CHAPTER THIRTEEN
The Ecstatic Dancing of the Lord at Ratha-yātrā
A summary of this chapter is given by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya as follows. After bathing early in the morning, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw the deities (Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā) get aboard their three cars. This function is called Pāṇḍu-vijaya. At that time, King Pratāparudra took a broom with a golden handle and began to cleanse the road. Lord Jagannātha took permission from the goddess of fortune and then started in the car for the Guṇḍicā temple. The road to the temple led along a broad, sandy beach, and on both sides of the road were residential quarters, houses and gardens. Along that road the servants called gauḍas began to pull the cars. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu divided His saṅkīrtana party into seven divisions. With two mṛdaṅgas in each division, there were altogether fourteen mṛdaṅgas. While performing kīrtana, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exhibited various symptoms of transcendental ecstasy, and Jagannātha and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exchanged Their feelings very blissfully. When the cars reached the place known as Balagaṇḍi, the devotees offered the deities simple food. At this time, in a nearby garden, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees took a brief rest from the dancing.
Bengali
যেনাসীজ্জগতাং চিত্রং জগন্নাথোঽপি বিস্মিতঃ ॥ ১ ॥
Text
śrī-rathāgre nanarta yaḥ
yenāsīj jagatāṁ citraṁ
jagannātho ’pi vismitaḥ
Synonyms
saḥ — He; jīyāt — may live long; kṛṣṇa-caitanyaḥ — Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; śrī-ratha-agre — in the front of the car; nanarta — danced; yaḥ — who; yena — by whom; āsīt — there was; jagatām — of the whole universe; citram — wonder; jagannāthaḥ — Lord Jagannātha; api — also; vismitaḥ — was astonished.
Translation
May the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, who danced in front of the car of Śrī Jagannātha, be all glorified! By seeing His dancing, not only was the whole universe held in wonder, but Lord Jagannātha Himself became very much astonished.
Bengali
জয়াদ্বৈতচন্দ্র জয় গৌরভক্তবৃন্দ ॥ ২ ॥
Text
jayādvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vṛnda
Synonyms
Translation
All glories to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Prabhu Nityānanda! All glories to Advaitacandra! And all glories to the devotees of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu!
Bengali
রথযাত্রায় নৃত্য প্রভুর পরম মোহন ॥ ৩ ॥
Text
ratha-yātrāya nṛtya prabhura parama mohana
Synonyms
Translation
All glories to the listeners of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta! Please hear the description of the dancing of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu at the Ratha-yātrā festival. His dancing is very enchanting. Please hear of it with great attention.
Bengali
রাত্রে উঠি’ গণ-সঙ্গে কৈল প্রাতঃস্নান ॥ ৪ ॥
Text
rātre uṭhi’ gaṇa-saṅge kaila prātaḥ-snāna
Synonyms
Translation
The next day, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His personal associates got up in the dark and attentively took their early-morning baths.
Bengali
জগন্নাথ যাত্রা কৈল ছাড়ি’ সিংহাসন ॥ ৫ ॥
Text
jagannātha yātrā kaila chāḍi’ siṁhāsana
Synonyms
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His personal associates then went to see the ceremony of Pāṇḍu-vijaya. During this ceremony, Lord Jagannātha leaves His throne and gets up onto the car.
Bengali
মহাপ্রভুর গণে করায় বিজয়-দর্শন ॥ ৬ ॥
Text
mahāprabhura gaṇe karāya vijaya-darśana
Synonyms
āpani — personally; pratāparudra — King Pratāparudra; lañā — taking with him; pātra-gaṇa — his associates; mahāprabhura — of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; gaṇe — associates; karāya — causes; vijaya-darśana — seeing the Pāṇḍu-vijaya ceremony.
Translation
King Pratāparudra in person, as well as his entourage, allowed the Pāṇḍu-vijaya ceremony to be seen by all the associates of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Bengali
সুখে মহাপ্রভু দেখে ঈশ্বর-গমন ॥ ৭ ॥
Text
sukhe mahāprabhu dekhe īśvara-gamana
Synonyms
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His prominent devotees — Advaita Ācārya, Nityānanda Prabhu and others — were very happy to observe how Lord Jagannātha began the Ratha-yātrā.
Bengali
জগন্নাথ বিজয় করায় করি’ হাতাহাতি ॥ ৮ ॥
Text
jagannātha vijaya karāya kari’ hātāhāti
Synonyms
Translation
The very strongly built dayitās [carriers of the Jagannātha Deity] were as powerful as drunken elephants. They manually carried Lord Jagannātha from the throne to the car.
Purport
The word dayitā refers to one who has received the mercy of the Lord. Lord Jagannātha has a number of stalwart servants known as dayitās. These servants do not come from very high-caste families (brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas or vaiśyas), but because they are engaged in the service of the Lord, they have been elevated to a respected position. Thus they are known as dayitās. These servants of Lord Jagannātha take care of the Lord from the day of the Snāna-yātrā up to the time the Lord is carried from the throne to the Ratha car. In the Kṣetra-māhātmya these dayitās are said to come from the śabaras, a caste that keeps and sells pigs. However, among the dayitās there are also many who come from the brāhmaṇa caste. Those dayitās coming from the brāhmaṇa families are called dayitā-patis, or leaders of the dayitās. The dayitā-patis offer food such as sweetmeats to Lord Jagannātha during the anavasara, the resting period after Snāna-yātrā. They also make the early-morning offering of sweetmeats daily. It is said that during the anavasara Lord Jagannātha suffers from fever and that the dayitā-patis offer Him an infusion of drugs represented by fruit juice. It is said that in the beginning Lord Jagannātha was worshiped by the śabaras and was known as the Deity Nīla Mādhava. Later, when the Deity was established in the temple, the Lord became known as Jagannātha. Because the Deities were taken from the śabaras, all the śabara devotees were elevated to the position of dayitās.
Bengali
কতক দয়িতা ধরে শ্রীপদ্ম-চরণ ॥ ৯ ॥
Text
kataka dayitā dhare śrī-padma-caraṇa
Synonyms
Translation
While carrying the Deity of Lord Jagannātha, some of the dayitās took hold of the shoulders of the Lord, and some caught His lotus feet.
Bengali
দুই দিকে দয়িতাগণ উঠায় তাহা ধরি’ ॥ ১০ ॥
Text
dui dike dayitā-gaṇa uṭhāya tāhā dhari’
Synonyms
Translation
The Lord Jagannātha Deity was bound at the waist by a strong, thick rope made of silk. From two sides the dayitās caught hold of this rope and raised the Deity.
Bengali
এক তুলী হৈতে ত্বরায় আর তুলীতে আনে ॥ ১১ ॥
Text
eka tulī haite tvarāya āra tulīte āne
Synonyms
Translation
Strong, puffed-up cotton pads called tulīs were spread out from the throne to the car, and the heavy Deity of Lord Jagannātha was carried from one pillowlike pad to the next by the dayitās.
Bengali
তুলা সব উড়ি’ যায়, শব্দ হয় প্রচণ্ড ॥ ১২ ॥
Text
tulā saba uḍi’ yāya, śabda haya pracaṇḍa
Synonyms
Translation
While the dayitās carried the heavy Jagannātha Deity from one pad to the next, some of the pads broke, and the cotton contents floated into the air. When they broke, they made a heavy cracking sound.
Bengali
আপন ইচ্ছায় চলে করিতে বিহারে ॥ ১৩ ॥
Text
āpana icchāya cale karite vihāre
Synonyms
viśvambhara — the maintainer of the universe; jagannāthe — Lord Jagannātha; ke — who; cālāite — cause to be carried; pāre — can; āpana — personal; icchāya — by His will; cale — moves; karite — to act; vihāre — in pastimes.
Translation
Lord Jagannātha is the maintainer of the whole universe. Who can carry Him from one place to another? The Lord moves by His personal will just to perform His pastimes.
Bengali
নানা-বাদ্য-কোলাহলে কিছুই না শুনি ॥ ১৪ ॥
Text
nānā-vādya-kolāhale kichui nā śuni
Synonyms
Translation
While the Lord was transported from the throne to the car, tumultuous sounds were made on various musical instruments. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was chanting “Maṇimā! Maṇimā!” but He could not be heard.
Purport
The word maṇimā is used to address a respectable person in Orissa. Lord Jagannātha was being respectfully addressed by Śrī Caitanya in this way.
Bengali
সুবর্ণ-মার্জনী লঞা করে পথ সম্মার্জন ॥ ১৫ ॥
Text
suvarṇa-mārjanī lañā kare patha sammārjana
Synonyms
Translation
While the Lord was being carried from the throne to the car, King Pratāparudra personally engaged in the Lord’s service by cleansing the road with a broom that had a golden handle.
Bengali
তুচ্ছ সেবা করে বসি’ রাজ-সিংহাসনে ॥ ১৬ ॥
Text
tuccha sevā kare vasi’ rāja-siṁhāsane
Synonyms
Translation
The King sprinkled the road with sandalwood-scented water. Although he was the owner of the royal throne, he engaged in menial service for the sake of Lord Jagannātha.
Bengali
অতএব জগন্নাথের কৃপার ভাজন ॥ ১৭ ॥
Text
ataeva jagannāthera kṛpāra bhājana
Synonyms
Translation
Although the King was the most exalted respectable person, still he accepted menial service for the Lord; he therefore became a suitable candidate for receiving the Lord’s mercy.
Bengali
মহাপ্রভুর কৃপা হৈল সে-সেবা হইতে ॥ ১৮ ॥
Text
mahāprabhura kṛpā haila se-sevā ha-ite
Synonyms
Translation
Upon seeing the King engaged in such menial service, Caitanya Mahāprabhu became very happy. Simply by rendering this service, the King received the mercy of the Lord.
Purport
Unless one receives the mercy of the Lord, he cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead or engage in His devotional service.
prasāda-leśānugṛhīta eva hi
jānāti tattvaṁ bhagavan-mahimno
na cānya eko ’pi ciraṁ vicinvan
A devotee who has received even a small fraction of the mercy of the Lord can understand Him. Others may engage in theoretical speculation to understand the Lord, but they cannot know anything about Him. Although Mahārāja Pratāparudra was very eager to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Lord refused to see him. But when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw the King engaged in menial service for Lord Jagannātha, He became very happy. Thus the King became eligible to receive Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy. If a devotee accepts Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the universal guru and Lord Jagannātha as the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa, he is benefited by the combined mercy of Kṛṣṇa and guru. That is stated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His instructions to Rūpa Gosvāmī (Cc. Madhya 19.151):
guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja
The seed of devotional service fructifies and becomes a transcendental creeper. Finally it reaches the lotus feet of the Lord in the spiritual sky. This seed is obtained by the mercy of the Lord and the guru. By the Lord’s mercy one gets the association of a bona fide guru, and by the mercy of the guru one gets a chance to render devotional service. Devotional service, the science of bhakti-yoga, carries one from this material world to the spiritual world.
Bengali
নব হেমময় রথ — সুমেরু-আকার ॥ ১৯ ॥
Text
nava hemamaya ratha — sumeru-ākāra
Synonyms
Translation
Everyone was astonished to see the decorations on the Ratha car. The car appeared to be newly made of gold, and it was as high as Mount Sumeru.
Purport
In the year 1973 there was a gorgeous Ratha-yātrā festival in London, England, and the car was brought to Trafalgar Square. The London daily newspaper The Guardian published a front-page photo caption: “ISKCON Ratha-yātrā is rival to the Nelson Column in Trafalgar Square.” The Nelson Column is a very impressive statue of Lord Nelson and can be seen from a good distance. Just as the residents of Purī compared the Ratha-yātrā car to Mount Sumeru, the residents of London considered the car rival to the Nelson Monument.
Bengali
উপরে পতাকা শোভে চাঁদোয়া নির্মল ॥ ২০ ॥
Text
upare patākā śobhe cāṅdoyā nirmala
Synonyms
Translation
The decorations included bright mirrors and hundreds and hundreds of cāmaras [white whisks made of yak tails]. On top of the car were a neat and clean canopy and a very beautiful flag.
Bengali
নানা চিত্র-পট্টবস্ত্রে রথ বিভূষিত ॥ ২১ ॥
Text
nānā citra-paṭṭa-vastre ratha vibhūṣita
Synonyms
Translation
The car was also decorated with silken cloth and various pictures. Many brass bells, gongs and ankle bells rang.
Bengali
আর দুই রথে চড়ে সুভদ্রা, হলধর ॥ ২২ ॥
Text
āra dui rathe caḍe subhadrā, haladhara
Synonyms
Translation
For the pastimes of the Ratha-yātrā ceremony, Lord Jagannātha got aboard one car, and His sister, Subhadrā, and elder brother, Balarāma, got aboard two other cars.
Bengali
তাঁর সঙ্গে ক্রীড়া কৈল নিভৃতে বসিয়া ॥ ২৩ ॥
Text
tāṅra saṅge krīḍā kaila nibhṛte vasiyā
Synonyms
Translation
For fifteen days the Lord had remained in a secluded place with the supreme goddess of fortune and had performed His pastimes with her.
Purport
The fifteen-day period of anavasara is also called nibhṛta, in honor of the solitary place where the supreme goddess of fortune lives. After living there a fortnight, Lord Jagannātha took permission from the goddess of fortune to leave.
Bengali
রথে চড়ি’ বাহির হৈল বিহার করিতে ॥ ২৪ ॥
Text
rathe caḍi’ bāhira haila vihāra karite
Synonyms
Translation
Having taken permission from the goddess of fortune, the Lord came out to ride on the Ratha car and perform His pastimes for the pleasure of the devotees.
Purport
In this connection, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura comments that as an ideal husband, Lord Jagannātha remained fifteen days in a secluded place with His wife, the supreme goddess of fortune. Nonetheless, the Lord wanted to come out of seclusion to give happiness to His devotees. The Lord enjoys Himself in two ways, known as svakīya and parakīya. The Lord’s conjugal love in the svakīya-rasa relates to the regulative principles observed in Dvārakā, where the Lord has many married queens. But in Vṛndāvana the conjugal love of the Lord is not with His married wives but with His girlfriends, the gopīs. Conjugal love with the gopīs is called parakīya-rasa. Lord Jagannātha leaves the secluded place where He enjoys the company of the supreme goddess of fortune in svakīya-rasa, and He goes to Vṛndāvana, where He enjoys the parakīya-rasa. Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura therefore reminds us that the Lord’s pleasure in parakīya-rasa is superior to His pleasure in svakīya-rasa.
In the material world, parakīya-rasa, or loving affairs with unmarried girlfriends, is the most degraded relationship, but in the spiritual world this type of loving affair is considered the supreme enjoyment. In the material world everything is but a reflection of the spiritual world, and that reflection is perverted. We cannot understand the affairs of the spiritual world on the basis of our experience in the material world. The Lord’s pastimes with the gopīs are therefore misunderstood by mundane scholars and word-wranglers. The parakīya-rasa of the spiritual world should not be discussed except by one who is very advanced in pure devotional service. The parakīya-rasa in the spiritual world and that in the material world are not comparable. The former is like gold, and the latter is like iron. Because the difference between the two is so great, they cannot actually be compared. However, just as a knowledgeable person can easily distinguish gold from iron, one who has the proper realization can easily distinguish the transcendental activities of the spiritual world from material activities.
Bengali
দুই দিকে টোটা, সব — যেন বৃন্দাবন ॥ ২৫ ॥
Text
dui dike ṭoṭā, saba — yena vṛndāvana
Synonyms
Translation
The fine, white sand spread all over the path resembled the bank of the Yamunā, and the small gardens on both sides looked just like those in Vṛndāvana.
