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.