|TEXT
2434|dina-dui padmanabhera kaila darasana
2435|anande dekhite aila sri-janardana
2436|SYNONYMS
2437|dina-dui-two days; padmanabhera-of the Deity known as
>|Padmanabha; kaila darasana-visited the temple; anande-in
>|great ecstasy; dekhite-to see; aila-came; sri-janardana-to
>|the temple of Sri Janardana.
2438|TRANSLATION
2439|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu remained for two or three days at
>|Ananta Padmanabha and visited the temple there. Then, in
>|great ecstasy He went to see the temple of Sri Janardana.
2440|PURPORT
2441|The temple of Sri Janardana is situated twenty-six miles
>|north of Trivandrum, near the Varkala railway station.
2442|Madhya 9.243
2443|TEXT 243
2444|TEXT
2445|dina-dui tahan kari' kirtana-nartana
2446|payasvini asiya dekhe sankara narayana
2447|SYNONYMS
2448|dina-dui-two days; tahan-there; kari'-performing; kirtana-
>|nartana-chanting and dancing; payasvini asiya-coming to the
>|bank of the Payasvini River; dekhe-sees; sankara narayana-
>|the temple of Sankara-narayana.
2449|TRANSLATION
2450|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu chanted and danced at Sri Janardana
>|for two days. He then went to the bank of the Payasvini
>|River and visited the temple of Sankara-narayana.
2451|Madhya 9.244
2452|TEXT 244
2453|TEXT
2454|srngeri-mathe aila sankaracarya-sthane
2455|matsya-tirtha dekhi' kaila tungabhadraya snane
2456|SYNONYMS
2457|srngeri-mathe-to the Srngeri monastery; aila-came;
>|sankaracarya-sthane-at the place of Sankaracarya; matsya-
>|tirtha-the holy place named Matsya-tirtha; dekhi'-seeing;
>|kaila-did; tungabhadraya snane-bathing in the river
>|Tungabhadra.
2458|TRANSLATION
2459|Then He saw the monastery known as Srngeri-matha, the abode
>|of Acarya Sankara. He then visited Matsya-tirtha, a place
>|of pilgrimage, and took a bath in the river Tungabhadra.
2460|PURPORT
2461|The monastery known as Srngeri-matha is situated in the
>|state of Karnatakaisu, in the district of Shimoga. This
>|monastery is located on the left bank of the river
>| Tungabhadra, seven miles south of Harihara-pura.
>|The real name of this place is Srnga-giri or Srngavera-puri,
>| and it is the headquarters of Sankaracarya.
2462|Sankaracarya had four principal disciples, and he
>|established four centers under their management. In North
>|India at Badarikasrama, the monastery named Jyotir-matha
>|was established. At Purusottama, the Bhogavardhana or
>|Govardhana monastery was established. In Dvaraka, the
>|Sarada monastery was established. And the fourth monastery,
>|established in South India, is known as Srngeri-matha. In
>|the Srngeri-matha the sannyasis assume the designations
>|Sarasvati, Bharati and Puri. They are all ekadandi-
>|sannyasis, distinguished from the Vaisnava sannyasis, who
>|are known as tridandi-sannyasis. The Srngeri-matha is
>|situated in South India in a portion of the country
>|known as Andhra, Dravida, Karnata and Kerala. The
>|community is called Bhurivara, and the dynasty is called
>|Bhur-bhuvah. The place is called Ramesvara, and the slogan
>|is aham brahmasmi. The Deity is Lord Varaha, and the
>|energetic power is Kamaksi. The acarya is Hastamalaka, and
>|the brahmacari assistants of the sannyasis are known as
>|Caitanya. The place of pilgrimage is called Tungabhadra,
>|and the subject for Vedic study is the Yajur Veda.
2463|The list of the disciplic succession from Sankaracarya is
>|available, and the names of the acaryas and the dates of
>|their accepting sannyasa, according to the Saka era (or
>|Sakabda), are as follows (for approximate Christian-era
>|dates, add 79 years): Sankaracarya, 622 Saka;
>|Suresvaracarya, 630; Bodhanacarya, 680; Jnanadhanacarya,
>|768; Jnanottama-sivacarya, 827; Jnanagiri Acarya, 871;
>|Simhagiri Acarya, 958; Isvara Tirtha, 1019; Narasimha
>|Tirtha, 1067; Vidyatirtha Vidya-sankara, 1150; Bharati-
>|krsna Tirtha, 1250; Vidyaranya Bharati, 1253; Candrasekhara
>|Bharati, 1290; Narasimha Bharati, 1309; Purusottama Bharati,
>| 1328; Sankarananda, 1350; Candrasekhara Bharati, 1371;
>|Narasimha Bharati, 1386; Purusottama Bharati, 1398;
>|Ramacandra Bharati, 1430; Narasimha Bharati, 1479;
>|Narasimha Bharati, 1485 ;
>| Abhinava-narasimha Bharati, 1521; Saccidananda Bharati,
>|1544; Narasimha Bharati, 1585; Saccidananda Bharati, 1627;
>|Abhinava-saccidananda Bharati, 1663; Nrsimha Bharati, 1689;
>|Saccidananda Bharati, 1692; Abhinava-saccidananda Bharati,
>|1730; Narasimha Bharati, 1739; Saccidananda Sivabhinava
>|Vidya-narasimha Bharati, 1788.
2464|Regarding Sankaracarya, it is understood that he was born
>|in the year 608 of the Sakabda era, in the month of
>|Vaisakha, on the third day of the waxing moon, in a place
>|in South India known as Kaladi. His father's name was
>|Sivaguru, and he lost his father at an early age. When
>|Sankaracarya was only eight years old, he completed his
>|study of all scriptures and took sannyasa from Govinda, who
>|was residing on the banks of the Narmada. After accepting
>|sannyasa, Sankaracarya stayed with his spiritual master for
>|some days. He then took his permission to go to Varanasi,
>|and from there he went to Badarikasrama, where he stayed
>|until his twelfth year. While there, he wrote a commentary
>|on the Brahma-sutra, as well as on ten Upanisads and the
>|Bhagavad-gita. He also wrote Sanat-sujatiya and a
>|commentary on the Nrsimha-tapini. Among his many disciples,
>|his four chief disciples are Padmapada, Suresvara,
>|Hastamalaka and Trotaka. After departing from Varanasi,
>|Sankaracarya went to Prayaga, where he met a great learned
>|scholar called Kumarila Bhatta. Sankaracarya wanted to
>|discuss the authority of the scriptures, but Kumarila
>|Bhatta, being on his deathbed, sent him to his disciple
>|Mandana, in the city of Mahismati. It was there that
>|Sankaracarya defeated Mandana Misra in a discussion of the
>|sastras. Mandana had a wife named Sarasvati, or Ubhaya-
>|bharati, who served as mediator between Sankaracarya and
>|her husband. It is said that she wanted to discuss erotic
>|principles and amorous love with Sankaracarya, but
>|Sankaracarya had been a brahmacari since birth and
>|therefore had no experience in amorous love. He took a
>|month's leave from Ubhaya-bharati and, by his mystic power,
>|entered the body of a king who had just died. In this way
>|Sankaracarya experienced the erotic principles. After
>|attaining this experience, he wanted to discuss erotic
>|principles with Ubhaya-bharati, but without hearing his
>|discussion she blessed him and assured the continuous
>|existence of the Srngeri-matha. She then took leave of
>|material life. Afterwards, Mandana Misra took the order of
>|sannyasa from Sankaracarya and became known as Suresvara.
>|Sankaracarya defeated many scholars throughout India and
>|converted them to his Mayavada philosophy. He left the
>|material body at the age of thirty-three.
2465|As far as Matsya-tirtha is concerned, it was supposedly
>|situated beside the ocean in the district of Malabar.
2466|Madhya 9.245
2467|TEXT 245
2468|TEXT
2469|madhvacarya-sthane aila yanha 'tattvavadi'
2470|udupite 'krsna' dekhi, tahan haila premonmadi
2471|SYNONYMS
2472|madhva-acarya-sthane-at the place of Madhvacarya; aila-
>|arrived; yanha-where; tattva-vadi-philosophers known as
>|Tattvavadis; udupite-at the place known as Udupi; krsna-the
>|Deity of Lord Krsna; dekhi-seeing; tahan-there; haila-
>|became; prema-unmadi-mad in ecstasy.
2473|TRANSLATION
2474|Caitanya Mahaprabhu next arrived at Udupi, the place of
>|Madhvacarya, where the philosophers known as Tattvavadis
>|resided. There He saw the Deity of Lord Krsna and became
>|mad with ecstasy.
2475|PURPORT
2476|Sripada Madhvacarya took his birth at Udupi, which is
>|situated in the South Kanarada district of South India,
>|just west of Sahyadri. This is the chief city of the South
>|Kanarada province and is near the city of Mangalore, which
>|is situated to the south of Udupi. In the city of Udupi
>|is a place called Pajaka-ksetra, where Madhvacarya took his
>|birth in a Sivalli-brahmana dynasty as the son of
>|Madhyageha Bhatta, in the year 1040 Sakabda (A.D. 1119).
>|According to some, he was born in the year 1160 Sakabda (A.
>|D. 1239).
2477|In his childhood Madhvacarya was known as Vasudeva, and
>|there are some wonderful stories surrounding him. It is
>|said that once when his father had piled up many debts,
>|Madhvacarya converted tamarind seeds into actual coins to
>|pay them off. When he was five years old, he was offered
>|the sacred thread. A demon named Maniman lived near his
>|abode in the form of a snake, and at the age of five
>|Madhvacarya killed that snake with the toe of his left foot.
>| When his mother was very much disturbed, he would appear
>|before her in one jump. He was a great scholar even in
>|childhood, and although his father did not agree, he
>|accepted sannyasa at the age of twelve. Upon receiving
>|sannyasa from Acyuta Preksa, he received the name
>|Purnaprajna Tirtha. After traveling all over India, he
>|finally discussed scriptures with Vidyasankara, the exalted
>|leader of Srngeri-matha. Vidyasankara was actually
>|diminished in the presence of Madhvacarya. Accompanied by
>|Satya Tirtha, Madhvacarya went to Badarikasrama. It was
>|there that he met Vyasadeva and explained his commentary on
>|the Bhagavad-gita before him. Thus he became a great
>|scholar by studying before Vyasadeva.
2478|By the time he came to the Ananda-matha from Badarikasrama,
>|Madhvacarya had finished his commentary on the Bhagavad-
>|gita. His companion Satya Tirtha wrote down the entire
>|commentary. When Madhvacarya returned from Badarikasrama,
>|he went to Ganjama, which is on the bank of the river
>|Godavari. There he met with two learned scholars named
>|Sobhana Bhatta and Svami Sastri. Later these scholars
>|became known in the disciplic succession of Madhvacarya as
>|Padmanabha Tirtha and Narahari Tirtha. When he returned to
>|Udupi, he would sometimes bathe in the ocean. On such an
>|occasion he composed a prayer in five chapters. Once, while
>|sitting beside the sea engrossed in meditation upon Lord
>|Sri Krsna, he saw that a large boat containing goods for
>|Dvaraka was in danger. He gave some signs by which the boat
>|could approach the shore, and it was saved. The owners of
>|the boat wanted to give him a present, and at the time
>|Madhvacarya agreed to take some gopi-candana. He received a
>|big lump of gopi-candana, and as it was being brought to
>|him, it broke apart and revealed a large Deity of Lord
>|Krsna. The Deity had a stick in one hand and a lump of food
>|in the other. As soon as Madhvacarya received the Deity of
>|Krsna in this way, he composed a prayer. The Deity was so
>|heavy that not even thirty people could lift it.
>|Madhvacarya personally brought this Deity to Udupi.
>|Madhvacarya had eight disciples, all of whom took
>|sannyasa from him and became directors of his eight
>|monasteries. Worship of the Lord Krsna Deity is still going
>|on at Udupi according to the plans Madhvacarya established.
2479|Madhvacarya then for the second time visited Badarikasrama.
>|While he was passing through Maharashtra, the local king
>|was digging a big lake for the public benefit. As
>|Madhvacarya passed through that area with his disciples, he
>|was also obliged to help in the excavation. After some time,
>| when Madhvacarya visited the king, he engaged the king in
>|that work and departed with his disciples.
2480|Often in the province of Ganga-pradesa there were fights
>|between Hindus and Muslims. The Hindus were on one bank of
>|the river, and the Muslims on the other. Due to the
>|community tension, no boat was available for crossing the
>|river. The Muslim soldiers were always stopping passengers
>|on the other side, but Madhvacarya did not care for these
>|soldiers. He crossed the river anyway, and when he met the
>|soldiers on the other side, he was brought before the king.
>|The Muslim king was so pleased with him that he wanted to
>|give him a kingdom and some money, but Madhvacarya refused.
>|While walking on the road, he was attacked by some dacoits,
>|but by his bodily strength he killed them all. When his
>|companion Satya Tirtha was attacked by a tiger, Madhvacarya
>|separated them by virtue of his great strength. When he met
>|Vyasadeva, he received from him the salagrama-sila known as
>|Astamurti. After this, he summarized the Mahabharata.
2481|Madhvacarya's devotion to the Lord and his erudite
>|scholarship became known throughout India. Consequently the
>|owners of the Srngeri-matha, established by Sankaracarya,
>|became a little perturbed. At that time the followers of
>|Sankaracarya were afraid of Madhvacarya's rising power, and
>|they began to tease Madhvacarya's disciples in many ways.
>|There was even an attempt to prove that the disciplic
>|succession of Madhvacarya was not in line with Vedic
>|principles. A person named Pundarika Puri, a follower of
>|the Mayavada philosophy of Sankaracarya, came before
>|Madhvacarya to discuss the sastras. It is said that all of
>|Madhvacarya's books were taken away, but later they were
>|found with the help of King Jayasimha, ruler of Kumla. In
>|discussion, Pundarika Puri was defeated by Madhvacarya. A
>|great personality named Trivikramacarya, who was a resident
>|of Visnumangala, became Madhvacarya's disciple, and his son
>|later became Narayanacarya, the composer of Sri Madhva-
>|vijaya. After the death of Trivikramacarya, the younger
>|brother of Narayanacarya took sannyasa and later became
>|known as Visnu Tirtha.
2482|It was reputed that there was no limit to the bodily
>|strength of Purnaprajna, Madhvacarya. There was a person
>|named Kadanjari who was famed for possessing the strength
>|of thirty men. Madhvacarya placed the big toe of his foot
>|upon the ground and asked the man to separate it from the
>|ground, but the great strong man could not do so even after
>|great effort. Srila Madhvacarya passed from this material
>|world at the age of eighty while writing a commentary on
>|the Aitareya Upanisad. For further information about
>|Madhvacarya, one should read Madhva-vijaya, by
>|Narayanacarya.