Bengali
দুইপার্শ্বে দেখি’ চলে আনন্দিত-মন ॥ ২৬ ॥
Text
dui-pārśve dekhi’ cale ānandita-mana
Synonyms
Translation
As Lord Jagannātha rode in His car and saw the beauty on both sides, His mind was filled with pleasure.
Bengali
ক্ষণে শীঘ্র চলে রথ, ক্ষণে চলে মন্দ ॥ ২৭ ॥
Text
kṣaṇe śīghra cale ratha, kṣaṇe cale manda
Synonyms
Translation
The pullers of the car were known as gauḍas, and they pulled with great pleasure. However, the car sometimes went very fast and sometimes very slow.
Bengali
ঈশ্বর-ইচ্ছায় চলে, না চলে কারো বলে ॥ ২৮ ॥
Text
īśvara-icchāya cale, nā cale kāro bale
Synonyms
Translation
Sometimes the car would stand still and not move, even though it was pulled very vigorously. The chariot therefore moved by the will of the Lord, not by the strength of any ordinary person.
Bengali
স্বহস্তে পরাইল সবে মাল্য-চন্দন ॥ ২৯ ॥
Text
svahaste parāila sabe mālya-candana
Synonyms
Translation
As the car stood still, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gathered all His devotees and, with His own hand, decorated them with flower garlands and sandalwood pulp.
Bengali
শ্রীহস্তে চন্দন পাঞা বাড়িল আনন্দ ॥ ৩০ ॥
Text
śrī-haste candana pāñā bāḍila ānanda
Synonyms
Translation
Paramānanda Purī and Brahmānanda Bhāratī were both personally given garlands and sandalwood pulp from the very hands of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. This increased their transcendental pleasure.
Bengali
শ্রীহস্ত-স্পর্শে দুঁহার হইল আনন্দ ॥ ৩১ ॥
Text
śrī-hasta-sparśe duṅhāra ha-ila ānanda
Synonyms
Translation
Similarly, when Advaita Ācārya and Nityānanda Prabhu felt the touch of the transcendental hand of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, They were very pleased.
Bengali
স্বরূপ, শ্রীবাস, — যাহাঁ মুখ্য দুইজন ॥ ৩২ ॥
Text
svarūpa, śrīvāsa, — yāhāṅ mukhya dui-jana
Synonyms
Translation
The Lord also gave garlands and sandalwood pulp to the performers of saṅkīrtana. The two chief performers were Svarūpa Dāmodara and Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura.
Bengali
দুই দুই মার্দঙ্গিক হৈল অষ্ট জন ॥ ৩৩ ॥
Text
dui dui mārdaṅgika haila aṣṭa jana
Synonyms
Translation
There were altogether four parties of kīrtana performers, comprising twenty-four chanters. In each party there were also two mṛdaṅga players, making an additional eight persons.
Bengali
চারি সম্প্রদায় দিল গায়ন বাঁটিয়া ॥ ৩৪ ॥
Text
cāri sampradāya dila gāyana bāṅṭiyā
Synonyms
tabe — after this; mahāprabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; mane — in the mind; vicāra kariyā — considering; cāri sampradāya — four parties; dila — gave; gāyana bāṅṭiyā — dividing the singers.
Translation
When the four parties were formed, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, after some consideration, divided the chanters.
Bengali
চারি জনে আজ্ঞা দিল নৃত্য করিবারে ॥ ৩৫ ॥
Text
cāri jane ājñā dila nṛtya karibāre
Synonyms
nityānanda — Lord Nityānanda; advaita — Advaita Ācārya; haridāsa — Haridāsa Ṭhākura; vakreśvare — Vakreśvara Paṇḍita; cāri jane — to these four persons; ājñā dila — the Lord gave an order; nṛtya karibāre — to dance.
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ordered Nityānanda Prabhu, Advaita Ācārya, Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Vakreśvara Paṇḍita to dance in each of the four respective parties.
Bengali
আর পঞ্চজন দিল তাঁর পালিগান ॥ ৩৬ ॥
Text
āra pañca-jana dila tāṅra pāligāna
Synonyms
Translation
Svarūpa Dāmodara was chosen as the leader of the first party and was given five assistants to respond to his chanting.
Bengali
রাঘব পণ্ডিত, আর শ্রীগোবিন্দানন্দ ॥ ৩৭ ॥
Text
rāghava paṇḍita, āra śrī-govindānanda
Synonyms
Translation
The five who responded to the singing of Svarūpa Dāmodara were Dāmodara Paṇḍita, Nārāyaṇa, Govinda Datta, Rāghava Paṇḍita and Śrī Govindānanda.
Bengali
শ্রীবাস — প্রধান আর সম্প্রদায় কৈল ॥ ৩৮ ॥
Text
śrīvāsa — pradhāna āra sampradāya kaila
Synonyms
Translation
Advaita Ācārya Prabhu was ordered to dance in the first group. The Lord then formed another group with Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura as the chief man.
Purport
In the first group, Dāmodara Svarūpa was appointed chief singer, and the responding singers were Dāmodara Paṇḍita, Nārāyaṇa, Govinda Datta, Rāghava Paṇḍita and Govindānanda. Śrī Advaita Ācārya was appointed as a dancer. The next group was formed, and the chief singer was Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura.
Bengali
শ্রীরাম পণ্ডিত, তাহাঁ নাচে নিত্যানন্দ ॥ ৩৯ ॥
Text
śrī-rāma paṇḍita, tāhāṅ nāce nityānanda
Synonyms
gaṅgādāsa — Gaṅgādāsa; haridāsa — Haridāsa; śrīmān — Śrīmān; śubhānanda — Śubhānanda; śrī-rāma paṇḍita — Śrī Rāma Paṇḍita; tāhāṅ — there; nāce — dances; nityānanda — Lord Nityānanda.
Translation
The five singers who responded to the singing of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura were Gaṅgādāsa, Haridāsa, Śrīmān, Śubhānanda and Śrī Rāma Paṇḍita. Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu was appointed as a dancer.
Bengali
মুকুন্দ — প্রধান কৈল আর সম্প্রদায় ॥ ৪০ ॥
Text
mukunda — pradhāna kaila āra sampradāya
Synonyms
Translation
Another group was formed consisting of Vāsudeva, Gopīnātha and Murāri. All these were responsive singers, and Mukunda was the chief singer.
Bengali
হরিদাস-ঠাকুর তাহাঁ করেন নর্তন ॥ ৪১ ॥
Text
haridāsa-ṭhākura tāhāṅ karena nartana
Synonyms
Translation
Another two persons, Śrīkānta and Vallabha Sena, joined as responsive singers. In this group, the senior Haridāsa [Haridāsa Ṭhākura] was the dancer.
Purport
In the third group, Mukunda was appointed the chief singer. This party was composed of Vāsudeva, Gopīnātha, Murāri, Śrīkānta and Vallabha Sena. The senior Haridāsa (Haridāsa Ṭhākura) was the dancer.
Bengali
হরিদাস, বিষ্ণুদাস, রাঘব, যাহাঁ গায় ॥ ৪২ ॥
Text
haridāsa, viṣṇudāsa, rāghava, yāhāṅ gāya
Synonyms
Translation
The Lord formed another group, appointing Govinda Ghoṣa as leader. In this group the younger Haridāsa, Viṣṇudāsa and Rāghava were the responding singers.
Bengali
নৃত্য করেন তাহাঁ পণ্ডিত-বক্রেশ্বর ॥ ৪৩ ॥
Text
nṛtya karena tāhāṅ paṇḍita-vakreśvara
Synonyms
Translation
Two brothers named Mādhava Ghoṣa and Vāsudeva Ghoṣa also joined this group as responsive singers. Vakreśvara Paṇḍita was the dancer.
Bengali
তাহাঁ নৃত্য করেন রামানন্দ, সত্যরাজ ॥ ৪৪ ॥
Text
tāhāṅ nṛtya karena rāmānanda, satyarāja
Synonyms
Translation
There was a saṅkīrtana party from the village known as Kulīna-grāma, and Rāmānanda and Satyarāja were appointed the dancers in this group.
Bengali
অচ্যুতানন্দ নাচে তথা, আর সব গায় ॥ ৪৫ ॥
Text
acyutānanda nāce tathā, āra saba gāya
Synonyms
śāntipurera — of Śāntipura; ācāryera — of Advaita Ācārya; eka — one; sampradāya — group; acyutānanda — the son of Advaita Ācārya; nāce — dances; tathā — there; āra — the rest; saba — all; gāya — were singing.
Translation
There was another party that came from Śāntipura and was formed by Advaita Ācārya. Acyutānanda was the dancer, and the rest of the men were singers.
Bengali
নরহরি নাচে তাহাঁ শ্রীরঘুনন্দন ॥ ৪৬ ॥
Text
narahari nāce tāhāṅ śrī-raghunandana
Synonyms
khaṇḍera — of the place named Khaṇḍa; sampradāya — party; kare — performs; anyatra — in a different place; kīrtana — chanting; narahari — Narahari; nāce — dances; tāhāṅ — there; śrī-raghunandana — Raghunandana.
Translation
Another party was formed by the people of Khaṇḍa. These people were singing in a different place. In that group, Narahari Prabhu and Raghunandana were dancing.
Bengali
দুই পাশে দুই, পাছে এক সম্প্রদায় ॥ ৪৭ ॥
Text
dui pāśe dui, pāche eka sampradāya
Synonyms
jagannāthera āge — in front of the Deity of Lord Jagannātha; cāri sampradāya gāya — four groups were chanting; dui pāśe — on two sides; dui — another two groups; pāche — at the rear; eka sampradāya — another group.
Translation
Four parties chanted and danced in front of Lord Jagannātha, and on either side was another party. Yet another was at the rear.
Bengali
যার ধ্বনি শুনি’ বৈষ্ণব হৈল পাগল ॥ ৪৮ ॥
Text
yāra dhvani śuni’ vaiṣṇava haila pāgala
Synonyms
Translation
There were altogether seven parties of saṅkīrtana, and in each party two men were beating drums. Thus fourteen drums were being played at once. The sound was tumultuous, and all the devotees became mad.
Bengali
কীর্তনানন্দে সব বর্ষে নেত্র-জল ॥ ৪৯ ॥
Text
kīrtanānande saba varṣe netra-jala
Synonyms
Translation
All the Vaiṣṇavas came together like an assembly of clouds. As the devotees chanted the holy names in great ecstasy, tears fell from their eyes like rain.
Bengali
অন্য বাদ্যাদির ধ্বনি কিছুই না শুনি ॥ ৫০ ॥
Text
anya vādyādira dhvani kichui nā śuni
Synonyms
Translation
When the saṅkīrtana resounded, it filled the three worlds. Indeed, no one could hear any sounds or musical instruments other than the saṅkīrtana.
Bengali
‘জয় জগন্নাথ’, বলেন হস্তযুগ তুলি’ ॥ ৫১ ॥
Text
‘jaya jagannātha’, balena hasta-yuga tuli’
Synonyms
Translation
Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu wandered through all seven groups chanting the holy name, “Hari, Hari!” Raising His arms, He shouted, “All glories to Lord Jagannātha!”
Bengali
এককালে সাত ঠাঞি করিল বিলাস ॥ ৫২ ॥
Text
eka-kāle sāta ṭhāñi karila vilāsa
Synonyms
Translation
Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu then exhibited another mystic power by performing pastimes simultaneously in all seven groups.
Bengali
অন্য ঠাঞি নাহি যা’ন আমারে দয়ায় ॥ ৫৩ ॥
Text
anya ṭhāñi nāhi yā’na āmāre dayāya
Synonyms
Translation
Everyone said, “Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu is present in my group. Indeed, He does not go anywhere else. He is bestowing His mercy upon us.”
Bengali
অন্তরঙ্গ-ভক্ত জানে, যাঁর শুদ্ধভক্তি ॥ ৫৪ ॥
Text
antaraṅga-bhakta jāne, yāṅra śuddha-bhakti
Synonyms
Translation
Actually, no one could see the inconceivable potency of the Lord. Only the most confidential devotees, those in pure, unalloyed devotional service, could understand.
Bengali
সংকীর্তন দেখে রথ করিয়া স্থগিত ॥ ৫৫ ॥
Text
saṅkīrtana dekhe ratha kariyā sthagita
Synonyms
kīrtana dekhiyā — by seeing the performance of saṅkīrtana; jagannātha — Lord Jagannātha; haraṣita — very pleased; saṅkīrtana — performance of saṅkīrtana; dekhe — sees; ratha — the car; kariyā sthagita — stopping.
Translation
Lord Jagannātha was very much pleased by the saṅkīrtana, and He brought His car to a standstill just to see the performance.
Bengali
দেখিতে বিবশ রাজা হৈল প্রেমময় ॥ ৫৬ ॥
Text
dekhite vivaśa rājā haila premamaya
Synonyms
Translation
King Pratāparudra was also astonished to see the saṅkīrtana. He became inactive and was converted to ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa.
Bengali
কাশীমিশ্র কহে, — তোমার ভাগ্যের নাহি সীমা ॥ ৫৭ ॥
Text
kāśī-miśra kahe, — tomāra bhāgyera nāhi sīmā
Synonyms
Translation
When the King informed Kāśī Miśra of the glories of the Lord, Kāśī Miśra replied, “O King, your fortune has no limit!”
Bengali
আর কেহ নাহি জানে চৈতন্যের চুরি ॥ ৫৮ ॥
Text
āra keha nāhi jāne caitanyera curi
Synonyms
sārvabhauma-saṅge — with Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya; rājā — the King; kare — does; ṭhārāṭhāri — indication; āra — further; keha — anyone; nāhi — not; jāne — knows; caitanyera — of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; curi — tricks.
Translation
The King and Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya were both aware of the Lord’s activities, but no one else could see the tricks of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Bengali
কৃপা বিনা ব্রহ্মাদিক জানিবারে নারে ॥ ৫৯ ॥
Text
kṛpā vinā brahmādika jānibāre nāre
Synonyms
Translation
Only a person who has received the mercy of the Lord can understand. Without the Lord’s mercy, even the demigods, headed by Lord Brahmā, cannot understand.
Bengali
সেই ত’ প্রসাদে পাইল ‘রহস্য-দর্শন’ ॥ ৬০ ॥
Text
sei ta’ prasāde pāila ‘rahasya-darśana’
Synonyms
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had been very satisfied to see the King accept the menial task of sweeping the street, and for this humility the King received the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He could therefore observe the mystery of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s activities.
Purport
The mystery of the Lord’s activities is described by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura. Lord Jagannātha was astonished to see the transcendental dancing and chanting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and He stopped His car just to see the dancing. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu then danced in such a mystical way that He pleased Lord Jagannātha. The seer and the dancer were one and the same Supreme Person, but the Lord, being one and many at the same time, was exhibiting the variegatedness of His pastimes. This is the meaning behind His mysterious exhibition. By the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the King could understand how the two of Them were enjoying each other’s activities. Another mysterious exhibition was Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s simultaneous presence in seven groups. By the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the King could understand that also.
Bengali
কে বুঝিতে পারে চৈতন্যচন্দ্রের মায়া ॥ ৬১ ॥
Text
ke bujhite pāre caitanya-candrera māyā
Synonyms
Translation
Although the King had been refused an interview, he was indirectly bestowed causeless mercy. Who can understand the internal potency of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Purport
As Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was playing the part of a world teacher, He did not agree to see the King, because a king is a mundane person interested in money and women. Indeed, the very word “king” suggests one who is always surrounded by money and women. As a sannyāsī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was afraid of both money and women. The very word “king” is repugnant to one who is in the renounced order of life. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu refused to see the King, but indirectly, by the Lord’s causeless mercy, the King was able to understand the Lord’s mysterious activities. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s activities were exhibited sometimes to reveal Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead and sometimes to show Him as a devotee. Both kinds of activities are mysterious and appreciated only by pure devotees.
