53. Nityananda pastimes from Sri Caitanya Bhagavata with commentary (Madhya 13.378-402)

Shri Chaitanya-bhagavata

Madhya-khanda -

By 

Vyasa Avatara Shrila Vrindavana dasa Thakura

                                                           

Chapter Thirteen

The Deliverance of Jagai and Madhai

TEXT 378

dekhite nä päya ihä keha äjìä vine sei prabhu-anugrahe bale käro sthäne

Without the Lord's sanction, no one could see them. Only one who is favored by the Lord can speak to others about this.

TEXT 379

kona dina vasiyä thäkaye viçvambhara sammukhe äilä mätra kona anucara

One day, as Viçvambhara was sitting there, some of His as- sociates came before Him.

TEXT 380

'oikhäne thäka'—prabhu balaye äpane cäri-päìca-mukha-gulä lotåya aìgane

The Lord told them, "Wait there," while four-headed and five- headed personalities rolled on the ground in the courtyard.

TEXT 381

padiyä ächaye yata—nähi lekhäjokhä "tomarä sabere ki e-gulä nä deya dekhä?"

No one could estimate how many personalities were there. "Don't you recognize these persons?"

The word lekhäjokhä means "number and quantity."

TEXT 382

kara-yoda kari' bale saba bhakta-gana "tribhuvane kare prabhu tomära sevana

All the devotees replied to the Lord with folded hands, "O Lord, the inhabitants of the three worlds serve You.

TEXT 383

ämarä-sabära kon çakti dehhibära? vine prabhu, tumi due drsti adhihära"

"What power do we have to see? Only You can give us the ability to see."

TEXT 384

e saba adbhuta caitanyera gupta-hathä sarva siddhi haya,—ihä çunile sarvathä

These confidential pastimes of Lord Caitanya are most wonderful. If one hears them, he achieves all perfection.

TEXT 385

ïhäte sandeha kichu nä bhävïha mane aja-bhava niti äise gauräìgera sthäne

Do not maintain any doubts. Lord Brahma and Lord Çiva would daily come to see Gauränga.

TEXT 386

hena-mate jagäi-mädhäi-pariträna karìlä çì-gauracandra jagatera präna

In this way Çré Gauracandra, the life and soul of the universe, delivered Jagäi and Mädhäi.

TEXT 387

sabära karïba gauracandra se uddhära vyatirìhta vaisnava-nindaha duräcära

Gauracandra will deliver everyone except those sinful persons who blaspheme Vaisnavas.

TEXT 388

çülapäni-sama yadi bhahta-nindä hare bhägavata-pramäna—tathäpiha çïghra mare

According to the Çrémad Bhägavatam (5.10.25), even if some- one on the level of Lord Çiva blasphemes a devotee, he will soon be destroyed.

TEXT 389

mahad-vimänät sva-hrtäd dhi mädné naìksyaty adüräd api çédapänih

"Because of this, even though I may be as strong as Lord Çiva, I shall be vanquished without delay due to my offense at the lotus feet of a Vaisnava."

TEXT 390

hena vaisnava ninde yadi sarvajìa hai se janera adhahpäta—sarva çästre hai

In all scriptures it is stated that if an all-knowing person blasphemes a Vaisnava, he will certainly fall down.

Even after achieving all perfection, a person who criticizes a Vaisnava certainly falls down. This is the verdict of all scriptures.

sarva-mahä-präyaçcita ye krsnera näma vaisnaväparädhe seha nä müaye träna

Krsna's name, which is the ultimate atonement, does not deliver one who offends a Vaisnava.

The holy names of the Lord have more power for destroying sinful reactions than all other kinds of atonement mentioned in the smrtis. But if a person commits an offense against a devotee of Hari who is engaged in chanting those holy names, then he can never be delivered. Among the offenses against the chanting of the holy names, blasphemy of sadhus is the first. If one commits offenses against the holy names, he cannot possibly attain nämäbhäsa (a glimpse of offenseless chanting) or the fruits of chanting the holy names.

TEXT 392

padma-puränera ei parama vacana prema-bhakti haya ihä karìle pälana

One who honors the following confidential words of the Padma Puräna will attain ecstatic love of God.

TEXT 393

satäm nindä nämnah paramam aparädham vitanute yatah khyätim yätam katham u sahate tad-vigarhäm

"To blaspheme the great saintly persons who are preaching the glories of the Hare Krsna mahä-mantra is the worst offense at the lotus feet of the holy name. The Näma-prabhu, who is identical with Krsna, will never tolerate such blasphemous activities, even from one who passes as a great devotee."

TEXT 394

yei çune ei mahå-dasyura uddhära tare uddhäìba gauracandra-avatära

One who hears this narration regarding the deliverance of the two rogues will be delivered by Çré Gauracandra.