2483|The acaryas of the Madhva-sampradaya established Udupi as
>|the chief center, and the monastery there was known as
>|Uttararadhi-matha. A list of the different centers of the
>|Madhvacarya-sampradaya can be found at Udupi, and their
>|matha commanders are (1) Visnu Tirtha (Soda-matha), (2)
>|Janardana Tirtha (Krsnapura-matha), (3) Vamana Tirtha (
>|Kanura-matha), (4) Narasimha Tirtha (Adamara-matha), (5)
>|Upendra Tirtha (Puttugi-matha), (6) Rama Tirtha (Sirura-
>|matha), (7) Hrsikesa Tirtha (Palimara-matha), and (8)
>|Aksobhya Tirtha (Pejavara-matha). The disciplic succession
>|of the Madhvacarya-sampradaya is as follows (the dates are
>|those of birth
>|): (1) Hamsa Paramatma; (2)
>|Caturmukha Brahma; (3) Sanakadi; (4) Durvasa; (5)
>|Jnananidhi; (6) Garuda-vahana; (7) Kaivalya Tirtha; (8)
>|Jnanesa Tirtha; (9) Para Tirtha; (10) Satyaprajna Tirtha; (
>|11) Prajna Tirtha; (12) Acyuta Preksacarya Tirtha; (13) Sri
>|Madhvacarya, 1040 Saka; (14) Padmanabha, 1120; Narahari,
>|1127; Madhava, 1136; and Aksobhya 1159; (15) Jaya Tirtha,
>|1167; (16) Vidyadhiraja, 1190; (17) Kavindra, 1255; (18)
>|Vagisa, 1261; (19) Ramacandra, 1269; (20) Vidyanidhi, 1298;
>|(21) Sri Raghunatha, 1366; (22) Rayuvarya (who spoke with
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu), 1424; (23) Raghuttama, 1471; (24)
>|Vedavyasa, 1517; (25) Vidyadhisa, 1541; (26) Vedanidhi,
>|1553; (27) Satyavrata, 1557; (28) Satyanidhi, 1560; (29)
>|Satyanatha, 1582; (30) Satyabhinava, 1595; (31) Satyapurna,
>|1628; (32) Satyavijaya, 1648; (33) Satyapriya, 1659; (34)
>|Satyabodha, 1666; (35) Satyasandha, 1705; (36) Satyavara,
>|1716; (37) Satyadharma, 1719; (38) Satyasankalpa, 1752; (39)
>| Satyasantusta, 1763; (40) Satyaparayana, 1763; (41)
>|Satyakama, 1785; (42) Satyesta, 1793; (43) Satyaparakrama,
>|1794; (44) Satyadhira, 1801; (45) Satyadhira Tirtha, 1808.
>|(For approximate Christian era dates, add seventy-nine
>|years.)
2484|After the sixteenth acarya (Vidyadhiraja Tirtha), there was
>|another disciplic succession, including Rajendra Tirtha,
>|1254; Vijayadhvaja; Purusottama; Subrahmanya; and Vyasa
>|Raya, 1470-1520. The nineteenth acarya, Ramacandra Tirtha,
>|had another disciplic succession, including Vibudhendra,
>|1218; Jitamitra, 1348; Raghunandana; Surendra; Vijendra;
>|Sudhindra; and Raghavendra Tirtha, 1545.
2485|To date, in the Udupi monastery there are another fourteen
>|Madhva-tirtha sannyasis. As stated, Udupi is situated
>|beside the sea in South Kanarada, about thirty-six miles
>|north of Mangalore.
2486|Most of the information in this purport is available from
>|the South Kanada Manual and the Bombay Gazette.
2487|Madhya 9.246
2488|TEXT 246
2489|TEXT
2490|nartaka gopala dekhe parama-mohane
2491|madhvacarye svapna diya aila tanra sthane
2492|SYNONYMS
2493|nartaka gopala-dancing Gopala; dekhe-saw; parama-mohane-
>|most beautiful; madhva-acarye-unto Madhvacarya; svapna diya-
>|appearing in a dream; aila-came; tanra-his; sthane-to the
>|place.
2494|TRANSLATION
2495|While at the Udupi monastery, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw "
>|dancing Gopala," a most beautiful Deity. This Deity
>|appeared to Madhvacarya in a dream.
2496|Madhya 9.247
2497|TEXT 247
2498|TEXT
2499|gopi-candana-tale achila dingate
2500|madhvacarya sei krsna paila kona-mate
2501|SYNONYMS
2502|gopi-candana-tale-under heaps of gopi-candana (yellowish
>|clay used for tilaka); achila-came; dingate-in a boat;
>|madhva-acarya-Madhvacarya; sei krsna-that Krsna Deity;
>|paila-got; kona-mate-somehow or other.
2503|TRANSLATION
2504|Madhvacarya had somehow or other acquired the Deity of
>|Krsna from a heap of gopi-candana that had been transported
>|in a boat.
2505|Madhya 9.248
2506|TEXT 248
2507|TEXT
2508|madhvacarya ani' tanre karila sthapana
2509|adyavadhi seva kare tattvavadi-gana
2510|SYNONYMS
2511|madhva-acarya-Madhvacarya; ani'-bringing; tanre-Him; karila
>|sthapana-installed; adya-avadhi-to date; seva kare-worship;
>|tattvavadi-gana-the Tattvavadis.
2512|TRANSLATION
2513|Madhvacarya brought this dancing Gopala Deity to Udupi and
>|installed Him in the temple. To date, the followers of
>|Madhvacarya, known as Tattvavadis, worship this Deity.
2514|Madhya 9.249
2515|TEXT 249
2516|TEXT
2517|krsna-murti dekhi' prabhu maha-sukha paila
2518|premavese bahu-ksana nrtya-gita kaila
2519|SYNONYMS
2520|krsna-murti dekhi'-seeing the Deity of Lord Krsna; prabhu-
>|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; maha-sukha-great happiness;
>|paila-got; prema-avese-in ecstatic love; bahu-ksana-for a
>|long time; nrtya-gita-dancing and singing; kaila-performed.
2521|TRANSLATION
2522|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu received great pleasure in seeing
>|this beautiful form of Gopala. For a long time He danced
>|and chanted in ecstatic love.
2523|Madhya 9.250
2524|TEXT 250
2525|TEXT
2526|tattvavadi-gana prabhuke 'mayavadi' jnane
2527|prathama darsane prabhuke na kaila sambhasane
2528|SYNONYMS
2529|tattvavadi-gana-the Tattvavadis; prabhuke-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; mayavadi jnane-considering as a Mayavadi
>|sannyasi; prathama darsane-in the first meeting; prabhuke-
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; na-did not; kaila-do; sambhasane-
>|addressing.
2530|TRANSLATION
2531|When they first saw Him, the Tattvavadi Vaisnavas
>|considered Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>| a Mayavadi sannyasi. Therefore they did not talk to Him.
2532|Madhya 9.251
2533|TEXT 251
2534|TEXT
2535|pache premavesa dekhi' haila camatkara
2536|vaisnava-jnane bahuta karila satkara
2537|SYNONYMS
2538|pache-later; prema-avesa-ecstatic love; dekhi'-seeing;
>|haila camatkara-became struck with wonder; vaisnava-jnane-
>|understanding as a Vaisnava; bahuta-much; karila-did;
>|satkara-reception.
2539|TRANSLATION
2540|Later, after seeing Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in ecstatic
>|love, they were struck with wonder. Then, considering Him a
>|Vaisnava, they gave Him a nice reception.
2541|Madhya 9.252
2542|TEXT 252
2543|TEXT
2544|'vaisnavata' sabara antare garva jani'
2545|isat hasiya kichu kahe gauramani
2546|SYNONYMS
2547|vaisnavata-Vaisnavism; sabara-of all of them; antare-within
>|the mind; garva-pride; jani'-knowing; isat-mildly; hasiya-
>|smiling; kichu-something; kahe-says; gaura-mani-Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
2548|TRANSLATION
2549|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu could understand that the
>|Tattvavadis were very proud of their Vaisnavism. He
>|therefore smiled and began to speak to them.
2550|Madhya 9.253
2551|TEXT 253
2552|TEXT
2553|tan-sabara antare garva jani gauracandra
2554|tan-saba-sange gosthi karila arambha
2555|SYNONYMS
2556|tan-sabara-of all of them; antare-within the mind; garva-
>|pride; jani-knowing; gaura-candra-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|tan-saba-sange-with them; gosthi-discussion; karila-made;
>|arambha-beginning.
2557|TRANSLATION
2558|Considering them very proud, Caitanya Mahaprabhu began His
>|discussion.
2559|Madhya 9.254
2560|TEXT 254
2561|TEXT
2562|tattvavadi acarya-saba sastrete pravina
2563|tanre prasna kaila prabhu hana yena dina
2564|SYNONYMS
2565|tattvavadi acarya-the chief preacher of the Tattvavada
>|community; saba-all; sastrete-in revealed scriptures;
>|pravina-experienced; tanre-unto him; prasna-question; kaila-
>|did; prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; hana-becoming; yena-as
>|if; dina-very humble.
2566|TRANSLATION
2567|The chief acarya of the Tattvavada community was very
>|learned in the revealed scriptures. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|humbly questioned him.
2568|Madhya 9.255
2569|TEXT 255
2570|TEXT
2571|sadhya-sadhana ami na jani bhala-mate
2572|sadhya-sadhana-srestha janaha amate
2573|SYNONYMS
2574|sadhya-sadhana-the aim of life and how to achieve it; ami-I;
>| na-not; jani-know; bhala-mate-very well; sadhya-sadhana-
>|the aim of life and how to achieve it; srestha-the best;
>|janaha-kindly explain; amate-unto Me.
2575|TRANSLATION
2576|Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "I do not know very well the aim
>|of life and how to achieve it. Please tell Me of the best
>|ideal for humanity and how to attain it."
2577|Madhya 9.256
2578|TEXT 256
2579|TEXT
2580|acarya kahe,-'varnasrama-dharma, krsne samarpana'
2581|ei haya krsna-bhaktera srestha 'sadhana'
2582|SYNONYMS
2583|acarya kahe-the acarya said; varna-asrama-dharma-the
>|institution of four castes and four asramas; krsne-unto
>|Krsna; samarpana-to dedicate; ei haya-this is; krsna-
>|bhaktera-of the devotee of Krsna; srestha sadhana-the best
>|means of achievement.
2584|TRANSLATION
2585|The acarya replied, "When the activities of the four castes
>|and the four asramas are dedicated to Krsna, they
>|constitute the best means whereby one can attain the
>|highest goal of life.
2586|Madhya 9.257
2587|TEXT 257
2588|TEXT
2589|'panca-vidha mukti' pana vaikunthe gamana
2590|'sadhya-srestha' haya,-ei sastra-nirupana
2591|SYNONYMS
2592|panca-vidha mukti-five kinds of liberation; pana-getting;
>|vaikunthe-to the spiritual world; gamana-transference;
>|sadhya-srestha haya-is the highest achievement of the goal
>|of life; ei-this; sastra-nirupana-the verdict of all
>|revealed scriptures.
2593|TRANSLATION
2594|"When one dedicates the duties of varnasrama-dharma to
>|Krsna, he is eligible for five kinds of liberation. Thus he
>|is transferred to the spiritual world in Vaikuntha. This is
>|the highest goal of life and the verdict of all revealed
>|scriptures."
2595|Madhya 9.258
2596|TEXT 258
2597|TEXT
2598|prabhu kahe,-sastre kahe sravana-kirtana
2599|krsna-prema-seva-phalera 'parama-sadhana'
2600|SYNONYMS
2601|prabhu kahe-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; sastre kahe-
>|in the sastra it is said; sravana-kirtana-the process of
>|chanting and hearing; krsna-prema-seva-of loving service to
>|Lord Krsna; phalera-of the result; parama-sadhana-best
>|process of achievement.
2602|TRANSLATION
2603|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "According to the verdict of
>|the sastras, the process of hearing and chanting is the
>|best means to attain loving service to Krsna.
2604|PURPORT
2605|According to the Tattvavadis, the best process for
>|achieving the highest goal of life is to execute the duties
>|of the four varnas and asramas. In the material world,
>|unless one is situated in one of the varnas (brahmana,
>|ksatriya, vaisya or sudra) one cannot manage social affairs
>|properly to attain the ultimate goal. One also has to
>|follow the principles of the asramas (brahmacarya, grhastha,
>| vanaprastha and sannyasa), for these principles are
>|considered essential for the attainment of the highest goal.
>| In this way the Tattvavadis establish that the execution
>|of the principles of varna and asrama for the sake of Krsna
>|is the best way to attain the topmost goal. The Tattvavadis
>|thus established their principles in terms of human society.
>| Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, however, differed when He said
>|that the best process is hearing and chanting about Lord
>|Visnu. According to the Tattvavadis, the highest goal is
>|returning home, back to Godhead, but in Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu's opinion the highest goal is attaining love of
>|Godhead, either in the material world or in the
>|spiritual world. In the material world this is practiced
>|according to sastric injunction, and in the spiritual world
>|the real achievement is already there.
2606|Madhya 9.259-260
2607|TEXTS 259-260
2608|TEXT
2609|sravanam kirtanam visnoh
2610|smaranam pada-sevanam
2611|arcanam vandanam dasyam
2612|sakhyam atma-nivedanam
2613|iti pumsarpita visnau
2614|bhaktis cen nava-laksana
2615|kriyeta bhagavaty addha
2616|tan manye 'dhitam uttamam
2617|SYNONYMS
2618|sravanam-hearing of the holy name, form, qualities,
>|entourage and pastimes, all of which must pertain to Lord
>|Visnu; kirtanam-vibrating transcendental sounds pertaining
>|to the holy name, form, qualities and entourage, and
>|inquiring about them (these also should be only in
>|relationship to Visnu); visnoh-of Lord Visnu; smaranam-
>|remembering the holy name, form and entourage, and
>|inquiring about them, also only for Visnu; pada-sevanam-
>|executing devotional service according to time,
>|circumstances and situation, only in relationship with
>|Visnu; arcanam-worshiping the Deity of Lord Krsna, Lord
>|Ramacandra, Laksmi-Narayana or the other forms of Visnu;
>|vandanam-offering prayers to the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead; dasyam-always thinking oneself an eternal servant
>|of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sakhyam-making
>|friends with the Supreme Personality of Godhead; atma-
>|nivedanam-dedicating everything (body, mind and soul) for
>|the service of the Lord; iti-thus; pumsa-by the human being;
>| arpita-dedicated; visnau-unto the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead, Visnu; bhaktih-devotional service; cet-if; nava-
>|laksana-possessing nine different systems, as above
>|mentioned; kriyeta-one should execute; bhagavati-unto the
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead; addha-directly (not
>|indirectly through karma, jnana or yoga); tat-that; manye-I
>|understand; adhitam-studied; uttamam-first class.
2619|TRANSLATION
2620|" 'This process entails hearing, chanting and remembering
>|the holy name, form, pastimes, qualities and entourage of
>|the Lord, offering service according to the time, place and
>|performer, worshiping the Deity, offering prayers, always
>|considering oneself the eternal servant of Krsna, making
>|friends with Him and dedicating everything unto Him. These
>|nine items of devotional service, when directly offered to
>|Krsna, constitute the highest attainment of life. This is
>|the verdict of the revealed scriptures.'
2621|PURPORT
2622|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu quoted these verses from Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam (7.5.23-24).
2623|Madhya 9.261
2624|TEXT 261
2625|TEXT
2626|sravana-kirtana ha-ite krsne haya 'prema'
2627|sei pancama purusartha-purusarthera sima
2628|SYNONYMS
2629|sravana-kirtana-hearing and chanting; ha-ite-from; krsne-
>|unto Lord Krsna; haya-there is; prema-transcendental love;
>|sei-that; pancama purusa-artha-the fifth platform of
>|perfection of life; purusa-arthera sima-the limit of goals
>|of life.