Bengali
রাজারে প্রসাদ দেখি’ হইলা বিস্ময় ॥ ৬২ ॥
Text
rājāre prasāda dekhi’ ha-ilā vismaya
Synonyms
Translation
When the two great personalities Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and Kāśī Miśra saw Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s causeless mercy upon the King, they were astonished.
Bengali
আপনে গায়েন, নাচা’ন নিজ-ভক্তগণ ॥ ৬৩ ॥
Text
āpane gāyena, nācā’na nija-bhakta-gaṇa
Synonyms
Translation
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed His pastimes for some time in this way. He personally sang and induced His personal associates to dance.
Bengali
কার্য-অনুরূপ প্রভু প্রকাশয়ে শক্তি ॥ ৬৪ ॥
Text
kārya-anurūpa prabhu prakāśaye śakti
Synonyms
Translation
According to His need, the Lord sometimes exhibited one form and sometimes many. This was being executed by His internal potency.
Bengali
ইচ্ছা জানি ‘লীলা শক্তি’ করে সমাধান ॥ ৬৫ ॥
Text
icchā jāni ‘līlā śakti’ kare samādhāna
Synonyms
Translation
Indeed, the Personality of Godhead forgot Himself in the course of His transcendental pastimes, but His internal potency [līlā-śakti], knowing the intentions of the Lord, made all arrangements.
Purport
It is stated in the Upaniṣads:
svābhāvikī jñāna-bala-kriyā ca
“The Supreme Lord has multipotencies, which act so perfectly that all consciousness, strength and activity are being directed solely by His will.” (Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.8)
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exhibited His mystic power in presenting Himself simultaneously in each and every saṅkīrtana group. Most people thought that He was one, but some saw that He was many. The internal devotees could understand that the Lord, although one, was exhibiting Himself as many in the different saṅkīrtana groups. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced, He forgot Himself and was simply absorbed in ecstatic bliss. But His internal potency arranged everything perfectly. This is the difference between the internal and external potency. In the material world, the external potency (material energy) can act only after one endeavors at great length, but when the Supreme Lord desires, everything is performed automatically by the internal potency. By His will, things happen so nicely and perfectly that they appear to be carried out automatically. Sometimes the activities of the internal potency are exhibited in the material world. In fact, all the activities of material nature are actually performed by the inconceivable energies of the Lord, but so-called scientists and students of material nature are unable to understand ultimately how things are happening. They evasively conclude that everything is being done by nature, but they do not know that behind nature is the potent Supreme Personality of Godhead. Lord Kṛṣṇa explains this in the Bhagavad-gītā (9.10):
hetunānena kaunteya jagad viparivartate
“This material nature, which is one of My energies, is working under My direction, O son of Kuntī, producing all moving and nonmoving beings. Under its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.”
Bengali
অলৌকিক লীলা গৌর কৈল ক্ষণে ক্ষণে ॥ ৬৬ ॥
Text
alaukika līlā gaura kaila kṣaṇe kṣaṇe
Synonyms
Translation
Just as Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa formerly performed the rāsa-līlā dance and other pastimes at Vṛndāvana, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed uncommon pastimes moment after moment.
Bengali
শ্রীভাগবত-শাস্ত্র তাহাতে প্রমাণ ॥ ৬৭ ॥
Text
śrī-bhāgavata-śāstra tāhāte pramāṇa
Synonyms
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s dancing before the Ratha-yātrā car could be perceived only by pure devotees. Others could not understand. Descriptions of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s uncommon dancing can be found in the revealed scripture Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
Purport
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa expanded Himself into many forms while engaged in the rāsa-līlā dance, and He also expanded Himself when He married 16,000 wives in Dvārakā. The same process was adopted by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu when He expanded Himself into seven forms to dance in each and every group of the saṅkīrtana party. These expansions were appreciated by pure devotees, including King Pratāparudra. Although for reasons of external formality Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu refused to see King Pratāparudra because he was a king, King Pratāparudra became one of the Lord’s most confidential devotees by the Lord’s special mercy upon him. The King could see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu simultaneously present in all seven groups. As confirmed in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, one cannot see the expansions of the transcendental forms of the Lord unless one is a pure devotee of the Lord.
Bengali
ভাসাইল সব লোক প্রেমের তরঙ্গে ॥ ৬৮ ॥
Text
bhāsāila saba loka premera taraṅge
Synonyms
Translation
In this way Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced in great jubilation and inundated all the people with waves of ecstatic love.
Bengali
তার আগে প্রভু নাচাইল ভক্তগণ ॥ ৬৯ ॥
Text
tāra āge prabhu nācāila bhakta-gaṇa
Synonyms
Translation
Thus Lord Jagannātha mounted His car, and Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu inspired all His devotees to dance in front of it.
Bengali
তার আগে প্রভু যৈছে করিলা নর্তন ॥ ৭০ ॥
Text
tāra āge prabhu yaiche karilā nartana
Synonyms
Translation
Now please hear about Lord Jagannātha’s going to the Guṇḍicā temple while Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced before the Ratha car.
Bengali
আপন-উদ্যোগে নাচাইল ভক্তগণ ॥ ৭১ ॥
Text
āpana-udyoge nācāila bhakta-gaṇa
Synonyms
Translation
The Lord performed kīrtana for some time and, through His own endeavor, inspired all the devotees to dance.
Bengali
সাত সম্প্রদায় তবে একত্র করিল ॥ ৭২ ॥
Text
sāta sampradāya tabe ekatra karila
Synonyms
Translation
When the Lord Himself wanted to dance, all seven groups combined together.
Bengali
হরিদাস, গোবিন্দানন্দ, মাধব, গোবিন্দ ॥ ৭৩ ॥
Text
haridāsa, govindānanda, mādhava, govinda
Synonyms
Translation
The Lord’s devotees — including Śrīvāsa, Rāmāi, Raghu, Govinda, Mukunda, Haridāsa, Govindānanda, Mādhava and Govinda — all combined together.
Bengali
স্বরূপের সঙ্গে দিল এই নব জন ॥ ৭৪ ॥
Text
svarūpera saṅge dila ei nava jana
Synonyms
Translation
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu desired to jump high while dancing, He placed these nine people in the charge of Svarūpa Dāmodara.
Bengali
আর সব সম্প্রদায় চারি দিকে গায় ॥ ৭৫ ॥
Text
āra saba sampradāya cāri dike gāya
Synonyms
Translation
These devotees [Svarūpa Dāmodara and the devotees in his charge] sang along with the Lord, and they also ran beside Him. All the other groups of men also sang.
Bengali
ঊর্ধ্ব মুখে স্তুতি করে দেখি’ জগন্নাথ ॥ ৭৬ ॥
Text
ūrdhva-mukhe stuti kare dekhi’ jagannātha
Synonyms
Translation
Offering obeisances to the Lord with folded hands, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu raised His face toward Jagannātha and prayed as follows.
Bengali
জগদ্ধিতায় কৃষ্ণায় গোবিন্দায় নমো নমঃ ॥ ৭৭ ॥
Text
go-brāhmaṇa-hitāya ca
jagad-dhitāya kṛṣṇāya
govindāya namo namaḥ
Synonyms
namaḥ — all obeisances; brahmaṇya-devāya — to the Lord worshipable by persons in brahminical culture; go-brāhmaṇa — for cows and brāhmaṇas; hitāya — beneficial; ca — also; jagat-hitāya — to one who always is benefiting the whole world; kṛṣṇāya — unto Kṛṣṇa; govindāya — unto Govinda; namaḥ namaḥ — repeated obeisances.
Translation
“ ‘Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is the worshipable Deity for all brahminical men, who is the well-wisher of cows and brāhmaṇas, and who is always benefiting the whole world. I offer my repeated obeisances to the Personality of Godhead, known as Kṛṣṇa and Govinda.’
Purport
This is a quotation from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa (1.19.65).
Bengali
জয়তি জয়তি কৃষ্ণো বৃষ্ণিবংশপ্রদীপঃ ।
জয়তি জয়তি মেঘশ্যামলঃ কোমলাঙ্গো
জয়তি জয়তি পৃথ্বীভারনাশো মুকুন্দঃ ॥ ৭৮ ॥
Text
jayati jayati kṛṣṇo vṛṣṇi-vaṁśa-pradīpaḥ
jayati jayati megha-śyāmalaḥ komalāṅgo
jayati jayati pṛthvī-bhāra-nāśo mukundaḥ
Synonyms
jayati — all glories; jayati — all glories; devaḥ — to the Supreme Personality of Godhead; devakī-nandanaḥ — the son of Devakī; asau — He; jayati jayati — all glories; kṛṣṇaḥ — to Lord Kṛṣṇa; vṛṣṇi-vaṁśa-pradīpaḥ — the light of the dynasty of Vṛṣṇi; jayati jayati — all glories; megha-śyāmalaḥ — to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who looks like a blackish cloud; komala-aṅgaḥ — with a body as soft as a lotus flower; jayati jayati — all glories; pṛthvī-bhāra-nāśaḥ — to the deliverer of the whole world from its burden; mukundaḥ — the deliverer of liberation to everyone.
Translation
“ ‘All glories unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is known as the son of Devakī! All glories to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is known as the light of the dynasty of Vṛṣṇi! All glories to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose bodily luster is like that of a new cloud, and whose body is as soft as a lotus flower! All glories to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who appeared on this planet to deliver the world from the burden of demons, and who can offer liberation to everyone!’
Purport
This is a verse from the Mukunda-mālā (2).
Bengali
যদুবরপরিষৎ স্বৈর্দোর্ভিরস্যন্নধর্মম্ ।
স্থিরচরবৃজিনঘ্নঃ সুস্মিত-শ্রীমুখেন
ব্রজপুরবনিতানাং বর্ধয়ন্ কামদেবম্ ॥ ৭৯ ॥
Text
yadu-vara-pariṣat svair dorbhir asyann adharmam
sthira-cara-vṛjina-ghnaḥ susmita-śrī-mukhena
vraja-pura-vanitānāṁ vardhayan kāma-devam
Synonyms
jayati — eternally lives gloriously; jana-nivāsaḥ — He who lives among human beings like the members of the Yadu dynasty and is the ultimate resort of all living entities; devakī-janma-vādaḥ — known as the son of Devakī (No one can actually become the father or mother of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore devakī-janma-vāda means that He is known as the son of Devakī. Similarly, He is also known as the son of mother Yaśodā, Vasudeva or Nanda Mahārāja.); yadu-vara-pariṣat — served by the members of the Yadu dynasty or the cowherd men of Vṛndāvana (all of whom are constant associates of the Supreme Lord and are the Lord’s eternal servants); svaiḥ dorbhiḥ — by His own arms, or by His devotees like Arjuna, who are just like His own arms; asyan — killing; adharmam — demons or the impious; sthira-cara-vṛjina-ghnaḥ — the destroyer of all the ill fortune of all living entities, moving and not moving; su-smita — always smiling; śrī-mukhena — by His beautiful face; vraja-pura-vanitānām — of the damsels of Vṛndāvana; vardhayan — increasing; kāma-devam — the lusty desires.
Translation
“ ‘Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is He who is known as jana-nivāsa, the ultimate resort of all living entities, and who is also known as Devakī-nandana or Yaśodā-nandana, the son of Devakī and Yaśodā. He is the guide of the Yadu dynasty, and with His mighty arms He kills everything inauspicious, as well as every man who is impious. By His presence He destroys all things inauspicious for all living entities, moving and inert. His blissful smiling face always increases the lusty desires of the gopīs of Vṛndāvana. May He be all-glorious and happy!’
Purport
This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.90.48).
Bengali
নাহং বর্ণী ন চ গৃহপতির্নো বনস্থো যতির্বা ।
কিন্তু প্রোদ্যন্নিখিলপরমানন্দপূর্ণামৃতাব্ধে-
র্গোপীভর্তুঃ পদকমলয়োর্দাসদাসানুদাসঃ ॥ ৮০ ॥
Text
nāhaṁ varṇī na ca gṛha-patir no vanastho yatir vā
kintu prodyan-nikhila-paramānanda-pūrnāmṛtābdher
gopī-bhartuḥ pada-kamalayor dāsa-dāsānudāsaḥ
Synonyms
na — not; aham — I; vipraḥ — a brāhmaṇa; na — not; ca — also; nara-patiḥ — a king or kṣatriya; na — not; api — also; vaiśyaḥ — belonging to the mercantile class; na — not; śūdraḥ — belonging to the worker class; na — not; aham — I; varṇī — belonging to any caste, or brahmacārī (A brahmacārī may belong to any caste. Anyone can become a brahmacārī, or lead a life of celibacy.); na — not; ca — also; gṛha-patiḥ — householder; no — not; vana-sthaḥ — vānaprastha, one who, after retirement from family life, goes to the forest to learn how to be detached from family life; yatiḥ — mendicant or renunciant; vā — either; kintu — but; prodyan — brilliant; nikhila — universal; parama-ānanda — with transcendental bliss; pūrṇa — complete; amṛta-abdheḥ — who is the ocean of nectar; gopī-bhartuḥ — of the Supreme Person, who is the maintainer of the gopīs; pada-kamalayoḥ — of the two lotus feet; dāsa — of the servant; dāsa-anudāsaḥ — the servant of the servant.
Translation
“ ‘I am not a brāhmaṇa, I am not a kṣatriya, I am not a vaiśya or a śūdra. Nor am I a brahmacārī, a householder, a vānaprastha or a sannyāsī. I identify Myself only as the servant of the servant of the servant of the lotus feet of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the maintainer of the gopīs. He is like an ocean of nectar, and He is the cause of universal transcendental bliss. He is always existing with brilliance.’ ”
Purport
This is verse 74 from the Padyāvalī, an anthology of verses compiled by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.
Bengali
যোড়হাতে ভক্তগণ বন্দে ভগবান্ ॥ ৮১ ॥
Text
yoḍa-hāte bhakta-gaṇa vande bhagavān
Synonyms
Translation
Having recited all these verses from scripture, the Lord again offered His obeisances, and all the devotees, with folded hands, also offered prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Bengali
চক্র-ভ্রমি ভ্রমে যৈছে অলাত-আকার ॥ ৮২ ॥
Text
cakra-bhrami bhrame yaiche alāta-ākāra
Synonyms
Translation
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced and jumped high, roaring like thunder and moving in a circle like a wheel, He appeared like a circling firebrand.
Purport
If a burning cinder of a firebrand is whirled about very swiftly, it gives the appearance of a circle of fire. This is called alāta-ākāra or alāta-cakra, a firebrand circle. This whole circle is not actually made of fire but is a single fire in motion. Similarly, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is a single personality, but when He danced and jumped high in a circle, He appeared like the alāta-cakra.
Bengali
সসাগর-শৈল মহী করে টলমল ॥ ৮৩ ॥
Text
sasāgara-śaila mahī kare ṭalamala
Synonyms
Translation
Wherever Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stepped while dancing, the whole earth, with its hills and seas, appeared to tilt.
Bengali
নানা-ভাবে বিবশতা, গর্ব, হর্ষ, দৈন্য ॥ ৮৪ ॥
Text
nānā-bhāve vivaśatā, garva, harṣa, dainya
Synonyms
Translation
When Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced, He displayed various blissful transcendental changes in His body. Sometimes He appeared as though stunned. Sometimes the hairs of His body stood on end. Sometimes He perspired, cried, trembled and changed color, and sometimes He exhibited symptoms of helplessness, pride, exuberance and humility.
Bengali
সুবর্ণ-পর্বত যৈছে ভূমেতে লোটায় ॥ ৮৫ ॥
Text
suvarṇa-parvata yaiche bhūmete loṭāya
Synonyms
Translation
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fell down with a crash while dancing, He would roll on the ground. At such times it appeared that a golden mountain was rolling on the ground.
