1|Adi 13-1975: The Advent of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
2|Chapter 13
3|The Advent of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
4|This Thirteenth Chapter of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
>|describes Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's appearance. The entire
>|Adi-lila section describes Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's
>|household life, and similarly the Antya-lila describes His
>|life in the sannyasa order. Within the antya-lila,
>|the first six years of His sannyasa life are called
>|madhya-lila. During this time, Caitanya Mahaprabhu toured
>|southern India, went to Vrndavana, returned from Vrndavana
>|and preached the sankirtana movement.
5|A learned brahmana named Upendra Misra who resided in the
>|district of Srihatta was the father of Jagannatha Misra,
>|who came to Navadvipa to study under the direction of
>|Nilambara Cakravarti and then settled there after marrying
>|Nilambara Cakravarti's daughter, Sacidevi. Sri Sacidevi
>|gave birth to eight children, all daughters, who died one
>|after another immediately after birth. After her ninth
>|pregnancy , she gave birth to a son, who was named
>|Visvarupa. Then, in 1407 Saka Era (A.D. 1486), on the full
>|moon evening of the month of Phalguna, during the
>|constellation of simha - lagna , Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared as the son of Sri Sacidevi and
>|Jagannatha Misra. After hearing of the birth of Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, learned scholars and brahmanas, bringing many
>|gifts, came to see the newly born baby. Nilambara
>|Cakravarti, who was a great astrologer, immediately
>|prepared a horoscope, and by astrological calculation he
>|saw that the child was a great personality. This chapter
>|describes the symptoms of this great personality.
6|Adi 13.1
7|TEXT 1
8|TEXT
9|sa prasidatu caitanya-
10|devo yasya prasadatah
11|tal-lila-varnane yogyah
12|sadyah syad adhamo 'py ayam
13|SYNONYMS
14|sah-He; prasidatu-may bestow His blessings; caitanya-devah-
>|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; yasya-of whom; prasadatah-by
>|the grace; tat-lila-His pastimes; varnane-in the
>|description; yogyah-able; sadyah-immediately; syat-becomes
>|possible; adhamah-the most fallen; api-although; ayam-I am.
15|TRANSLATION
16|I wish the grace of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, by whose
>|mercy even one who is fallen can describe the pastimes of
>|the Lord.
17|PURPORT
18|To describe Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu or Lord Sri Krsna, one
>|needs supernatural power, which is the grace and mercy of
>|the Lord. Without this grace and mercy, one cannot compose
>|transcendental literature. By dint of the grace of the Lord,
>| however, even one who is unfit for a literary career can
>|describe wonderful transcendental topics. Description of
>|Krsna is possible for one who is empowered. Krsna-sakti
>|vina nahe tara pravartana (Cc. Antya 7.11). Unless endowed
>|with the mercy of the Lord, one cannot preach of the Lord's
>|name, fame, quality, form, entourage and so on. It should
>|be concluded, therefore, that the description of
>|Caitanya-caritamrta by Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami manifests
>|specific mercy bestowed upon the author, although he
>|thought of himself as the most fallen. We should not
>|consider him fallen because he describes himself as such.
>|Rather, anyone who is able to compose such transcendental
>|literature is our esteemed master.
19|Adi 13.2
20|TEXT 2
21|TEXT
22|jaya jaya sri-krsna-caitanya gauracandra
23|jayadvaitacandra jaya jaya nityananda
24|SYNONYMS
25|jaya jaya-all glories; sri-krsna-caitanya-Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; gaura-candra-Lord Gauracandra; jaya advaita-
>|candra-all glories to Advaita Acarya; jaya jaya-all glories
>|to; nityananda-Lord Nityananda Prabhu.
26|TRANSLATION
27|All glories to Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu! All glories
>|to Advaitacandra! All glories to Lord Nityananda Prabhu!
28|Adi 13.3
29|TEXT 3
30|TEXT
31|jaya jaya gadadhara jaya srinivasa
32|jaya mukunda vasudeva jaya haridasa
33|SYNONYMS
34|jaya jaya gadadhara-all glories to Gadadhara Prabhu; jaya
>|srinivasa-all glories to Srivasa Thakura; jaya mukunda-all
>|glories to Mukunda; vasudeva-all glories to Vasudeva; jaya
>|haridasa-all glories to Haridasa Thakura.