2630|TRANSLATION
2631|"When one comes to the platform of loving service to Lord
>|Krsna by executing these nine processes beginning with
>|hearing and chanting, he has attained the fifth platform of
>|success and the limit of life's goals.
2632|PURPORT
2633|Everyone is after success in religion, economic development,
>| sense gratification and ultimately merging into the
>|existence of Brahman. These are the general practices of
>|the common man, but according to the strict principles of
>|the Vedas, the highest attainment is to rise to the
>|platform of sravanam kirtanam, hearing and
>|chanting about the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is
>|confirmed in Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.1.2):
2634|dharmah projjhita-kaitavo 'tra paramo nirmatsaranam satam
2635|vedyam vastavam atra vastu siva-dam tapa-trayonmulanam
2636|srimad-bhagavate maha-muni-krte kim va parair isvarah
2637|sadyo hrdy avarudhyate 'tra krtibhih susrusubhis tat-ksanat
2638|"Completely rejecting all religious activities which are
>|materially motivated, this Bhagavata Purana propounds the
>|highest truth, which is understandable by those devotees
>|who are fully pure in heart. The highest truth is reality
>|distinguished from illusion for the welfare of all. Such
>|truth uproots the threefold miseries. This beautiful
>|Bhagavatam, compiled by the great sage Sri Vyasadeva, is
>|sufficient in itself for God realization. What is the need
>|of any other scripture? As soon as one attentively and
>|submissively hears the message of Bhagavatam, by this
>|culture of knowledge the Supreme Lord is established within
>|his heart." This verse of Srimad-Bhagavatam rejects as
>|cheating processes all religious activities that aim at
>|achieving materialistic goals, including dharma, artha,
>|kama and even moksa, or liberation.
2639|According to Sridhara Svami, the material conception of
>|success (moksa, or liberation) is desired by those in
>|material existence. Devotees, however, not being situated
>|in material existence, have no desire for liberation.
2640|A devotee is always liberated in all stages of life because
>|he is always engaged in the nine items of devotional
>|service (sravanam, kirtanam, etc.). Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu'
>|s philosophy holds that devotional service to Krsna always
>|exists in everyone's heart. It simply has to be awakened by
>|the process of sravanam kirtanam visnoh.
>|Sravanadi suddha-citte karaye udaya (Cc. Madhya 22.107).
>|When a person is actually engaged in devotional service,
>|his eternal relationship with the Lord, the servant-master
>|relationship, is awakened.
2641|Madhya 9.262
2642|TEXT 262
2643|TEXT
2644|evam-vratah sva-priya-nama-kirtya
2645|jatanurago druta-citta uccaih
2646|hasaty atho roditi rauti gayaty
2647|unmada-van nrtyati loka-bahyah
2648|SYNONYMS
2649|evam-vratah-when one thus engages in a vow to chant and
>|dance; sva-own; priya-very dear; nama-holy name; kirtya-by
>|chanting; jata-in this way develops; anuragah-attachment;
>|druta-cittah-very eagerly; uccaih-loudly; hasati-laughs;
>|atho-also; roditi-cries; rauti-becomes agitated; gayati-
>|chants; unmada-vat-like a madman; nrtyati-dances; loka-
>|bahyah-without caring for outsiders.
2650|TRANSLATION
2651|" 'When a person is actually advanced and takes pleasure in
>|chanting the holy name of the Lord, who is very dear to him,
>| he is agitated and loudly chants the holy name. He also
>|laughs, cries, becomes agitated and chants just like a
>|madman, not caring for outsiders.'
2652|PURPORT
2653|This verse is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.2.40).
2654|Madhya 9.263
2655|TEXT 263
2656|TEXT
2657|karma-ninda, karma-tyaga, sarva-sastre kahe
2658|karma haite prema-bhakti krsne kabhu nahe
2659|SYNONYMS
2660|karma-ninda-condemnation of fruitive activities; karma-
>|tyaga-renunciation of fruitive activities; sarva-sastre
>|kahe-is announced in every revealed scripture; karma haite-
>|from fruitive activities; prema-bhakti-devotional service
>|in ecstatic love; krsne-for Krsna; kabhu nahe-can never be
>|achieved.
2661|TRANSLATION
2662|"In every revealed scripture there is condemnation of
>|fruitive activities. It is advised everywhere to give up
>|engagement in fruitive activities, for by executing them no
>|one can attain the highest goal of life, love of Godhead
>|.
2663|PURPORT
2664|In the Vedas there are three kandas, or divisions: karma-
>|kanda, jnana-kanda and upasana-kanda. The karma-kanda
>|portion stresses the execution of fruitive activities,
>|although ultimately it is advised that one abandon both
>|karma-kanda and jnana-kanda (speculative knowledge) and
>|accept only upasana-kanda, or bhakti-kanda. One cannot
>|attain love of Godhead by executing karma-kanda or jnana-
>|kanda. But by dedicating one's karma, or fruitive
>|activities, to the Supreme Lord, one may be relieved from
>|the polluted mind, and becoming free from mental pollution
>|helps elevate one to the spiritual platform. Then, however,
>|one needs the association of a pure devotee, for only by a
>|pure devotee's association can one become a pure devotee of
>|the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna. When one comes
>|to the stage of pure devotional service, the process of
>|sravanam kirtanam is very essential. By executing the nine
>|items of devotional service, beginning with sravanam
>|kirtanam, one is completely purified. Anyabhilasita-sunyam
>|jnana-karmady-anavrtam ( Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.1. 12 ).
>|Only then is one able to execute Krsna's orders in the
>|Bhagavad-gita (18.65 -66):
2665|man-mana bhava mad-bhakto
2666|mad-yaji mam namaskuru
2667|
2668|mam evaisyasi satyam te
2669|pratijane priyo 'si me
2670|sarva-dharman parityajya
2671|mam ekam saranam vraja
2672|aham tvam sarva-papebhyo
2673|moksayisyami ma sucah
2674|"Always think of Me, become My devotee, worship Me and
>|offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without
>|fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear
>|friend. Abandon all varieties of religion and just
>|surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful
>|reactions. Do not fear." In this way one develops his
>|original constitutional position of rendering loving
>|service to the Lord.
2675|One cannot be elevated to the highest platform of
>|devotional service by karma-kanda or jnana-kanda. Pure
>|devotional service can be understood and attained only
>|through the association of pure devotees. In this regard,
>|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura states that there
>|are two types of karma-kanda activities-pious and impious.
>|Pious activities are certainly better than impious
>|activities, but even pious activities cannot help one
>|achieve ecstatic love of God, Krsna. Pious and impious
>|activities bring about material happiness and distress,
>| but there is no possibility of one's becoming a pure
>|devotee simply by acting piously or impiously. Bhakti,
>|devotional service, means satisfying Krsna. In every
>|revealed scripture, whether stressing jnana-kanda or karma-
>|kanda, the principle of renunciation is always praised. The
>|ripened fruit of Vedic knowledge, Srimad-Bhagavatam, is the
>|supreme Vedic evidence. In Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.5.12) it is
>|said:
2676|naiskarmyam apy acyuta-bhava-varjitam
2677|na sobhate jnanam alam niranjanam
2678|kutah punah sasvad abhadram isvare
2679|na carpitam karma yad apy akaranam
2680|"Knowledge of self-realization, even though free from all
>|material affinity, does not look well if devoid of a
>|conception of the Infallible [God]. What, then, is the use
>|of fruitive activities, which are naturally painful from
>|the very beginning and transient by nature, if they are not
>|utilized for the devotional service of the Lord?" This
>|means that even knowledge, which is superior to fruitive
>|activity, is not successful if it is devoid of devotional
>|service. Therefore in Srimad-Bhagavatam-in the beginning,
>|middle and end-karma-kanda and jnana-kanda are condemned.
>|For example, in Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.1.2 it is said :
>|dharmah projjhita-kaitavo 'tra.
2681|This is explained in the following verses taken from Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam (11.11.32) and the Bhagavad-gita (18.66).
2682|Madhya 9.264
2683|TEXT 264
2684|TEXT
2685|ajnayaivam gunan dosan
2686|mayadistan api svakan
2687|dharman santyajya yah sarvan
2688|mam bhajet sa ca sattamah
2689|SYNONYMS
2690|ajnaya-knowing perfectly; evam-thus; gunan-qualities; dosan-
>|faults; maya-by Me; adistan-instructed; api-although;
>|svakan-own; dharman-occupational duties; santyajya-giving
>|up; yah-anyone who; sarvan-all; mam-unto Me; bhajet-may
>|render service; sah-he; ca-and; sat-tamah-first-class
>|person.
2691|TRANSLATION
2692|" 'Occupational duties are described in the religious
>|scriptures. If one analyzes them, he can fully understand
>|their qualities and faults and then give them up completely
>|to render service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
>|A person who does so is considered a first-class man.'
2693|Madhya 9.265
2694|TEXT 265
2695|TEXT
2696|sarva-dharman parityajya
2697|mam ekam saranam vraja
2698|aham tvam sarva-papebhyo
2699|moksayisyami ma sucah
2700|SYNONYMS
2701|sarva-dharman-all kinds of occupational duties; parityajya-
>|giving up; mam ekam-unto Me only; saranam-as shelter; vraja-
>|go; aham-I; tvam-unto you; sarva-papebhyah-from all the
>|reactions of sinful life; moksayisyami-will give liberation;
>| ma-do not; sucah-worry.
2702|TRANSLATION
2703|" 'Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender
>|unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do
>|not fear. '
2704|Madhya 9.266
2705|TEXT 266
2706|TEXT
2707|tavat karmani kurvita
2708|na nirvidyeta yavata
2709|mat-katha-sravanadau va
2710|sraddha yavan na jayate
2711|SYNONYMS
2712|tavat-up to that time; karmani-fruitive activities; kurvita-
>|one should execute; na nirvidyeta-is not satiated; yavata-
>|as long as; mat-katha-of discourses about Me; sravana-adau-
>|in the matter of sravanam, kirtanam, and so on; va-or;
>|sraddha-faith; yavat-as long as; na-not; jayate-is awakened.
2713|TRANSLATION
2714|" 'As long as one is not satiated by fruitive activity and
>|has not awakened his taste for devotional service by
>|sravanam kirtanam visnoh , one has to act
>|according to the regulative principles of the Vedic
>|injunctions.'
2715|PURPORT
2716|This is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.20.9).
2717|Madhya 9.267
2718|TEXT 267
2719|TEXT
2720|panca-vidha mukti tyaga kare bhakta-gana
2721|phalgu kari' 'mukti' dekhe narakera sama
2722|SYNONYMS
2723|panca-vidha-five kinds of; mukti-liberation; tyaga kare-
>|give up; bhakta-gana-devotees; phalgu-insignificant; kari'-
>|considering; mukti-liberation; dekhe-see; narakera-to hell;
>|sama-equal.
2724|TRANSLATION
2725|"Pure devotees reject the five kinds of liberation; indeed,
>|for them liberation is very insignificant because they see
>|it as hellish.
2726|Madhya 9.268
2727|TEXT 268
2728|TEXT
2729|salokya-sarsti-samipya-
2730|sarupyaikatvam apy uta
2731|diyamanam na grhnanti
2732|vina mat-sevanam janah
2733|SYNONYMS
2734|salokya-to live on the same planet as the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead; sarsti-to possess opulence equal to
>|the Lord's; samipya-to always associate with the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead; sarupya-to possessing bodily
>|features equal to the Lord's; ekatvam-to merge into the
>|body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; api-even; uta-
>|certainly; diyamanam-being offered; na-never; grhnanti-
>|accept; vina-without; mat-My; sevanam-devotional service;
>|janah-devotees.
2735|TRANSLATION
2736|" 'Pure devotees always reject the five kinds of liberation,
>| which include living in the spiritual Vaikuntha planets,
>|possessing the same opulences as those possessed by the
>|Supreme Lord, having the same bodily features as the Lord's,
>| associating with the Lord and merging into the body of the
>|Lord. The pure devotees do not accept these benedictions
>|without the service of the Lord.'
2737|PURPORT
2738|This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (3.29.13).
2739|Madhya 9.269
2740|TEXT 269
2741|TEXT
2742|yo dustyajan ksiti-suta-svajanartha-daran
2743|prarthyam sriyam sura-varaih sadayavalokam
2744|naicchan nrpas tad ucitam mahatam madhu-dvit-
2745|sevanurakta-manasam abhavo 'pi phalguh
2746|SYNONYMS
2747|yah-one who; dustyajan-very difficult to give up; ksiti-
>|land; suta-children; svajana-relatives; artha-riches; daran-
>|and wife; prarthyam-desirable; sriyam-fortune; sura-varaih-
>|by the best of the demigods; sa-daya-merciful; avalokam-
>|whose glance; na aicchat-did not desire; nrpah-the King (
>|Maharaja Bharata); tat-that; ucitam-is befitting; mahatam-
>|of great personalities; madhu-dvit-of the killer of the
>|demon Madhu; seva-anurakta-engaged in the service; manasam-
>|the minds of whom; abhavah-cessation of the repetition of
>|birth and death; api-even; phalguh-insignificant.
2748|TRANSLATION
2749|" 'It is very difficult to give up material opulence, land,
>|children, society, friends, riches, wife or the blessings
>|of the goddess of fortune, which are desired even by great
>|demigods. But King Bharata did not desire such things, and
>|this was quite befitting his position, because for a pure
>|devotee whose mind is always engaged in service of the
>|Lord, even the liberation of merging into the existence
>|of the Lord is insignificant. And what to speak of
>|material opportunities?'
2750|PURPORT
2751|This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (5.14.44) concerning
>|the glorification of King Bharata, whom Sukadeva Gosvami
>|was describing to King Pariksit.
2752|Madhya 9.270
2753|TEXT 270
2754|TEXT
2755|narayana-parah sarve
2756|na kutascana bibhyati
2757|svargapavarga-narakesv
2758|api tulyartha-darsinah
2759|SYNONYMS
2760|narayana-parah-persons who are devotees of the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead Narayana; sarve-all; na-never;
>|kutascana-anywhere; bibhyati-are afraid; svarga-in the
>|heavenly planetary system; apavarga-on the path of
>|liberation; narakesu-or in a hellish condition of life; api-
>|even; tulya-equal; artha-value; darsinah-seers of.
2761|TRANSLATION
2762|" 'A person who is a devotee of Lord Narayana is not afraid
>|of a hellish condition because he considers it the same
>|as elevation to the heavenly planets or liberation. The
>|devotees of Lord Narayana are accustomed to seeing all
>|these things on the same level.'
2763|PURPORT
2764|This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (6.17.28) regarding
>|the personality Citraketu. Once when Citraketu saw the
>|goddess Parvati sitting on the lap of Lord Sambhu (Siva),
>|he criticized Lord Siva for being shameless and sitting
>|just like an ordinary man with his wife on his lap. For
>|this reason Citraketu was cursed by Parvati. Later he
>|became a demon named Vrtrasura. Citraketu was a very
>|powerful king and a devotee, and he could certainly
>|retaliate even against Lord Siva, but when Parvati cursed
>|him, he immediately accepted the curse with a bowed head.
>|When he agreed to accept this curse, Lord Siva praised him
>|and told Parvati that a devotee of Lord Narayana is never
>|afraid of accepting any position provided there is a chance
>|to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is the
>|purport of narayana-parah sarve na kutascana bibhyati.
