Shri Chaitanya-bhagavata
Madhya-khanda -
By
Vyasa Avatara Shrila Vrindavana dasa Thakura
Chapter Five: Lord Nityänanda's Vyäsa Püjä Ceremony and His Darçana of the Lord's Six-armed Form
TEXT 151
ei
nityanandera sad-bhuja-darasana iha ye sunaye,
tara bandha-vimocana
One who
hears this narration of Nityananda's seeing the six- armed form of the Lord is freed from material bondage.
TEXT 152
bahya pai'
nityananda karena krandane mahanadi vahe
did kamala nayane
After regaining external consciousness,
Nityananda began to cry. It appeared
that a great river was flowing from His two lotus
eyes.
TEXT 153
saba prati
mahaprabhu balila vacana "purna haila
xyasa-puja, karaha kirtana"
Thereafter
Mahaprabhu instructed everyone, "Now that the Vyasa-puja ceremony is completed, begin kirtana."
Mahaprabhu
said, "After Sri Nityananda, the foremost devotee, finished His worship, the Vyasa-puja ceremony is
complete. Now all the devotees should
perform kirtana." Many people consider Sri \ yasadeva as an ordinary devotee and the spiritual master and
the Vaisnavas as mortal beings and thus
become inattentive in their worship. For this reason Sri Nityananda exhibited the pastime of
worshiping Gaura along with the devotees
headed by Srivasa.
TEXT 154
paiya
prabhura ajìa sabe anandita caudike uthila
krsna-dhvani acambita
On
receiving the Lord's order, everyone became jubilant. Sud- denly the sound of Krsna's names vibrated in all
directions.
TEXT 155
nityananda-gauracandra
nace eka-thaìi maha-matta dui bhai, karo
bahya nai
As
Nityananda and Gauracandra danced together, the two brothers became fully intoxicated and forgot
Themselves.
TEXT 156
sakala
vaisnava hailaanande vihxala xyasa-pujamahotsaxa mahakutuhala
All the Vaisnavas became overwhelmed in
ecstasy. In this way the ceremony of
Vyasa-puja was joyfully performed.
TEXT 157
keha nace,
keha gaya, keha gadi' yaya sabei carana
dhare, ye yahara paya
Some
danced, some sang, and some rolled on the ground. Some devotees tried to catch hold of other's feet.
By taking
the dust from each other's feet, the Vaisnavas express their humility. Materialistic persons who are
bewildered by false ego demand respect
from others in order to establish their prestige. A Vaisnava is amani, or free from the desire for respect
from others, therefore they do not
endeavor to increase their prestige like ig- norant materialistic people. That is why the Vaisnava respects a
humble knowledgable brahmana who from
the viewpoint of a maha- bhagavata sees a dog, a dog-eater, a cow, and an ass as equal. Those
with dualistic vision can never be
called knowers of Brahman. In other words, they are unqualified for understanding advaya-jìana,
the Absolute Truth. Lord Visnu is
situated within every living entity and within every material atom, which are therefore temples of Lord
Hari. This principle is not understood
by so-called brahmanas who are victimized by the three modes of material nature. Only the Vaisnavas
can act as their spiritual masters and
instruct them in Vedic mantras.
yasya deve
para bhaktir yatha deve tatha gurau tasyaite kathita hy arthah prakasante mahatmanah
"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."
The confidential truths of the Vedas are not manifested to those with biased vision that is the result
of the intricacies of external
knowledge. Material conceptions cannot lead one to Vaikuntha. The conditioned souls, who are bewildered by maya,
are non-Vaisnavas, and the liberated
souls are transcendental, or Vaisnavas. Therefore they constantly realize their respective con-
ditioned and liberated positions. The
Vaisnavas are more humble
than the straw in the street, more tolerant
than a tree, free from the desire for
respect, and always ready to offer respect to others, in this way they always serve Krsna by glorifying His
holy names.
TEXT 158
caitanya-prabhura
mata—jagatera ai nibhrte vasiya raìga
dekhena tathai
The mother
of Lord Caitanya is the mother of the universe. She watched the entire incident from a solitary place.