35|TRANSLATION
36|All glories to Gadadhara Prabhu! All glories to Srivasa
>|Thakura! All glories to Mukunda Prabhu and Vasudeva Prabhu!
>|All glories to Haridasa Thakura!
37|Adi 13.4
38|TEXT 4
39|TEXT
40|jaya damodara-svarupa jaya murari gupta
41|ei saba candrodaye tamah kaila lupta
42|SYNONYMS
43|jaya-all glories; damodara-svarupa-of the name Svarupa
>|Damodara; jaya-all glories; murari gupta- of the name
>|Murari Gupta; ei saba-of all these; candra-udaye-such moons
>|having arisen; tamah-darkness; kaila-made; lupta-dissipated.
44|TRANSLATION
45|All glories to Svarupa Damodara and Murari Gupta! All these
>|brilliant moons have together dissipated the darkness of
>|this material world.
46|Adi 13.5
47|TEXT 5
48|TEXT
49|jaya sri-caitanyacandrera bhakta candra-gana
50|sabara prema jyotsnaya ujjvala tri-bhuvana
51|SYNONYMS
52|jaya-all glories; sri-caitanya-of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|candrera-who is as bright as the moon; bhakta-devotees;
>|candra-gana-other moons; sabara-of all of them; prema-
>|jyotsnaya-by the full light of love of Godhead; ujjvala-
>|bright; tri-bhuvana-all the three worlds.
53|TRANSLATION
54|All glories to the moons who are devotees of the principal
>|moon, Lord Caitanyacandra! Their bright moonshine
>|illuminates the entire universe.
55|PURPORT
56|In this verse we find the moon described as candra-gana,
>|which is plural in number. This indicates that there are
>|many moons. In the Bhagavad-gita the Lord says,
>|naksatranam aham sasi: "Among the stars, I am the moon." (
>|Bg. 10.21) All the stars are like the moon. Western
>|astronomers consider the stars to be suns, but Vedic
>|astronomers, following the Vedic scriptures, consider them
>|moons. The sun has the ability to shine powerfully, and the
>|moons reflect the sunshine and therefore look brilliant. In
>| Caitanya-caritamrta Krsna is described to be like the
>|sun. The supreme powerful is the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead Sri Krsna, or Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and His
>|devotees are also bright and illuminating because they
>|reflect the supreme sun. The Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya 22.
>|31) states:
57|krsna-surya-sama; maya haya andhakara
58|yahan krsna, tahan nahi mayara adhikara
59|"Krsna is bright like the sun. As soon as the sun appears,
>|there is no question of darkness or nescience." Similarly,
>|this verse also describes that by the illumination
>|of all the moons, brightened by the reflection of the Krsna
>|sun, or by the grace of all the devotees of Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, the entire world will be illuminated, despite
>|the darkness of Kali-yuga. Only the devotees of Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu can dissipate the darkness of Kali-yuga,
>| the ignorance of the population of this age. No one else
>|can do so. We therefore wish that all the devotees of the
>|Krsna consciousness movement may reflect the supreme sun
>|and thus dissipate the darkness of the entire world.
60|Adi 13.6
61|TEXT 6
62|TEXT
63|ei ta' kahila grantharambhe mukha-bandha
64|ebe kahi caitanya-lila-krama-anubandha
65|SYNONYMS
66|ei ta'-thus; kahila-I have spoken; grantha-arambhe-in the
>|beginning of the book; mukha-bandha-preface; ebe-now; kahi-
>|I speak; caitanya-of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; lila-krama-
>|the chronological order of His pastimes; anubandha-as they
>|are combined together.
67|TRANSLATION
68|Thus I have spoken the preface of Caitanya-caritamrta.
>|Now I shall describe Caitanya Mahaprabhu's pastimes in
>|chronological order.
69|Adi 13.7
70|TEXT 7
71|TEXT
72|prathame ta' sutra-rupe kariye ganana
73|pacne taha vistari kariba vivarana
74|SYNONYMS
75|prathame-in the beginning; ta'-however; sutra-rupe-in the
>|form of a synopsis; kariye-do; ganana-counting; pache-
>|thereafter; taha-that; vistari-describing; kariba-I shall
>|do; vivarana-expansion.