2765|Madhya 9.271
2766|TEXT 271
2767|TEXT
2768|mukti, karma-dui vastu tyaje bhakta-gana
2769|sei dui sthapa' tumi 'sadhya', 'sadhana'
2770|SYNONYMS
2771|mukti-liberation; karma-fruitive activities; dui-two; vastu-
>|things; tyaje-give up; bhakta-gana-the devotees; sei-those;
>|dui-two; sthapa'-establish; tumi-you; sadhya-the goal of
>|life; sadhana-the process of achievement.
2772|TRANSLATION
2773|"Both liberation and fruitive activity are rejected by
>|devotees. You are trying to establish these things as life'
>|s goal and the process for attaining it."
2774|Madhya 9.272
2775|TEXT 272
2776|TEXT
2777|sannyasi dekhiya more karaha vancana
2778|na kahila teni sadhya-sadhana-laksana
2779|SYNONYMS
2780|sannyasi-a person in the renounced order of life; dekhiya-
>|seeing; more-unto Me; karaha-you do; vancana-duplicity; na
>|kahila-did not describe; teni-therefore; sadhya-objective;
>|sadhana-process of achievement; laksana-symptoms.
2781|TRANSLATION
2782|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu continued speaking to the
>|Tattvavadi acarya: "Seeing that I am a mendicant in the
>|renounced order of life, you have been playing with Me in a
>|duplicitous way. You have not actually described the
>|process and ultimate objective."
2783|Madhya 9.273
2784|TEXT 273
2785|TEXT
2786|suni' tattvacarya haila antare lajjita
2787|prabhura vaisnavata dekhi, ha-ila vismita
2788|SYNONYMS
2789|suni'-hearing; tattva-acarya-the acarya of the Tattvavada-
>|sampradaya; haila-became; antare-within the mind; lajjita-
>|ashamed; prabhura-of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|vaisnavata-devotion in Vaisnavism; dekhi-seeing; ha-ila-
>|became; vismita-struck with wonder.
2790|TRANSLATION
2791|After hearing Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the acarya of the
>|Tattvavada-sampradaya became very much ashamed. Upon
>|observing Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's rigid faith in
>|Vaisnavism, he was struck with wonder.
2792|Madhya 9.274
2793|TEXT 274
2794|TEXT
2795|acarya kahe,-tumi yei kaha, sei satya haya
2796|sarva-sastre vaisnavera ei suniscaya
2797|SYNONYMS
2798|acarya kahe-the Tattvavadi acarya said; tumi-You; yei-
>|whatever; kaha-say; sei-that; satya-truth; haya-is; sarva-
>|sastre-in all revealed scriptures; vaisnavera-of the
>|devotees of Lord Visnu; ei-this; su-niscaya-conclusion.
2799|TRANSLATION
2800|The Tattvavadi acarya replied, "What You have said is
>|certainly factual. It is the conclusion of all the revealed
>|scriptures of the Vaisnavas.
2801|Madhya 9.275
2802|TEXT 275
2803|TEXT
2804|tathapi madhvacarya ye kariyache nirbandha
2805|sei acariye sabe sampradaya-sambandha
2806|SYNONYMS
2807|tathapi-still; madhva-acarya-Madhvacarya; ye-whatever;
>|kariyache-formulated; nirbandha-rules and regulations; sei-
>|that; acariye-we practice; sabe-all; sampradaya-party;
>|sambandha-relationship.
2808|TRANSLATION
2809|"Still, whatever Madhvacarya has established as the formula
>|for our party, we practice as a party policy."
2810|Madhya 9.276
2811|TEXT 276
2812|TEXT
2813|prabhu kahe,-karmi, jnani,-dui bhakti-hina
2814|tomara sampradaye dekhi sei dui cihna
2815|SYNONYMS
2816|prabhu kahe-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; karmi-
>|fruitive worker; jnani-mental speculator; dui-both of them;
>|bhakti-hina-nondevotees; tomara-your; sampradaye-in the
>|community; dekhi-I see; sei-those; dui-both; cihna-symptoms.
2817|TRANSLATION
2818|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "Both the fruitive worker and
>|the speculative philosopher are considered nondevotees. We
>|see both elements present in your sampradaya.
2819|Madhya 9.277
2820|TEXT 277
2821|TEXT
2822|sabe, eka guna dekhi tomara sampradaye
2823|satya-vigraha kari' isvare karaha niscaye
2824|SYNONYMS
2825|sabe-in all; eka-one; guna-quality; dekhi-I see; tomara-
>|your; sampradaye-in the party; satya-vigraha-the form of
>|the Lord as truth; kari'-accepting; isvare-the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead; karaha-you do; niscaye-conviction.
2826|TRANSLATION
2827|"The only qualification that I see in your sampradaya is
>|that you accept the form of the Lord as truth."
2828|PURPORT
2829|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted to point out to the
>|Tattvavadi acarya, who belonged to the Madhvacarya-
>|sampradaya, that the general behavior of the Tattvavadis
>|did not favor pure devotional service, which must be devoid
>|of the taints of fruitive activity and speculative
>|knowledge. As far as fruitive activity is concerned, the
>|contamination is the desire for elevation to a higher
>|standard of life, and for speculative knowledge the
>|contamination is the desire to merge into the existence of
>|the Absolute Truth. The Tattvavada-sampradaya of the
>|Madhvacarya school sticks to the principle of varnasrama-
>|dharma, which involves fruitive activity. Their ultimate
>|goal (mukti) is simply a form of material desire. A pure
>|devotee should be free from all kinds of material desire.
>|He simply engages in the service of the Lord. Nonetheless,
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu was pleased that the Madhvacarya-
>|sampradaya, or the Tattvavada -sampradaya, accepted the
>|transcendental form of the Lord. This is the great
>|qualification of the Vaisnava sampradayas.
2830|It is the Mayavada-sampradaya that does not accept the
>|transcendental form of the Lord. If a Vaisnava sampradaya
>|is also carried away by that impersonal attitude, that
>|sampradaya has no position at all. It is a fact that there
>|are many so-called Vaisnavas whose ultimate aim is to merge
>|into the existence of the Lord. For example, the sahajiyas'
>|Vaisnava philosophy is to become one with the Supreme. Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu points out that Sri Madhavendra Puri
>|accepted Madhvacarya only because his sampradaya accepted
>|the transcendental form of the Lord.
2831|Madhya 9.278
2832|TEXT 278
2833|TEXT
2834|ei-mata tanra ghare garva curna kari'
2835|phalgu-tirthe tabe cali aila gaurahari
2836|SYNONYMS
2837|ei-mata-in this way; tanra ghare-at his place; garva-pride;
>|curna-broken; kari'-making; phalgu-tirthe-to the holy place
>|named Phalgu-tirtha; tabe-then; cali-walking; aila-came;
>|gaurahari-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
2838|TRANSLATION
2839|Thus Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu broke the pride of the
>|Tattvavadis to pieces. He then went to the holy place known
>|as Phalgu-tirtha.
2840|Madhya 9.279
2841|TEXT 279
2842|TEXT
2843|tritakupe visalara kari' darasana
2844|pancapsara-tirthe aila sacira nandana
2845|SYNONYMS
2846|tritakupe-to Tritakupa; visalara-of the Deity named Visala;
>|kari'-doing; darasana-visiting; panca-apsara-tirthe-to
>|Pancapsara-tirtha; aila-came; sacira nandana-the son of
>|mother Saci.
2847|TRANSLATION
2848|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the son of mother Saci, went
>|to Tritakupa, and after seeing the Visala Deity there, He
>|went to the holy place known as Pancapsara-tirtha.
2849|PURPORT
2850|The Apsaras, denizens of the heavenly planets, are
>|generally known as dancing girls. The girls in the heavenly
>|planets are exquisitely beautiful, and if a woman on earth
>|is found to be very beautiful, she is compared to the
>|Apsaras. There were five Apsaras named Lata, Budbuda,
>|Samici, Saurabheyi and Varna. It is said that these five
>|beautiful dancing girls were sent by Indra to break the
>|severe austerity of a saintly person called Acyuta Rsi.
>|This action was typical of Indra, the King of heaven.
>|Whenever Indra discovered someone undergoing severe
>|austerities, he would begin to fear for his post. Indra was
>|always anxious about his position, fearing that if someone
>|became more powerful than him he would lose his
>|elevated position. Thus as soon as he would see a saint
>|undergoing severe austerities, he would send dancing girls
>|to distract him. Even the great saint Visvamitra Muni fell
>|victim to his plan.
2851|When the five Apsaras went to break Acyuta Rsi's meditation,
>| they were all chastised and cursed by the saint. As a
>|result, the girls turned into crocodiles in a lake that
>|came to be known as Pancapsara. Lord Ramacandra also
>|visited this place. From Sri Narada Muni's narration, it is
>|understood that when Arjuna went to visit the holy places,
>|he learned about the condemnation of the five Apsaras. He
>|delivered them from their abominable condition, and from
>|that day the lake known as Pancapsara became a place of
>|pilgrimage.
2852|Madhya 9.280
2853|TEXT 280
2854|TEXT
2855|gokarne siva dekhi' aila dvaipayani
2856|surparaka-tirthe aila nyasi-siromani
2857|SYNONYMS
2858|gokarne-in the place named Gokarna; siva-the temple of Lord
>|Siva; dekhi'-seeing; aila-came; dvaipayani-to Dvaipayani;
>|surparaka-tirthe-to the holy place named Surparaka; aila-
>|came; nyasi-siromani-the best of the sannyasis, Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
2859|TRANSLATION
2860|After seeing Pancapsara, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to
>|Gokarna. While there, He visited the temple of Lord Siva,
>|and then He went to Dvaipayani. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
>|the crown jewel of all sannyasis, then went to Surparaka-
>|tirtha.
2861|PURPORT
2862|Gokarna is situated in North Karnarada
>| It is about twenty miles southeast of Karwar.
>|This place is very famous for the temple of Lord Siva known
>|as Maha-balesvara. Hundreds and thousands of pilgrims come
>|to see this temple . Surparaka (nowadays known as Sopara)
>|is about twenty-six miles north of Bombay, in the
>|Maharashtra province, in the district known as Thane.
>|Surparaka is mentioned in the Mahabharata (Santi-parva,
>|Chapter 41, verses 66-67).
2863|Madhya 9.281
2864|TEXT 281
2865|TEXT
2866|kolapure laksmi dekhi' dekhena ksira-bhagavati
2867|langa-ganesa dekhi' dekhena cora-parvati
2868|SYNONYMS
2869|kolapure-at Kolapura; laksmi-the goddess of fortune; dekhi'-
>|seeing; dekhena-He visited; ksira-bhagavati-the temple of
>|Ksira-bhagavati; langa-ganesa-the deity Langa-ganesa; dekhi'
>|-seeing; dekhena-He sees; cora-parvati-the goddess Parvati,
>|who is known as a thief.
2870|TRANSLATION
2871|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then visited the town of Kolapura,
>|where He saw the goddess of fortune in the temple of Ksira-
>|bhagavati and Langa-ganesa in another temple, known as
>|Cora-parvati.
2872|PURPORT
2873|Kolapura is a town in the Maharashtra province formerly
>|known as Bombay Pradesa. Formerly it was a native
>|state, and it is bordered on the north by the district of
>|Satara, on the east and south by the district of Belgauma,
>|and on the west by the district of Ratnagiri. In this
>|place there is a river named Urna. From the Bombay Gazette
>|it is understood that there were about 250 temples there,
>|out of which six are very famous. These are (1) Ambabai, or
>|Mahalaksmi Mandira, (2) Vithoba Mandira, (3) Temblai
>|Mandira, (4) Mahakali Mandira, (5) Phiranga-i, or
>|Pratyangira Mandira, and (6) Yyallamma Mandira.
2874|Madhya 9.282
2875|TEXT 282
2876|TEXT
2877|tatha haite pandarapure aila gauracandra
2878|viththala-thakura dekhi' paila ananda
2879|SYNONYMS
2880|tatha haite-from there; pandara-pure-to Pandarapura; aila-
>|came; gauracandra-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; viththala-
>|thakura-the Deity known as Viththala; dekhi'-seeing; paila-
>|got; ananda-great happiness.
2881|TRANSLATION
2882|From there Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to Pandarapura,
>|where He happily saw the temple of Viththala Thakura.
2883|PURPORT
2884|This city of Pandarapura is situated on the river Bhima. It
>|is said that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu initiated Tukarama
>|when He visited Pandarapura . This
>| Tukarama Acarya became very famous in the
>|Maharashtra province, and he spread the sankirtana movement
>|all over the province. The sankirtana party belonging to
>|Tukarama is still very popular in Bombay and throughout the
>|province of Maharashtra. Tukarama was a disciple of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and his book is known as Abhanga. His
>|sankirtana party exactly resembles the Gaudiya-Vaisnava
>|sankirtana parties, for they chant the holy name of the
>|Lord with mrdanga and karatalas.
2885|The Lord Viththaladeva mentioned in this verse is a form of
>|Lord Visnu with four hands. He is Narayana.
2886|Madhya 9.283
2887|TEXT 283
2888|TEXT
2889|premavese kaila bahuta kirtana-nartana
2890|tahan eka vipra tanre kaila nimantrana
2891|SYNONYMS
2892|prema-avese-in the great ecstasy of love; kaila-performed;
>|bahuta-much; kirtana-nartana-chanting and dancing; tahan-
>|there; eka-one; vipra-brahmana; tanre-unto Him; kaila-did;
>|nimantrana-invitation.
2893|TRANSLATION
2894|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu chanted and danced in various ways
>|as usual. A brahmana, seeing Him in ecstatic love, was very
>|much pleased and invited the Lord to his home for lunch.
2895|Madhya 9.284
2896|TEXT 284
2897|TEXT
2898|bahuta adare prabhuke bhiksa karaila
2899|bhiksa kari' tatha eka subha-varta paila
2900|SYNONYMS
2901|bahuta adare-with great love; prabhuke-unto Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bhiksa karaila-offered lunch; bhiksa
>|kari'-after finishing His lunch; tatha-there; eka-one;
>|subha-varta-auspicious news; paila-got.
2902|TRANSLATION
2903|This brahmana offered Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu food with
>|great respect and love. After finishing His lunch, the Lord
>|received auspicious news.
2904|Madhya 9.285
2905|TEXT 285
2906|TEXT
2907|madhava-purira sisya 'sri-ranga-puri' nama
2908|sei grame vipra-grhe karena visrama
2909|SYNONYMS
2910|madhava-purira sisya-a disciple of Madhavendra Puri; sri-
>|ranga-puri-Sri Ranga Puri; nama-named; sei grame-in that
>|village; vipra-grhe-in the house of a brahmana; karena
>|visrama-rests.
2911|TRANSLATION
2912|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu received word that Sri Ranga Puri,
>|one of the disciples of Sri Madhavendra Puri, was present
>|in that village at the home of a brahmana.
2913|Madhya 9.286
2914|TEXT 286
2915|TEXT
2916|suniya calila prabhu tanre dekhibare
2917|vipra-grhe vasi' achena, dekhila tanhare
2918|SYNONYMS
2919|suniya-hearing; calila-went; prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>| tanre-him; dekhibare-to see; vipra-grhe-at the house of
>|the brahmana; vasi'-sitting; achena-was; dekhila-saw;
>|tanhare-him.
2920|TRANSLATION
2921|Hearing this news, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu immediately went
>|to see Sri Ranga Puri at the brahmana's home. Upon entering,
>| the Lord saw him sitting there.
