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.