TEXT 395

brahma-daitya-tärana gauräìga jaya jaya karunä-sägara prabhu parama saàaya

All glories to Gauränga, who delivered the two brähmana demons! O Lord, You are an ocean of mercy and the most compas- sionate.

Since Çréman Mahäprabhu delivered Jagäi and Mädhäi, He be- came known as Brahma-daitya-tärana, the deliverer of the brähmana demons. Although Jagäi and Mädhäi were born in a brähmana fami- ly, they were addressed as "demons" due to their aversion to the Lord.

TEXT 396

sahasra karunä-sindhu mahä-krpämaya dosa nähi dekhe prabhu—guna-mätra laya

The Lord's supreme mercy is as vast as a thousand oceans. He sees the good qualities of others and never finds fault in them.

TEXT 397

hena-prabhu-virahe ye päpi-präna rahe sabe paramäyu-guna,—ära kichu nahe

A sinful life devoid of the association of such a Lord has no benefit other than its long duration.

Mahäprabhu is most merciful and sees no faults in others. He is not even slightly offended by one's offenses. The life of a sinful person who maintains his life devoid of the service of that Mahäprabhu is useless; he continues his life simply due to his past karma. But such an existence is never praiseworthy.

tathäpiha ei krpä kara mahäçaya çravane vadane yena tora yaça laya

0 Lord, please bestow Your mercy on me so that I may hear and chant Your glories.

TEXT 399

ämära prabhura prabhu gauräìga-sundara yathä vaise tathä yena haìa anucara

May I reside as the servant of Çré Gaurasundara, the Lord of my Lord, wherever He may be.

Çrìman Mahäprabhu is the worshipable Lord of my spiritual master. It is my desire that I may become Their servant, birth after birth.

TEXT 400

caitanya-kathära ädi antya nähi jäni ye-te-mate caitanyera yaçah se väkhäni

There is neither a beginning or end to the topics regarding Lord Caitanya, yet somehow or other I am narrating His glories.

TEXT 401

gana-saha prabhu-päda-padme namaskära ithe aparädha kichu nahuka ämära

I offer my obeisances at the feet of the Lord and His associates, so that I may not offend them.

TEXT 402

çré krsna-caitanya nityänanda-cända jäna vrndävana-däsa tachu pada-yuge gäna

Accepting Çré Caitanya and Nityananda Prabhu as my life and soul, I, Vrndävana däsa, sing the glories of Their lotus feet.

52. Nityananda pastimes from Sri Caitanya Bhagavata with commentary (Madhya 13.351-377)

Shri Chaitanya-bhagavata

Madhya-khanda -

By 

Vyasa Avatara Shrila Vrindavana dasa Thakura

                                                           

Chapter Thirteen

The Deliverance of Jagai and Madhai

TEXT 351

ära-bära nityananda sambhrama päiyä dilena nay one jala nirghäta kariyä

With renewed enthusiasm Nityananda forcefully splashed water in Advaita's eyes.

TEXT 352

advaita pàiyä duhkha bale,—"mätäliyä sannyäsé nä haya kabhu brähmana vadhiyä

Advaita became distressed and said, "You are intoxicated. You can never become a sannyäsé by killing a brähmana.

When Nityananda forcefully splashed water, Advaita Prabhu was hurt and said, "You certainly cannot become a sannyäsé by killing a brähmana out of intoxication."

TEXT 353

paçcimära ghare ghare fehäiyäche bhäta kula, janma, jäti keha näjäne kothä'ta

"You have eaten in the houses of people from the west. No one knows about Your family, birth, or caste.

Those who are particularly proud of their country certainly speak harshly about foreigners. People of the east condemn the people of the west as paçcimä, or westerners. They criticize them by calling them low-born. No one knew what family, what class, or what place Nityänanda hailed from. He would wander about, eating in the houses of westerners.

TEXT 354

pita, mätå, guru,—nähi jäni ye hi-rüpa? hhäya, pare sakala, balåya 'avadhüta'"

"No one knows about Your father, mother, or spiritual master. You eat everything, wear everything, and advertise Yourself as an avadhüta."

"We have no information about Your father, mother, or what kind of spiritual master You have accepted. You are passing as an avadhüta and accepting food and charity from anyone and everyone."

TEXT 355

nityänanda-prati stava kare vyapadeçe çunï nityänanda-prabhu gana-saha häse

As Advaita indirectly glorified Nityänanda on the pretext of criticizing Him, Nityänanda Prabhu and His associates laughed.

The statements of Advaita are deceiving. They are indicative of Çré Nityänanda's glories. On hearing the words of Çré Advaita, Nityänanda Prabhu and His followers began to laugh.