76|TRANSLATION
77|First let me give a synopsis of the Lord's pastimes. Then I
>|shall describe them in detail.
78|Adi 13.8
79|TEXT 8
80|TEXT
81|sri-krsna-caitanya navadvipe avatari
82|ata-callisa vatsara prakata vihari
83|SYNONYMS
84|sri-krsna-caitanya-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; navadvipe-
>|at Navadvipa; avatari-adventing Himseif; ata-callisa-forty-
>|eight; vatsara-years; prakata-visible; vihari-enjoying.
85|TRANSLATION
86|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, adventing Himself in
>|Navadvipa, was visible for forty-eight years, enjoying His
>|pastimes.
87|Adi 13.9
88|TEXT 9
89|TEXT
90|caudda-sata sata sake janmera pramana
91|caudda-sata pancanne ha-ila antardhana
92|SYNONYMS
93|caudda-sata-1400 (A.D. 1479); sata- and seven; sake-in
>|the Saka Era; janmera-of birth; pramana-evidence; caudda-
>|sata pancanne-in the year 1455 (A.D. 1534); ha-ila-became;
>|antardhana-disappearance.
94|TRANSLATION
95|In the year 1407 of the Saka Era (A.D. 1486), Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared, and in the year 1455 (A.D.
>|1534) He disappeared from this world.
96|Adi 13.10
97|TEXT 10
98|TEXT
99|cabbisa vatsara prabhu kaila grha-vasa
100|nirantara kaila krsna-kirtana-vilasa
101|SYNONYMS
102|cabbisa-twenty-four; vatsara-years; prabhu-the Lord; kaila-
>|did; grha-vasa-residing at home; nirantara-always; kaila-
>|did; krsna-kirtana-chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra;
>|vilasa-pastimes.
103|TRANSLATION
104|For twenty-four years Lord Caitanya lived in the grhastha-
>|asrama [household life], always engaging in the pastimes of
>|the Hare Krsna movement.
105|Adi 13.11
106|TEXT 11
107|TEXT
108|cabbisa vatsara-sese kariya sannyasa
109|ara cabbisa vatsara kaila nilacale vasa
110|SYNONYMS
111|cabbisa-twenty-four; vatsara-years; sese-at the end of;
>|kariya-accepting; sannyasa-renounced order; ara-another;
>|cabbisa-twenty-four; vatsara-years; kaila-did; nilacale-at
>|Jagannatha Puri; vasa-reside.
112|TRANSLATION
113|After twenty-four years He accepted the renounced order of
>|life, sannyasa, and He resided for twenty-four years more
>|at Jagannatha Puri.
114|Adi 13.12
115|TEXT 12
116|TEXT
117|tara madhye chaya vatsara-gamanagamana
118|kabhu daksina, kabhu gauda, kabhu vrndavana
119|SYNONYMS
120|tara madhye-out of that; chaya vatsara-six years; gamana-
>|agamana-touring; kabhu-sometimes; daksina-in South India;
>|kabhu-sometimes; gauda-in Bengal; kabhu-sometimes;
>|vrndavana-in Vrndavana.
121|TRANSLATION
122|Of these last twenty-four years, He spent the first six
>|years continuously touring India, sometimes in
>|South India, sometimes in Bengal and sometimes in Vrndavana.
123|Adi 13.13
124|TEXT 13
125|TEXT
126|astadasa vatsara rahila nilacale
127|krsna-prema-namamrte bhasa'la sakale
128|SYNONYMS
129|astadasa-eighteen; vatsara-years; rahila-remained; nilacale-
>|at Jagannatha Puri; krsna-prema-love of Godhead; nama-amrte-
>|in the nectar of the Hare Krsna mantra; bhasa'la-inundated;
>|sakale-everyone.
130|TRANSLATION
131|For the remaining eighteen years He continuously stayed in
>|Jagannatha Puri. Chanting the nectarean Hare Krsna maha-
>|mantra, He inundated everyone there in a flood of love of
>|Krsna.
