20200809 Sri Krishna Caitanya Book

Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book Compilation

By His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on 9^th August 2020 in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur, India

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
paramānandaṁ mādhavaṁ śrī caitanya iśvaram
hariḥ oṁ tat sat

Introduction: So, we continue with this pastime of Lord Caitanya, is preparing to take sannyāsa and leave Navadvīpa. So this is a very difficult pastime. Lord Caitanya said that He was coming for three purposes – first purpose was to establish the saṅkīrtana process and liberate the fallen souls. Second purpose was to experience the love of the devotees for Kṛṣṇa, because, if you remember, Rukmiṇī-devī told Kṛṣṇa that He knew everything, “You know what Brahmā is doing in Satya-loka, what Śiva is doing in Kailāsa, but there is one thing He doesn’t know that Rādhārāṇī knows, Rukmiṇī knows”, but He didn’t know. He was surprised to hear that there was something He didn’t know. He wanted to know what that was. And Rukmiṇī replied, “You don’t know how much Your devotee loves You. And in what way we love You. I know, Rādhārāṇī knows, but You don’t know.” So, one of His purposes of this avatāra as Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu was to experience the love of the devotee for Him. To do that He had to become His own devotee, and it seems that now Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu has started the saṅkīrtana movement, and He is now concentrating on the second purpose. Although He will do the first purpose, but the focus is more on the second purpose. Today’s chapter is:

Grief-stricken with Love Śacī Preaches to Viśvambhara Like Kauśalyā Instructing Rāmacandra

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.1

ei anumāne jānājāni kathā
sannyāsa karibe putra śune śacīmātā

Jayapatākā Swami: Mother Śacī had guessed, hearing the rumors, that her son would accept sannyāsa.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 27.18

śacīmātāra sannyāsa-vārtā śravaṇa o prabhura nikaṭa vilāpaparamparā e sakala yateka ākhyāna

paramparā e sakala yateka ākhyāna
śuniyāśacīra dehe nāhi rahe prāṇa

Jayapatākā Swami: As the news spread from person to person, eventually, mother Śacī heard, and she became practically lifeless.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 27.19

prabhura sannyāsa śuni' śacī-jagan-mātā
hena duḥkha janmila nā jāne āche kothā

Jayapatākā Swami: Mother Śacī, the mother of the whole universe, when she heard that Lord Gaurāṅga would take sannyāsa, she became so distressed. Her distress was burning her, that she forgot where she was.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 27.20

mūrcchita haiyā kṣaṇe paḍe pṛthivīte
niravadhi dhārā vahe, nā pāre rākhite

Jayapatākā Swami: She repeatedly became unconscious and fell to the ground. She was unable to control the incessant flow of tears from her eyes.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.2

ākāśa bhāṅgiyā paḍe mastaka-upara
acetana hailā śacī murcchita antara

Jayapatākā Swami: It was as if the sky had fallen on her head. Mother Śacī lost her consciousness, her heart was overcome.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.3

unmatī pāgalī śacī beḍāya caudige
yāre dekhe tāre puche saba navadvīpe

Jayapatākā Swami: Mother Śacī became like a mad, wild woman. She went everywhere, in the four directions. Whoever she saw in Navadvīpa, she asked, whether they had heard the rumor about Lord Gaurāṅga taking sannyāsa.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.4

niścaya jānila-putra kariba sannyāsa
viśvambharera kāche giyā chaḍiye niśvāsa

Jayapatākā Swami: Being certain that her son was going to accept sannyāsa, she approached Lord Viśvambhara, she heavily sighed.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 27.21

vasiyā āchena prabhu kamala-locana
kahite lāgilā śacī kariyā krandana

Jayapatākā Swami: Lord Gaurāṅga, who had lotus eyes, was sitting at home. Mother Śacī began to speak to Him, crying.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.5

tumi mātra putra mora dehe eka āṁkhi
tore nā dekhile andhakāramaya dekhi

Jayapatākā Swami: “You are my only son. Like my body has one eye. If I cannot see You, I will see only blinding darkness.”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.6

lokamukhe śuni bāpu karibe sannyāsa
mora muṇḍe bhāṅgi yena paḍila ākāśa

Jayapatākā Swami: “I heard from the mouths of people, that my son would accept sannyāsa. This news is like the sky falling and breaking my head.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 27.22

bhāṭiyārī-rāga

nā yāiya nā yāiya bāpa, māyere chāḍiyā
pāpa jīu āche tora śrī-mukha cāhiyā

Jayapatākā Swami: “My dear son, don’t leave, don’t leave! Don’t leave Your mother! This sinful person is only surviving by looking at Your lotus face!”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.7

ekākinī anāthinī-āra keha nāhi
sakala pāśari eka tora mukha cāhi

Jayapatākā Swami: “I am all alone. I am a widow, without anyone else. Forgetting everything, I gaze on Your face.”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.8