Bengali
প্রভুরে ধরিতে চাহে আশপাশ ধাঞা ॥ ৮৬ ॥
Text
prabhure dharite cāhe āśa-pāśa dhāñā
Synonyms
Translation
Nityānanda Prabhu would stretch out His two hands and try to catch the Lord when He was running here and there.
Bengali
‘হরিবোল’ ‘হরিবোল’ বলে বার বার ॥ ৮৭ ॥
Text
‘hari-bola’ ‘hari-bola’ bale bāra bāra
Synonyms
Translation
Advaita Ācārya would walk behind the Lord and loudly chant “Haribol! Haribol!” again and again.
Bengali
প্রথম-মণ্ডলে নিত্যানন্দ মহাবল ॥ ৮৮ ॥
Text
prathama-maṇḍale nityānanda mahā-bala
Synonyms
Translation
Just to check the crowds from coming too near the Lord, the devotees formed three circles. The first circle was guided by Nityānanda Prabhu, who is Balarāma Himself, the possessor of great strength.
Bengali
হাতাহাতি করি’ হৈল দ্বিতীয় আবরণ ॥ ৮৯ ॥
Text
hātāhāti kari’ haila dvitīya āvaraṇa
Synonyms
Translation
All the devotees headed by Kāśīśvara and Govinda linked hands and formed a second circle around the Lord.
Bengali
মণ্ডল হঞা করে লোক নিবারণ ॥ ৯০ ॥
Text
maṇḍala hañā kare loka nivāraṇa
Synonyms
Translation
Mahārāja Pratāparudra and his personal assistants formed a third circle around the two inner circles just to check the crowds from coming too near.
Bengali
প্ৰভুর নৃত্য দেখে রাজা আবিষ্ট হঞা ॥ ৯১ ॥
Text
prabhura nṛtya dekhe rājā āviṣṭa hañā
Synonyms
Translation
With his hands on the shoulders of Haricandana, King Pratāparudra could see Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu dancing, and the King felt great ecstasy.
Bengali
রাজার আগে রহি’ দেখে প্রভুর নর্তন ॥ ৯২ ॥
Text
rājāra āge rahi’ dekhe prabhura nartana
Synonyms
Translation
While the King beheld the dancing, Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura, standing in front of him, became ecstatic as he saw the dancing of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Bengali
হস্তে তাঁরে স্পর্শি’ কহে, — হও এক-পাশ ॥ ৯৩ ॥
Text
haste tāṅre sparśi’ kahe, — hao eka-pāśa
Synonyms
Translation
Seeing Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura standing before the King, Haricandana touched Śrīvāsa with his hand and requested him to step aside.
Bengali
বার বার ঠেলে, তেঁহো ক্রোধ হৈল মনে ॥ ৯৪ ॥
Text
bāra bāra ṭhele, teṅho krodha haila mane
Synonyms
Translation
Absorbed in watching Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu dance, Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura could not understand why he was being touched and pushed. After he was pushed again and again, he became angry.
Bengali
চাপড় খাঞা ক্রুদ্ধ হৈলা হরিচন্দন ॥ ৯৫ ॥
Text
cāpaḍa khāñā kruddha hailā haricandana
Synonyms
Translation
Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura slapped Haricandana to stop him from pushing him. In turn, this made Haricandana angry.
Bengali
আপনি প্রতাপরুদ্র নিবারিল তারে ॥ ৯৬ ॥
Text
āpani pratāparudra nivārila tāre
Synonyms
Translation
As the angered Haricandana was about to speak to Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura, Pratāparudra Mahārāja personally stopped him.
Bengali
আমার ভাগ্যে নাহি, তুমি কৃতার্থ হৈলা ॥ ৯৭ ॥
Text
āmāra bhāgye nāhi, tumi kṛtārtha hailā
Synonyms
Translation
King Pratāparudra said, “You are very fortunate, for you have been graced by the touch of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura. I am not so fortunate. You should feel obliged to him.”
Bengali
অন্য আছুক্, জগন্নাথের আনন্দ অপার ॥ ৯৮ ॥
Text
anya āchuk, jagannāthera ānanda apāra
Synonyms
Translation
Everyone was astonished by the dancing of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and even Lord Jagannātha became extremely happy to see Him.
Bengali
অনিমিষ-নেত্রে করে নৃত্য দরশন ॥ ৯৯ ॥
Text
animiṣa-netre kare nṛtya daraśana
Synonyms
Translation
The car came to a complete standstill and remained immobile while Lord Jagannātha, with unblinking eyes, watched the dancing of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Bengali
নৃত্য দেখি’ দুই জনার শ্রীমুখেতে হাস ॥ ১০০ ॥
Text
nṛtya dekhi’ dui janāra śrī-mukhete hāsa
Synonyms
Translation
The goddess of fortune, Subhadrā, and Lord Balarāma both felt great happiness and ecstasy within their hearts. Indeed, they were seen smiling at the dancing.
Bengali
অষ্ট সাত্ত্বিক ভাব উদয় হয় সমকাল ॥ ১০১ ॥
Text
aṣṭa sāttvika bhāva udaya haya sama-kāla
Synonyms
Translation
When Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced and jumped high, eight wonderful transformations indicative of divine ecstasy were seen in His body. All these symptoms were visible simultaneously.
Bengali
শিমুলীর বৃক্ষ যেন কণ্টক-বেষ্টিত ॥ ১০২ ॥
Text
śimulīra vṛkṣa yena kaṇṭaka-veṣṭita
Synonyms
Translation
His skin erupted with goose pimples, and the hairs of His body stood on end. His body resembled the śimulī [silk cotton tree], all covered with thorns.
Bengali
লোকে জানে, দন্ত সব খসিয়া পড়য় ॥ ১০৩ ॥
Text
loke jāne, danta saba khasiyā paḍaya
Synonyms
Translation
Indeed, the people became afraid just to see His teeth chatter, and they even thought that His teeth would fall out.
Bengali
‘জজ গগ’ ‘জজ গগ’ — গদগদ-বচন ॥ ১০৪ ॥
Text
‘jaja gaga’ ‘jaja gaga’ — gadgada-vacana
Synonyms
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s whole body flowed with perspiration and at the same time oozed blood. He made the sounds “jaja gaga, jaja gaga” in a voice choked with ecstasy.
Bengali
আশ-পাশে লোক যত ভিজিল সকল ॥ ১০৫ ॥
Text
āśa-pāśe loka yata bhijila sakala
Synonyms
Translation
Tears came forcefully from the eyes of the Lord, as if from a syringe, and all the people surrounding Him became wet.
Bengali
কভু কান্তি দেখি যেন মল্লিকা-পুষ্পসম ॥ ১০৬ ॥
Text
kabhu kānti dekhi yena mallikā-puṣpa-sama
Synonyms
Translation
Everyone saw the complexion of His body change from white to pink, so that His luster resembled that of the mallikā flower.
Bengali
শুষ্ককাষ্ঠসম পদ-হস্ত না চলয় ॥ ১০৭ ॥
Text
śuṣka-kāṣṭha-sama pada-hasta nā calaya
Synonyms
Translation
Sometimes He appeared stunned, and sometimes He rolled on the ground. Indeed, sometimes His legs and hands became as hard as dry wood, and He did not move.
Bengali
যাহা দেখি’ ভক্তগণের প্রাণ হয় ক্ষীণ ॥ ১০৮ ॥
Text
yāhā dekhi’ bhakta-gaṇera prāṇa haya kṣīṇa
Synonyms
Translation
When the Lord fell to the ground, sometimes His breathing almost stopped. When the devotees saw this, their lives also became very feeble.
Bengali
অমৃতের ধারা চন্দ্রবিম্বে বহে যেন ॥ ১০৯ ॥
Text
amṛtera dhārā candra-bimbe vahe yena
Synonyms
Translation
Water flowed from His eyes and sometimes through His nostrils, and foam fell from His mouth. These flowings appeared to be torrents of nectar descending from the moon.
Bengali
কৃষ্ণপ্রেমরসিক তেঁহো মহাভাগ্যবান্ ॥ ১১০ ॥
Text
kṛṣṇa-prema-rasika teṅho mahā-bhāgyavān
Synonyms
Translation
The foam that fell from the mouth of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was taken and drunk by Śubhānanda because he was very fortunate and expert in relishing the mellow of ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa.
Bengali
ভাব-বিশেষে প্রভুর প্ৰবেশিল মন ॥ ১১১ ॥
Text
bhāva-viśeṣe prabhura praveśila mana
Synonyms
Translation
After Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had performed His devastating dance for some time, His mind entered into a mood of ecstatic love.
Bengali
হৃদয় জানিয়া স্বরূপ গাইতে লাগিল ॥ ১১২ ॥
Text
hṛdaya jāniyā svarūpa gāite lāgila
Synonyms
Translation
After abandoning the dancing, the Lord ordered Svarūpa Dāmodara to sing. Understanding His mind, Svarūpa Dāmodara began to sing as follows.
Bengali
যাহা লাগি’ মদন-দহনে ঝুরি’ গেনু ॥” ১১৩ ॥ ধ্রু ॥
Text
yāhā lāgi’ madana-dahane jhuri’ genu’ ”
Synonyms
Translation
“ ‘Now I have gained the Lord of My life, in the absence of whom I was being burned by Cupid and was withering away.’ ”
Purport
This song refers to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s meeting with Kṛṣṇa at the holy place of Kurukṣetra, where Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and His brother and sister came to visit when there was a solar eclipse. It is a song of separation from Kṛṣṇa. When Rādhārāṇī met Kṛṣṇa at Kurukṣetra, She remembered His intimate association in Vṛndāvana, and She thought, “Now I have gained the Lord of My life. In His absence I was being burned by the arrow of Cupid, and thus I was withering away. Now I have My life again.”
Bengali
আনন্দে মধুর নৃত্য করেন ঈশ্বর ॥ ১১৪ ॥
Text
ānande madhura nṛtya karena īśvara
Synonyms
Translation
When this refrain was loudly sung by Svarūpa Dāmodara, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again began rhythmically dancing in transcendental bliss.
Bengali
আগে নৃত্য করি’ চলেন শচীর নন্দন ॥ ১১৫ ॥
Text
āge nṛtya kari’ calena śacīra nandana
Synonyms
Translation
The car of Lord Jagannātha began to move slowly while the son of mother Śacī went ahead and danced in front.
Bengali
কীর্তনীয়া সহ প্রভু পাছে পাছে যায় ॥ ১১৬ ॥
Text
kīrtanīyā saha prabhu pāche pāche yāya
Synonyms
Translation
While dancing and singing, all the devotees in front of Lord Jagannātha kept their eyes on Him. Caitanya Mahāprabhu then went to the end of the procession with the saṅkīrtana performers.
Bengali
শ্রীহস্তযুগে করে গীতের অভিনয় ॥ ১১৭ ॥
Text
śrī-hasta-yuge kare gītera abhinaya
Synonyms
Translation
His eyes and mind fully absorbed in Lord Jagannātha, Caitanya Mahāprabhu began to play the drama of the song with His two arms.
Bengali
গৌর আগে চলে, শ্যাম চলে ধীরে-ধীরে ॥ ১১৮ ॥
Text
gaura āge cale, śyāma cale dhīre-dhīre
Synonyms
Translation
When Caitanya Mahāprabhu was dramatically enacting the song, He would sometimes fall behind in the procession. At such times, Lord Jagannātha would come to a standstill. When Caitanya Mahāprabhu again went forward, Lord Jagannātha’s car would slowly start again.
Bengali
স্বরথে শ্যামেরে রাখে গৌর মহাবলী ॥ ১১৯ ॥
Text
svarathe śyāmere rākhe gaura mahā-balī
Synonyms
Translation
Thus there was a sort of competition between Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Jagannātha in seeing who would lead, but Caitanya Mahāprabhu was so strong that He made Lord Jagannātha wait in His car.
Purport
In his Anubhāṣya, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura describes the ecstasy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as follows. After giving up the company of the gopīs in Vṛndāvana, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the son of Mahārāja Nanda, engaged in His pastimes at Dvārakā. When Kṛṣṇa went to Kurukṣetra with His brother and sister and others from Dvārakā, He again met the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is rādhā-bhāva-dyuti-suvalita, that is, Kṛṣṇa Himself assuming the part of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī in order to understand Kṛṣṇa. Lord Jagannātha-deva is Kṛṣṇa, and Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s leading Lord Jagannātha toward the Guṇḍicā temple corresponded to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s leading Kṛṣṇa toward Vṛndāvana. Śrī Kṣetra, Jagannātha Purī, was taken as the kingdom of Dvārakā, the place where Kṛṣṇa enjoys supreme opulence. But He was being led by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Vṛndāvana, the simple village where all the inhabitants are filled with ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa. Śrī Kṣetra is a place of aiśvarya-līlā, just as Vṛndāvana is the place of mādhurya-līlā. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s following at the rear of the ratha indicated that Lord Jagannātha, Kṛṣṇa, was forgetting the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana. Although Kṛṣṇa neglected the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana, He could not forget them. Thus in His opulent Ratha-yātrā, He was returning to Vṛndāvana. In the role of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was examining whether the Lord still remembered the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana. When Caitanya Mahāprabhu fell behind the Ratha car, Jagannātha-deva, Kṛṣṇa Himself, understood the mind of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Therefore, Jagannātha sometimes fell behind the dancing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to indicate to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī that He had not forgotten. Thus Lord Jagannātha would stop the forward march of the ratha and wait at a standstill. In this way Lord Jagannātha agreed that without the ecstasy of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī He could not feel satisfied. While Jagannātha was thus waiting, Gaurasundara, Caitanya Mahāprabhu, in His ecstasy of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, immediately came forward to Kṛṣṇa. At such times, Lord Jagannātha would proceed ahead very slowly. These competitive exchanges were all part of the love affair between Kṛṣṇa and Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. In that competition between Lord Caitanya’s ecstasy for Jagannātha and Jagannātha’s ecstasy for Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Caitanya Mahāprabhu emerged successful.
Bengali
হস্ত তুলি’ শ্লোক পড়ে করি’ উচ্চৈঃস্বর ॥ ১২০ ॥
Text
hasta tuli’ śloka paḍe kari’ uccaiḥ-svara
Synonyms
Translation
While Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was dancing, His ecstasy changed. Raising His two arms, He began to recite the following verse in a loud voice.
Bengali
স্তে চোন্মীলিতমালতীসুরভয়ঃ প্রৌঢ়াঃ কদম্বানিলাঃ ।
সা চৈবাস্মি তথাপি তত্র সুরতব্যাপারলীলাবিধৌ
রেবা-রোধসি বেতসীতরুতলে চেতঃ সমুৎকণ্ঠতে ॥ ১২১ ॥
Text
te conmīlita-mālatī-surabhayaḥ prauḍhāḥ kadambānilāḥ
sā caivāsmi tathāpi tatra surata-vyāpāra-līlā-vidhau
revā-rodhasi vetasī-taru-tale cetaḥ samutkaṇṭhate
Synonyms
yaḥ — that same person who; kaumāra-haraḥ — the thief of my heart during youth; saḥ — he; eva hi — certainly; varaḥ — lover; tāḥ — these; eva — certainly; caitra-kṣapāḥ — moonlit nights of the month of Caitra; te — those; ca — and; unmīlita — fructified; mālatī — of mālatī flowers; surabhayaḥ — fragrances; prauḍhāḥ — full; kadamba — with the fragrance of the kadamba flower; anilāḥ — the breezes; sā — that one; ca — also; eva — certainly; asmi — I am; tathāpi — still; tatra — there; surata-vyāpāra — in intimate transactions; līlā — of pastimes; vidhau — in the manner; revā — of the river named Revā; rodhasi — on the bank; vetasī — of the name Vetasī; taru-tale — underneath the tree; cetaḥ — my mind; samutkaṇṭhate — is very eager to go.