Sacidevi,
the mother of Sri Caitanyadeva, is worshipable by all the residents of the universe. She saw the
transcendental pastimes of
Gaura-Nityananda while sitting in a solitary place and considered both
of Them her sons.
TEXT 159
visvambhara-nityananda
dekhena yahhane 'dui jana mora putra'
hena vase mane
Whenever
mother Saci saw Visvambhara and Nityananda, she
considered, "These two are my sons."
TEXT 160
vyasa-puja-mahotsava
parama udara ananta-prabhu se pare iha
varnibara
The
Vyasa-puja ceremony was the most blessed event. Only Lord Ananta is capable of describing it.
TEXT 161
sutra
kari' hahi hichu caitanya-carita ye-te-mate krsna gahuei haya hita
I am only
trying to describe some of Lord Caitanya's charac- teristics in the form of codes, for one is benefited by
glorifying Krsna in any way.
While worshiping Sri Vyasa, while worshiping
the acaryas, while worshiping exalted
human beings, and while worshiping various
incarnations of Krsna, one worships the chanting of Krsna's names and thus benefits the entire universe.
TEXT 162
dina-avasesa
haila vyasa-puja-range nacena vaisnavagana
visvambhara-saìge
The entire
day was passed in the happiness of the Vyasa-puja ceremony as all the devotees danced in the association
of Visvambhara.
TEXT 163
parama
anande matta bhagavata-gana 'ha krsna'
baliya sabe karena krandana
All the
exalted devotees became intoxicated with ecstasy and cried while exclaiming, "O Krsna."
TEXT 164
ei mate
mja bhakti-yoga prakasiya sthira haila
visvambhara sarva-gana laiya
After revealing the truth of His own
devotional service in this way,
Visvambhara and His associates became peaceful.
The
processes of devotional service are innumerable. Sri Gaurasundara revealed one of the processes of devotional
service by conducting Sri Vyasa-puja.
TEXT 165
thakura
pandita-prati bale visvambhara "vyasera
naivedya saba anaha satvara"
Visvambhara
said to Srivasa Pandita, "Now bring the remnants of the foods offered to Vyasadeva."
TEXT 166
tata-ksane
anilena sarva-upahara apanei prabhu
haste dilena sabara
Srivasa
Pandita then immediately brought all the foodstuffs before the Lord, who served everyone those remnants with
His own hands.
TEXT 167
prabhura
hastera dravya pai tata-ksana anande
bhojana hare bhagavata-gana
Being
served by the hands of the Lord, all the exalted devotees happily honored those remnants.
TEXT 168
yateka
achila sei badira bhitare sabare dakiya prabhu
dila nija kare
The Lord
called everyone who was inside the house and per- sonally gave them prasada.
TEXT 169
brahmadi
paiya yaha bhagya-hena mane taha paya
vaisnavera dasa-dasi-gane
Those
servants and maidservants of the Vaisnavas thus received that which the demigods headed by Brahma feel for- tunate to obtain.
When
Brahma and the other demigods receive the remnants of the Lord's foodstuffs they feel great
satisfaction. The servants of the
Vaisnavas obtained that supreme mercy, which is generally attained by exalted personalities. Although the servants
and maidservants of the Vaisnavas were
without piety, due to the association of the devotees they attained the Lord's mercy that is rarely
attained by the demigods headed by
Brahma.
TEXT 170
e saba
kautuka yata srivasera ghare etehe srivasabhagya he halite pare
All these
wonderful pastimes took place at the house of Srivasa. Therefore who can describe Srivasa's good
fortune?
TEXT 171
ei-mata
nana dine nana se kautuhe navadvipe haya,
nahi jane sarva-lohe
In this
way, various pastimes were regularly performed in Navadvipa, but the people were not aware of them.
TEXT 172
sri
krsna-caitanya nityananda-canda jana vrndavanadasa tachu pada-yuge gana
Accepting
Sri Caitanya and Nityananda Prabhu as my life and soul, I, Vrndavana dasa, sing the glories of Their
lotus feet.
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