nayanera tārā mora kulera pradīpa
tomā putre bhāgyavatī bole navadvīpa

Jayapatākā Swami: “You are like the stars of the eyes, the light of our family. Everyone in Navadvīpa tells me that you are a very fortunate mother, to have such a son.”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.9

nā ghucāha āre putra mora ahaṅkāra
tumi nā thākile loke haba chārakhāra

Jayapatākā Swami: “O my dear son! Don’t destroy my pride in You. If You don’t stay, my whole world will be burnt to ashes.”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.10

bhāgya māne ye jana dekhe mora mukha
ekhana āmāre dekhi haiba vimukha

Jayapatākā Swami: “When everyone sees my face, they think how fortunate I am. But when they see now, everyone will turn his face away.”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.11

tumi hena putra mora e saṁsāre dhania
tomā nā dekhile mora sakali araṇya

Jayapatākā Swami: “Having such a son as You, has made this world of birth and death, fortunate for me. If I am not able to see You, my whole world will become like a forest or jungle.”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.12

dukha diyā abhāgīre chāḍi yābe tumi
gaṅgāya praveśa kari mari yāba āmi

Jayapatākā Swami: “If You leave me giving me great pain, an unfortunate lady, and go away, I will drown myself in the Ganges and die.”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.13

ehena komala-pāye kemane hāṁṭibe
kṣudhāya tṛṣṇāya alpa kāhāre māgibe

Jayapatākā Swami: “How will Your soft lotus feet walk in many distant places? When You are hungry and thirsty, from whom will You beg Your food?”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.14

nanīra putalī tanu-raudrete milāya
kemane sahiba ihā e dukhinī māya

Jayapatākā Swami: “Your body is soft like butter. How will it bear the burning sunshine? How will I, Your sorrowful mother, how will I tolerate this?”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.15

hāputira puta mora soṇāra nimāi
āmāre chāḍiyā tumi yābe kona ṭhāi

Jayapatākā Swami: “My dear son! Oh son, Oh My golden Nimāi! Leaving me, where will You go?”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.16

viṣa khāñā mari yāba tora vidyamāna
tomāra sannyāsa yena nā śuniye kāṇe

Jayapatākā Swami: In Your presence, I will take poison and die, and with my ears, I will never hear that You have accepted sannyāsa. We are seeing the extreme love of mother Śacī. Who is practically speaking like a mad woman. She has so much emotion and love for Lord Caitanya. She cannot think how she will live without His presence. And she is speaking very plaintively and sorrowfully.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.17

āmāre māriyā vāpu yāibe videśe
āguni jāliyā tāthe kariba praveśe

Jayapatākā Swami: “My dear son, before You go to the foreign countries, first I will die, I will enter fire and die in its flames.”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.18

sarvajīve dayā tora more akaruṇa
nā jāni ki lāgi mere vidhātā dāruṇa

Jayapatākā Swami: “You are merciful to all the fallen souls, all the living entities. Only to me, You are not merciful. I do not know, why the creator Lord Brahmā, gave me such a terrible fate!”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.19

rūpe guṇe śīle putra tri-jagata-dhanya
kāminī-mohana veśa—keśera lāvaṇya

Jayapatākā Swami: “My dear son, You are handsome, virtuous character, and righteous. You are glorious in the three worlds, Your appearance charms all beautiful women, Your hair is beautiful.”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.20

skandha-vilambita keśe mālatī vāndhiyā
juḍāya parāṇa mora se veśa dekhiyā

Jayapatākā Swami: Your beautiful hair, decorated with jasmine flowers, falls upon Your shoulders. Seeing Your auspicious appearance, soothes my life.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 27.23-24

(gaurāṅga he!)—

kamala-nayana tora śrī-candra-vadana
adhara suraṅga, kunda-mukutā-daśana

amiyā varikhe yena sundara vacana
nā dekhi vāṅciba ki se gajendra-gamana

Translation: “How will I survive without seeing Your lotus eyes, Your moonlike face, Your reddish lips, Your pearly teeth resembling kunda flowers, or Your elephant like gait? And how will I survive, without hearing Your words that shower nectar?”

The face of Śrī Gaura Hari has been compared to the moon, His teeth have been compared to kunda flowers or pearls, and His every step has been compared to the walking of the elephant.

Jayapatākā Swami: We can see how mother Śacī is meditating on the auspicious features of Lord Gaurāṅga. How she is thinking, without seeing her divine son, how it would be impossible for her to survive. So actually, seeing the qualities of the Lord, it is incomparable. So, if we can also be absorbed in this meditation of the beautiful features of Lord Gaurāṅga, we may awaken some love in our hearts. But for mother Śacī, to think of being separated from her son, as she is meditating on all His divine qualities, she is finding it very, very difficult, or I would say, she is practically, lamenting like a mad woman, in love of Lord Caitanya, her divine son.

So, there are 25 more verses and we will continue tomorrow.