Translation
“ ‘That very personality who stole away my heart during my youth is now again my master. These are the same moonlit nights of the month of Caitra. The same fragrance of mālatī flowers is there, and the same sweet breezes are blowing from the kadamba forest. In our intimate relationship, I am also the same lover, yet still my mind is not happy here. I am eager to go back to that place on the bank of the Revā under the Vetasī tree. That is my desire.’ ”
Purport
This verse appears in the Padyāvalī (386).
Bengali
স্বরূপ বিনা অর্থ কেহ না জানে ইহার ॥ ১২২ ॥
Text
svarūpa vinā artha keha nā jāne ihāra
Synonyms
Translation
This verse was recited by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again and again. But for Svarūpa Dāmodara, no one could understand its meaning.
Bengali
শ্লোকের ভাবার্থ করি সংক্ষেপে আখ্যান ॥ ১২৩ ॥
Text
ślokera bhāvārtha kari saṅkṣepe ākhyāna
Synonyms
Translation
I have already explained this verse. Now I shall simply describe it in brief.
Purport
In this connection, see Madhya-līlā, chapter one, verses 53, 77-80 and 82-84.
Bengali
কৃষ্ণের দর্শন পাঞা আনন্দিত মন ॥ ১২৪ ॥
Text
kṛṣṇera darśana pāñā ānandita mana
Synonyms
Translation
Formerly, all the gopīs of Vṛndāvana were very pleased when they met with Kṛṣṇa in the holy place Kurukṣetra.
Bengali
সেই ভাবাবিষ্ট হঞা ধুয়া গাওয়াইল ॥ ১২৫ ॥
Text
sei bhāvāviṣṭa hañā dhuyā gāoyāila
Synonyms
Translation
Similarly, after seeing Lord Jagannātha, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu awoke with the ecstasy of the gopīs. Being absorbed in this ecstasy, He asked Svarūpa Dāmodara to sing the refrain.
Bengali
সেই তুমি, সেই আমি, সেই নব সঙ্গম ॥ ১২৬ ॥
Text
sei tumi, sei āmi, sei nava saṅgama
Synonyms
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spoke thus to Lord Jagannātha: “You are the same Kṛṣṇa, and I am the same Rādhārāṇī. We are meeting again in the same way that We met in the beginning of Our lives.
Bengali
বৃন্দাবনে উদয় করাও আপন-চরণ ॥ ১২৭ ॥
Text
vṛndāvane udaya karāo āpana-caraṇa
Synonyms
Translation
“Although We are both the same, My mind is still attracted to Vṛndāvana-dhāma. I wish that You will please again appear with Your lotus feet in Vṛndāvana.
Bengali
তাহাঁ পুষ্পারণ্য, ভৃঙ্গ-পিক-নাদ শুনি ॥ ১২৮ ॥
Text
tāhāṅ puṣpāraṇya, bhṛṅga-pika-nāda śuni
Synonyms
Translation
“In Kurukṣetra there are crowds of people, elephants and horses, and also the rattling of chariots. But in Vṛndāvana there are flower gardens, and the humming of the bees and chirping of the birds can be heard.
Bengali
তাহাঁ গোপবেশ, সঙ্গে মুরলী-বাদন ॥ ১২৯ ॥
Text
tāhāṅ gopa-veśa, saṅge muralī-vādana
Synonyms
Translation
“Here at Kurukṣetra You are dressed like a royal prince, accompanied by great warriors, but in Vṛndāvana You appeared just like an ordinary cowherd boy, accompanied only by Your beautiful flute.
Bengali
সেই সুখসমুদ্রের ইহাঁ নাহি এক কণ ॥ ১৩০ ॥
Text
sei sukha-samudrera ihāṅ nāhi eka kaṇa
Synonyms
Translation
“Here there is not even a drop of the ocean of transcendental happiness that I enjoyed with You in Vṛndāvana.
Bengali
তবে আমার মনোবাঞ্ছা হয় ত’ পূরণে ॥ ১৩১ ॥
Text
tabe āmāra mano-vāñchā haya ta’ pūraṇe
Synonyms
Translation
“I therefore request You to come to Vṛndāvana and enjoy pastimes with Me. If You do so, My ambition will be fulfilled.”
Bengali
পূর্বে তাহা সূত্রমধ্যে করিয়াছি বর্ণন ॥ ১৩২ ॥
Text
pūrve tāhā sūtra-madhye kariyāchi varṇana
Synonyms
Translation
I have already described in brief Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s statement from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
Bengali
সেই সব শ্লোকের অর্থ নাহি বুঝে লোক ॥ ১৩৩ ॥
Text
sei saba ślokera artha nāhi bujhe loka
Synonyms
Translation
In that ecstatic mood, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recited many other verses, but people in general could not understand their meaning.
Bengali
শ্রীরূপ-গোসাঞি কৈল সে অর্থ প্রচার ॥ ১৩৪ ॥
Text
śrī-rūpa-gosāñi kaila se artha pracāra
Synonyms
Translation
The meaning of those verses was known to Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, but he did not reveal it. However, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī has broadcast the meaning.
Bengali
নৃত্যমধ্যে সেই শ্লোক করেন পঠন ॥ ১৩৫ ॥
Text
nṛtya-madhye sei śloka karena paṭhana
Synonyms
Translation
While dancing, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began to recite the following verse, which He tasted in the association of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.
Bengali
যোগেশ্বরৈর্হৃদি বিচিন্ত্যমগাধবোধৈঃ ।
সংসারকূপপতিতোত্তরণাবলম্বং
গেহং জুষামপি মনস্যুদিয়াৎ সদা নঃ ॥ ১৩৬ ॥
Text
yogeśvarair hṛdi vicintyam agādha-bodhaiḥ
saṁsāra-kūpa-patitottaraṇāvalambaṁ
gehaṁ juṣām api manasy udiyāt sadā naḥ
Synonyms
āhuḥ — the gopīs said; ca — and; te — Your; nalina-nābha — O Lord, whose navel is just like a lotus flower; pada-aravindam — lotus feet; yoga-īśvaraiḥ — by great mystic yogīs; hṛdi — within the heart; vicintyam — to be meditated upon; agādha-bodhaiḥ — who are highly learned philosophers; saṁsāra-kūpa — in the dark well of material existence; patita — of those fallen; uttaraṇa — for deliverance; avalambam — the only shelter; geham — in family affairs; juṣām — of those engaged; api — although; manasi — in the minds; udiyāt — let be awakened; sadā — always; naḥ — our.
Translation
“[The gopīs spoke thus:] ‘Dear Lord, whose navel is just like a lotus flower, Your lotus feet are the only shelter for those who have fallen into the deep well of material existence. Your feet are worshiped and meditated upon by great mystic yogīs and highly learned philosophers. We wish that these lotus feet may also be awakened within our hearts, although we are only ordinary persons engaged in household affairs.’ ”
Purport
This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.82.48). The gopīs were never interested in karma-yoga, jñāna-yoga or dhyāna-yoga. They were simply interested in bhakti-yoga. Unless they were forced, they never liked to meditate on the lotus feet of the Lord. Rather, they preferred to take the lotus feet of the Lord and place them on their breasts. Sometimes they regretted that their breasts were so hard, fearing that Kṛṣṇa might not be very pleased to keep His soft lotus feet there. When those lotus feet were pricked by the grains of sand in the Vṛndāvana pasturing ground, the gopīs were pained and began to cry. The gopīs wanted to keep Kṛṣṇa at home always, and in this way their minds were absorbed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Such pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness can arise only in Vṛndāvana. Thus Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began to explain His own mind, which was saturated in the ecstasy of the gopīs.
Bengali
‘মনে’ ‘বনে’ এক করি’ জানি ।
তাহাঁ তোমার পদদ্বয়, করাহ যদি উদয়,
তবে তোমার পূর্ণ কৃপা মানি ॥ ১৩৭ ॥
Text
‘mane’ ‘vane’ eka kari’ jāni
tāhāṅ tomāra pada-dvaya, karāha yadi udaya,
tabe tomāra pūrṇa kṛpā māni
Synonyms
anyera — of others; hṛdaya — consciousness; mana — mind; mora mana — My mind; vṛndāvana — Vṛndāvana consciousness; mane — with the mind; vane — with Vṛndāvana; eka kari’ — as one and the same; jāni — I know; tāhāṅ — there, at Vṛndāvana; tomāra — Your; pada-dvaya — two lotus feet; karāha — You do; yadi — if; udaya — appearance; tabe — then; tomāra — Your; pūrṇa — complete; kṛpā — mercy; māni — I accept.
Translation
Speaking in the mood of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “For most people, the mind and heart are one, but because My mind is never separated from Vṛndāvana, I consider My mind and Vṛndāvana to be one. My mind is already Vṛndāvana, and since You like Vṛndāvana, will You please place Your lotus feet there? I would deem that Your full mercy.
Purport
The mind’s activities are thinking, feeling and willing, by which the mind accepts materially favorable things and rejects the unfavorable. This is the consciousness of people in general. But when one’s mind does not accept and reject but simply becomes fixed on the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, then one’s mind becomes as good as Vṛndāvana. Wherever Kṛṣṇa is, there also are Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, the gopīs, the cowherd boys and all the other inhabitants of Vṛndāvana. Thus as soon as one fixes Kṛṣṇa in his mind, his mind becomes identical with Vṛndāvana. In other words, when one’s mind is completely free from all material desires and is engaged only in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then one always lives in Vṛndāvana, and nowhere else.
Bengali
ব্রজ — আমার সদন, তাহাঁ তোমার সঙ্গম,
না পাইলে না রহে জীবন ॥ ১৩৮ ॥ ধ্রু ॥
Text
vraja — āmāra sadana, tāhāṅ tomāra saṅgama,
nā pāile nā rahe jīvana
Synonyms
Translation
“My dear Lord, kindly hear My true submission. My home is Vṛndāvana, and I wish Your association there. But if I do not get it, then it will be very difficult for Me to keep My life.
Purport
Only when the mind is free from designations can one desire the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The mind must have some occupation. If a person is to be free of material things, his mind cannot be vacant; there must be subject matters for thinking, feeling and willing. Unless one’s mind is filled with thoughts of Kṛṣṇa, feelings for Kṛṣṇa and a desire to serve Kṛṣṇa, the mind will be filled with material activities. Those who have given up all material activities and have ceased thinking of them should always retain the ambition to think of Kṛṣṇa. Without Kṛṣṇa, one cannot live, just as a person cannot live without some enjoyment for his mind.
Bengali
যোগ-জ্ঞানে কহিলা উপায় ।
তুমি — বিদগ্ধ, কৃপাময়, জানহ আমার হৃদয়,
মোরে ঐছে কহিতে না যুয়ায় ॥ ১৩৯ ॥
Text
yoga-jñāne kahilā upāya
tumi — vidagdha, kṛpāmaya, jānaha āmāra hṛdaya,
more aiche kahite nā yuyāya
Synonyms
pūrve — previously; uddhava-dvāre — through Uddhava; ebe — now; sākṣāt — directly; āmāre — unto Me; yoga — mystic yogic meditation; jñāne — philosophical speculation; kahilā — You have said; upāya — the means; tumi — You; vidagdha — very humorous; kṛpā-maya — merciful; jānaha — You know; āmāra — My; hṛdaya — mind; more — unto Me; aiche — in that way; kahite — to speak; nā yuyāya — is not at all befitting.
Translation
“My dear Kṛṣṇa, formerly, when You were staying in Mathurā, You sent Uddhava to teach Me speculative knowledge and mystic yoga. Now You Yourself are speaking the same thing, but My mind doesn’t accept it. There is no place in My mind for jñāna-yoga or dhyāna-yoga. Although You know Me very well, You are still instructing Me in jñāna-yoga and dhyāna-yoga. It is not right for You to do so.”
Purport
The process of mystic yoga, the speculative method for searching out the Supreme Absolute Truth, does not appeal to one who is always absorbed in thoughts of Kṛṣṇa. A devotee is not at all interested in speculative activities. Instead of cultivating speculative knowledge or practicing mystic yoga, a devotee should worship the Deity in the temple and continuously engage in the Lord’s service. Temple Deity worship is realized by the devotees to be the same as direct service to the Lord. The Deity is known as the arcā-vigraha or arcā-avatāra, an incarnation of the Supreme Lord in the form of a material manifestation (brass, stone or wood). Ultimately there is no difference between Kṛṣṇa manifest in matter or Kṛṣṇa manifest in spirit because both are His energies. For Kṛṣṇa, there is no distinction between matter and spirit. His manifestation in material form, therefore, is as good as His original form, sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha. A devotee constantly engaged in Deity worship according to the rules and regulations laid down in the śāstras and given by the spiritual master realizes gradually that he is in direct contact with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus he loses all interest in so-called meditation, yoga practice and mental speculation.
Bengali
যত্ন করি, নারি কাঢ়িবারে ।
তারে ধ্যান শিক্ষা করাহ, লোক হাসাঞা মার,
স্থানাস্থান না কর বিচারে ॥ ১৪০ ॥
Text
yatna kari, nāri kāḍhibāre
tāre dhyāna śikṣā karāha, loka hāsāñā māra,
sthānāsthāna nā kara vicāre
Synonyms
citta kāḍhi’ — withdrawing the consciousness; tomā haite — from You; viṣaye — in mundane subject matters; cāhi — I want; lāgāite — to engage; yatna kari — I endeavor; nāri kāḍhibāre — I cannot withdraw; tāre — to such a servant; dhyāna — of meditation; śikṣā — instruction; karāha — You give; loka — people in general; hāsāñā — laugh; māra — You kill; sthāna-asthāna — proper or improper place; nā kara — You do not make; vicāre — consideration.
Translation
Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “I would like to withdraw My consciousness from You and engage it in material activities, but even though I try, I cannot do so. I am naturally inclined to You only. Your instructions for Me to meditate on You are therefore simply ludicrous. In this way, You are killing Me. It is not very good for You to think of Me as a candidate for Your instructions.
Purport
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī says in his Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.1.11):
ānakūlyena kṛṣṇānu- śīlanaṁ bhaktir uttamā
For a pure devotee, there is no scope for indulgence in mystic yoga practice or the cultivation of speculative philosophy. It is indeed impossible for a pure devotee to engage his mind in such unwanted activities. Even if a pure devotee wanted to, his mind would not allow him to do so. That is a characteristic of a pure devotee — he is transcendental to all fruitive activity, speculative philosophy and mystic yoga meditation. The gopīs therefore expressed themselves as follows.
Bengali
ধ্যান করি’ পাইবে সন্তোষ ।
তোমার বাক্য-পরিপাটী, তার মধ্যে কুটিনাটী,
শুনি’ গোপীর আরো বাঢ়ে রোষ ॥ ১৪১ ॥
Text
dhyāna kari’ pāibe santoṣa
tomāra vākya-paripāṭī, tāra madhye kuṭināṭī,
śuni’ gopīra āro bāḍhe roṣa
Synonyms
nahe — not; gopī — gopīs; yogeśvara — masters of mystic yoga practice; pada-kamala tomāra — Your lotus feet; dhyāna kari’ — by meditation; pāibe santoṣa — we get satisfaction; tomāra — Your; vākya — words; paripāṭī — very kindly composed; tāra madhye — within that; kuṭināṭī — duplicity; śuni’ — hearing; gopīra — of the gopīs; āro — more and more; bāḍhe — increases; roṣa — anger.
Translation
“The gopīs are not like the mystic yogīs. They will never be satisfied simply by meditating on Your lotus feet and imitating the so-called yogīs. Teaching the gopīs about meditation is another kind of duplicity. When they are instructed to undergo mystic yoga practice, they are not at all satisfied. On the contrary, they become more and more angry with You.”