TEXT 356

"samhärimu sakala, mohära dosa näi" eta balï krodhe jvale äcärya-gosäìi

Äcärya Gosäìi burned with anger as He exlaimed, "It will not be My fault when I destroy everyone."

äcäryera krodhe häse bhägavata-gana krodhe tattva kahe—yena çuni' kuvacana

Seeing Advaita Äcärya's anger, all the devotees laughed. In anger He actually spoke the truth, which appeared as harsh words.

TEXT 358

hena rasa-kalahera marma nä bujhiyä bhinna-jìäne ninde, \ande, se mare pudiyä

Without understanding the purport of such loving quarrels, if someone considering Them different from each other criticizes one and glorifies the other, he will be burned to death.

Those foolish people who cannot enter into the loving quarrels of Advaita and Nityananda criticize one and glorify the other, and as a result they are burned to death in the forest fire of offense.

TEXT 359

nityänanda-gauracäìda yåre krpä kare sei se vaisnava-väkya bujhibäre pare

Only one who is favored by Nityananda and Gauracandra can understand the words of the Vaisnavas.

TEXT 360

sei kata-ksane dui mahähutühali nityänanda-advaite haila holähuli

After Nityananda and Advaita engaged in ecstatic pastimes for some time, They embraced each other.

TEXT 361

mahä-matta dui prabhu gauracandra-rase sakala gaìgära måjhe nityananda bhäse

The two Prabhus were greatly intoxicated with the mellows of love for Gauracandra. Thereafter Nityänanda floated around in the waters of the Ganges.

TEXT 362

hena-mate jala-keli kértcmera çese pratirätrì sabä laìå kare prabhu rase

In this way the Lord and His associates engaged every night in water sports after kïrtana.

TEXT 363

e lélä dekhite manusyera sàkti näi sabe dekhe deva-gana sangope tathäi

Human beings have no power to see such pastimes, but the demigods secretly watched them.

TEXT 364

sarva-gane gauracandra gaìgä-snäna karï küle uthï ucca karì' bale 'hari hari'

After taking bath in the Ganges, Gauracandra and His as- sociates came out of the water and loudly chant the names of Hari.

TEXT 365

sabäre dilena mälä-prasäda-candana vidäya hailä sabe karite bhojana

Thereafter the Lord gave everyone garlands and sandalwood paste that had been offered, and then they took leave and went to eat.

TEXT 366

jagäi-mädhäi samarpila sabä'-sthäne äpana galära mälå dila dui-jane

The Lord entrusted Jagäi and Mädhäi to the devotees and then offered His own garlands to the two.

TEXT 367

e saba lllära kabhu avadhi nä haya 'ävirbhäva', 'tirobhäva' mätra vede kaya

Although the Vedas describe their "appearance" and "disap- pearance," these pastimes have no beginning and no end.

TEXT 368

grhe äsï prabhu dhuilena çrï-carana tulasìra karüena carana-vandana

After returning home, the Lord washed His feet and offered obeisances to tulasï.

TEXT 369

bhojana karite vasilena viçvambhara naivedyänna änï mäye karilä gocara

Thereafter Viçvambhara sat down to eat, and mother Çacé brought the offered foods before Him.

TEXT 370

sarva-bhägavatere kariyä nivedana ananta brahmända-nätha karena bhojana

The Lord of unlimited universes offered prayers to all the devotees and then began to eat.

TEXT 371

parama santose mahäprasäda päiyä mukha-çuddhi kari' dväre vasilä äsiyä

After honoring the mahä-prasäda with great satisfaction, the Lord purified His mouth and sat down in the doorway.

vadhü-saìge dekhe äi nayana bhariyä mahänanda-sägare çarïra dubäiyä

As mother Çacé and her daughter-in-law saw these pastimes of the Lord to the full satisfaction of their eyes, they floated in an ocean of bliss.

TEXT 373

äira bhägyera sémä fee balite pare? sahasra-vadana-prabhu, yadi çafeti dhare

Who can describe the limit of mother Çacé's good fortune? Only the thousand-headed Lord is able, if He is empowered.

TEXT 374

präkrta-çabde o yebä balibefea 'äi' 'äi' çabda-prabhäve o tära duhkha näi

Even if one utters the word äi as a mundane word, by the influence of the word äi one will be freed from all suffering.

The word äi is derived from the Sanskrit word Äryä. Those who call Çré Gaurasundara's mother "Äi" will be freed from all miseries.

TEXT 375

putrera çré-mufeha defehi' äi jagan-mätä nija-deha äi nähi jäne ache kothä

On seeing the lotus face of her son, Çacé, the mother of the universe, forgot where she was.

While seeing the lotus face of Çré Gaurasundara, mother Çacé forgot herself. Being bewildered by the beauty of the Lord's face, she even forgot her motherly sentiments and her parental affection for her son.

viçvambhara calilena karite çayana takhana vidäya haya gupte deva-gana

When Viçvambhara went to sleep, the demigods would secret- ly take leave.