2922|Madhya 9.287
2923|TEXT 287
2924|TEXT
2925|premavese kare tanre danda-paranama
2926|asru, pulaka, kampa, sarvange pade ghama
2927|SYNONYMS
2928|prema-avese-in ecstatic love; kare-does; tanre-unto him;
>|danda-paranama-obeisances, falling flat; asru-tears; pulaka-
>|jubilation; kampa-trembling; sarva-ange-all over the body;
>|pade-there was; ghama-perspiration.
2929|TRANSLATION
2930|As soon as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw the brahmana ,
>|He immediately offered him obeisances in ecstatic love,
>|falling flat to the ground. The symptoms of transcendental
>|transformation were visible-namely, tears, jubilation,
>|trembling and perspiration.
2931|Madhya 9.288
2932|TEXT 288
2933|TEXT
2934|dekhiya vismita haila sri-ranga-purira mana
2935|'uthaha sripada' bali' balila vacana
2936|SYNONYMS
2937|dekhiya-seeing; vismita-astonished; haila-became; sri-ranga-
>|purira-of Sri Ranga Puri; mana-the mind; uthaha-get up; sri-
>|pada-Your Holiness; bali'-saying; balila vacana-began to
>|speak.
2938|TRANSLATION
2939|Upon seeing Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in such an ecstatic
>|mood, Sri Ranga Puri said, "Your Holiness, please get up.
2940|Madhya 9.289
2941|TEXT 289
2942|TEXT
2943|sripada, dhara mora gosanira sambandha
2944|taha vina anyatra nahi ek premara gandha
2945|SYNONYMS
2946|sri-pada-O Your Holiness; dhara-You hold; mora-my; gosanira-
>|with Sri Madhavendra Puri; sambandha-relationship; taha
>|vina-without him; anyatra-elsewhere; nahi-there is not; ei-
>|this; premara-of ecstasy; gandha-fragrance.
2947|TRANSLATION
2948|"Your Holiness is certainly related to Sri Madhavendra Puri,
>| without whom there is no fragrance of ecstatic love."
2949|PURPORT
2950|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura remarks that only
>|Lord Krsna
>| was worshiped in the disciplic
>|succession of Madhvacarya up to the advent of His
>|Holiness Sripada Laksmipati Tirtha. After Srila Madhavendra
>|Puri, worship of both Radha and Krsna was established. For
>|this reason Sri Madhavendra Puri is accepted as the root of
>|worship in ecstatic love. Unless one is connected to the
>|disciplic succession of Madhavendra Puri, there is no
>|possibility of awakening the symptoms of ecstatic love. The
>|word gosani is significant in this connection. The
>|spiritual master who is fully surrendered unto the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead and has no business other than the
>|Lord's service is called the best of the paramahamsas. A
>|paramahamsa has no program for sense gratification; he is
>|interested only in satisfying the senses of the Lord. One
>|who has control of the senses in this way is called a
>|gosani or a gosvami, master of the senses. The senses
>|cannot be controlled unless one is engaged in the service
>|of the Lord; therefore the bona fide spiritual master, who
>|has full control over his senses, engages twenty-four hours
>|a day in the Lord's service. He can therefore be addressed
>|as gosani or gosvami. The title gosvami cannot be inherited
>|but can be given only to a bona fide spiritual master.
2951|There were six great Gosvamis of Vrndavana-Srila Rupa,
>|Sanatana, Bhatta Raghunatha, Sri Jiva, Gopala Bhatta and
>|Dasa Raghunatha-and none of them inherited the title of
>|gosvami. All the Gosvamis of Vrndavana were bona fide
>|spiritual masters situated on the highest platform of
>|devotional service, and for that reason they were called
>|gosvamis. All the temples of Vrndavana were certainly
>|started by the six Gosvamis. Later the worship in the
>|temples was entrusted to some householder disciples of the
>|Gosvamis, and since then the hereditary title of gosvami
>|has been used. However, only one who is a bona fide
>|spiritual master expanding the cult of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, the Krsna consciousness movement, and who is in
>|full control of his senses can be addressed as a gosvami.
>|Unfortunately, the hereditary process is going on;
>|therefore at the present moment, in most cases the title is
>|being misused due to ignorance of the word's etymology.
2952|Madhya 9.290
2953|TEXT 290
2954|TEXT
2955|eta bali' prabhuke uthana kaila alingana
2956|galagali kari' dunhe karena krandana
2957|SYNONYMS
2958|eta bali'-saying this; prabhuke-Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; uthana-lifting up; kaila-did; alingana-
>|embracing; galagali-shoulder to shoulder; kari'-doing;
>|dunhe-both of them; karena-do; krandana-crying.
2959|TRANSLATION
2960|After saying this, Sri Ranga Puri lifted Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu up and embraced Him. As the two of them
>|embraced shoulder to shoulder, they began to cry in
>|ecstasy.
2961|Madhya 9.291
2962|TEXT 291
2963|TEXT
2964|ksaneke avesa chadi' dunhara dhairya haila
2965|isvara-purira sambandha gosani janaila
2966|SYNONYMS
2967|ksaneke-after just a few moments; avesa-ecstasy; chadi'-
>|giving up; dunhara-of both of them; dhairya-patience; haila-
>|there was; isvara-purira-of Isvara Puri; sambandha-
>|relationship; gosani-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; janaila-
>|disclosed.
2968|TRANSLATION
2969|After some moments, they came to their senses and became
>|patient. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then informed Sri Ranga
>|Puri about His relationship with Isvara Puri.
2970|Madhya 9.292
2971|TEXT 292
2972|TEXT
2973|adbhuta premera vanya dunhara uthalila
2974|dunhe manya kari' dunhe anande vasila
2975|SYNONYMS
2976|adbhuta-wonderful; premera-of love of Godhead; vanya-
>|inundation; dunhara-of both of them; uthalila-arose; dunhe-
>|both of them; manya kari'-offering respect; dunhe-both of
>|them; anande-with great happiness; vasila-sat down.
2977|TRANSLATION
2978|They were both inundated by the wonderful ecstasy of love
>|that was aroused in them. Finally they sat down and
>|respectfully began to converse.
2979|Madhya 9.293
2980|TEXT 293
2981|TEXT
2982|dui jane krsna-katha kahe ratri-dine
2983|ei-mate gonaila panca-sata dine
2984|SYNONYMS
2985|dui jane-both the persons; krsna-katha-topics of Krsna;
>|kahe-speak; ratri-dine-day and night; ei-mate-in this way;
>|gonaila-passed; panca-sata-five to seven; dine-days.
2986|TRANSLATION
2987|In this way they discussed topics about Lord Krsna
>|continually for five to seven days.
2988|Madhya 9.294
2989|TEXT 294
2990|TEXT
2991|kautuke puri tanre puchila janma-sthana
2992|gosani kautuke kahena 'navadvipa' nama
2993|SYNONYMS
2994|kautuke-out of curiosity; puri-Sri Ranga Puri; tanre-Him;
>|puchila-asked; janma-sthana-the place of birth; gosani-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kautuke-as a matter of course; kahena-
>|said; navadvipa -Navadvipa; nama-name.
2995|TRANSLATION
2996|Out of curiosity, Sri Ranga Puri asked Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu about His birthplace, and the Lord informed him
>|that it was Navadvipa-dhama.
2997|Madhya 9.295
2998|TEXT 295
2999|TEXT
3000|sri-madhava-purira sange sri-ranga-puri
3001|purve asiyachila tenho nadiya-nagari
3002|SYNONYMS
3003|sri-madhava-purira sange-with Sri Madhavendra Puri; sri-
>|ranga-puri-Sri Ranga Puri; purve-formerly; asiyachila-came;
>|tenho-he; nadiya-nagari-to the city of Nadia.
3004|TRANSLATION
3005|Sri Ranga Puri had formerly gone to Navadvipa with Sri
>|Madhavendra Puri, and he therefore remembered the incidents
>|that took place there.
3006|Madhya 9.296
3007|TEXT 296
3008|TEXT
3009|jagannatha-misra-ghare bhiksa ye karila
3010|apurva mocara ghanta tahan ye khaila
3011|SYNONYMS
3012|jagannatha-misra-ghare-in the house of Sri Jagannatha Misra;
>| bhiksa-lunch; ye-that; karila-took; apurva-unprecedented;
>|mocara ghanta-curry made of plantain flowers; tahan-there;
>|ye-that; khaila-ate.
3013|TRANSLATION
3014|As soon as Sri Ranga Puri recalled Navadvipa, he also
>|recalled accompanying Sri Madhavendra Puri to the house of
>|Jagannatha Misra, where he had taken lunch. He
>|even remembered the taste of an unprecedented curry made of
>|banana flowers.
3015|Madhya 9.297
3016|TEXT 297
3017|TEXT
3018|jagannathera brahmani, tenha-maha-pativrata
3019|vatsalye hayena tenha yena jagan-mata
3020|SYNONYMS
3021|jagannathera-of Jagannatha Misra; brahmani-wife; tenha-she;
>|maha-great; pati-vrata-devoted to her husband; vatsalye-in
>|affection; hayena-was; tenha-she; yena-as if; jagat-mata-
>|the mother of the whole universe.
3022|TRANSLATION
3023|Sri Ranga Puri also remembered the wife of Jagannatha Misra.
>| She was very much devoted and chaste. As for her affection,
>| she was exactly like the mother of the universe.
3024|Madhya 9.298
3025|TEXT 298
3026|TEXT
3027|randhane nipuna tan-sama nahi tribhuvane
3028|putra-sama sneha karena sannyasi-bhojane
3029|SYNONYMS
3030|randhane-in cooking; nipuna-very expert; tan-sama-like her;
>|nahi-there is none; tri-bhuvane-in the three worlds; putra-
>|sama-like to her own sons; sneha karena-she was
>|affectionate; sannyasi-bhojane-in feeding the sannyasis.
3031|TRANSLATION
3032|He also remembered how Sri Jagannatha Misra's wife,
>|Sacimata, was expert in cooking. He recalled that she was
>|very affectionate toward the sannyasis and fed them exactly
>|like her own sons.
3033|Madhya 9.299
3034|TEXT 299
3035|TEXT
3036|tanra eka yogya putra kariyache sannyasa
3037|'sankararanya' nama tanra alpa vayasa
3038|SYNONYMS
3039|tanra-her; eka-one; yogya-deserving; putra-son; kariyache-
>|has accepted; sannyasa-the renounced order of life;
>|sankararanya-Sankararanya; nama-named; tanra-his; alpa-
>|little; vayasa-age.
3040|TRANSLATION
3041|Sri Ranga Puri also remembered that one of her deserving
>|sons had accepted the renounced order at a very young age.
>|His name was Sankararanya.
3042|Madhya 9.300
3043|TEXT 300
3044|TEXT
3045|ei tirthe sankararanyera siddhi-prapti haila
3046|prastave sri-ranga-puri eteka kahila
3047|SYNONYMS
3048|ei tirthe-in this holy place; sankararanyera-of
>|Sankararanya; siddhi-prapti-attainment of perfection; haila-
>|became fulfilled; prastave-in the course of conversation;
>|sri-ranga-puri-Sri Ranga Puri; eteka-thus; kahila-spoke.
3049|TRANSLATION
3050|Sri Ranga Puri informed Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu that the
>|sannyasi named Sankararanya had attained perfection in that
>|holy place, Pandarapura.
3051|PURPORT
3052|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's elder brother was named Visvarupa.
>| He left home before Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and accepted
>|the sannyasa order under the name of Sankararanya Svami. He
>|traveled all over the country and finally went to
>|Pandarapura, where he passed away after attaining
>|perfection. In other words, he entered the spiritual world
>|after giving up his mortal body at Pandarapura. Sri Ranga
>|Puri, a disciple of Sri Madhavendra Puri and godbrother of
>|Isvara Puri, disclosed this important news to Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu.
3053|Madhya 9.301
3054|TEXT 301
3055|TEXT
3056|prabhu kahe,-purvasrame tenha mora bhrata
3057|jagannatha misra-purvasrame mora pita
3058|SYNONYMS
3059|prabhu kahe-the Lord replied; purva-asrame-in My previous
>|asrama; tenha-He; mora bhrata-My brother; jagannatha misra-
>|Jagannatha Misra; purva-asrame-in My previous asrama; mora
>|pita-My father.
3060|TRANSLATION
3061|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "In My previous asrama,
>|Sankararanya was My brother and Jagannatha Misra was My
>|father."
3062|Madhya 9.302
3063|TEXT 302
3064|TEXT
3065|ei-mata dui-jane ista-gosthi kari'
3066|dvaraka dekhite calila sri-ranga-puri
3067|SYNONYMS
3068|ei-mata-in this way; dui-jane-both of them; ista-gosthi
>|kari'-discussing many topics; dvaraka dekhite-to see
>|Dvaraka; calila-started; sri-ranga-puri-Sri Ranga Puri.
3069|TRANSLATION
3070|After finishing his talks with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Sri
>|Ranga Puri started for Dvaraka-dhama.
3071|Madhya 9.303
3072|TEXT 303
3073|TEXT
3074|dina cari tatha prabhuke rakhila brahmana
3075|bhima-nadi snana kari' karena viththala darsana
3076|SYNONYMS
3077|dina-days; cari-four; tatha-there; prabhuke-Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; rakhila-kept; brahmana-the brahmana; bhima-nadi-
>|in the river Bhima; snana kari'-bathing; karena-does;
>|viththala darsana-visit the temple of Viththala.
3078|TRANSLATION
3079|After Sri Ranga Puri departed for Dvaraka, Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu remained with the brahmana at Pandarapura for
>|four more days. He took His bath in the Bhima River and
>|visited the temple of Viththala.
3080|Madhya 9.304
3081|TEXT 304
3082|TEXT
3083|tabe mahaprabhu aila krsna-venva-tire
3084|nana tirtha dekhi' tahan devata-mandire
3085|SYNONYMS
3086|tabe-thereafter; mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; aila-
>|came; krsna-venva-tire-to the bank of the river Krsna-venva;
>| nana-various; tirtha-holy places; dekhi'-seeing; tahan-
>|there; devata-mandire-in the temples of some gods.
3087|TRANSLATION
3088|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu next went to the bank of the Krsna-
>|venva River, where He visited many holy places and the
>|temples of various gods.
3089|PURPORT
3090|This river is a branch of the river Krsna. It is said that
>|Thakura Bilvamangala resided on the banks of this river,
>|which is also called the Vina, the Veni, the Sina and the
>|Bhima.
3091|Madhya 9.305
3092|TEXT 305
3093|TEXT
3094|brahmana-samaja saba-vaisnava-carita
3095|vaisnava sakala pade 'krsna-karnamrta'
3096|SYNONYMS
3097|brahmana-samaja-the community of brahmanas; saba-all;
>|vaisnava-carita-pure devotees; vaisnava sakala-all the
>|Vaisnavas; pade-study; krsna-karnamrta-the Krsna-karnamrta
>|of Bilvamangala Thakura.
3098|TRANSLATION
3099|The brahmana community there was composed of pure devotees,
>|who regularly studied a book entitled Krsna-karnamrta,
>|which was composed by Bilvamangala Thakura.
3100|PURPORT
3101|This book was composed by Bilvamangala Thakura in 112
>|verses. There are two or three other books bearing the same
>|name, and there are also two commentaries on Bilvamangala's
>|book. One commentary was written by Krsnadasa Kaviraja
>|Gosvami and the other by Caitanya dasa Gosvami.