Purport
Śrīla Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī has stated (Caitanya-candrāmṛta 5):
durdāntendriya-kāla-sarpa-paṭalī protkhāta-daṁṣṭrāyate
viśvaṁ pūrṇa-sukhāyate vidhi-mahendrādiś ca kīṭāyate
yat kāruṇya-katākṣa-vaibhava-vatāṁ taṁ gauram eva stumaḥ
For a pure devotee who has realized Kṛṣṇa consciousness through Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the monistic philosophy by which one becomes one with the Supreme appears hellish. The mystic yoga practice, by which the mind is controlled and the senses are subjugated, also appears ludicrous to a pure devotee. The devotee’s mind and senses are already engaged in the transcendental service of the Lord. In this way the poisonous effects of sensory activities are removed. If one’s mind is always engaged in the service of the Lord, there is no possibility that one will think, feel or act materially. Similarly, the fruitive workers’ attempt to attain to the heavenly planets is nothing more than a phantasmagoria for the devotee. After all, the heavenly planets are material, and in due course of time they will all be dissolved. Devotees do not care for such temporary things. They engage in transcendental devotional activities because they desire elevation to the spiritual world, where they can live eternally and peacefully and with full knowledge of Kṛṣṇa. In Vṛndāvana, the gopīs, cowherd boys and even the calves, cows, trees and water are fully conscious of Kṛṣṇa. They are never satisfied with anything but Kṛṣṇa.
Bengali
তাহা হৈতে না চাহে উদ্ধার ।
বিরহ-সমুদ্র-জলে, কাম-তিমিঙ্গিলে গিলে,
গোপীগণে নেহ’ তার পার ॥ ১৪২ ॥
Text
tāhā haite nā cāhe uddhāra
viraha-samudra-jale, kāma-timiṅgile gile,
gopī-gaṇe neha’ tāra pāra
Synonyms
deha-smṛti — bodily concept of life; nāhi — not; yāra — one whose; saṁsāra-kūpa — blind well of material life; kāhāṅ — where is; tāra — his; tāhā haite — from that; nā — does not; cāhe — want; uddhāra — liberation; viraha-samudra-jale — in the water of the ocean of separation; kāma-timiṅgile — the transcendental Cupid in the form of timiṅgila fish; gile — swallow; gopī-gaṇe — the gopīs; neha’ — please take out; tāra pāra — beyond that.
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “The gopīs have fallen into the great ocean of separation and are being devoured by the timiṅgila fish of their ambition to serve You. The gopīs are to be delivered from the mouths of these timiṅgila fish, for they are pure devotees. Since they have no material conception of life, why should they aspire for liberation? The gopīs do not want that liberation desired by yogīs and jñānīs, for they are already liberated from the ocean of material existence.
Purport
The bodily conception is created by the desire for material enjoyment. This is called vipada-smṛti, which is the opposite of real life. The living entity is eternally the servant of Kṛṣṇa, but when he desires to enjoy the material world, he cannot progress in spiritual life. One can never be happy by advancing materially. This is also stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (7.5.30): adānta-gobhir viśatāṁ tamisraṁ punaḥ punaś carvita-carvaṇānām. Through the uncontrolled senses, one may advance one’s hellish condition. He may continue to chew the chewed; that is, repeatedly accept birth and death. The conditioned souls use the duration of life between birth and death only to engage in the same hackneyed activities — eating, sleeping, mating and defending. In the lower animal species, we find the same activities. Since these activities are repeated, engaging in them is like chewing that which has already been chewed. If one can give up his ambition to engage in hackneyed material life and take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness instead, he will be liberated from the stringent laws of material nature. One does not need to make a separate attempt to become liberated. If one simply engages in the service of the Lord, he will be liberated automatically. As Śrīla Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura therefore says, muktiḥ svayaṁ mukulitāñjali sevate ’smān: “Liberation stands before me with folded hands, begging to serve me.”
Bengali
সেই কুঞ্জে রাসাদিক লীলা ।
সেই ব্রজের ব্রজজন, মাতা, পিতা, বন্ধুগণ,
বড় চিত্র, কেমনে পাসরিলা ॥ ১৪৩ ॥
Text
sei kuñje rāsādika līlā
sei vrajera vraja-jana, mātā, pitā, bandhu-gaṇa,
baḍa citra, kemane pāsarilā
Synonyms
vṛndāvana — the transcendental land known as Vṛndāvana; govardhana — Govardhana Hill; yamunā-pulina — the bank of the Yamunā; vana — all the forests where the pastimes of the Lord took place; sei kuñje — in the bushes in that forest; rāsa-ādika līlā — the pastimes of the rāsa dance; sei — that; vrajera — of Vṛndāvana; vraja-jana — inhabitants; mātā — mother; pitā — father; bandhu-gaṇa — friends; baḍa citra — most wonderful; kemane pāsarilā — how have You forgotten.
Translation
“It is amazing that You have forgotten the land of Vṛndāvana. And how is it that You have forgotten Your father, mother and friends? How have You forgotten Govardhana Hill, the bank of the Yamunā and the forest where You enjoyed the rāsa-līlā dance?
Bengali
তুমি, তোমার নাহি দোষাভাস ।
তবে যে তোমার মন, নাহি স্মরে ব্রজজন,
সে — আমার দুর্দৈব-বিলাস ॥ ১৪৪ ॥
Text
tumi, tomāra nāhi doṣābhāsa
tabe ye tomāra mana, nāhi smare vraja-jana,
se — āmāra durdaiva-vilāsa
Synonyms
vidagdha — most refined; mṛdu — gentle; sat-guṇa — endowed with all good qualities; su-śīla — well-behaved; snigdha — softhearted; karuṇa — merciful; tumi — You; tomāra — Your; nāhi — there is not; doṣa-ābhāsa — even a tinge of fault; tabe — still; ye — indeed; tomāra — Your; mana — mind; nāhi — does not; smare — remember; vraja-jana — the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana; se — that; āmāra — My; durdaiva-vilāsa — suffering of past misdeeds.
Translation
“Kṛṣṇa, You are certainly a refined gentleman with all good qualities. You are well-behaved, softhearted and merciful. I know that there is not even a tinge of fault to be found in You. Yet Your mind does not even remember the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana. This is only My misfortune, and nothing else.
Bengali
ব্রজজনের হৃদয় বিদরে ।
কিবা মার’ ব্রজবাসী, কিবা জীয়াও ব্রজে আসি’,
কেন জীয়াও দুঃখ সহাইবারে ? ১৪৫ ॥
Text
vraja-janera hṛdaya vidare
kibā māra’ vraja-vāsī, kibā jīyāo vraje āsi’,
kena jīyāo duḥkha sahāibāre?
Synonyms
nā gaṇi — I do not care; āpana-duḥkha — My personal unhappiness; dekhi’ — seeing; vrajeśvarī-mukha — the face of mother Yaśodā; vraja-janera — of all the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana; hṛdaya vidare — the hearts break; kibā — whether; māra’ vraja-vāsī — You want to kill the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana; kibā — or; jīyāo — You want to keep their lives; vraje āsi’ — coming in Vṛndāvana; kena — why; jīyāo — You let them live; duḥkha sahāibāre — just to cause to suffer unhappiness.
Translation
“I do not care for My personal unhappiness, but when I see the morose face of mother Yaśodā and the hearts of all the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana breaking because of You, I wonder whether You want to kill them all. Or do You want to enliven them by coming there? Why are You simply keeping them alive in a state of suffering?
Bengali
ব্রজজনে কভু নাহি ভায় ।
ব্রজভূমি ছাড়িতে নারে, তোমা না দেখিলে মরে,
ব্ৰজজনের কি হবে উপায় ॥ ১৪৬ ॥
Text
vraja-jane kabhu nāhi bhāya
vraja-bhūmi chāḍite nāre, tomā nā dekhile mare,
vraja-janera ki habe upāya
Synonyms
tomāra — Your; ye — that; anya veśa — different dress; anya saṅga — other associates; anya deśa — other countries; vraja-jane — to the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana; kabhu — at any time; nāhi — does not; bhāya — appeal; vraja-bhūmi — the land of Vṛndāvana; chāḍite nāre — they do not like to leave; tomā — You; nā — not; dekhile — seeing; mare — they die; vraja-janera — of the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana; ki — what; habe — will be; upāya — means.
Translation
“The inhabitants of Vṛndāvana do not want You dressed like a prince, nor do they want You to associate with great warriors in a different country. They cannot leave the land of Vṛndāvana, and without Your presence, they are all dying. What is their condition to be?
Bengali
তুমি ব্রজের সকল সম্পদ্ ।
কৃপার্দ্র তোমার মন, আসি’ জীয়াও ব্রজজন,
ব্রজে উদয় করাও নিজ-পদ ॥ ১৪৭ ॥
Text
tumi vrajera sakala sampad
kṛpārdra tomāra mana, āsi’ jīyāo vraja-jana,
vraje udaya karāo nija-pada
Synonyms
tumi — You; vrajera jīvana — the life and soul of Vṛndāvana; vraja-rājera — and of the King of Vraja, Nanda Mahārāja; prāṇa-dhana — the only life; tumi — You; vrajera — of Vṛndāvana; sakala sampad — all opulence; kṛpā-ardra — melting with kindness; tomāra mana — Your mind; āsi’ — coming; jīyāo — give life; vraja-jana — to all the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana; vraje — in Vṛndāvana; udaya karāo — cause to appear; nija-pada — Your lotus feet.
Translation
“My dear Kṛṣṇa, You are the life and soul of Vṛndāvana-dhāma. You are especially the life of Nanda Mahārāja. You are the only opulence in the land of Vṛndāvana, and You are very merciful. Please come and let all the residents of Vṛndāvana live. Kindly keep Your lotus feet again in Vṛndāvana.”
Purport
Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī did not express Her personal unhappiness at being separated from Kṛṣṇa. She wanted to evoke Kṛṣṇa’s feelings for the condition of all the others in Vṛndāvana-dhāma — mother Yaśodā, Mahārāja Nanda, the cowherd boys, the gopīs, the birds and bees on the banks of the Yamunā, the water of the Yamunā, the trees, the forests and all the other paraphernalia associated with Kṛṣṇa before He left Vṛndāvana for Mathurā. These feelings of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī were manifested by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and therefore He invited Lord Jagannātha, Kṛṣṇa, to return to Vṛndāvana. That is the purport of the Ratha-yātrā car’s going from Jagannātha Purī to the Guṇḍicā temple.
Bengali
ভাবে ব্যাকুলিত দেহ-মন ।
ব্রজলোকের প্রেম শুনি’, আপনাকে ‘ঋণী’ মানি’,
করে কৃষ্ণ তাঁরে আশ্বাসন ॥ ১৪৮ ॥
Text
bhāve vyākulita deha-mana
vraja-lokera prema śuni’, āpanāke ‘ṛṇī’ māni’,
kare kṛṣṇa tāṅre āśvāsana
Synonyms
śuniyā — after hearing; rādhikā-vāṇī — the statement of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; vraja-prema — the love of Vraja; mane āni — remembering; bhāve — in that ecstasy; vyākulita — very much perturbed; deha-mana — the body and mind; vraja-lokera — of the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana; prema śuni’ — after hearing of the loving affairs; āpanāke — Himself; ṛṇī māni’ — considering very much indebted; kare — does; kṛṣṇa — Lord Kṛṣṇa; tāṅre — unto Her; āśvāsana — pacification.
Translation
After hearing Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s statements, Lord Kṛṣṇa’s love for the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana was evoked, and His body and mind became very much perturbed. After hearing of their love for Him, He immediately thought Himself to be always indebted to the residents of Vṛndāvana. Then Kṛṣṇa began to pacify Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī as follows.
Bengali
তোমা-সবার স্মরণে, ঝুরোঁ মুঞি রাত্রিদিনে,
মোর দুঃখ না জানে কোন জন ॥ ১৪৯ ॥ ধ্রু ॥
Text
tomā-sabāra smaraṇe, jhuroṅ muñi rātri-dine,
mora duḥkha nā jāne kona jana
Synonyms
Translation
“My dearest Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, please hear Me. I am speaking the truth. I cry day and night simply upon remembering all you inhabitants of Vṛndāvana. No one knows how unhappy this makes Me.”
Purport
It is said: vṛndāvanaṁ parityajya padam ekaṁ na gacchati. In one sense, Kṛṣṇa, the original Personality of Godhead (īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ), does not even take one step away from Vṛndāvana. However, in order to take care of various duties, Kṛṣṇa had to leave Vṛndāvana. He had to go to Mathurā to kill Kaṁsa, and then He was taken by His father to Dvārakā, where He was busy with state affairs and disturbances created by demons. Kṛṣṇa was away from Vṛndāvana, and He was not at all happy, as He plainly disclosed to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. She is the dearmost life and soul of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and He expressed His mind to Her as follows.
Bengali
সবে হয় মোর প্রাণসম ।
তাঁর মধ্যে গোপীগণ, সাক্ষাৎ মোর জীবন,
তুমি মোর জীবনের জীবন ॥ ১৫০ ॥
Text
sabe haya mora prāṇa-sama
tāṅra madhye gopī-gaṇa, sākṣāt mora jīvana,
tumi mora jīvanera jīvana
Synonyms
vraja-vāsī yata jana — all the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana-dhāma; mātā — mother; pitā — father; sakhā-gaṇa — boyfriends; sabe — all; haya — are; mora prāṇa-sama — as good as My life; tāṅra madhye — among them; gopī-gaṇa — the gopīs; sākṣāt — directly; mora jīvana — My life and soul; tumi — You; mora jīvanera jīvana — the life of My life.
Translation
Śrī Kṛṣṇa continued: “All the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana-dhāma — My mother, father, cowherd boyfriends and everything else — are like My life and soul. And among all the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana, the gopīs are My very life and soul. And among the gopīs, You, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, are the chief. Therefore You are the very life of My life.
Purport
Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the center of all Vṛndāvana’s activities. In Vṛndāvana, Kṛṣṇa is the instrument of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; therefore all the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana still chant “Jaya Rādhe!” From Kṛṣṇa’s own statement given herein, it appears that Rādhārāṇī is the Queen of Vṛndāvana and that Kṛṣṇa is simply Her decoration. Kṛṣṇa is known as Madana-mohana, the enchanter of Cupid, but Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the enchanter of Kṛṣṇa. Consequently Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is called Madana-mohana-mohinī, the enchanter of the enchanter of Cupid.
Bengali
আমি তোমার অধীন কেবল ।
তোমা-সবা ছাড়াঞা, আমা দূর-দেশে লঞা,
রাখিয়াছে দুর্দৈব প্রবল ॥ ১৫১ ॥
Text
āmi tomāra adhīna kevala
tomā-sabā chāḍāñā, āmā dūra-deśe lañā,
rākhiyāche durdaiva prabala
Synonyms
tomā-sabāra — of all of you; prema-rase — by the ecstasy and mellows of loving affairs; āmāke — Me; karila — you have made; vaśe — subservient; āmi — I; tomāra — of you; adhīna — subservient; kevala — only; tomā-sabā — from all of you; chāḍāñā — separating; āmā — Me; dūra-deśe — to distant countries; lañā — taking; rākhiyāche — has kept; durdaiva — misfortune; prabala — very powerful.
Translation
“My dear Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, I am always subservient to the loving affairs of all of you. I am under your control only. My separation from you and residence in distant places have occurred due to My strong misfortune.
