1|Adi 17-1975: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu in
>|His Youth
2|Chapter 17
3|The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu in His Youth
4|This Seventeenth Chapter, as summarized by Srila
>|Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya, describes
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's pastimes from His sixteenth year
>|until the time He accepted the renounced order of life.
>|Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura has already vividly described
>|these pastimes in the Caitanya-bhagavata . Therefore Krsna
>|dasa Kaviraja Gosvami describes them only briefly. Vivid
>|descriptions of some portions of His pastimes are seen in
>|this chapter, however, because Vrndavana dasa Thakura has
>|not elaborately described them.
5|In this chapter we shall find descriptions of the mango
>|distribution festival and Lord Caitanya's discourses with
>|Chand Kazi. Finally, the chapter shows that the same son of
>|mother Yasoda, Lord Krsna, tasted four transcendental
>|mellows of devotional service in His form of Sacinandana,
>|the son of mother Saci. To understand Srimati Radharani's
>|ecstatic love for Him, Lord Sri Krsna assumed the form of
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The attitude of Srimati Radharani
>|is considered the superexcellent devotional mentality. As
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Krsna Himself assumed the position of
>|Srimati Radharani to taste Her ecstatic situation. No one
>|else could do this.
6|When Sri Krsna assumed the form of the four-armed Narayana,
>|the gopis showed their respect, but they were not very much
>|interested in Him. In the ecstatic love of the gopis, all
>|worshipable forms but Krsna are rejected. Among all the
>|gopis, Srimati Radharani has the highest ecstatic love.
>|When Krsna in His form of Narayana saw Radharani, He could
>|not keep His position as Narayana, and again He assumed the
>|form of Krsna.
7|The King of Vrajabhumi is Nanda Maharaja, and the same
>|person in Navadvipa is Jagannatha Misra, the father of
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Similarly, mother Yasoda is the Queen
>|of Vrajabhumi, and in the pastimes of Lord Caitanya she is
>|Sacimata. Therefore the son of Saci is the son of Yasoda.
>|Sri Nityananda occupies an ecstatic position of parental
>|love in servitude and fraternal attraction. Sri Advaita
>|Prabhu exhibits the ecstasy of both fraternity and
>|servitude. All the Lord's other associates, situated in
>|their original love, engage in the service of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu.
8|The same Absolute Truth who enjoys as Krsna, Syamasundara,
>|who plays His flute and dances with the gopis, sometimes
>|takes birth in a brahmana family and plays the part of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, accepting the renounced order of life.
>|It appears contradictory that the same Krsna accepted the
>|ecstasy of the gopis, and of course this is very difficult
>|for an ordinary person to understand. But if we accept the
>|inconceivable energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
>|we can understand that everything is possible. There is no
>|need of mundane arguments in this connection because
>|mundane arguments are meaningless in regard to
>|inconceivable potency.
9|In the end of this Seventeenth Chapter Srila Krsnadasa
>|Kaviraja Gosvami, following in the footsteps of Srila
>|Vyasadeva, has analyzed all the Adi-lila pastimes
>|separately.
10|Adi 17.1
11|TEXT 1
12|TEXT
13|vande svairadbhuteham tam
14|caitanyam yat-prasadatah
15|yavanah sumanayante
16|krsna-nama-prajalpakah
17|SYNONYMS
18|vande-let me offer my obeisances; svaira-completely
>|independent; adbhuta-and uncommon; iham-whose activities;
>|tam-unto Him; caitanyam-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; yat-of
>|whom; prasadatah-by the mercy; yavanah-even the unclean;
>|sumanayante-are transformed into gentlemen; krsna-nama-of
>|the holy name of Lord Krsna; prajalpakah-taking to the
>|chanting.
19|TRANSLATION
20|Let me offer my respectful obeisances to Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, by whose mercy even unclean yavanas become
>|perfectly well-bred gentlemen by chanting the holy name of
>|the Lord. Such is the power of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
21|PURPORT
22|There is a persistent misunderstanding between caste
>|brahmanas and advanced Vaisnavas, or gosvamis, because
>|caste brahmanas, or smartas, are of the opinion that one
>|cannot become a brahmana unless he changes his body. As we
>|have discussed several times, it is to be understood that
>|by the supremely powerful potency of the Lord, as described
>|by Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, everything is possible.
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu is as fully independent as Krsna.
>|Therefore no one can interfere with His activities. If He
>|wants, by His mercy He can convert even a yavana, an
>|unclean follower of non-Vedic principles, into a perfectly
>|well-behaved gentleman. This is actually happening in our
>|propagation of the Krsna consciousness movement. The
>|members of the present Krsna consciousness movement were
>|not born in India, nor do they belong to the Vedic culture,
>|but within the short time of four or five years they have
>|become such wonderful devotees , simply by chanting the
>|Hare Krsna mantra , that even in India they are well
>|received as perfectly well -behaved Vaisnavas wherever they
>|go.