132|Adi 13.14
133|TEXT 14
134|TEXT
135|garhasthye prabhura lila-'adi'-lilakhyana
136|'madhya'- 'antya'-lila-sesa-lilara dui nama
137|SYNONYMS
138|garhasthye-in household life; prabhura-of the Lord; lila-
>|pastimes; adi-the original; lila-pastimes; akhyana-has the
>|name of; madhya-middle; antya-last; lila-pastimes; sesa-
>|lilara-the last part of the pastimes; dui-two; nama-names.
139|TRANSLATION
140|The pastimes of His household life are known as adi-
>|lila, or the original pastimes. His later pastimes are
>|known as madhya-lila and antya-lila, or the middle and
>|final pastimes.
141|Adi 13.15
142|TEXT 15
143|TEXT
144|adi-lila-madhye prabhura yateka carita
145|sutra-rupe murari gupta karila grathita
146|SYNONYMS
147|adi-lila-the original pastimes; madhye-within; prabhura-of
>|the Lord; yateka-whatever; carita-activities; sutra-rupe-in
>|the form of notes; murari gupta-of the name Murari Gupta;
>|karila-has; grathita-recorded.
148|TRANSLATION
149|All the pastimes enacted by Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in
>|His adi-lila were recorded in summary form by Murari Gupta.
150|Adi 13.16
151|TEXT 16
152|TEXT
153|prabhura ye sesa-lila svarupa-damodara
154|sutra kari' granthilena granthera bhitara
155|SYNONYMS
156|prabhura-of the Lord; ye-whatever; sesa-lila-pastimes at
>|the end; svarupa- damodara-of the name Svarupa Damodara;
>|sutra kari'-in the form of notes; granthilena-recorded;
>|granthera-a book; bhitara-within.
157|TRANSLATION
158|His later pastimes [madhya-lila and antya-lila] were
>|recorded in the form of notes by His secretary, Svarupa
>|Damodara Gosvami, and thus kept within a book.
159|Adi 13.17
160|TEXT 17
161|TEXT
162|ei dui janera sutra dekhiya suniya
163|varnana karena vaisnava krama ye kariya
164|SYNONYMS
165|ei-of these; dui-two; janera-persons; sutra-notes; dekhiya-
>|after looking at; suniya-and hearing; varnana-description;
>|karena-does; vaisnava-the devotee; krama-chronological; ye-
>|which; kariya-making.
166|TRANSLATION
167|By seeing and hearing the notes recorded by these two great
>|personalities, a Vaisnava, a devotee of the Lord, can know
>|these pastimes one after another.
168|Adi 13.18
169|TEXT 18
170|TEXT
171|balya, pauganda, kaisora, yauvana,-cari bheda
172|ataeva adi-khande lila cari bheda
173|SYNONYMS
174|balya-childhood; pauganda-early boyhood; kaisora-later
>|boyhood; yauvana-youth; cari-four; bheda-divisions; ataeva-
>|therefore; adi-khande-in the original part; lila-of the
>|pastimes; cari-four; bheda-divisions.
175|TRANSLATION
176|In His original pastimes there are four divisions: balya,
>|pauganda, kaisora and yauvana [childhood, early boyhood,
>|later boyhood and youth ].
177|Adi 13.19
178|TEXT 19
179|TEXT
180|sarva-sad-guna-purnam tam
181|vande phalguna-purnimam
182|yasyam sri-krsna-caitanyo
183|'vatirnah krsna-namabhih
184|SYNONYMS
185|sarva-all; sat-auspicious; guna-qualities; purnam-filled
>|with; tam-that; vande-I offer obeisances; phalguna-of the
>|month of Phalguna; purnimam-the full-moon evening; yasyam-
>|in which; sri-krsna-caitanyah-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|avatirnah-advented; krsna-Lord Krsna's; namabhih-with the
>|chanting of the holy names.
186|TRANSLATION
187|I offer my respectful obeisances unto the full-moon evening
>|in the month of Phalguna, an auspicious time full of
>|auspicious symptoms, when Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|advented Himself with the chanting of the holy name, Hare
>|Krsna.