3102|Madhya 9.306
3103|TEXT 306
3104|TEXT
3105|krsna-karnamrta suni' prabhura ananda haila
3106|agraha kariya punthi lekhana laila
3107|SYNONYMS
3108|krsna-karnamrta suni'-after hearing the Krsna-karnamrta;
>|prabhura-of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; ananda haila-
>|there was great happiness; agraha kariya-with great
>|eagerness; punthi-the book; lekhana-getting copied; laila-
>|took.
3109|TRANSLATION
3110|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was very much pleased to hear the
>|book Krsna-karnamrta, and with great eagerness He had it
>|copied and took it with Him.
3111|Madhya 9.307
3112|TEXT 307
3113|TEXT
3114|'karnamrta'-sama vastu nahi tribhuvane
3115|yaha haite haya krsne suddha-prema-jnane
3116|SYNONYMS
3117|karnamrta-the Krsna-karnamrta; sama-like; vastu nahi-there
>|is nothing; tri-bhuvane-in the three worlds; yaha haite-
>|from which; haya-there is; krsne-unto Lord Krsna; suddha-
>|prema-jnane-knowledge of pure devotional service.
3118|TRANSLATION
3119|There is no comparison to the Krsna-karnamrta within the
>|three worlds. By studying this book, one is elevated to the
>|knowledge of pure devotional service to Krsna.
3120|Madhya 9.308
3121|TEXT 308
3122|TEXT
3123|saundarya-madhurya-krsna-lilara avadhi
3124|sei jane, ye 'karnamrta' pade niravadhi
3125|SYNONYMS
3126|saundarya-beauty; madhurya-sweetness; krsna-lilara-of the
>|pastimes of Lord Krsna; avadhi-limit; sei jane-he knows; ye-
>|one who; karnamrta-the book Krsna-karnamrta; pade-studies;
>|niravadhi-constantly.
3127|TRANSLATION
3128|One who constantly reads the Krsna-karnamrta can fully
>|understand the beauty and melodious taste of the pastimes
>|of Lord Krsna.
3129|Madhya 9.309
3130|TEXT 309
3131|TEXT
3132|'brahma-samhita', 'karnamrta' dui punthi pana
3133|maha-ratna-praya pai aila sange lana
3134|SYNONYMS
3135|brahma-samhita-the book Brahma-samhita; karnamrta-the book
>|Krsna-karnamrta; dui-two; punthi-books; pana-getting; maha-
>|ratna-praya-like the most valuable jewels; pai-getting;
>|aila-came back; sange-with Him; lana-taking.
3136|TRANSLATION
3137|The Brahma-samhita and Krsna-karnamrta were two books that
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu considered to be most valuable
>|jewels. Therefore He took them with Him on His return trip.
3138|Madhya 9.310
3139|TEXT 310
3140|TEXT
3141|tapi snana kari' aila mahismati-pure
3142|nana tirtha dekhi tahan narmadara tire
3143|SYNONYMS
3144|tapi-in the Tapi River; snana kari'-taking a bath; aila-
>|arrived; mahismati-pure-at Mahismati-pura; nana tirtha-many
>|holy places; dekhi-seeing; tahan-there; narmadara tire-on
>|the bank of the river Narmada.
3145|TRANSLATION
3146|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu next arrived at the banks of the
>|river Tapi. After bathing there, He went to Mahismati-pura.
>|While there, He saw many holy places on the banks of the
>|river Narmada.
3147|PURPORT
3148|The river Tapi is presently known as Tapti. The river's
>|source is a mountain called Multai, and the river flows
>|westward through the state of Saurastra and into the
>|Arabian Sea. Mahismati-pura is mentioned in Mahabharata in
>|connection with Sahadeva's victory. Sahadeva, the youngest
>|brother of the Pandavas, conquered that part of the country.
>| As stated in the Mahabharata:
3149|tato ratnany upadaya
>|
>|
>|
3150|purim mahismatim yayau
3151|tatra nilena rajna sa
3152|cakre yuddham nararsabhah
3153|"After acquiring jewels, Sahadeva went to the city of
>|Mahismati, where he fought with a king called Nila."
3154|Madhya 9.311
3155|TEXT 311
3156|TEXT
3157|dhanus-tirtha dekhi' karila nirvindhyate snane
3158|rsyamuka-giri aila dandakaranye
3159|SYNONYMS
3160|dhanush-tirtha-Dhanus-tirtha; dekhi'-seeing; karila-did;
>|nirvindhyate-in the river Nirvindhya; snane-bathing;
>|rsyamuka-giri-at the Rsyamuka Mountain; aila-arrived;
>|dandaka-aranye-in the forest known as Dandakaranya.
3161|TRANSLATION
3162|The Lord next arrived at Dhanus-tirtha, where He took His
>|bath in the river Nirvindhya. He then arrived at Rsyamuka
>|Mountain and then went to the forest called Dandakaranya.
3163|PURPORT
3164|According to some opinions, Rsyamuka is a chain of
>|mountains beginning at the village of Hampi-grama in the
>|district of Belari. The mountain chain begins along the
>|bank of the river Tungabhadra, which gradually reaches the
>|state of Hyderabad. According to other opinions, this hill
>|is situated in Madhya Pradesh and bears the present name of
>|Rampa. Dandakaranya is a spacious tract of land which
>|begins north of Khandesa and extends south to Ahmadnagar ,
>|west to Nasika , and east
>|to Aurangabad. The Godavari River flows through this tract
>|of land, and there is a great forest there where Lord
>|Ramacandra lived.
3165|Madhya 9.312
3166|TEXT 312
3167|TEXT
3168|'saptatala-vrksa' dekhe kanana-bhitara
3169|ati vrddha, ati sthula, ati uccatara
3170|SYNONYMS
3171|sapta-tala-vrksa-seven palm trees; dekhe-sees; kanana
>|bhitara-within the forest; ati vrddha-very old; ati sthula-
>|very bulky; ati uccatara-very high.
3172|TRANSLATION
3173|Within that forest Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|then visited a place called Saptatala. The seven palm trees
>|there were very old, very bulky and very high.
3174|PURPORT
3175|The name Saptatala is mentioned in the Kiskindhya Chapter
>|of the Ramayana and is described in the eleventh and
>|twelfth sections of this chapter.
3176|Madhya 9.313
3177|TEXT 313
3178|TEXT
3179|saptatala dekhi' prabhu alingana kaila
3180|sasarire saptatala vaikunthe calila
3181|SYNONYMS
3182|sapta-tala dekhi'-after seeing the seven palm trees; prabhu-
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; alingana kaila-embraced; sa-
>|sarire-with their bodies; sapta-tala-the seven palm trees;
>|vaikunthe calila-returned to Vaikunthaloka.
3183|TRANSLATION
3184|After seeing the seven palm trees, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|embraced them. As a result, they all returned to
>|Vaikunthaloka, the spiritual world.
3185|Madhya 9.314
3186|TEXT 314
3187|TEXT
3188|sunya-sthala dekhi' lokera haila camatkara
3189|loke kahe, e sannyasi-rama-avatara
3190|SYNONYMS
3191|sunya-sthala-the vacant place; dekhi'-seeing; lokera-of the
>|people in general; haila-there was; camatkara-astonishment;
>|loke kahe-all people began to say; e sannyasi-this sannyasi;
>| rama-avatara-incarnation of Lord Ramacandra.
3192|TRANSLATION
3193|After the seven palm trees had departed for Vaikuntha,
>|everyone was astonished to see them gone. The
>|people then began to say, "This sannyasi called Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu must be an incarnation of Lord
>|Ramacandra.
3194|Madhya 9.315
3195|TEXT 315
3196|TEXT
3197|sasarire tala gela sri-vaikuntha-dhama
3198|aiche sakti kara haya, vina eka rama
3199|SYNONYMS
3200|sa-sarire-with the material body; tala-the palm trees; gela-
>|went; sri-vaikuntha-dhama-to the spiritual kingdom, known
>|as Vaikuntha; aiche-such; sakti-power; kara-whose; haya-is;
>|vina-without; eka-one; rama-Lord Ramacandra.
3201|TRANSLATION
3202|"Only Lord Ramacandra has the power to send seven palm
>|trees to the spiritual Vaikuntha planets."
3203|Madhya 9.316
3204|TEXT 316
3205|TEXT
3206|prabhu asi' kaila pampa-sarovare snana
3207|pancavati asi, tahan karila visrama
3208|SYNONYMS
3209|prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; asi'-coming; kaila-did;
>|pampa-sarovare-in the lake known as Pampa; snana-bathing;
>|pancavati asi-then coming to Pancavati; tahan-there; karila-
>|took; visrama-rest.
3210|TRANSLATION
3211|Eventually Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu arrived at a lake known
>|as Pampa, where He took His bath. He then went to a place
>|called Pancavati, where He rested.
3212|PURPORT
3213|According to some, the old name of the Tungabhadra River
>|was Pamba. According to others, Vijaya-nagara, the capital
>|of the state, was known as Pampatirtha. Yet according to
>| others, the lake near Anagundi, in the direction of
>|Hyderabad, is Pampa-sarovara. The river Tungabhadra also
>|flows through there. There are many different opinions
>|about the lake called Pampa-sarovara.
3214|Madhya 9.317
3215|TEXT 317
3216|TEXT
3217|nasike tryambaka dekhi' gela brahmagiri
3218|kusavarte aila yahan janmila godavari
3219|SYNONYMS
3220|nasike-at the holy place Nasika; tryambaka-a deity of Lord
>|Siva; dekhi'-after seeing; gela-went; brahmagiri-to the
>|place known as Brahmagiri; kusavarte aila-then He came to
>|the holy place known as Kusavarta; yahan-where; janmila-
>|took birth; godavari-the river Godavari.
3221|TRANSLATION
3222|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then visited Nasika, where He saw
>|the deity of Tryambaka [Lord Siva]. He then went to Brahma-
>|giri and then to Kusavarta, the source of the river
>|Godavari.
3223|PURPORT
3224|Kusavarta is located in the western ghata, at Sahyadri. It
>|is near Nasika, a holy place, but according to some it was
>|situated in the valley of Vindhya.
3225|Madhya 9.318
3226|TEXT 318
3227|TEXT
3228|sapta godavari aila kari' tirtha bahutara
3229|punarapi aila prabhu vidyanagara
3230|SYNONYMS
3231|sapta godavari-to the place known as Sapta-godavari; aila-
>|came; kari' tirtha bahutara-visiting various holy places;
>|punarapi-again; aila-came back; prabhu-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; vidyanagara-to the place where He met Ramananda
>|Raya.
3232|TRANSLATION
3233|After visiting many other holy places, the Lord went to
>|Sapta-godavari. At last He returned to Vidyanagara.
3234|PURPORT
3235|In this way Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu traveled from the
>|source of the Godavari River and eventually visited the
>|northern side of Hyderabad state. He finally arrived at the
>|state of Kalinga.
3236|Madhya 9.319
3237|TEXT 319
3238|TEXT
3239|ramananda raya suni' prabhura agamana
3240|anande asiya kaila prabhu-saha milana
3241|SYNONYMS
3242|ramananda raya-Ramananda Raya; suni'-hearing; prabhura-of
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; agamana-return; anande-in great
>|happiness; asiya-coming; kaila-did; prabhu-saha-with Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; milana-meeting.
3243|TRANSLATION
3244|When Ramananda Raya heard of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's
>|arrival, he was very much pleased, and he immediately went
>|to see Him.
3245|Madhya 9.320
3246|TEXT 320
3247|TEXT
3248|dandavat hana pade carane dhariya
3249|alingana kaila prabhu tanre uthana
3250|SYNONYMS
3251|dandavat hana-like a stick; pade-fell; carane-the lotus
>|feet; dhariya-catching; alingana-embracing; kaila-did;
>|prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tanre-him; uthana-getting
>|up.
3252|TRANSLATION
3253|When Ramananda Raya fell flat, touching the lotus feet of
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Lord immediately raised him to
>|his feet and embraced him.
3254|Madhya 9.321
3255|TEXT 321
3256|TEXT
3257|dui jane premavese karena krandana
3258|premanande sithila haila dunhakara mana
3259|SYNONYMS
3260|dui jane-both of them; prema-avese-in ecstatic love; karena-
>|do; krandana-crying; prema-anande-in ecstatic love; sithila
>|haila-became slackened; dunhakara-of both of them; mana-
>|minds.
3261|TRANSLATION
3262|In great ecstatic love they both began to cry, and thus
>|their minds were slackened.
3263|Madhya 9.322
3264|TEXT 322
3265|TEXT
3266|kata-ksane dui jana susthira hana
3267|nana ista-gosthi kare ekatra vasiya
3268|SYNONYMS
3269|kata-ksane-after some time; dui-two; jana-people; su-sthira
>|hana-coming to their senses; nana-various; ista-gosthi-
>|discussions; kare-do; ekatra-together; vasiya-sitting.
3270|TRANSLATION
3271|After some time they regained their senses and sat together
>|to discuss various subjects.
3272|Madhya 9.323
3273|TEXT 323
3274|TEXT
3275|tirtha-yatra-katha prabhu sakala kahila
3276|karnamrta, brahma-samhita,-dui punthi dila
3277|SYNONYMS
3278|tirtha-yatra-katha-topics of His pilgrimage; prabhu-Lord
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sakala kahila-described everything;
>| karnamrta-the book named Krsna-karnamrta; brahma-samhita-
>|the book named Brahma-samhita; dui-two; punthi-scriptures;
>|dila-delivered.
3279|TRANSLATION
3280|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave Ramananda Raya a vivid
>|description of His travels to the holy places and told him
>|how He had acquired the two books named Krsna-karnamrta and
>|Brahma-samhita. The Lord delivered the books to Ramananda
>|Raya.
3281|Madhya 9.324
3282|TEXT 324
3283|TEXT
3284|prabhu kahe,-tumi yei siddhanta kahile
3285|ei dui punthi sei saba saksi dile
3286|SYNONYMS
3287|prabhu kahe-the Lord said; tumi-you; yei-whatever;
>|siddhanta-conclusion; kahile-informed; ei dui-these two;
>|punthi-books; sei-that; saba-everything; saksi-evidence;
>|dile-gave.
3288|TRANSLATION
3289|The Lord said, "Whatever you have told Me about devotional
>|service is all supported by these two books."
3290|Madhya 9.325
3291|TEXT 325
3292|TEXT
3293|rayera ananda haila pustaka paiya
3294|prabhu-saha asvadila, rakhila likhiya
3295|SYNONYMS
3296|rayera-of Raya Ramananda; ananda-happiness; haila-there was;
>| pustaka paiya-getting those two books; prabhu-saha-with
>|the Lord; asvadila-tasted; rakhila-kept; likhiya-writing.
3297|TRANSLATION
3298|Ramananda Raya was very happy to receive these books. He
>|tasted their contents along with the Lord and made a copy
>|of each of them.
3299|Madhya 9.326
3300|TEXT 326
3301|TEXT
3302|'gosani' aila' grame haila kolahala
3303|prabhuke dekhite loka aila sakala
3304|SYNONYMS
3305|gosani-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; aila'-has returned; grame-
>|in the village; haila-there was; kolahala-commotion;
>|prabhuke-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dekhite-to see; loka-
>|people; aila-came there; sakala-all.
3306|TRANSLATION
3307|News spread in the village of Vidyanagara about the arrival
>|of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and everyone came to see Him
>|once again.