TEXT 377

caturmukha, paìcamukha-ädi deva-gana niti äsï caitanyera karaye sevana

The demigods headed by the four-headed Brahmä and the five-headed Çiva would daily come to serve Lord Caitanya.

51. Nityananda pastimes from Sri Caitanya Bhagavata with commentary (Madhya 13.326-350)

Shri Chaitanya-bhagavata

Madhya-khanda -

By 

Vyasa Avatara Shrila Vrindavana dasa Thakura

                                                           

Chapter Thirteen

The Deliverance of Jagai and Madhai

TEXT 326

e dui-janere ye karìba paìhäsa

e du'yera aparädhe tära sarva-näça"

"If anyone ridicules these two, he will be ruined as a result of that offense."

Considering their previous sinful activities according to nagna- mätrka-nyäya1, those who in the future consider Jagäi and Mädhäi sinful commit offenses at their feet and bring about their own ruination. In this regard one should discuss the two verses: na präkrtatvam iha bhakta janasya paçyet and apt cet su-duräcäro2.

TEXT 327

suniyä vaisnava-gana kände mahäpreme jagäi-mädhäi-prati kare paranäme

On hearing the Lord's words, the Vaisnavas cried in ecstatic love. Then they all offered obeisances to Jagäi and Mädhäi.

TEXT 328

prabhu bale,—"çuna saba bhägavata-gana cala sabe yäi bhåglrathïra carana"

The Lord then said, "Listen, devotees. Let us all go to the Ganges."

TEXT 329

sarva-gana-sahita thäkura viçvambhara padilä jähnavì-jale vana-mälä-dhara

Accompanied by His associates and wearing a garland of forest flowers, Lord Viçvambhara entered the waters of the Ganges.

1.       This logic states that because one's mother was naked in her childhood, she should continue to remain naked, even though she has become the mother of so many children.

2.       See page 172 for a translation of the first verse and page 338 for a translation of the second.

The phrase vana-mälä-dhara refers to Çré Krsna or Çréman Mahäprabhu.

kértana-änande yata bhägavata-gana çiçu-präya caìcaïa-caritra sarva-ksana

Due to the ecstasy of kirtana, all the devotees constantly be- haved like restless young boys.

TEXT 331

mahäbhavya vrddha saba—seha çiçu-mati ei-mata haya visnu-bhaktira sakati

Although they were all greatly learned and mature, they be- haved like young boys. This is the potency of devotional service to Visnu.

The word mahäbhavya means "endowed with the finest eti- quette," "having the qualities required to live in a society of cultured persons," or "civilized or sober."

TEXT 332

gaìgä-snäna-mahotsave kirtanera çese prabhu-bhrtya-buddhi gela änanda-äveçe

In the festival of taking bath in the Ganges after kirtana, everyone was so overwhelmed with ecstasy that they forgot who was the Lord and who were the servants.

TEXT 333

jala deya prabhu sarva-vaisnavera gäya heha nähi pare—sabe häriyä paläya

When the Lord splashed water on the Vaisnavas, no one could compete with Him. They all retreated in defeat.

TEXT 334

jala-yuddha hare prabhu yära yära saìge kata-ksana yuddha kari' sabe deya bhaìge

Everyone who engaged in water fights with the Lord retreated after fighting for some time.

TEXT 335

ksane keli advaita-gauräìga-nityänande ksane keli haridäsa-çréväsa-muhunde

Sometimes Advaita, Gauräriga, and Nityänanda sported together, and sometimes Haridäsa, Çréväsa, and Mukunda sported.

TEXT 336-339

çrégarbha, çré-sadäçiva, muräri, çrémän purusottama, mukunda, saìjaya, buddhimanta-khän

vidyänidhi, gaìgädäsa, jagadéça näma gopïnätha, haridäsa, garuda, çriräma

govinda, çrédhara, krsnänanda, käçéçvara jagadänanda, govindånanda, çré-çuklämbara

ananta caitanya-bhrtya—katajäni näma vedavyäsa haite vyakta haiba puräna

Among the innumerable servants of Lord Caitanya present there were Çrégarbha, Çré Sadäçiva, Muräri Gupta, Çrémän, Purusottama, Mukunda, Saìjaya, Buddhimanta Khän, Pundaréka Vidyänidhi, Gaìgädäsa, Jagadéça, Gopénätha, Haridäsa, Garuda, Çréräma, Govinda, Çrédhara, Krsnänanda, Käçéçvara, Jagadänanda, Govindänanda, and Çrï Çuklämbara. Many others whose names I do not know will in the future be revealed in the Puränas by Vedavyäsa.