188|Adi 13.20
189|TEXT 20
190|TEXT
191|phalguna-purnima-sandhyaya prabhura janmodaya
192|sei-kale daiva-yoge candra-grahana haya
193|SYNONYMS
194|phalguna-purnima-of the full moon of the month of Phalguna;
>|sandhyaya-in the evening; prabhura-of Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; janma-udaya-at the time of His birth; sei-kale-
>|at that moment; daiva-yoge-accidentally; candra-grahana-
>|lunar eclipse; haya-takes place.
195|TRANSLATION
196|On the full-moon evening of the month of Phalguna when the
>|Lord took birth, coincidentally there was also a lunar
>|eclipse.
197|Adi 13.21
198|TEXT 21
199|TEXT
200|'hari' 'hari' bale loka harasita hana
201|janmila caitanya-prabhu 'nama' janmaiya
202|SYNONYMS
203|hari hari-the holy names of the Lord; bale-speak; loka-the
>|people; harasita-jubilant; hana-becoming; janmila-took
>|birth; caitanya-prabhu-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; nama-
>|the holy name; janmaiya-after causing to appear.
204|TRANSLATION
205|In jubilation everyone was chanting the holy name of the
>|Lord-"Hari! Hari!"-and Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then
>|appeared, after first causing the appearance of the holy
>|name.
206|Adi 13.22
207|TEXT 22
208|TEXT
209|janma-balya-pauganda-kaisora-yuva-kale
210|hari-nama laoyaila prabhu nana chale
211|SYNONYMS
212|janma-time of birth; balya-childhood; pauganda-early
>|boyhood; kaisora-end of boyhood; yuva-kale-youth; hari-nama-
>|the holy name of the Lord; laoyaila-caused to take; prabhu-
>|the Lord; nana-various; chale-under different pleas.
213|TRANSLATION
214|At His birth, in His childhood, in His early and later
>|boyhood as well as in His youth, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
>| under different pleas, induced people to chant the holy
>|name of Hari [the Hare Krsna maha-mantra].
215|Adi 13.23
216|TEXT 23
217|TEXT
218|balya-bhava chale prabhu karena krandana
219|'krsna' 'hari' nama suni' rahaye rodana
220|SYNONYMS
221|balya-bhava chale-as if in His childhood state; prabhu-the
>|Lord; karena-does; krandana-crying; krsna-Lord Krsna; hari-
>|Lord Hari; nama-names; suni'-hearing; rahaye-stops; rodana-
>|crying.
222|TRANSLATION
223|In His childhood, when the Lord was crying, He would stop
>|immediately upon hearing the holy names Krsna and Hari.
224|Adi 13.24
225|TEXT 24
226|TEXT
227|ataeva 'hari' 'hari' bale narigana
228|dekhite aise yeba sarva bandhu jana
229|SYNONYMS
230|ataeva-therefore; hari hari-the holy name of the Lord; bale-
>|chant; nari-gana-all the ladies; dekhite-to see; aise-they
>|come; yeba-whoever; sarva-all; bandhu-jana-friends.
231|TRANSLATION
232|All the friendly ladies who came to see the child would
>|chant the holy names, "Hari, Hari!" as soon as the child
>|would cry.
233|Adi 13.25
234|TEXT 25
235|TEXT
236|'gaurahari' bali' tare hase sarva nari
237|ataeva haila tanra nama 'gaurahari'
238|SYNONYMS
239|gaurahari-of the name Gaurahari; bali'-addressing Him thus;
>|tare-unto the Lord; hase-laugh; sarva nari-all the ladies;
>|ataeva-therefore; haila-became; tanra-His; nama-name;
>|gaurahari- of the name Gaurahari.
240|When all the ladies saw this fun, they enjoyed laughing and
>|called the Lord "Gaurahari." Since then , Gaurahari
>|became another of His names.
241|Adi 13.26
242|TEXT 26
243|TEXT
244|balya vayasa-yavat hate khadi dila
245|pauganda vayasa-yavat vivaha na kaila
246|SYNONYMS
247|balya vayasa-childhood age; yavat-until the time; hate-in
>|His hand; khadi-chalk; dila-was given; pauganda vayasa-the
>|part of boyhood known as pauganda; yavat-until; vivaha-
>|marriage; na-not; kaila-did take place.