Bengali
নাহি জীয়ে, — এ সত্য প্রমাণ ।
মোর দশা শোনে যবে, তাঁর এই দশা হবে,
এই ভয়ে দুঁহে রাখে প্রাণ ॥ ১৫২ ॥
Text
nāhi jīye, — e satya pramāṇa
mora daśā śone yabe, tāṅra ei daśā habe,
ei bhaye duṅhe rākhe prāṇa
Synonyms
priyā — a woman beloved; priya-saṅga-hīnā — being separated from the man beloved; priya — the man beloved; priyā-saṅga vinā — being separated from the woman beloved; nāhi jīye — cannot live; e satya pramāṇa — this is factual evidence; mora — My; daśā — situation; śone yabe — when one hears; tāṅra — his; ei — this; daśā — situation; habe — there will be; ei bhaye — out of this fear; duṅhe — both; rākhe prāṇa — keep their life.
Translation
“When a woman is separated from the man she loves or a man is separated from his beloved woman, neither of them can live. It is a fact that they live only for each other, for if one dies and the other hears of it, he or she will die also.
Bengali
বিয়োগে যে বাঞ্ছে প্রিয়-হিতে ।
না গণে আপন-দুঃখ, বাঞ্ছে প্রিয়জন-সুখ,
সেই দুই মিলে অচিরাতে ॥ ১৫৩ ॥
Text
viyoge ye vāñche priya-hite
nā gaṇe āpana-duḥkha, vāñche priyajana-sukha,
sei dui mile acirāte
Synonyms
sei satī — that chaste wife; prema-vatī — full of love; prema-vān — loving; sei pati — that husband; viyoge — in separation; ye — who; vāñche — desire; priya-hite — for the welfare of the other; nā gaṇe — and do not care; āpana-duḥkha — for personal unhappiness; vāñche — desire; priya-jana-sukha — the happiness of the dearmost beloved; sei — those; dui — two; mile — meet; acirāte — without delay.
Translation
“Such a loving, chaste wife and loving husband desire all welfare for each other in separation and do not care for personal happiness. Desiring only each other’s well-being, such a pair certainly meet again without delay.
Bengali
তাঁর শক্ত্যে আসি নিতি-নিতি ।
তোমা-সনে ক্রীড়া করি’, নিতি যাই যদুপুরী,
তাহা তুমি মানহ মোর স্ফূর্তি ॥ ১৫৪ ॥
Text
tāṅra śaktye āsi niti-niti
tomā-sane krīḍā kari’, niti yāi yadu-purī,
tāhā tumi mānaha mora sphūrti
Synonyms
rākhite — just to keep; tomāra jīvana — Your life; sevi āmi nārāyaṇa — I always worship Lord Nārāyaṇa; tāṅra śaktye — by His potency; āsi niti-niti — I come to You daily; tomā-sane — with You; krīḍā kari’ — enjoying pastimes; niti — daily; yāi yadu-purī — I return to Dvārakā-dhāma, known as Yadu-purī; tāhā — that; tumi — You; mānaha — experience; mora — My; sphūrti — manifestation.
Translation
“You are My most dear, and I know that in My absence You cannot live for a moment. Just to keep You living, I worship Lord Nārāyaṇa. By His merciful potency, I come to Vṛndāvana every day to enjoy pastimes with You. I then return to Dvārakā-dhāma. Thus You can always feel My presence there in Vṛndāvana.
Bengali
সেই প্রেম — পরম প্রবল ।
লুকাঞা আমা আনে, সঙ্গ করায় তোমা-সনে,
প্ৰকটেহ আনিবে সত্বর ॥ ১৫৫ ॥
Text
sei prema — parama prabala
lukāñā āmā āne, saṅga karāya tomā-sane,
prakaṭeha ānibe satvara
Synonyms
mora bhāgya — My fortune; mo-viṣaye — in relation with Me; tomāra — Your; ye — whatever; prema — love; haye — there is; sei prema — that love; parama prabala — very powerful; lukāñā — secretly; āmā āne — brings Me; saṅga karāya — obliges Me to associate; tomā-sane — with You; prakaṭeha — directly manifested; ānibe — will bring; satvara — very soon.
Translation
“Our love affair is more powerful because of My good fortune in receiving Nārāyaṇa’s grace. This allows Me to come there unseen by others. I hope that very soon I will be visible to everyone.
Purport
Kṛṣṇa has two kinds of presence — prakaṭa and aprakaṭa, manifest and unmanifest. These are identical for the sincere devotee. Even if Kṛṣṇa is not physically present, the devotee’s constant absorption in the affairs of Kṛṣṇa makes Him always present. This is confirmed in the Brahma-saṁhitā (5.38):
santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayanti
yaṁ śyāmasundaram acintya-guṇa-svarūpaṁ
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
Due to his intense love, the pure devotee always sees Lord Kṛṣṇa present within his heart. All glories to Govinda, the primeval Personality of Godhead! When Kṛṣṇa is not manifest before the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana, they are always absorbed in thoughts of Him. Therefore even though at that time Kṛṣṇa was living in Dvārakā, He was simultaneously present before all the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana. This was His aprakaṭa presence. Devotees who are always absorbed in thoughts of Kṛṣṇa will soon see Kṛṣṇa face to face without a doubt. In other words, devotees who are always engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and are fully absorbed in thoughts of Kṛṣṇa certainly return home, back to Godhead. They then see Kṛṣṇa directly, face to face, talk with Him and enjoy His company. This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā (4.9): tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti so ’rjuna.
Because during his lifetime a pure devotee is always speaking of Kṛṣṇa and engaging in His service, as soon as he gives up his body he immediately returns to Goloka Vṛndāvana, where Kṛṣṇa is personally present. He then meets Kṛṣṇa directly. This is successful human life. This is the meaning of prakaṭeha ānibe satvara: The pure devotee will soon see the personal manifestation of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
Bengali
তাহা আমি কৈলুঁ সব ক্ষয় ।
আছে দুই-চারি জন, তাহা মারি’ বৃন্দাবন,
আইলাম আমি, জানিহ নিশ্চয় ॥ ১৫৬ ॥
Text
tāhā āmi kailuṅ saba kṣaya
āche dui-cāri jana, tāhā māri’ vṛndāvana,
āilāma āmi, jāniha niścaya
Synonyms
yādavera vipakṣa — all the enemies of the Yadu dynasty; yata — all; duṣṭa — mischievous; kaṁsa-pakṣa — the party of Kaṁsa; tāhā — them; āmi — I; kailuṅ saba kṣaya — have annihilated all; āche — there are still; dui-cāri jana — two or four demons; tāhā māri’ — after killing them; vṛndāvana — to Vṛndāvana; āilāma āmi — I am coming very soon; jāniha niścaya — please know it very well.
Translation
“I have already killed all the mischievous demons who are enemies of the Yadu dynasty, and I have also killed Kaṁsa and his allies. But there are two or four demons still living. I want to kill them, and after doing so I shall very soon return to Vṛndāvana. Please know this for certain.
Purport
Just as Kṛṣṇa does not take a step away from Vṛndāvana, Kṛṣṇa’s devotee also does not like to leave Vṛndāvana. However, when he has to tend to Kṛṣṇa’s business, he leaves Vṛndāvana. After finishing his mission, a pure devotee returns home, back to Vṛndāvana, back to Godhead. Kṛṣṇa assured Rādhārāṇī that after killing the demons outside Vṛndāvana, He would return. “I am coming back very soon,” He promised, “as soon as I have killed the few remaining demons.”
Bengali
রহি রাজ্যে উদাসীন হঞা ।
যেবা স্ত্রী-পুত্র-ধনে, করি রাজ্য আবরণে,
যদুগণের সন্তোষ লাগিয়া ॥ ১৫৭ ॥
Text
rahi rājye udāsīna hañā
yebā strī-putra-dhane, kari rājya āvaraṇe,
yadu-gaṇera santoṣa lāgiyā
Synonyms
sei — those; śatru-gaṇa haite — from enemies; vraja-jana — to the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana; rākhite — to give protection; rahi — I remain; rājye — in My kingdom; udāsīna — indifferent; hañā — becoming; yebā — whatever; strī-putra-dhane — with wives, sons and wealth; kari rājya āvaraṇe — I decorate My kingdom; yadu-gaṇera — of the Yadu dynasty; santoṣa — satisfaction; lāgiyā — for the matter of.
Translation
“I wish to protect the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana from the attacks of My enemies. That is why I remain in My kingdom; otherwise I am indifferent to My royal position. Whatever wives, sons and wealth I maintain in the kingdom are only for the satisfaction of the Yadus.
Bengali
আনিবে আমা দিন দশ বিশে ।
পুনঃ আসি’ বৃন্দাবনে, ব্রজবধূ তোমা-সনে,
বিলসিব রজনী-দিবসে ॥ ১৫৮ ॥
Text
ānibe āmā dina daśa biśe
punaḥ āsi’ vṛndāvane, vraja-vadhū tomā-sane,
vilasiba rajanī-divase
Synonyms
tomāra — Your; ye — whatever; prema-guṇa — qualities in ecstatic love; kare — do; āmā — Me; ākarṣaṇa — attracting; ānibe — will bring; āmā — Me; dina daśa biśe — within ten or twenty days; punaḥ — again; āsi’ — coming; vṛndāvane — to Vṛndāvana; vraja-vadhū — all the damsels of Vṛndāvana; tomā-sane — with You; vilasiba — I shall enjoy; rajanī-divase — both day and night.
Translation
“Your loving qualities always attract Me to Vṛndāvana. Indeed, they will bring Me back within ten or twenty days, and when I return I shall enjoy both day and night with You and all the damsels of Vrajabhūmi.”
Bengali
এক শ্লোক পড়ি’ শুনাইল ।
সেই শ্লোক শুনি’ রাধা, খণ্ডিল সকল বাধা,
কৃষ্ণপ্রাপ্ত্যে প্রতীতি হইল ॥ ১৫৯ ॥
Text
eka śloka paḍi’ śunāila
sei śloka śuni’ rādhā, khāṇḍila sakala bādhā,
kṛṣṇa-prāptye pratīti ha-ila
Synonyms
eta — so much; tāṅre — unto Rādhārāṇī; kahi — speaking; kṛṣṇa — Lord Kṛṣṇa; vraje — in Vṛndāvana; yāite — to go; sa-tṛṣṇa — very anxious; eka śloka — one verse; paḍi’ — reciting; śunāila — making Her hear; sei śloka — that verse; śuni’ — hearing; rādhā — Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; khāṇḍila — disappeared; sakala — all kinds of; bādhā — hindrances; kṛṣṇa-prāptye — in achieving Kṛṣṇa; pratīti ha-ila — there was assurance.
Translation
While speaking to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Kṛṣṇa became very anxious to return to Vṛndāvana. He made Her listen to a verse which banished all Her difficulties and which assured Her that She would again attain Kṛṣṇa.
Bengali
দিষ্ট্যা যদাসীন্মৎস্নেহো ভবতীনাং মদাপনঃ ॥ ১৬০ ॥
Text
amṛtatvāya kalpate
diṣṭyā yad āsīn mat-sneho
bhavatīnāṁ mad-āpanaḥ
Synonyms
mayi — unto Me; bhaktiḥ — the nine kinds of devotional service, such as śravaṇa, kīrtana and smaraṇa; hi — certainly; bhūtānām — of all living entities; amṛtatvāya — for becoming eternal associates of the Lord; kalpate — is quite befitting; diṣṭyā — by good fortune; yat — whatever; āsīt — there was; mat-snehaḥ — love and affection for Me; bhavatīnām — of all you gopīs; mat-āpanaḥ — the cause for getting Me back.
Translation
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: “Devotional service unto Me is the only way to attain Me. My dear gopīs, whatever love and affection you have attained for Me by good fortune is the only reason for My returning to you.”
Purport
This is a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.82.44).
Bengali
রাত্রি-দিনে ঘরে বসি’ করে আস্বাদনে ॥ ১৬১ ॥
Text
rātri-dine ghare vasi’ kare āsvādane
Synonyms
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would sit in His room with Svarūpa Dāmodara and taste the topics of these verses day and night.
Bengali
শ্লোক পড়ি’ নাচে জগন্নাথ-মুখ চাঞা ॥ ১৬২ ॥
Text
śloka paḍi’ nāce jagannātha-mukha cāñā
Synonyms
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced completely absorbed in ecstatic emotion. While looking at the face of Lord Jagannātha, He danced and recited these verses.
Bengali
প্ৰভুতে আবিষ্ট যাঁর কায়, বাক্য, মন ॥ ১৬৩ ॥
Text
prabhute āviṣṭa yāṅra kāya, vākya, mana
Synonyms
Translation
No one can describe the good fortune of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, for he is always absorbed in the service of the Lord with his body, mind and words.
Bengali
আবিষ্ট হঞা করে গান-আস্বাদন ॥ ১৬৪ ॥
Text
āviṣṭa hañā kare gāna-āsvādana
Synonyms
Translation
The senses of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu were identical with the senses of Svarūpa. Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu used to become fully absorbed in tasting the singing of Svarūpa Dāmodara.
Bengali
তর্জনীতে ভূমে লিখে অধোমুখ হঞা ॥ ১৬৫ ॥
Text
tarjanīte bhūme likhe adhomukha hañā
Synonyms
Translation
In emotional ecstasy, Caitanya Mahāprabhu would sometimes sit on the ground and, looking down, would write on the ground with His finger.
Bengali
ভয়ে নিজ-করে নিবারয়ে প্রভু-কর ॥ ১৬৬ ॥
Text
bhaye nija-kare nivāraye prabhu-kara
Synonyms
Translation
Fearing that the Lord would injure His finger by writing in this way, Svarūpa Dāmodara checked Him with his own hand.
Bengali
যবে যেই রস তাহা করে মূর্তিমান্ ॥ ১৬৭ ॥
Text
yabe yei rasa tāhā kare mūrtimān
Synonyms
Translation
Svarūpa Dāmodara used to sing exactly according to the ecstatic emotion of the Lord. Whenever a particular mellow was being tasted by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Svarūpa Dāmodara would personify it by singing.
Bengali
তাহার উপর সুন্দর নয়নযুগল ॥ ১৬৮ ॥
Text
tāhāra upara sundara nayana-yugala
Synonyms
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu looked upon the beautiful lotuslike face and eyes of Lord Jagannātha.
Bengali
মাল্য, বস্ত্র, দিব্য অলঙ্কার, পরিমল ॥ ১৬৯ ॥
Text
mālya, vastra, divya alaṅkāra, parimala
Synonyms
Translation
Lord Jagannātha was garlanded, dressed with nice garments and adorned with beautiful ornaments. His face was glittering from the rays of sunshine, and the entire atmosphere was fragrant.
Bengali
উন্মাদ, ঝঞ্ঝা-বাত তত্ক্ষণে উঠিল ॥ ১৭০ ॥
Text
unmāda, jhañjhā-vāta tat-kṣaṇe uṭhila
Synonyms
Translation
An ocean of transcendental bliss expanded in the heart of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and symptoms of madness immediately intensified like a hurricane.
Bengali
নানা-ভাব-সৈন্যে উপজিল যুদ্ধ-রঙ্গ ॥ ১৭১ ॥
Text
nānā-bhāva-sainye upajila yuddha-raṅga
Synonyms
Translation
The madness of transcendental bliss created waves of various emotions. The emotions appeared like opposing soldiers staging a fight.
Bengali
সঞ্চারী, সাত্ত্বিক, স্থায়ী স্বভাব-প্রাবল্য ॥ ১৭২ ॥
Text
sañcārī, sāttvika, sthāyī svabhāva-prābalya
Synonyms
Translation
There was an increase in all the natural emotional symptoms. Thus there were awakening emotions, peacefulness, joined, mixed, transcendental and prevalent emotions, and impetuses for emotion.