The number of Çrï Caitanyadeva's servants is innumerable. Çré Krsna Dvaipäyana-vyäsadeva will record the names of Lord Caitanya's servants in traditional literatures like the Puränas.

TEXT 340

anyo'nye sarva-jana jala-heli hare paränanda-rase heha jine, heha hare

They all sported in the waters with one another. In the mel- lows of ecstatic love, some conquered and some were defeated.

TEXT 341

gadädhara-gauräìge miliyä jala-keli nityånanda-advaite khelaye doìhe milï

Gadädhara and Gauräìga engaged in water sports together. Nityananda and Advaita also sported in the water together.

TEXT 342

advaita-nayane nityananda kutühalì nirghäte märìyäjala dila mahäbali

The powerful Nityananda sportingly splashed water with great force into the eyes of Advaita.

TEXT 343

dui cah.su advaita melite nähi pare mahä-krodhäveçe prabhu gälägäli päde

Advaita could not open His eyes, so in great anger He abused Nityananda.

TEXT 344

"nityänanda-madyape karila caksu käna kothä haite madyapera haila upasthäna

"This drunken Nityananda has made Me blind and deaf. From where has this drunkard come?

Since Çré Nityananda Prabhu splashed water in the eyes of Sri Advaita Prabhu, Çré Advaita Prabhu addressed Nityananda as "drunkard" and on the pretext of a loving quarrel said, "From where has this drunkard come? This fellow has obstructed My power of vision and made Me blind."

çréniväsa panditera mule jäti näi kothäkära avadhüte änï dila thäìi

"Çréväsa Pandita does not belong to any caste. He brought this Avadhüta from somewhere and gave Him a place to stay.

"Çréniväsa Pandita has brought Avadhùta Çré Nityänanda and awarded Him the qualification to freely mix with us. But we do not know His previous identity. One should not allow this whimsical avadhùta, who is devoid of family prestige and aristocracy, to con- stantly remain with Mahäprabhu."

TEXT 346

çacéra nandana corä eta karma hare niravadhi avadhüta-sarhhati vihare"

"The stealthy son of Çacé can do so much, yet He constantly enjoys the company of this avadhüta.'"

TEXT 347

nityänanda hale,—"mukhe nähi väsa läja härile äpane—ära kandale ki käja?"

Nityänanda replied, "Don't You feel embarrassed to speak like this? You have been defeated, so what is the use of quarreling?"

Çré Nityänanda Prabhu said to Çré Advaita, "You have been defeated in the water fight, yet You do not feel ashamed. Moreover You approach Me to quarrel with Your head held high."

TEXT 348

gauracandra bale,—"eka-bäre nähijäni tina-bära haile se hära-jita mäni"

Gauracandra said, "One time doesn't count. Winning and losing is decided after three fights."

ära-bära jala-yuddha advaita-nitäi hautuka lägiyä eka-deha—dui thäìi

Advaita and Nitäi again engaged in water fighting. They are one, but for the purpose of sporting They have become two.

TEXT 350

dui-jane jala-yuddha—heha nähi pare eka-bärajine keha, ära bar a hare

In Their water fight, neither could defeat the other. One time one conquered, and the next time He was defeated.

50. Nityananda pastimes from Sri Caitanya Bhagavata with commentary (Madhya 13.301-325)

Shri Chaitanya-bhagavata

Madhya-khanda -

By 

Vyasa Avatara Shrila Vrindavana dasa Thakura

                                                           

Chapter Thirteen

The Deliverance of Jagai and Madhai

TEXT 301

advaita-pratibhå çunï häse viçvambhara 'hari' balï dhvani kare saba-anucara

On hearing Advaita's comment, Viçvambhara smiled and all the devotees chanted the name of Hari.

TEXT 302

prabhu bale,—"kälä dekha duira pätake kïrtana karaha—saba yäuka nindake"

The Lord said, "See how these two sinners are black. Perform kértana so that their sins take shelter in those who blaspheme."

Mahäprabhu said, "The forms of Jagäi's and Mädhäi's sinful reac- tions are black. All of you perform kértana, then these black sinful reactions will take shelter in those who blaspheme the devotees, and Jagäi and Mädhäi will be delivered from their sins."

TEXT 303

çuniyä prabhura våkya sabära ulläsa mahänande haila kértana-parakäça

Hearing the Lord's words, everyone became jubilant. They then began to perform kértana in ecstasy.

TEXT 304

näce prabhu viçvambhara nityänanda-saìge vediyä vaisnava saba yaçah gäya range

Lord Viçvambhara danced with Nityänanda, and all the Vaisnavas surrounded Them and sang the glories of the Lord.

nåcaye advaita—yära lägï avatära yähära kärane haila jagata-uddhära

Advaita also danced. He had induced the Lord to incarnate and thus delivered the entire world.