248|TRANSLATION
249|His childhood lasted until the date of hate khadi, the
>|beginning of His education, and His age from the end of His
>|childhood until He married is called pauganda.
250|Adi 13.27
251|TEXT 27
252|TEXT
253|vivaha karile haila navina yauvana
254|sarvatra laoyaila prabhu nama-sankirtana
255|SYNONYMS
256|vivaha karile-after getting married; haila-began; navina-
>|new; yauvana-youth; sarvatra-everywhere; laoyaila-caused to
>|take; prabhu-the Lord; nama-sankirtana-the sankirtana
>|movement.
257|TRANSLATION
258|After His marriage His youth began, and in His youth He
>|induced everyone to chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra
>|anywhere and everywhere.
259|Adi 13.28
260|TEXT 28
261|TEXT
262|pauganda-vayase padena, padana sisyagane
263|sarvatra karena krsna-namera vyakhyane
264|SYNONYMS
265|pauganda-vayase-in the age of pauganda; padena-studies;
>|padana-teaches; sisya-gane-disciples; sarvatra-everywhere;
>|karena-does; krsna-namera-the holy name of Lord Krsna;
>|vyakhyane-description.
266|TRANSLATION
267|During His pauganda age He became a serious student and
>|also taught disciples. In this way He used to explain the
>|holy name of Krsna everywhere.
268|Adi 13.29
269|TEXT 29
270|TEXT
271|sutra-vrtti-panji-tika krsnete tatparya
272|sisyera pratita haya,-prabhava ascarya
273|SYNONYMS
274|sutra-aphorisms; vrtti-explanation; panji-application; tika-
>|notes; krsnete-unto Krsna; tatparya-culmination; sisyera-of
>|the disciple; pratita-realization; haya-becomes; prabhava-
>|influence; ascarya-wonderful.
275|TRANSLATION
276|When teaching a course in grammar [vyakarana] and
>|explaining it with notes, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught
>|His disciples about the glories of Lord Krsna. All
>|explanations culminated in Krsna, and His disciples would
>|understand them very easily. Thus His influence was
>|wonderful.
277|PURPORT
278|Srila Jiva Gosvami compiled a grammar in two parts named
>|Laghu-hari-namamrta-vyakarana and Brhad-dhari-namamrta-
>|vyakarana. If someone studies these two texts in vyakarana,
>|or grammar, he learns the grammatical rules of the Sanskrit
>|language and simultaneously learns how to become a great
>|devotee of Lord Krsna.
279|In the Caitanya-bhagavata, First Chapter,
>|there is a statement about the method by which Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught grammar. Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu explained the aphorisms of grammar to be eternal,
>| like the holy name of Krsna. As stated in Bhagavad-
>|gita (15.15), vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyah. The
>|purport of all revealed scriptures is understanding of
>|Krsna. Therefore if a person explains anything that is not
>|Krsna, he simply wastes his time laboring hard without
>|fulfilling the aim of his life. If one simply becomes a
>|teacher or professor of education but does not understand
>|Krsna, it is to be understood that he is among the lowest
>|of mankind, as stated in Bhagavad-gita (7.15):
>|naradhama mayayapahrta-jnanah. If one does not know the
>|essence of all revealed scriptures but still becomes a
>|teacher, his teaching is like the disturbing braying of an
>|ass.
280|Adi 13.30
281|TEXT 30
282|TEXT
283|yare dekhe, tare kahe,-kaha krsna-nama
284|krsna-name bhasaila navadvipa-grama
285|SYNONYMS
286|yare-whomever; dekhe-He sees; tare-to him; kahe-He says;
>|kaha-speak; krsna-nama-the holy name of Lord Krsna; krsna-
>|name-by the holy name of Lord Krsna; bhasaila-was inundated;
>| navadvipa-the place of the name Navadvipa; grama-village.
287|TRANSLATION
288|When Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu was a student, He asked
>|whomever He met to chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. In
>|this way He inundated the whole town of Navadvipa with the
>|chanting of Hare Krsna.