3308|Madhya 9.327
3309|TEXT 327
3310|TEXT
3311|loka dehki' ramananda gela nija-ghare
3312|madhyahne uthila prabhu bhiksa karibare
3313|SYNONYMS
3314|loka dekhi'-seeing the people; ramananda-Raya Ramananda;
>|gela-departed; nija-ghare-to his own home; madhyahne-at
>|noon; uthila prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu got up; bhiksa
>|karibare-to take His lunch.
3315|TRANSLATION
3316|After seeing the people who gathered there, Sri Ramananda
>|Raya returned to his own home. At noon, Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu got up to take His lunch.
3317|Madhya 9.328
3318|TEXT 328
3319|TEXT
3320|ratri-kale raya punah kaila agamana
3321|dui jane krsna-kathaya kaila jagarana
3322|SYNONYMS
3323|ratri-kale-at night; raya-Ramananda Raya; punah-again;
>|kaila-did; agamana-coming; dui jane-the two of them; krsna-
>|kathaya-in discourses on topics of Krsna; kaila-did;
>|jagarana-keeping awake through the night.
3324|TRANSLATION
3325|Sri Ramananda Raya returned at night, and he and the Lord
>|discussed topics concerning Krsna. Thus they passed the
>|night.
3326|Madhya 9.329
3327|TEXT 329
3328|TEXT
3329|dui jane krsna-katha kahe ratri-dine
3330|parama-anande gela panca-sata dine
3331|SYNONYMS
3332|dui jane-both of them; krsna-katha-topics of Krsna; kahe-
>|speak; ratri-dine-day and night; parama-anande-in great
>|happiness; gela-passed; panca-sata dine-five to seven days.
3333|TRANSLATION
3334|Ramananda Raya and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu discussed Krsna
>|day and night, and thus they passed from five to seven days
>|in great happiness.
3335|Madhya 9.330
3336|TEXT 330
3337|TEXT
3338|ramananda kahe,-prabhu, tomara ajna pana
3339|rajake likhilun ami vinaya kariya
3340|SYNONYMS
3341|ramananda kahe-Ramananda Raya said; prabhu-my dear Lord;
>|tomara ajna-Your permission; pana-getting; rajake likhilun-
>|have written a letter to the King; ami-I; vinaya kariya-
>|with great humility.
3342|TRANSLATION
3343|Ramananda Raya said, "My dear Lord, with Your permission I
>|have already written a letter to the King with great
>|humility.
3344|Madhya 9.331
3345|TEXT 331
3346|TEXT
3347|raja more ajna dila nilacale yaite
3348|calibara udyoga ami lagiyachi karite
3349|SYNONYMS
3350|raja-the King; more-unto me; ajna dila-has given an order;
>|nilacale yaite-to go to Jagannatha Puri; calibara-to go;
>|udyoga-arrangement; ami-I; lagiyachi-began; karite-to do.
3351|TRANSLATION
3352|"The King has already given me an order to return to
>|Jagannatha Puri, and I am making arrangements to do this."
3353|Madhya 9.332
3354|TEXT 332
3355|TEXT
3356|prabhu kahe,-etha mora e-nimitte agamana
3357|toma lana nilacale kariba gamana
3358|SYNONYMS
3359|prabhu kahe-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; etha-here;
>|mora-My; e-nimitte-for this reason; agamana-coming back;
>|toma lana-taking you; nilacale-to Jagannatha Puri; kariba-I
>|shall do; gamana-going.
3360|TRANSLATION
3361|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then said, "It is for this purpose
>|alone that I have returned. I want to take you with Me to
>|Jagannatha Puri."
3362|Madhya 9.333
3363|TEXT 333
3364|TEXT
3365|raya kahe,-prabhu, age cala nilacale
3366|mora sange hati-ghoda, sainya-kolahale
3367|SYNONYMS
3368|raya kahe-Ramananda Raya replied; prabhu-Lord; age cala-You
>|go ahead; nilacale-to Jagannatha Puri; mora sange-with me;
>|hati-ghoda-elephants and horses; sainya-soldiers; kolahale-
>|tumultuous roaring.
3369|TRANSLATION
3370|Ramananda Raya said, "My dear Lord, it is better that You
>|proceed to Jagannatha Puri alone because with me there will
>|be many horses, elephants and soldiers, all roaring
>|tumultuously.
3371|Madhya 9.334
3372|TEXT 334
3373|TEXT
3374|dina-dase iha-sabara kari' samadhana
3375|tomara pache pache ami kariba prayana
3376|SYNONYMS
3377|dina-dase-within ten days; iha-sabara-of all of this; kari'
>|samadhana-making adjustment; tomara-You; pache pache-
>|following; ami-I; kariba-shall do; prayana-going.
3378|TRANSLATION
3379|"I shall make arrangements within ten days. Following You,
>|I shall go to Nilacala without delay."
3380|Madhya 9.335
3381|TEXT 335
3382|TEXT
3383|tabe mahaprabhu tanre asite ajna diya
3384|nilacale calila prabhu anandita hana
3385|SYNONYMS
3386|tabe-then; mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tanre-unto
>|him; asite-to come; ajna diya-giving an order; nilacale-to
>|Jagannatha Puri; calila-departed; prabhu-Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; anandita hana-with great pleasure.
3387|TRANSLATION
3388|Giving orders to Ramananda Raya to come to Nilacala, Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu departed for Jagannatha Puri with great
>|pleasure.
3389|Madhya 9.336
3390|TEXT 336
3391|TEXT
3392|yei pathe purve prabhu kaila agamana
3393|sei pathe calila dekhi, sarva vaisnava-gana
3394|SYNONYMS
3395|yei pathe-the path by which; purve-formerly; prabhu-Lord
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kaila agamana-came; sei pathe-by
>|that way; calila-departed; dekhi-seeing; sarva-all;
>|vaisnava-gana-Vaisnavas.
3396|TRANSLATION
3397|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu returned by the same road He
>|formerly took to Vidyanagara, and all the Vaisnavas along
>|the way saw Him again.
3398|Madhya 9.337
3399|TEXT 337
3400|TEXT
3401|yahan yaya, loka uthe hari-dhvani kari'
3402|dekhi' anandita-mana haila gaurahari
3403|SYNONYMS
3404|yahan yaya-wherever He goes; loka uthe-people stand up;
>|hari-dhvani kari'-vibrating the holy name of the Hare Krsna
>|mantra; dekhi'-by seeing; anandita-happy; mana-in mind;
>|haila-became; gaurahari-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
3405|TRANSLATION
3406|Wherever Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went, the holy name of Sri
>|Hari was vibrated. Seeing this, the Lord became very happy.
3407|Madhya 9.338
3408|TEXT 338
3409|TEXT
3410|alalanathe asi' krsnadase pathaila
3411|nityananda-adi nija-gane bolaila
3412|SYNONYMS
3413|alalanathe-to the place known as Alalanatha; asi'-coming;
>|krsnadase-Krsnadasa, His assistant; pathaila-sent ahead;
>|nityananda-Lord Nityananda; adi-and others; nija-gane-
>|personal associates; bolaila-called for.
3414|TRANSLATION
3415|When the Lord reached Alalanatha, He sent His assistant
>|Krsnadasa ahead to call for Nityananda and other
>|personal associates.
3416|Madhya 9.339
3417|TEXT 339
3418|TEXT
3419|prabhura agamana suni' nityananda raya
3420|uthiya calila, preme theha nahi paya
3421|SYNONYMS
3422|prabhura-of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; agamana-arrival;
>|suni'-hearing; nityananda raya-Lord Nityananda; uthiya
>|calila-got up and started; preme-in great ecstasy; theha-
>|patience; nahi paya-does not get.
3423|TRANSLATION
3424|As soon as Nityananda received news of
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu 's arrival, He immediately got
>|up and started out to see Him. Indeed, He was very
>|impatient in His great ecstasy.
3425|Madhya 9.340
3426|TEXT 340
3427|TEXT
3428|jagadananda, damodara-pandita, mukunda
3429|naciya calila, dehe na dhare ananda
3430|SYNONYMS
3431|jagadananda-Jagadananda; damodara-pandita-Damodara Pandita;
>|mukunda-Mukunda; naciya-dancing; calila-departed; dehe-the
>|body; na dhare-does not hold; ananda-happiness.
3432|TRANSLATION
3433|Sri Nityananda Raya, Jagadananda, Damodara Pandita and
>|Mukunda all became ecstatic in their happiness, and dancing
>|along the way, they went to meet the Lord.
3434|Madhya 9.341
3435|TEXT 341
3436|TEXT
3437|gopinathacarya calila anandita hana
3438|prabhure milila sabe pathe lag pana
3439|SYNONYMS
3440|gopinatha-acarya-Gopinatha Acarya; calila-departed;
>|anandita-in happiness; hana-being; prabhure-Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; milila-met; sabe-all; pathe-along the
>|way; lag-contact; pana-getting.
3441|TRANSLATION
3442|Gopinatha Acarya also went in a very happy mood. They all
>|went to meet the Lord, and they finally contacted Him on
>|the way.
3443|Madhya 9.342
3444|TEXT 342
3445|TEXT
3446|prabhu premavese sabaya kaila alingana
3447|premavese sabe kare ananda-krandana
3448|SYNONYMS
3449|prabhu-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; prema-avese-in
>|ecstatic love; sabaya-all of them; kaila alingana-embraced;
>|prema-avese-in ecstatic love; sabe kare-all of them did;
>|ananda-krandana-crying in pleasure.
3450|TRANSLATION
3451|The Lord was also filled with ecstatic love, and He
>|embraced them all. Out of their love, they began to cry
>|with pleasure.
3452|Madhya 9.343
3453|TEXT 343
3454|TEXT
3455|sarvabhauma bhattacarya anande calila
3456|samudrera tire asi' prabhure milila
3457|SYNONYMS
3458|sarvabhauma bhattacarya-Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya; anande-in
>|pleasure; calila-went; samudrera tire-on the beach by the
>|ocean; asi'-coming; prabhure milila-met the Lord.
3459|TRANSLATION
3460|Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya also went to see the Lord with
>|great pleasure, and he met Him on the beach by the sea.
3461|Madhya 9.344
3462|TEXT 344
3463|TEXT
3464|sarvabhauma mahaprabhura padila carane
3465|prabhu tanre uthana kaila alingane
3466|SYNONYMS
3467|sarvabhauma-Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya; mahaprabhura-of Lord
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; padila-fell down; carane-at the
>|feet; prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tanre-him; uthana-
>|making get up; kaila alingane-embraced.
3468|TRANSLATION
3469|Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya fell down at the lotus feet of the
>|Lord, and the Lord pulled him up and embraced him.
3470|Madhya 9.345
3471|TEXT 345
3472|TEXT
3473|premavese sarvabhauma karila rodane
3474|saba-sange aila prabhu isvara-darasane
3475|SYNONYMS
3476|prema-avese-in ecstatic love; sarvabhauma-Sarvabhauma;
>|karila rodane-cried; saba-sange-with all of them; aila-came;
>| prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; isvara-darasane-to see the
>|Jagannatha temple.
3477|TRANSLATION
3478|Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya cried in great ecstatic love. Then
>|the Lord, accompanied by them all, went to the temple of
>|Jagannatha.
3479|Madhya 9.346
3480|TEXT 346
3481|TEXT
3482|jagannatha-darasana premavese kaila
3483|kampa-sveda-pulakasrute sarira bhasila
3484|SYNONYMS
3485|jagannatha-darasana-visiting Lord Jagannatha; prema-avese-
>|in ecstatic love; kaila-made; kampa-trembling; sveda-
>|perspiration; pulaka-jubilation; asrute-with tears; sarira-
>|the whole body; bhasila-was inundated.
3486|TRANSLATION
3487|Due to ecstatic love experienced upon visiting Lord
>|Jagannatha, inundations of trembling, perspiration, tears
>|and jubilation swept the body of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
3488|Madhya 9.347
3489|TEXT 347
3490|TEXT
3491|bahu nrtya-gita kaila premavista hana
3492|panda-pala aila sabe mala-prasada lana
3493|SYNONYMS
3494|bahu-much; nrtya-gita-dancing and chanting; kaila-performed;
>| prema-avista-in ecstatic love; hana-being; panda-pala-the
>|priests and attendants; aila-came; sabe-all; mala-prasada-a
>|garland and remnants of the food of Jagannatha; lana-
>|offering.
3495|TRANSLATION
3496|In ecstatic love Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu danced and chanted.
>| At that time all the attendants and priests came to offer
>|Him a garland and the remnants of Lord Jagannatha's food.
3497|PURPORT
3498|Those who are priests engaged in Lord Jagannatha's service
>|are called pandas or panditas, and they are brahmanas. The
>|attendants who look after the temple's external affairs are
>|called palas. The priests and attendants went together to
>|see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
3499|Madhya 9.348
3500|TEXT 348
3501|TEXT
3502|mala-prasada pana prabhu susthira ha-ila
3503|jagannathera sevaka saba anande milila
3504|SYNONYMS
3505|mala-prasada-the garland and prasada; pana-getting; prabhu-
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; su-sthira ha-ila-became patient;
>|jagannathera-of Lord Jagannatha; sevaka-servants; saba-all;
>|anande milila-met Him in great pleasure.
3506|TRANSLATION
3507|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu became patient after receiving the
>|garland and prasada of Lord Jagannatha. All the servants
>|of Lord Jagannatha met Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu with great
>|pleasure.
3508|Madhya 9.349
3509|TEXT 349
3510|TEXT
3511|kasi-misra asi' prabhura padila carane
3512|manya kari' prabhu tanre kaila alingane
3513|SYNONYMS
3514|kasi-misra-Kasi Misra; asi'-coming; prabhura-of the Lord;
>|padila-fell down; carane-at the feet; manya kari'-with
>|great respect; prabhu-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tanre-
>|unto him; kaila-did; alingane-embracing.
3515|TRANSLATION
3516|Afterward, Kasi Misra came and fell down at the lotus feet
>|of the Lord, and the Lord respectfully embraced him.
3517|Madhya 9.350
3518|TEXT 350
3519|TEXT
3520|prabhu lana sarvabhauma nija-ghare gela
3521|mora ghare bhiksa bali' nimantrana kaila
3522|SYNONYMS
3523|prabhu lana-taking Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|sarvabhauma-Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya; nija-ghare-to his own
>|home; gela-went; mora-my; ghare-at home; bhiksa-luncheon;
>|bali'-saying; nimantrana kaila-invited.
3524|TRANSLATION
3525|Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya then took the Lord with him to his
>|home, saying, "Today's luncheon will be at my home." In
>|this way he invited the Lord.
3526|Madhya 9.351
3527|TEXT 351
3528|TEXT
3529|divya maha-prasada aneka anaila
3530|pitha-pana adi jagannatha ye khaila
3531|SYNONYMS
3532|divya-very nice; maha-prasada-remnants of food from
>|Jagannatha; aneka-various; anaila-brought; pitha-pana adi-
>|such as cakes and condensed milk; jagannatha-Lord
>|Jagannatha; ye-which; khaila-ate.
3533|TRANSLATION
3534|Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya brought various types of food
>|remnants that had been left by Lord Jagannatha. He brought
>|all kinds of cakes and condensed-milk preparations.