TEXT 306

kïrtana karaye sabe diyä karatäli sabäi karena nrtya haye Jeutühalé

As they performed kértana, everyone clapped their hands and danced jubilantly.

TEXT 307

prabhu-prati mahänande käro nähi bhaya prabhu-saìge kata laksa thelätheli haya

They felt no fear as they bumped into the Lord thousands of times in their ecstasy.

TEXT 308

vadhü-saìge dekhe äi gharera bhitare vasiyä bhäsaye äi änanda-sägare

Mother Çacé and her daughter-in-law floated in an ocean of ecstasy as they watched everything from within the house.

From within the house, mother Çacé and Çré Visnupriyä saw the Lord's pastimes of delivering Jagäi and Mädhäi. As a result they became absorbed in ecstasy.

TEXT 309

sabei paramänanda dekhiyå prakäça kähäro nä ghuce krsnäveçera ulläsa

Everyone was filled with ecstasy after seeing this pastime. Their ecstatic love for Krsna was uninterrupted.

yära aìga parasite ramä bhaya päya se prabhura aìga-saìge madyapa näcaya

The two drunkards danced in the association of He whose body the goddess of fortune is afraid to touch.

TEXT 311

madyapere uddhärilä caitanya-gosäìi vaisnava-nindake humbhïpäke dilä thäìi

In this way Lord Caitanya delivered the two drunkards and sent the blasphemers of the Vaisnavas to the hell known as Kumbhìpäka.

TEXT 312

nindäya nä bade dharma—sabe papa läbha etehe nä hare nindä saba mahäbhäga

Blasphemy does not enhance one's religious principles, it only results in sin. That is why fortunate souls do not engage in blasphemy.

The devotees of the Lord do not blaspheme anyone in this world. One who blasphemes others is known as "sinful" or "irreligious." To attribute on someone faults that are not present is called blasphemy. Being induced by irrelevant goals, those who are unable to tolerate the glorification of others and with a desire to attack them unfairly attribute faults on them continually meet with inauspiciousness day after day. A person who out of envy attributes faults on an ir- reproachable Vaisnava must go to the hell known as Kumbhïpäka and suffer severe miseries. Those sinful persons who cannot under- stand that sarva-mahäguna-gana vaisnava-çarére—"all good qualities are present in the body of a Vaisnava," and who consider that non-Vaisnavas are equal to Vaisnavas can never achieve any benefit. To criticize the behavior of nondevotees is called sad-upadeça, or good instruction. Other than devotional service to Visnu, all ac- tivities of the living entities are condemnable. Sinful people often

engage in abominable activities on the pretext of devotional service to Visnu. Instructions to give up these activities should not be called nindä, or blasphemy.

TEXT 313

dui dasyu dui mahäbhägavata kari' ganera sahita näce gauräìga-çré-harì

After transforming the two rogues into mahä-bhägavatas, Çré Gaurahari danced along with His associates.

TEXT 314

nrtyäveçe vasïlä thäkura viçvambhara vasüä caudihe vedï vaisnava-mandala

Overwhelmed from dancing, Lord Viçvambhara sat down, and all the Vaisnavas sat around Him.

TEXT 315-316

sarva-aìge dhülä cäì-aìguli-pramäna tathäpi sabära aìga 'nirmala' gey äna

pürvavat hailä prabhu gauräìga-sundara häsiyä sabäre bale prabhu viçvambhara

Their bodies were covered with two inches of dust, yet they were all filled with pure knowledge. Lord Gaurasundara regained His former state, smiled, and spoke to everyone there.

Although those Vaisnavas who sat around Çréman Mahäprabhu were covered with two inches of dust and externally appeared dirty, all of them were all-knowing and topmost scholars without con- tamination.

TEXT 317

"e du'yere päpé-hena nä kariha mane e du'yera papa muìi dahtluri äpane

"Do not consider these two as sinners, for I have personally burned their sinful reactions to ashes.

TEXT 318

sarva-dehe muìi karoì, boloì, caloì khäìa tabe dehapäta, yabe muìi calï yäìa

"In the bodies of all living entities, it is I who makes them act, speak, move, and eat. When I leave a body, it dies.

When the living entity attains spiritual knowledge he no longer maintains the three types of false ego. The living entity then sur- renders at the lotus feet of the Lord and becomes liberated. In the Caitanya-caìtämrta (Antya 4.192-193) it is stated:

dlksä-käle bhakta kare ätma-samarpana sei-käle krsna tare kare ätma-sama

sei deha kare tära cid-änanda-maya apräkrta-déhe täìra carana bhajaya

"At the time of initiation, when a devotee fully surrenders unto the service of the Lord, Krsna accepts him to be as good as Himself. When the devotee's body is thus transformed into spiritual exist- ence, the devotee, in that transcendental body, renders service to the lotus feet of the Lord." After Çré Gaurasundara accepted the bodies of Jagäi and Mädhäi to be as good as His own, whatever He had them do, whatever He had them speak, however He had them behave, and whatever He had them eat was favorable for the service of Visnu. In this way, after turning one towards the Lord's service, the worshi- pable Lord takes His worshiper servant, who leaves a body made of the five gross elements within the material world, and departs.