23|Although less intelligent men cannot understand it, this is
>|the special power of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Actually,
>|the body of a Krsna conscious person changes in many ways.
>|Even in the United States, when our devotees chant on the
>|street, American ladies and gentlemen inquire from them
>|whether they are actually Americans because no one could
>|expect Americans to become such nice devotees all of a
>|sudden. Even Christian priests are greatly surprised that
>|all these boys from Jewish and Christian families have
>|joined this Krsna consciousness movement; before joining,
>|they never regarded any principles of religion seriously,
>|but now they have become sincere devotees of the Lord.
>|Everywhere people express this astonishment, and we take
>|great pride in the transcendental behavior of our students.
>|Such wonders are possible, however, only by the mercy of
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. They are not ordinary or mundane.
24|Adi 17.2
25|TEXT 2
26|TEXT
27|jaya jaya sri-caitanya jaya nityananda
28|jayadvaitacandra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda
29|SYNONYMS
30|jaya jaya-all glories; sri-caitanya-to Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; jaya-all glories; nityananda-to Lord Nityananda
>|Prabhu; jaya advaita-candra-all glories to Advaita Acarya;
>|jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda-all glories to the devotees of Lord
>|Caitanya.
31|TRANSLATION
32|All glories to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu! All glories to
>|Lord Nityananda Prabhu! All glories to Advaita Acarya! And
>|all glories to the devotees of Lord Caitanya!
33|Adi 17.3
34|TEXT 3
35|TEXT
36|kaisora-lilara sutra karila ganana
37|yauvana-lilara sutra kari anukrama
38|SYNONYMS
39|kaisora-lilara-of the activities before His youth; sutra-
>|synopsis; karila-I have done; ganana-an enumeration;
>|yauvana-lilara-of the pastimes of youth; sutra-synopsis;
>|kari-I enumerate; anukrama-in chronological order.
40|TRANSLATION
41|I have already given a synopsis of the kaisora-lila of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Now let me enumerate His youthful
>|pastimes in chronological order.
42|Adi 17.4
43|TEXT 4
44|TEXT
45|vidya-saundarya-sad-vesa-
46|sambhoga-nrtya-kirtanaih
47|prema-nama-pradanais ca
48|gauro divyati yauvane
49|SYNONYMS
50|vidya-education; saundarya-beauty; sat-vesa-nice dress;
>|sambhoga-enjoyment; nrtya-dancing; kirtanaih-by chanting;
>|prema-nama-the holy name of the Lord, which induces one to
>|become a devotee; pradanaih-by distributing; ca-and; gaurah-
>|Lord Sri Gaurasundara; divyati-illuminated; yauvane-in His
>|youth.
51|TRANSLATION
52|Exhibiting His scholarship, beauty and fine dress, Lord
>|Caitanya danced, as He chanted and distributed the
>|holy name of the Lord to awaken dormant love of Krsna. Thus
>|Lord Sri Gaurasundara shone in His youthful pastimes.
53|Adi 17.5
54|TEXT 5
55|TEXT
56|yauvana-pravese angera anga vibhusana
57|divya vastra, divya vesa, malya-candana
58|SYNONYMS
59|yauvana-pravese-on the entrance of His youth; angera-of the
>|body; anga-limbs; vibhusana-ornaments; divya-transcendental;
>| vastra-garments; divya-transcendental; vesa-dress; malya-
>|garland; candana-(smeared with) sandalwood pulp.
60|TRANSLATION
61|As He entered His youth, the Lord decorated Himself with
>|ornaments, dressed Himself in fine cloth, garlanded Himself
>|with flowers and smeared Himself with sandalwood.
62|Adi 17.6
63|TEXT 6
64|TEXT
65|vidyara auddhatye kahon na kare ganana
66|sakala pandita jini' kare adhyapana
67|SYNONYMS
68|vidyara auddhatye-because of pride in education; kahon-
>|anyone; na-does not; kare-do; ganana-care; sakala-all;
>|pandita-learned scholars; jini'-conquering; kare-does;
>|adhyapana-studies.
69|TRANSLATION
70|By dint of pride in His education, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
>|not caring for anyone else, defeated all kinds of learned
>|scholars while executing His studies.
71|Adi 17.7
72|TEXT 7
73|TEXT
74|vayu-vyadhi-cchale kaila prema parakasa
75|bhakta-gana lana kaila vividha vilasa
76|SYNONYMS
77|vayu-vyadhi-disease caused by disturbance of the air in the
>|body; chale-on the plea of; kaila-made; prema-love of
>|Godhead; parakasa-manifestation; bhakta-gana-the devotees;
>|lana-taking with Him; kaila-did; vividha-varieties of;
>|vilasa-pastimes.
