Shri Chaitanya-bhagavata
Madhya-khanda -
By
Vyasa Avatara Shrila Vrindavana dasa Thakura
Chapter Four: The Revelation of Nityänanda's Glories
TEXT 1
tutxananda-sammukhe
rahi'ui vi• vambhara cinilena nityananda
apana isvara
As
Visvambhara stood in front of Nityananda, Nityananda recognized His worshipable Lord.
TEXT 2
harise
stambhita haila nityananda-raya eka-drsti hai'
visvambhara-rupa caya
Nityananda
became stunned in ecstasy as He stared at the beautiful form of Visvambhara.
TEXT 3
rasanaya
lihe yena, darasane pana bhuje yena
aliìgana, nasihaye ghrana
He
appeared to be licking that beautiful form with His tongue, drinking it with His eyes, embracing it with His arms,
and smell- ing it with His nose.
On seeing
the beautiful form of Gaurasundara, Nityananda dis- played the pastime of relishing that form as if by
licking it with His tongue, drinking it
with His eyes, embracing it with His arms, and smelling it with His nose.
TEXT 4
ei-mata
nityananda haiya stambhita na bale, na kare
kichu, sabei xismita
In this
way, Nityananda became stunned. He neither spoke nor did anything. Everyone there was astonished.
TEXT 5
bujhilena
sarva-prananatha gaura-raya nityananda
janaite srjila upaya
Lord
Gauranga, the life and soul of all, then devised some means of revealing the identity of Nityananda
Gaurasundara.
the Lord of everyone's heart, understood Nityananda's service propensity. Thinking oi a means to
reveal His own form to Nityananda, He
told Srivasa Pandita to recite a verse glorifying the beautiful form of Krsna.
TEXT 6
iìgite
srixasa-prati balila thakure bhagaxatera eka
sloka patha karibare
The Lord
indicated that Srivasa should recite a verse from Srimad
Bhagavatam.
TEXT 7
prabhura
iìgita bujhi' srivdsa pandita krsna-dhyana
eka sloka padila txarita
Understanding
the Lord's gesture, Srivasa Pandita immedi- ately recited a verse in glorification of Krsna's
characteristics.
TEXT 8
barhapidam
nata-xara-xapuh kaniayoh karnikaram bibhrad
xasah kanaka-kapisath xaijayantim ca malam
randhran
xenor adhara-sudhayapurayan gopa-xmdair
xrndaranyam sxa-pada-ramanam praxisad gxta-kirtih
"Wearing
a peacock-feather ornament upon His head, blue karnikara flowers on His ears, a yellow garment as
brilliant as gold, and the Vaijayanti
garland, Lord Krsna exhibited His transcendental form as the greatest of dancers as He entered the forest
of Vrndavana, beautifying it with the
marks of His footprints. He filled the holes of His flute with the nectar of His lips, and the cowherd boys sang
His glories."
TEXT 9
suni'
matra nityananda sloka-uccarana padila murchita
haìa—nahiha cetana
As soon as
Nityananda heard this verse, He fell unconscious to the ground.
TEXT 10
TEXT 6
anande
murchita haila nityananda-raya "pada, pada" srixasere gauraìga sihhaya
As Lord Nityananda lost consciousness in
ecstasy, Gauraìga instructed Srivasa to
continue reciting.
TEXT 11
sloka iuìV
kata-ksane haila cetana tabe prabhu
lagilena karite krandana
Hearing
the verses for some time, He regained His conscious- ness and began to cry.
TEXT 12
punah
punah sloka suni' badaye unmada brahmanda
bhedaye hena suni' sirìha-nada
His
madness increased as He heard the continual recitation of verses. He roared so loudly that the sound pierced the
universe.
TEXT 13
alaksite
antatikse padaye achada
sabe mane
bha\e, kiba curna haila hada
He
suddenly jumped in the air and fell forcefully to the ground. Everyone there thought that His bones were smashed.
The word
alaksite means "unnoticed by people." Those who were watching could not imagine beforehand that by
hearing those verses such a situation
would arise.
The word
antarikse means "above the surface of the earth," "in the
air" or "while jumping."
TEXT 14
anyera ki
daya, vaisnavera lage bhaya "raksa krsna,
raksa krsna" sabe saìaraya
What to
speak of others, even the Vaisnavas were frightened. They prayed, "O Krsna, please protect
Him."
TEXT 15
gadagadi
yaya prabhu prthivira tale kalevara puma
haila nayanera jale
As the
Lord rolled on the ground. His entire body became wet with tears of love.
TEXT 16
visvambhara-mukha
cahi' chade ghana-svasa antare ananda,
hsane hsane maha-hasa
He sighed
deeply while looking at the face of Visvambhara. His heart was full of ecstasy, and He repeatedly laughed
loudly.
TEXT 17
ksane
nrtya, ksane nata, ksane bahutala ksane yodayoda- lampha dci dekhi hhala
One moment
He danced, one moment He bowed down, one moment He clapped His hands, and one moment He jumped
wonderfully with His feet together.
The word
bahutala refers to the sound made by wrestlers as they slap their arms in the wrestling arena.
The phrase
yoda-yoda-lampha means "jumping with one's legs together." Another reading for this
phrase is ghoda-ghoda-lampha, which
means 'jumping like a horse."
TEXT 18
dekhiya
adbhuta krsna-unmada-ananda sakala
vaisnava-saìge kande gauracandra
Seeing His
amazing ecstatic madness in love of Krsna, Gauracandra and all the Vaisnavas began to cry.
TEXT 19
punah punah bade sukha ati amvara dharena
sabai— keha nare dharibara
His happiness constantly increased. Although
they tried to hold Him still, they were
unable.
The word
anivara refers to that which cannot be checked.
TEXT 20
dharite
naiilayadi vaisnaxa-sakale xisxambhara lailena
apanara hole
When all
the Vaisnavas failed to hold Him still, Visvambhara personally took Him on His lap.
TEXT 21
xisxambhara-kole
matra gela nityananda samarpiya prana
tane haila nispanda
As soon as
Nityananda was taken on Visvambhara's lap, He surrendered His life to the Lord and became motionless.
TEXT 22
yara
prana, tane nityananda samarpiyaachena
prabhura hole acesta haiya
Nityananda surrendered His life to whom it
belonged and remained inert in the Lords
lap.
TEXT 23-24
bhase
nityananda caitanyera prema-jale sahti-hata
laksmana ye-hena rama-hole
prana-bhakti-bane
murcha gela nityananda nityananda hole
kari' kaìde gauracandra
Nityananda
floated in the waters of Caitanya's love, just as Laksmana remained in the lap of Ramacandra after being
hit by the sakti-sela arrow. Nityananda
lost consciousness due to being hit by the arrow of ecstatic love. Holding Nityananda on His lap,
Gauracandra began to cry.
Just as Lord Ramacandra took Laksmana on His
lap after He was hit by the sakti-sela
arrow, Gaurasundara took on His lap Nityananda, who was motionless and overwhelmed with ecstasy.
In this case, ecstatic love acted as an
arrow.
TEXT 25
ki
ananda-viraha haila duijane
purve yena
suniyachi sri-rama-laksmane
The
exchange of happiness that the two enjoyed was similar to what is heard of between Rama and Laksmana.
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