289|PURPORT
290|The present Navadvipa-dhama is but a part of the whole of
>|Navadvipa. Navadvipa means "nine islands." These nine
>|islands, which occupy an area of land estimated at thirty-
>|two square miles, are surrounded by different branches of
>|the Ganges. In all nine of those islands of the Navadvipa
>|area there are different places for cultivating devotional
>|service. It is stated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam (7.5.23)
>|that there are nava-vidha bhakti, nine different activities
>|of devotional service:
291|sravanam kirtanam visnoh
292|smaranam pada-sevanam
293|arcanam vandanam dasyam
294|sakhyam atma-nivedanam
295|There are different islands in the Navadvipa area for
>|cultivation of these nine varieties of devotional service.
>|They are as follows: (1) Antardvipa, (2) Simantadvipa, (3)
>|Godrumadvipa, (4) Madhyadvipa, (5) Koladvipa, (6) Rtudvipa,
>|(7) Jahnudvipa, (8) Modadruma-dvipa and (9) Rudradvipa.
>|According to the settlement map, our ISKCON Navadvipa
>|center is situated on the Rudradvipa island. Below
>|Rudradvipa, in Antardvipa, is Mayapur. There Sri Jagannatha
>|Misra, the father of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, used to reside.
>|In all these different islands, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
>|as a young man, used to lead His sankirtana party. He thus
>|inundated the entire area with the waves of love of Krsna.
296|Adi 13.31
297|TEXT 31
298|TEXT
299|kisora vayase arambhila sankirtana
300|ratra-dine preme nrtya, sange bhakta-gana
301|SYNONYMS
302|kisora vayase-just before the beginning of His youthful
>|life; arambhila-began; sankirtana-the sankirtana movement;
>|ratra-dine-night and day; preme-in ecstasy; nrtya-dancing;
>|sange-along with; bhakta-gana-the devotees.
303|TRANSLATION
304|Just prior to His youthful life, He began the sankirtana
>|movement. Day and night He used to dance in ecstasy with
>|His devotees.
305|Adi 13.32
306|TEXT 32
307|TEXT
308|nagare nagare bhrame kirtana kariya
309|bhasaila tri-bhuvana prema-bhakti diya
310|SYNONYMS
311|nagare nagare-in different parts of the town; bhrame-
>|wanders; kirtana-chanting; kariya-performing; bhasaila-
>|inundated; tri-bhuvana-all the three worlds; prema-bhakti-
>|love of Godhead; diya-distributing.
312|TRANSLATION
313|The sankirtana movement went on from one part of the town
>|to another, as the Lord wandered everywhere performing
>|kirtana. In this way He inundated the whole world by
>|distributing love of Godhead.
314|PURPORT
315|One may raise the question how all three worlds became
>|inundated with love of Krsna since Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|performed kirtana only in the Navadvipa area. The answer is
>|that Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna Himself. The
>|entire cosmic manifestation results from the Lord's first
>|setting it in motion. Similarly, since the sankirtana
>|movement was first set in motion five hundred years ago by
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's desire that it spread all over
>|the universe, the Krsna consciousness movement, in
>|continuity of that same motion, is now spreading all over
>|the world, and in this way it will gradually spread all
>|over the universe. With the spread of the Krsna
>|consciousness movement, everyone will merge in an ocean of
>|love of Krsna.
316|Adi 13.33
317|TEXT 33
318|TEXT
319|cabbisa vatsara aiche navadvipa-grame
320|laoyaila sarva-loke krsna-prema-name
321|SYNONYMS
322|cabbisa-twenty-four; vatsara-years; aiche-in that way;
>|navadvipa-of the name Navadvipa; grame-in the village;
>|laoyaila-induced; sarva-loke-every man; krsna-prema-love of
>|Krsna; name-in the holy name.
323|TRANSLATION
324|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu lived in the Navadvipa area for
>|twenty-four years, and He induced every person to chant the
>|Hare Krsna maha-mantra and thus merge in love of Krsna.
325|Adi 13.34
326|TEXT 34
327|TEXT
328|cabbisa vatsara chila kariya sannyasa
329|bhakta-gana lana kaila nilacale vasa
330|SYNONYMS
331|cabbisa-twenty-four; vatsara-years; chila-remained; kariya-
>|accepting; sannyasa-the renounced order; bhakta-gana-
>|devotees; lana-taking with Him; kaila-did; nilacale-in
>|Jagannatha Puri; vasa-reside.