TEXT 319

yei dehe alpa duhkhe jïva däka chäde muìi vinä sei deha padile nä nade

"The living entity cries out if he feels a little distress, but if I am not present in that body it will not even move when burned.

When a conditioned soul feels a little distress, he shouts loudly because of impatience. When the Lord and the devotee leave a body, it does not react even if it is burned with fire. The Lord is transcen- dental and has supreme consciousness, while the living entity is a fragmental spiritual particle. As long as one does not have the propensity for transcendental service due to the absence of Krsna consciousness, one becomes controlled by three types of false ego and continues to display independence. The proper use of inde- pendence is to become inclined towards the service of the Lord, but the senses of persons who are averse to the Lord's service are induced by three types of false ego to engage in pious and impious activities and more or less identify with material nature.

TEXT 320

tabe yejévera duhkha—kare ahaìkära 'muìi karoì, baloì' balï päya mahä-mära

"But the living entity's distress is due to false ego. He suffers miseries because he claims, T am the doer. I am the speaker.'

Since the living entity who has become averse to the Lord con- siders himself a product of and belonging to material nature, the three types of false ego immerse him in an ocean of distress. He then becomes afflicted with the threefold material miseries and proudly considers, "I am the doer. 1 am the enjoyer."

TEXT 321

eteke yateka kaila ei dui jane karüäìa ami, ghucäiläma äpane

"Therefore the activities done by these two were actually done by Me, and I have released them from the reactions.

"Jagäi and Mädhäi were intoxicated with false prestige, and they misused their independence. I have personally destroyed their mis- fortune; in other words, I have delivered them from the misconceptions of T have done, I have said,' which were produced from the misuse of their independence."

ihäjänï e du'yere sakala vaisnava dekhibä abheda-drstye yena tumi-saba

"Knowing this fact, all of you Vaisnavas should see them as one of you and not discriminate against them.

TEXT 323-324

çuna ei äjìä mora, ye hau ämära e du'yere çraddhä kari' ye diba ähära

ananta brahmända-mäjhe yata madhu vaise se haya krsnera mukhe dile prema-rase

"If you really belong to Me, then listen to My order. Whatever you faithfully give these two to eat will be equal to offering with love to Krsna's mouth all the honey available in innumerable

universes.

TEXT 325

e du'yera vata mätra dibe yei jana

tära se krsnera mukhe madhu-samarpana

"Anyone who gives these two a small portion of food gives honey to the mouth of Krsna.

The Lord relishes foodstuffs through the mouths of His devotees. The devotees do not enjoy any material object like nondevotees do. Since the devotees offer everything to the Lord and constantly remain engaged in the service of accepting His remnants, if someone gives a small portion of food to a devotee of the Lord, then it amounts to offering sweetmeats to Çré Krsna. In this regard one should discuss the commentary on verse 228 of this chapter.

49. Nityananda pastimes from Sri Caitanya Bhagavata with commentary (Madhya 13.277-300)

Shri Chaitanya-bhagavata

Madhya-khanda -

By 

Vyasa Avatara Shrila Vrindavana dasa Thakura

                                                           

Chapter Thirteen

The Deliverance of Jagai and Madhai

TEXT 277

tomäre dehhiyä nija-jévana chädilä tabe kon mahäjane tare paraçilä

"They left their bodies while seeing You, yet which great soul cared to touch them?

TEXT 278

ämäre paraçe ebe bhägavata-gane chäyä chuìï yei jana hailä gaìgä-snåne

"The pure devotees who once took bath in the Ganges after touching our shadow are now touching us.

"Those pure devotees who used to take bath in the Ganges to free themselves from the sinful reaction of touching our shadow are now touching us."

TEXT 279

sarva-mate prabhu, tora e mahimä bada kähare bhändiba? sabe jänileha dadha

"O Lord, this is certainly due to Your extraordinary glories. Who can be deceived now? Everyone is convinced.

TEXT 280

mahåbhakta gajaräja karila stavana ekänta çarana dekhi' karilä mocana

"The great devotee Gajendra offered You prayers, and You delivered him because he was fully surrendered.