Bengali
ভাব-পুষ্পদ্রুম তাহে পুষ্পিত সকল ॥ ১৭৩ ॥
Text
bhāva-puṣpa-druma tāhe puṣpita sakala
Synonyms
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s body appeared like a transcendental Himalayan mountain bearing ecstatic emotional flower trees, all of them blooming.
Bengali
প্রেমামৃতবৃষ্ট্যে প্রভু সিঞ্চে সবার মন ॥ ১৭৪ ॥
Text
premāmṛta-vṛṣṭye prabhu siñce sabāra mana
Synonyms
Translation
The sight of all these symptoms attracted everyone’s mind and consciousness. Indeed, the Lord sprinkled everyone’s mind with the nectar of transcendental love of Godhead.
Bengali
যাত্রিক লোক, নীলাচলবাসী যত জন ॥ ১৭৫ ॥
Text
yātrika loka, nīlācala-vāsī yata jana
Synonyms
Translation
He sprinkled the minds of the servants of Lord Jagannātha, the government officers, the pilgrim visitors, the general populace and all the residents of Jagannātha Purī.
Bengali
কৃষ্ণপ্রেম উছলিল হৃদয়ে সবার ॥ ১৭৬ ॥
Text
kṛṣṇa-prema uchalila hṛdaye sabāra
Synonyms
Translation
Upon seeing the dancing and ecstatic love of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, everyone became astonished. In their hearts they became infatuated with love of Kṛṣṇa.
Bengali
প্রভুর নৃত্য দেখি’ সবে আনন্দে বিহ্বল ॥ ১৭৭ ॥
Text
prabhura nṛtya dekhi’ sabe ānande vihvala
Synonyms
Translation
Everyone danced and chanted in ecstatic love, and a great noise resounded. Everyone was overwhelmed with transcendental bliss just to see the dancing of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Bengali
প্রভুর নৃত্য দেখি’ সুখে চলিলা মন্থর ॥ ১৭৮ ॥
Text
prabhura nṛtya dekhi’ sukhe calilā manthara
Synonyms
Translation
Apart from the others, even Lord Jagannātha and Lord Balarāma, with great happiness, began to move very slowly upon seeing the dancing of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Bengali
সে কৌতুক যে দেখিল, সেই তার সাক্ষী ॥ ১৭৯ ॥
Text
se kautuka ye dekhila, sei tāra sākṣī
Synonyms
Translation
Lord Jagannātha and Lord Balarāma sometimes stopped the car and happily observed Lord Caitanya’s dancing. Anyone who was able to see Them stop and watch the dancing bore witness to Their pastimes.
Bengali
প্ৰতাপরুদ্রের আগে লাগিলা পড়িতে ॥ ১৮০ ॥
Text
pratāparudrera āge lāgilā paḍite
Synonyms
Translation
When Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was dancing and wandering in this way, He fell down in front of Mahārāja Pratāparudra.
Bengali
তাঁহাকে দেখিতে প্ৰভুর বাহ্যজ্ঞান হইল ॥ ১৮১ ॥
Text
tāṅhāke dekhite prabhura bāhya-jñāna ha-ila
Synonyms
Translation
Mahārāja Pratāparudra picked the Lord up with great respect, but upon seeing the King, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to His external senses.
Bengali
ছি, ছি, বিষয়ীর স্পর্শ হইল আমার ॥ ১৮২ ॥
Text
chi, chi, viṣayīra sparśa ha-ila āmāra
Synonyms
Translation
After seeing the King, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu condemned Himself, saying, “Oh, how pitiful it is that I have touched a person who is interested in mundane affairs!”
Bengali
কাশীশ্বর-গোবিন্দ আছিলা অন্য-স্থানে ॥ ১৮৩ ॥
Text
kāśīśvara-govinda āchilā anya-sthāne
Synonyms
Translation
Not even Lord Nityānanda Prabhu, Kāśīśvara or Govinda took care of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu when He fell down. Nityānanda was in great ecstasy, and Kāśīśvara and Govinda were elsewhere.
Bengali
প্রসন্ন হঞাছে তাঁরে মিলিবারে মন ॥ ১৮৪ ॥
Text
prasanna hañāche tāṅre milibāre mana
Synonyms
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had already been satisfied by the King’s behavior, for the King had accepted the service of a sweeper for Lord Jagannātha. Therefore Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu actually desired to see the King.
Bengali
বাহ্যে কিছু রোষাভাস কৈলা ভগবান্ ॥ ১৮৫ ॥
Text
bāhye kichu roṣābhāsa kailā bhagavān
Synonyms
Translation
However, just to warn His personal associates, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, externally expressed feelings of anger.
Purport
When Mahārāja Pratāparudra asked to see the Lord, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu immediately refused, saying:
pāraṁ paraṁ jigamiṣor bhava-sāgarasya
sandarśanaṁ viṣayiṇām atha yoṣitāṁ ca
hā hanta hanta viṣa-bhakṣaṇato ’py asādhu
(Caitanya-candrodaya-nāṭaka 8.23)
The word niṣkiñcanasya refers to a person who has finished his material activities. Such a person can begin to execute his activities in Kṛṣṇa consciousness to cross over the ocean of nescience. It is very dangerous for such a person to have intimate relationships with mundane people or to become intimately related with women. This formality is to be observed by anyone who is serious about going back home, back to Godhead. To teach His personal associates these principles, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu expressed external anger when touched by the King. Since the Lord was very much satisfied with the humble behavior of the King, He intentionally allowed the King to touch Him, but externally He expressed anger just to warn His personal associates.
Bengali
সার্বভৌম কহে, — তুমি না কর সংশয় ॥ ১৮৬ ॥
Text
sārvabhauma kahe, — tumi nā kara saṁśaya
Synonyms
Translation
King Pratāparudra became frightened when Lord Caitanya showed external anger, but Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya told the King, “Don’t worry.”
Bengali
তোমা লক্ষ্য করি’ শিখায়েন নিজ গণ ॥ ১৮৭ ॥
Text
tomā lakṣya kari’ śikhāyena nija gaṇa
Synonyms
Translation
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya informed the King, “The Lord is very satisfied with you. By pointing you out, He was teaching His personal associates how to behave with mundane people.”
Purport
Although outwardly the King was a mundane man interested in money and women, internally he was purified by devotional activities. He showed this by engaging as a street sweeper to please Lord Jagannātha. A person may appear to be a pounds-and-shillings man interested in money and women, but if he is actually very meek and humble and surrendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is not mundane. Such a judgment can be made only by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His very confidential devotees. As a general principle, however, no devotee should intimately mix with mundane people interested in money and women.
Bengali
সেইকালে যাই’ করিহ প্রভুর মিলন ॥ ১৮৮ ॥
Text
sei-kāle yāi’ kariha prabhura milana
Synonyms
Translation
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya continued, “I shall submit your petition when there is an opportune moment. It will then be easy for you to come and meet the Lord.”
Bengali
রথ-পাছে যাই’ ঠেলে রথে মাথা দিয়া ॥ ১৮৯ ॥
Text
ratha-pāche yāi’ ṭhele rathe māthā diyā
Synonyms
Translation
After circumambulating Jagannātha, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went behind the car and began pushing it with His head.
Bengali
চতুর্দিকে লোক সব বলে ‘হরি’ ‘হরি’ ॥ ১৯০ ॥
Text
catur-dike loka saba bale ‘hari’ ‘hari’
Synonyms
Translation
As soon as He pushed, the car immediately started to move, making a rattling noise. The people all around began to chant the holy name of the Lord, “Hari! Hari!”
Bengali
বলদেব-সুভদ্রাগ্রে নৃত্য করে রঙ্গে ॥ ১৯১ ॥
Text
baladeva-subhadrāgre nṛtya kare raṅge
Synonyms
Translation
As the car began to move, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His personal associates in front of the cars occupied by Lord Balarāma and Subhadrā, the goddess of fortune. Greatly inspired, He then began to dance in front of them.
Bengali
জগন্নাথ দেখি’ নৃত্য করিতে লাগিলা ॥ ১৯২ ॥
Text
jagannātha dekhi’ nṛtya karite lāgilā
Synonyms
Translation
After finishing the dance before Lord Baladeva and Subhadrā, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came before Lord Jagannātha’s car. Upon seeing Lord Jagannātha, He began to dance again.
Bengali
জগন্নাথ রথ রাখি’ দেখে ডাহিনে বামে ॥ ১৯৩ ॥
Text
jagannātha ratha rākhi’ dekhe ḍāhine vāme
Synonyms
Translation
When they reached the place called Balagaṇḍi, Lord Jagannātha stopped His car and began to look left and right.
Bengali
ডাহিনে ত’ পুষ্পোদ্যান যেন বৃন্দাবন ॥ ১৯৪ ॥
Text
ḍāhine ta’ puṣpodyāna yena vṛndāvana
Synonyms
Translation
On the left side, Lord Jagannātha saw a neighborhood of brāhmaṇas and a coconut-tree grove. On the right side, He saw nice flower gardens resembling those in the holy place Vṛndāvana.
Purport
Vipra-śāsana is a word generally used in the Orissa province to indicate the quarters where brāhmaṇas live.
Bengali
রথ রাখি’ জগন্নাথ করেন দরশন ॥ ১৯৫ ॥
Text
ratha rākhi’ jagannātha karena daraśana
Synonyms
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees were dancing in front of the car, and Lord Jagannātha, having stopped the car, watched the dancing.
Bengali
কোটি ভোগ জগন্নাথ করে আস্বাদন ॥ ১৯৬ ॥
Text
koṭi bhoga jagannātha kare āsvādana
Synonyms
Translation
It was customary that food be offered to the Lord at vipra-śāsana. Indeed, innumerable dishes of food were offered, and Lord Jagannātha tasted each one of them.
Bengali
নিজ নিজ উত্তম-ভোগ করে সমর্পণ ॥ ১৯৭ ॥
Text
nija nija uttama-bhoga kare samarpaṇa
Synonyms
Translation
All kinds of devotees of Lord Jagannātha — from neophytes to the most advanced — offered their best cooked food to the Lord.
Bengali
নীলাচলবাসী যত ছোট-বড় জন ॥ ১৯৮ ॥
Text
nīlācala-vāsī yata choṭa-baḍa jana
Synonyms
Translation
These devotees included the King, his queens, his ministers and friends and all other big and small residents of Jagannātha Purī.
Bengali
নিজ-নিজ-ভোগ তাহাঁ করে সমর্পণ ॥ ১৯৯ ॥
Text
nija-nija-bhoga tāhāṅ kare samarpaṇa
Synonyms
Translation
All the visitors who had come from different countries to Jagannātha Purī, as well as the local devotees, offered their personally cooked food to the Lord.
Bengali
যেই যাহা পায়, লাগায়, — নাহিক নিয়মে ॥ ২০০ ॥
Text
yei yāhā pāya, lāgāya, — nāhika niyame
Synonyms
Translation
The devotees offered their food everywhere — in front of the car and behind it, on the two sides and within the flower garden. Wherever possible, they made their offering to the Lord, for there were no hard and fast rules.
Bengali
নৃত্য ছাড়ি’ মহাপ্রভু উপবনে গেল ॥ ২০১ ॥
Text
nṛtya chāḍi’ mahāprabhu upavane gela
Synonyms
Translation
While the food was being offered, a large crowd of people gathered. At that time Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stopped His dancing and went to a nearby garden.
Bengali
পুষ্পোদ্যানে গৃহপিণ্ডায় রহিলা পড়িয়া ॥ ২০২ ॥
Text
puṣpodyāne gṛha-piṇḍāya rahilā paḍiyā
Synonyms
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entered the garden and, immersed in great ecstatic emotion, fell flat on a raised platform there.
Bengali
সুগন্ধি শীতল-বায়ু করেন সেবন ॥ ২০৩ ॥
Text
sugandhi śītala-vāyu karena sevana
Synonyms
Translation
The Lord was very much fatigued from the hard labor of dancing, and there was perspiration all over His body. He therefore enjoyed the fragrant, cool breeze of the garden.
Bengali
প্রতিবৃক্ষতলে সবে করেন বিশ্রামে ॥ ২০৪ ॥
Text
prati-vṛkṣa-tale sabe karena viśrāme
Synonyms
Translation
All the devotees who had been performing saṅkīrtana came there and took rest under each and every tree.
Bengali
জগন্নাথের আগে যৈছে করিল নর্তন ॥ ২০৫ ॥
Text
jagannāthera āge yaiche karila nartana
Synonyms
Translation
Thus I have described the great performance of congregational chanting by Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as He danced in front of Lord Jagannātha.
Bengali
চৈতন্যাষ্টকে রূপ-গোসাঞি কর্যাছে বর্ণন ॥ ২০৬ ॥
Text
caitanyāṣṭake rūpa-gosāñi karyāche varṇana
Synonyms
Translation
In his prayer known as the Caitanyāṣṭaka, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has given a vivid description of the Lord’s dancing before the car of Jagannātha.
Purport
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī composed three prayers with the title Caitanyāṣṭaka. The verse next quoted is text 7 from the first of the Caitanyāṣṭaka prayers, which are included in the book Stava-mālā.
Bengali
রদভ্রপ্রেমোর্মিস্ফু রিতনটনোল্লাসবিবশঃ ।
সহর্ষং গায়দ্ভিঃ পরিবৃত-তনুর্বৈষ্ণবজনৈঃ
স চৈতন্যঃ কিং মে পুনরপি দৃশোর্যাস্যতি পদম্ ॥ ২০৭ ॥
Text
adabhra-premormi-sphurita-naṭanollāsa-vivaśaḥ
sa-harṣaṁ gāyadbhiḥ parivṛta-tanur vaiṣṇava-janaiḥ
sa caitanyaḥ kiṁ me punar api dṛśor yāsyati padam
Synonyms
ratha-ārūḍhasya — of the Supreme Lord, who was placed aboard the car; ārāt — in front; adhipadavi — on the main road; nīlācala-pateḥ — of Lord Jagannātha, the Lord of Nīlācala; adabhra — great; prema-ūrmi — by waves of love of Godhead; sphurita — which was manifested; naṭana-ullāsa-vivaśaḥ — being overwhelmed by the transcendental bliss of dancing; sa-harṣam — with great pleasure; gāyadbhiḥ — who were singing; parivṛta — surrounded; tanuḥ — body; vaiṣṇava-janaiḥ — by the devotees; saḥ caitanyaḥ — that Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; kim — whether; me — my; punaḥ api — again; dṛśoḥ — of vision; yāsyati — will enter; padam — the path.
Translation
“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced down the main road in great ecstasy before Lord Jagannātha, the master of Nīlācala, who was sitting on His car. Overwhelmed by the transcendental bliss of dancing and surrounded by Vaiṣṇavas who sang the holy names, He manifested waves of ecstatic love of Godhead. When will Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again be visible to my vision?”
Bengali
সুদৃঢ় বিশ্বাস-সহ প্রেমভক্তি হয় ॥ ২০৮ ॥
Text
sudṛḍha viśvāsa-saha prema-bhakti haya
Synonyms
Translation
Anyone who hears this description of the car festival will attain Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He will also attain the elevated state by which he will have firm conviction in devotional service and love of Godhead.
Bengali
চৈতন্যচরিতামৃত কহে কৃষ্ণদাস ॥ ২০৯ ॥
Text
caitanya-caritāmṛta kahe kṛṣṇadāsa
Synonyms
śrī-rūpa — Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; raghunātha — Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī; pade — at the lotus feet; yāra — whose; āśa — expectation; caitanya-caritāmṛta — the book named Caitanya-caritāmṛta; kahe — describes; kṛṣṇadāsa — Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī.
Translation
Praying at the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Raghunātha, always desiring their mercy, I, Kṛṣṇadāsa, narrate Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, following in their footsteps.
Purport
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, thirteenth chapter, describing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstatic dancing at Lord Jagannātha’s car festival.