332|TRANSLATION
333|For His remaining twenty-four years, Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, after accepting the renounced order of life,
>|stayed at Jagannatha Puri with His devotees.
334|Adi 13.35
335|TEXT 35
336|TEXT
337|tara madhye nilacale chaya vatsara
338|nrtya, gita, premabhakti-dana nirantara
339|SYNONYMS
340|tara madhye-out of those twenty-four years; nilacale-while
>|He was staying at Jagannatha Puri; chaya vatsara-
>|continuously for six years; nrtya-dancing; gita-chanting;
>|prema-bhakti-love of Krsna; dana-distribution; nirantara-
>|always.
341|TRANSLATION
342|For six of these twenty-four years in Nilacala [Jagannatha
>|Puri], He distributed love of Godhead by always chanting
>|and dancing.
343|Adi 13.36
344|TEXT 36
345|TEXT
346|setubandha, ara gauda-vyapi vrndavana
347|prema-nama pracariya karila bhramana
348|SYNONYMS
349|setubandha-Cape Comorin; ara-and; gauda-Bengal; vyapi-
>|extending; vrndavana-to Vrndavana; prema-nama-love of Krsna
>|and the holy name of Krsna; pracariya-distributing; karila-
>|performed; bhramana-touring.
350|TRANSLATION
351|Beginning from Cape Comorin and extending through Bengal to
>|Vrndavana, during these six years He toured all of India,
>|chanting, dancing and distributing love of Krsna.
352|Adi 13.37
353|TEXT 37
354|TEXT
355|ei 'madhya-lila' nama-lila-mukhyadhama
356|sesa astadasa varsa-'antya-lila' nama
357|SYNONYMS
358|ei-these; madhya-lila nama-named the middle pastimes; lila-
>|pastimes; mukhya-dhama-principal place; sesa-last; astadasa-
>|eighteen; varsa-years; antya-lila-the final pastimes; nama-
>|named.
359|TRANSLATION
360|The activities of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu in His travels
>|after He accepted sannyasa are His principal pastimes. His
>|activities during His remaining eighteen years are called
>|antya-lila, or the final portion of His pastimes.
361|Adi 13.38
362|TEXT 38
363|TEXT
364|tara madhye chaya vatsara bhaktagana-sange
365|prema-bhakti laoyaila nrtya-gita-range
366|SYNONYMS
367|tara madhye-out of that; chaya vatsara-six years; bhakta-
>|gana-sange-along with devotees; prema-bhakti-love of Krsna;
>|laoyaila-induced; nrtya-dancing; gita-chanting; range-in
>|transcendental bliss.
368|TRANSLATION
369|For six of the eighteen years He continuously stayed in
>|Jagannatha Puri, He regularly performed kirtana, inducing
>|all the devotees to love Krsna simply by chanting and
>|dancing.
370|Adi 13.39
371|TEXT 39
372|TEXT
373|dvadasa vatsara sesa rahila nilacale
374|premavastha sikhaila asvadana-cchale
375|SYNONYMS
376|dvadasa-twelve; vatsara-years; sesa-balance; rahila-
>|remained; nilacale-at Jagannatha Puri; prema-avastha-a
>|state of ecstasy; sikhaila-instructed everyone; asvadana-
>|chale-under the plea of tasting it Himself.
377|TRANSLATION
378|For the remaining twelve years He stayed in Jagannatha Puri,
>| He taught everyone how to taste the transcendental mellow
>|ecstasy of love of Krsna by tasting it Himself.
379|PURPORT
380|A person who is advanced in Krsna consciousness always
>|feels separation from Krsna because such a feeling of
>|separation excels the feeling of meeting Krsna. Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, in His last twelve years of existence
>|within this world at Jagannatha Puri, taught the people of
>|the world how, with a feeling of separation, one can
>|develop His dormant love of Krsna. Such feelings of
>|separation or meeting with Krsna are different stages of
>|love of Godhead. These feelings develop in time when a
>|person seriously engages in devotional service. The highest