In the valley of Triküta Mountain there is an attractive lake in Varuna's Rtumat garden. Once when Gajendra came there with some female elephants and became maddened by sporting in the

water, a powerful crocodile attacked his feet. Gajendra fought with that crocodile for one thousand years, yet he could not get free from his grip. When Gajendra's strength gradually diminished and he could not find any other means, he began to offer the Indradumna- stotra to Çré Hari, who then appeared there and, after cutting the head of that crocodile with His disc, He delivered Gajendra. (Çrlmad Bhägavatam, Eighth Canto, Chapters Two and Three)

TEXT 281

daive se upamä nahe asurä pütanä agha-baka-ädi yata heha nahe slmä

"That example cannot be applied to demons like Pütanä, Agha, and Baka.

TEXT 282

chädiyä se deha tärä gela divyagati veda vine tähä dehhe hähära çahati?

"Although they attained the spiritual world when they left their bodies, who had the power to see that without Vedic knowledge?

TEXT 283

ye harilä ei dui pätahi-çarïre säksäte dekhila ihä sakala samsäre

"What You have done to us two sinners, however, has been directly seen by people of the entire world.

TEXT 284

yateka karilä tumi pätaki-uddhära käro kona-rüpa laksya ache sabäkära

"The sinners that You have previously delivered all had some qualification or another.

nirlaksye tärilä brahma-daitya dui-jana tomära kärunya sabe ihära kärana"

"But now You have causelessly delivered two persons who were brähmana demons. This is only due to Your mercy."

TEXT 286

baìiyä baliyä kände jagäi-mädhäi e-mata apürva kare caitanya-gosäìi

Jagäi and Mädhäi cried as they offered these prayers. Such are the matchless pastimes of Lord Caitanya.

TEXT 287

yateka vaisnava-gana apürva dekhiyä yoda-häte stuti kare sabe dändäiyä

On seeing this matchless pastime, all the Vaisnavas stood up and offered prayers with folded hands.

TEXT 288

"ye stuti karìla prabhu e dui madyape tora krpä vino ihä jane kära bäpe

"O Lord, without Your mercy not even one's father will under- stand the prayers offered by these two drunkards.

TEXT 289

tomära acmtya sakti ke bujhite pare? yakhana ye-rüpe krpä karaha yähäre"

"Who can understand Your inconceivable energies or when, how, and on whom You bestow Your mercy?"

TEXT 290

prabhu bale,—"e dui madyapa nahe ära äji haite ei dui sevaka ämära

The Lord said, "These two are no longer drunkards. From today on, these two are My servants.

TEXT 291

sabe mile anugraha hara e du'yere janme janme ära yena ämä' nä päsare

"All of you bestow your mercy on these two, so that birth after birth they do not forget Me.

TEXT 292

ye-rüpe yähära thäìi ache aparädha ksamiyä e dui-prati karaha prasäda"

"Forgive whatever offenses they have committed against you and show compassion on them."

TEXT 293

çuniyä prabhura väkya jagäi-mädhäi sabära carana dharï padilä tathäi

Hearing the Lord's words, Jagäi and Mädhäi fell down at everyone's feet.

TEXT 294

sarva-mahäbhägavata kaila äçïrxäda jagäi-mädhäi haila niraparàdha

All the devotees blessed Jagäi and Mädhäi, who were then freed from all their offenses.

TEXT 295

prabhu bale,—"utha utha jagäi-mädhäi haila ämära däsa—ära cintä näi

The Lord said, "Get up. Get up, Jagäi and Mädhäi. Do not worry, for you are My servants.

tumi-dui yata kichu kaìle stavana parama-susatya—kichu nä haya khandana

"The prayers that you have offered are certainly true. No one can refute them.

TEXT 297

e çarire kabhu käro hena nähi haya nityänanda-prasäde sejäniha niçcaya

"What you have experienced is not possible in these bodies. Know for certain that this was simply due to Nityänanda's mercy.

TEXT 298

to'-sabära yata papa muìi niluì saba säksäte dekhaha bhäi, ei anubhava"

"I have personally taken charge of your sinful reactions. O brothers, see for yourselves."

Mahäprabhu said, "O brothers, I have accepted the sinful reac- tions of Jagäi and Mädhäi. You will all see for yourselves."

TEXT 299

dui-jana-çaìre pätaka nähi ära ihä bujhäite hailä käliyä-äkära

In order to demonstrate that there were no more sins remain- ing in the bodies of those two, the Lord's body turned blackish.

Since all the sinful reactions of Jagäi and Mädhäi took shelter in the body of Mahäprabhu, His body turned black. Advaita Prabhu said, "Gaurasundara is looking exactly like Çré Gokulacandra."

TEXT 300

prabhu bale,—"tomarä ämäre dekha kena?" advaita balaye,—"çì-gokulacandra yena"

"The Lord said, "How do I look?" Advaita replied, "You look just like Çré Gokulacandra."

Here the word hena means "how."