3535|Madhya 9.352
3536|TEXT 352
3537|TEXT
3538|madhyahna karila prabhu nija-gana lana
3539|sarvabhauma-ghare bhiksa karila asiya
3540|SYNONYMS
3541|madhyahna-noon lunch; karila-performed; prabhu-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; nija-gana lana-accompanied by associates;
>|sarvabhauma-ghare-at the home of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya;
>|bhiksa-lunch; karila-performed; asiya-coming.
3542|TRANSLATION
3543|Accompanied by all His associates, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|went to Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya's house and took His noon
>|lunch there.
3544|Madhya 9.353
3545|TEXT 353
3546|TEXT
3547|bhiksa karana tanre karaila sayana
3548|apane sarvabhauma kare pada-samvahana
3549|SYNONYMS
3550|bhiksa karana-after giving lunch; tanre-Him; karaila-made;
>|sayana-lie down to rest; apane-personally; sarvabhauma-
>|Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya; kare-does; pada-samvahana-
>|massaging the legs.
3551|TRANSLATION
3552|After offering food to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Sarvabhauma
>|Bhattacarya made Him lie down to rest, and he personally
>|began to massage the legs of the Lord.
3553|Madhya 9.354
3554|TEXT 354
3555|TEXT
3556|prabhu tanre pathaila bhojana karite
3557|sei ratri tanra ghare rahila tanra prite
3558|SYNONYMS
3559|prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tanre-him; pathaila-sent;
>|bhojana karite-to take lunch; sei ratri-that night; tanra
>|ghare-at his home; rahila-remained; tanra prite-just to
>|satisfy him.
3560|TRANSLATION
3561|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then sent Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya
>|to take his lunch, and the Lord remained that night in his
>|home just to please him.
3562|Madhya 9.355
3563|TEXT 355
3564|TEXT
3565|sarvabhauma-sange ara lana nija-gana
3566|tirtha-yatra-katha kahi' kaila jagarana
3567|SYNONYMS
3568|sarvabhauma-sange-with Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya; ara-and;
>|lana nija-gana-taking His own associates; tirtha-yatra-
>|katha-topics of the pilgrimage; kahi'-telling; kaila-did;
>|jagarana-keeping awake through the night.
3569|TRANSLATION
3570|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His personal associates
>|remained with Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya. They all stayed
>|awake the entire night as the Lord spoke of His pilgrimage.
3571|Madhya 9.356
3572|TEXT 356
3573|TEXT
3574|prabhu kahe,-eta tirtha kailun paryatana
3575|toma-sama vaisnava na dekhilun eka-jana
3576|SYNONYMS
3577|prabhu kahe-the Lord said; eta tirtha-to so many holy
>|places; kailun paryatana-I have traveled; toma-sama-like
>|you; vaisnava-devotee; na-not; dekhilun-I could see; eka-
>|jana-one man.
3578|TRANSLATION
3579|The Lord told Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, "I have traveled to
>|many holy places, but I could not find a Vaisnava as good
>|as you anywhere."
3580|PURPORT
3581|In the Sri Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka (eighth part) Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "Sarvabhauma, I have traveled to
>|many holy places, but I cannot find a Vaisnava as good as
>|you anywhere. However, I must admit that Ramananda Raya is
>|wonderful."
3582|Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya replied, "Therefore, my Lord, I
>|requested that You see him."
3583|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then said, "There are, of course,
>|many Vaisnavas in these holy places, and most of them
>|worship Lord Narayana. Others, who are called Tattvavadis,
>|are also Laksmi-Narayana worshipers, but they do not belong
>|to the pure Vaisnava cult. There are many worshipers of
>|Lord Siva, and there are also many atheists. Regardless, My
>|dear Bhattacarya, I very much like Ramananda Raya and his
>|opinions."
3584|Madhya 9.357
3585|TEXT 357
3586|TEXT
3587|eka ramananda raya bahu sukha dila
3588|bhatta kahe,-ei lagi' milite kahila
3589|SYNONYMS
3590|eka-one; ramananda raya-Ramananda Raya; bahu sukha-much
>|pleasure; dila-gave; bhatta kahe-Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya
>|replied; ei lagi'-for this reason; milite-to meet; kahila-I
>|requested.
3591|TRANSLATION
3592|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu continued, "I received much
>|pleasure from the talks of Ramananda Raya."
3593|The Bhattacarya replied, "For this reason I requested that
>|You meet him."
3594|Madhya 9.358
3595|TEXT 358
3596|TEXT
3597|tirtha-yatra-katha ei kailun samapana
3598|sanksepe kahilun, vistara na yaya varnana
3599|SYNONYMS
3600|tirtha-yatra-katha-topics of the pilgrimage; ei-these;
>|kailun samapana-I have finished; sanksepe kahilun-I have
>|described in brief; vistara-expansively; na yaya varnana-it
>|is not possible to describe.
3601|TRANSLATION
3602|Thus I have ended my narration about Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu's pilgrimage, describing it in brief. It cannot
>|be described very broadly.
3603|PURPORT
3604|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura points out that in
>|the seventy-fourth verse of this chapter it is stated that
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu visited the temple of Siyali-
>|bhairavi, but actually at Siyali, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|visited the temple of Sri Bhu-varaha. Near Siyali and
>|Cidambaram there is a temple known as Sri Musnam. In this
>|temple there is a Deity of Sri Bhu-varaha. In the
>|jurisdiction of Cidambaram there is a district known as
>|southern Arcot. The town of Siyali is in that district.
>|There is a temple of Sri Bhu-varahadeva nearby, not
>|Bhairavi-devi. This is Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
>|Thakura's conclusion.
3605|Madhya 9.359
3606|TEXT 359
3607|TEXT
3608|ananta caitanya-lila kahite na jani
3609|lobhe lajja khana tara kari tanatani
3610|SYNONYMS
3611|ananta-unlimited; caitanya-lila-pastimes of Lord Caitanya;
>|kahite-to speak; na jani-I do not know; lobhe-out of greed;
>|lajja khana-becoming shameless; tara-of them; kari-I do;
>|tanatani-some attempt only.
3612|TRANSLATION
3613|The pastimes of Lord Caitanya are unlimited. No one can
>|properly describe His activities, yet I make the attempt
>|out of greed. This but reveals my shamelessness.
3614|Madhya 9.360
3615|TEXT 360
3616|TEXT
3617|prabhura tirtha-yatra-katha sune yei jana
3618|caitanya-carane paya gadha prema-dhana
3619|SYNONYMS
3620|prabhura-of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tirtha-yatra-
>|touring of sacred places of pilgrimage; katha-topics about;
>|sune-hears; yei-who; jana-person; caitanya-carane-at the
>|lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; paya-gets; gadha-
>|deep; prema-dhana-riches of ecstatic love.
3621|TRANSLATION
3622|Whoever hears of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's pilgrimage to
>|various holy places attains the riches of very deep
>|ecstatic love.
3623|PURPORT
3624|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura remarks, "The
>|impersonalists imagine some forms of the Absolute Truth
>|through the direct perception of their senses. The
>|impersonalists worship such imaginary forms, but neither
>|Srimad-Bhagavatam nor Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepts this
>|sense gratificatory worship to be of any spiritual
>|significance." The Mayavadis imagine themselves to be the
>|Supreme. They imagine that the Supreme has no personal form
>|and that all His forms are imaginary like the will-o'-the-
>|wisp or a flower in the sky. Both Mayavadis and those who
>|imagine forms of God are misguided. According to them,
>|worship of the Deity or any other form of the Lord is a
>|result of the conditioned soul's illusion. However, Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu confirms the conclusion of Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam on the strength of His philosophy of acintya-
>|bhedabheda-tattva. That philosophy holds that the Supreme
>|Lord is simultaneously one with and different from His
>|creation. That is to say, there is unity in diversity. In
>|this way Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu proved the impotence of
>|fruitive workers, speculative empiric philosophers and
>|mystic yogis. The realization of such men is simply a waste
>|of time and energy.
3625|To set the example, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally
>|visited temples in various holy places. Wherever He visited,
>| He immediately exhibited His ecstatic love for the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead. When a Vaisnava visits the temple
>|of a demigod, his vision of that demigod is different from
>|the vision of the impersonalists and Mayavadis. The Brahma-
>|samhita supports this. A Vaisnava's visit to the temple of
>|Lord Siva, for example, is different from a nondevotee's
>|visit. The nondevotee considers the deity of Lord Siva an
>|imaginary form because he ultimately thinks that the
>|Supreme Absolute Truth is void. However, a Vaisnava sees
>|Lord Siva as being simultaneously one with and different
>|from the Supreme Lord. In this regard, the example of milk
>|and yogurt is given. Yogurt is actually nothing but milk,
>|but at the same time it is not milk. It is simultaneously
>|one with milk yet different from it. This is the philosophy
>|of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and it is confirmed by Lord
>|Krsna in the Bhagavad-gita (9.4):
3626|maya tatam idam sarvam
3627|jagad avyakta- murtina
3628|mat-sthani sarva-bhutani
3629|na caham tesv avasthitah
3630|"By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is
>|pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them."
3631|The Absolute Truth, God, is everything, but this does not
>|mean that everything is God. For this reason Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu and His followers visited the temples of all the
>|demigods, but they did not see them in the same way an
>|impersonalist sees them. Everyone should follow in the
>|footsteps of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and visit all temples.
>|Sometimes mundane sahajiyas suppose that the gopis visited
>|the temple of Katyayani in the same way mundane people
>|visit the temple of Devi. However, the gopis prayed to
>|Katyayani to grant them Krsna as their husband, whereas
>|mundaners visit the temple of Katyayani to receive some
>|material profit. That is the difference between a Vaisnava'
>|s visit and a nondevotee's visit.
3632|Not understanding the process of disciplic succession, so-
>|called logicians put forward the theory of pancopasana, in
>|which a person worships one of five deities-namely Visnu,
>|Siva, Durga, the sun-god or Ganesa. In this conception the
>|impersonalists accept one of these five deities as supreme
>|and reject the others. Such philosophical speculation,
>|which is certainly idol worship, is not accepted by Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu or by Vaisnavas. This imaginary deity
>|worship has recently been transformed into Mayavada
>|impersonalism. For want of Krsna consciousness, people are
>|victimized by the Mayavada philosophy, and consequently
>|they sometimes become staunch atheists. However, Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu established the process of self-
>|realization by His own personal behavior. As stated in
>|Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya 8.274):
3633|sthavara-jangama dekhe, na dekhe tara murti
3634|sarvatra haya nija ista-deva-sphurti
3635|"A Vaisnava never sees the material form of anything,
>|moving or nonmoving. Rather, everywhere he looks he sees
>|the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and
>|immediately he remembers the transcendental form of the
>|Lord."
3636|Madhya 9.361
3637|TEXT 361
3638|TEXT
3639|caitanya-carita suna sraddha-bhakti kari'
3640|matsarya chadiya mukhe bala 'hari' 'hari'
3641|SYNONYMS
3642|caitanya-carita-the activities of Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; suna-hear; sraddha-faith; bhakti-devotion; kari'
>|-accepting; matsarya-envy; chadiya-giving up; mukhe-by the
>|mouth; bala-say; hari hari-the holy name of the Lord (Hari,
>|Hari).
3643|TRANSLATION
3644|Please hear the transcendental pastimes of Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu with faith and devotion. Giving up envy
>|of the Lord, everyone chant the Lord's holy name, Hari.
3645|Madhya 9.362
3646|TEXT 362
3647|TEXT
3648|ei kali-kale ara nahi kona dharma
3649|vaisnava, vaisnava-sastra, ei kahe marma
3650|SYNONYMS
3651|ei kali-kale-in this Age of Kali; ara-other; nahi kona-
>|there is not any; dharma-religious principle; vaisnava-
>|devotee; vaisnava-sastra-devotional literature; ei kahe
>|marma-this is the purport.
3652|TRANSLATION
3653|In this Age of Kali there are no genuine religious
>|principles other than those established by Vaisnava
>|devotees and Vaisnava scriptures. This is the sum and
>|substance of everything.
3654|PURPORT
3655|One must have firm faith in the process of devotional
>|service and the scriptures that support it. If one hears
>|the activities of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu with this faith,
>|he can be freed from his envious position. Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam is meant for such nonenvious persons (
>|nirmatsaranam satam). In this age a person should not envy
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's movement but should chant the
>|holy names of Hari and Krsna, the maha-mantra. That is the
>|sum and substance of the eternal religion, known as
>|sanatana-dharma. In this verse the word vaisnava refers to
>|a pure devotee and fully realized soul, and the word
>|vaisnava-sastra refers to sruti, or the Vedas, which are
>|called sabda-pramana, the evidence of transcendental sound.
>|One who strictly follows the Vedic literature and chants
>|the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead will
>|actually be situated in the transcendental disciplic
>|succession. Those who want to attain life's ultimate goal
>|must follow this principle. In Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.19.17),
>| it is said:
3656|srutih pratyaksam aitihyam
3657|anumanam catustayam
3658|pramanesv anavasthanad
3659|vikalpat sa virajyate
3660|"Vedic literature, direct perception, history and
>|hypothesis are the four kinds of evidential proofs.
>|Everyone should stick to these principles for the
>|realization of the Absolute Truth."
3661|Madhya 9.363
3662|TEXT 363
3663|TEXT
3664|caitanya-candrera lila-agadha, gambhira
3665|pravesa karite nari,-sparsi rahi' tira
3666|SYNONYMS
3667|caitanya-candrera lila-the pastimes of Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; agadha-unfathomable; gambhira-deep; pravesa
>|karite-to enter into; nari-I am unable; sparsi-I touch;
>|rahi' tira-standing on the bank.
3668|TRANSLATION
3669|The pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are just like an
>|unfathomable ocean. It is not possible for me to enter into
>|them. Simply standing on the shore, I am but touching the
>|water.
3670|Madhya 9.364
3671|TEXT 364
3672|TEXT
3673|caitanya-carita sraddhaya sune yei jana
3674|yateka vicare, tata paya prema-dhana
3675|SYNONYMS
3676|caitanya-carita-the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|sraddhaya-with faith; sune-hears; yei jana-which person;
>|yateka vicare-as far as he analytically studies; tata-so
>|far; paya-he gets; prema-dhana-the riches of ecstatic love.
3677|TRANSLATION
3678|The more one hears the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|with faith, analytically studying them, the more one
>|attains the ecstatic riches of love of Godhead.
3679|Madhya 9.365
3680|TEXT 365
3681|TEXT
3682|sri-rupa-raghunatha-pade yara asa
3683|caitanya-caritamrta kahe krsnadasa
3684|SYNONYMS
3685|sri-rupa-Srila Rupa Gosvami; raghunatha-Srila Raghunatha
>|dasa Gosvami; pade-at the lotus feet; yara-whose; asa-
>|expectation; caitanya-caritamrta-the book named Caitanya-
>|caritamrta; kahe-describes; krsnadasa-Srila Krsnadasa
>|Kaviraja Gosvami.
3686|TRANSLATION
3687|Praying at the lotus feet of Sri Rupa and Sri Raghunatha,
>|always desiring their mercy, I, Krsnadasa, narrate Sri
>|Caitanya-caritamrta, following in their footsteps.
3688|PURPORT
3689|As usual the author concludes the chapter by reciting the
>|names of Sri Rupa and Raghunatha and reinstating himself at
>|their lotus feet.
3690|SYNONYMS
3691|Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Sri Caitanya-
>|caritamrta, Madhya-lila, Ninth Chapter, describing Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu's travels to many holy places in South
>|India.
3692|