Saturday, January 18, 2014

43. Nityananda pastimes from Sri Caitanya Bhagavata with commentary (Madhya 13.126-150)


Shri Chaitanya-bhagavata
Madhya-khanda -
By 
Vyasa Avatara Shrila Vrindavana dasa Thakura
                                                           
Chapter Thirteen

The Deliverance of Jagai and Madhai

TEXT 126
prabhu bale,—"jänoìjänoì sei dui beta khanda khanda karimu äile mora hethà"

The Lord said, "I know these two fellows. If they come here I will cut them to pieces."

nityänanda bale,—"khanda khanda kara tumi se dui thäkite kothä' nä yäiba ami
Nityänanda said, "You may cut them to pieces, but I will not go out as long as they are there.
When Mahäprabhu said that He would cut Jagäi and Mädhäi to pieces, Nityänanda replied, "I will not be able to follow Your order as long as they are alive."
TEXT 128
kisera vä eta tumi karaha badäi age sei dui-jane 'govinda' badäi
"Why do You brag so much? First get these two to chant the name of Govinda.
TEXT 129-130
svabhävei dhärmike balaye 'hrsna' näma e dui vikarma bai nähi jäne äna
e dui uddhäroì yadi diyä bhakti-däna tabejäni 'pätaki-pävana' hena näma
"A pious person naturally chants the name of Krsna, but these two do not know anything other than sinful activities. If You deliver these two by awarding them devotional service, then I will know that You are Patita-pävana, the deliverer of the fallen.
"Pious persons naturally chant the names of Krsna, but these two are not candidates for accepting any good instructions and are only interested in sinful activities. If You can induce these two to chant the name of Govinda, then the glories of Your name, Patita-pävana, will be protected and Your words will prove meaningful."
TEXT 131
ämäre täriyä yata tomära mahimä tatodhika e du'yera uddhärera slmä"

"The deliverance of these two will certainly be more glorious than the deliverance of Me."

TEXT 132
häsï bale viçvambhara,—"haila uddhära yei-ksane daraçana päila tomära
Viçvambhara smiled and replied, "They were delivered the moment they got Your darçana.

TEXT 133
viçesa cintaha tumi eteha maìgala aciräte hrsna tära kariba huçala"
"You are so concerned for their benefit that Krsna will soon arrange for their well-being."

TEXT 134
çré-mukhera väkya çunï bhägavata-gana 'jaya jaya' hari-dhvani harilä tahhana
On hearing these words from the lotus mouth of the Lord, all the devotees chanted, "Jaya! Jaya! Hari! Hari!"

TEXT 135
'haila uddhära',—sabe mänilä hrdaye advaitera sthäne haridäsa hatha hake
They were all convinced that the two were already delivered. Haridäsa then went before Advaita and spoke as follows.

TEXT 136
"caìcalera saìge prabhu ämäre päthäya 'ami thähi hothä, se vä hon dike yäyaT
"The Lord sends me with this restless person. He leaves me behind and who knows where He goes?

varsäte jähnavì-jale kumbhéra vedäya säìtära ediyä tare dharibäre yäya
"During the rainy season there are many crocodiles in the Ganges, and He goes swimming in the waters to catch them.

TEXT 138
küle thäkï däka pädï kari 'häya häya' sakala-gaìgära mäjhe bhäsiyä vedäya
"In great anxiety I call Him loudly from the riverbank, but He continually floats around in the waters of the Ganges.

TEXT 139
yadi vä külete uthe bälaha dekhiyä mäìbära tare çiçu yäya khedädiyä
"If He sees some boys, He comes out of the water and chases them to beat them.

TEXT 140
tära pitä-mätä äise hate theìgä laiyä tä'-sabä' päthäi ami carane dhariyä
"When their parents come with sticks in their hands, I fall at their feet and send them back.

TEXT 141
goyäìära ghrta-dadhi laiyä paläya ämäre dhariyä tärä märibäre cäya
"He steals butter and yogurt from the cowherd men and flees, and they catch me and want beat me.

TEXT 142
sei se karaye karma—yei yukti nahe kumäré dekhiyä bale,—more vivähiye

"Whatever He does is unreasonable. When He sees an unmar- ried girl He tells her, 'Marry Me.'

TEXT 143
cadiyä sändera péthe 'mahesa' boläya parera gäbhéra dugdha duhï duhï khäya
"He rides on the back of an ox and declares that He is Maheça. He takes milk from other's cows and drinks it.

TEXT 144
ami çikhäüe gäli pädaye tomäre 'ki karite pare tora advaita ämäre?
"When I try to teach Him something, He abuses me and says, 'What can your Advaita do to Me?

TEXT 145
'caitanya balis yäre 'thäkura' kaìyä se vä ki karite pare ämäre äsiyä?'
'"And Çré Caitanya, whom you consider the Lord, what can He do to Me?'

TEXT 146
kichui nä kahi ami thäkurera sthäne daiva-yoge äji raksä päila paräne
"I have not said anything about this to the Lord, but today my life has been saved by providence.

TEXT 147
mahä-mätoyäla dui pathe padï ache krsna-upadeça giyä kahe tära käche
"There were two great drunkards lying in the street, and He went before them to preach Krsna's instructions.

mahäkrodhe dhäiyä äüa märìbära jïvana-raksära hetu—prasäda tomära"

"In great anger they rushed to kill us. It is Your mercy that our lives have been saved."

TEXT 149-150
häsiyä advaita bale,—"kona citra nahe madyapera ucita—madyapa-saìga haye
tina mätoyäla-saìga ekatra ucita naisthika haiyä kene tumi tära bhita?

Advaita smiled and said, "This is not at all astonishing, for drunkards should associate with other drunkards. It befitting that the three drunkards were together. But, being a celibate, why were you there?
After informing Advaita Prabhu about Nityänanda's various rest- less activities, Haridäsa brought up the topics of Jagäi and Mädhäi and said that Nityananda became an object of the two drunkards' anger when He tried to preach Krsna's instructions to them. "Today we were able to save our lives from the hands of those two rogues simply by Your mercy." In reply to this, Advaita Prabhu said, "O Haridäsa, Çréla Nityananda Prabhu is intoxicated from drinking the the liquor of love for Krsna, whereas Jagäi and Mädhäi are intoxi- cated from drinking ordinary wine. Therefore it is befitting that the three associate together. Since you are attached to the Supreme Lord, you should not go near them."


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