78|TRANSLATION
79|In His youth, the Lord exhibited His ecstatic love of Krsna
>|on the plea of disturbances of the bodily airs. Accompanied
>|by His confidential devotees, He enjoyed various pastimes
>|in this way.
80|PURPORT
81|According to Ayur-vedic treatment, the entire physiological
>|system is conducted by three elements, namely, vayu, pitta
>|and kapha (air, bile and mucus). Secretions within the body
>|transform into other secretions like blood, urine and stool,
>| but if there are disturbances in the metabolism, the
>|secretions turn into kapha (mucus) by the influence of the
>|air within the body. According to the Ayur-vedic system,
>|when the secretion of bile and formation of mucus disturb
>|the air circulating within the body, fifty-nine varieties
>|of disease may occur. One of such diseases is craziness.
82|On the plea of disturbance of the bodily air and metabolism,
>| Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu acted as if crazy. Thus in His
>|school He began to explain the grammar of verbs through
>|Krsna consciousness. Explaining everything in grammar in
>|relationship to Krsna, the Lord induced His students to
>|refrain from worldly education, for it is better to become
>|Krsna conscious and in this way attain the highest
>|perfectional platform of education. On these grounds, Sri
>|Jiva Gosvami later compiled the grammar entitled Hari-
>|namamrta-vyakarana. People in general consider such
>|explanations crazy. Therefore the Lord's purpose in His
>|attitude of craziness was to explain that there is nothing
>|within our experience but Krsna consciousness, for
>|everything may be dovetailed with Krsna consciousness.
>|These pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu have been very
>|vividly described in the Caitanya-bhagavata, Madhya-khanda,
>|Chapter One.
83|Adi 17.8
84|TEXT 8
85|TEXT
86|tabeta karila prabhu gayate gamana
87|isvara-purira sange tathai milana
88|SYNONYMS
89|tabeta-thereafter; karila-did; prabhu-Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; gayate-to Gaya; gamana-travel; isvara-purira
>|sange-with Isvara Puri; tathai-there; milana-meeting.
90|TRANSLATION
91|Thereafter the Lord went to Gaya. There He met Srila Isvara
>|Puri.
92|PURPORT
93|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to Gaya to offer respectful
>|oblations to His forefathers. This process is called pinda-
>|dana. In Vedic society, after the death of a relative,
>|especially one's father or mother, one must go to Gaya and
>|there offer oblations to the lotus feet of Lord Visnu.
>|Therefore hundreds and thousands of men gather in Gaya
>|daily to offer such oblations, or sraddha. Following this
>|principle, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu also went there to
>|offer pinda to His dead father. Fortunately He met Isvara
>|Puri there.
94|Adi 17.9
95|TEXT 9
96|TEXT
97|diksa-anantare haila, premera prakasa
98|dese agamana punah premera vilasa
99|SYNONYMS
100|diksa-initiation; anantare-immediately after; haila-became;
>|premera-of love of Godhead; prakasa-exhibition; dese-in His
>|home country; agamana-coming back; punah-again; premera-of
>|love of God; vilasa-enjoyment.
101|TRANSLATION
102|In Gaya, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was initiated by Isvara
>|Puri, and immediately afterwards He exhibited signs of love
>|of Godhead. He again displayed such symptoms after
>|returning home.
103|PURPORT
104|When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to Gaya, accompanied by
>|many of His disciples, He became sick on the way. He had
>|such a high fever that He asked His students to bring water
>|that had washed the feet of brahmanas, and when they
>|brought it the Lord drank it and was cured. Therefore
>|everyone should respect the position of a brahmana, as
>|indicated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Neither the Lord nor
>|His followers displayed any disrespect to brahmanas.
105|The followers of the Lord must be prepared to offer
>|brahmanas all due respect. But preachers of Lord Caitanya's
>|cult object if someone presents himself as a brahmana
>|without having the necessary qualifications. The followers
>|of Lord Caitanya cannot blindly accept that everyone born
>|in a brahmana family is a brahmana. Therefore one should
>|not indiscriminately follow the Lord's example of showing
>|respect to brahmanas by drinking water that has washed
>|their feet. Gradually the brahmana families have become
>|degraded because of the contamination of Kali-yuga. Thus
>|they misguide people by exploiting their sentiments.
106|Adi 17.10
107|TEXT 10
108|TEXT
109|sacike prema-dana, tabe advaita-milana
110|advaita paila visvarupa-darasana
111|SYNONYMS
112|sacike-unto mother Sacidevi; prema-dana-giving love of
>|Godhead; tabe-thereafter; advaita-with Advaita Acarya;
>|milana-meeting; advaita-Advaita Acarya; paila-received;
>|visva-rupa-of the universal form of the Lord; darasana-
>|vision.
113|TRANSLATION
114|Thereafter the Lord delivered love of Krsna to His mother,
>|Sacidevi, nullifying her offense at the feet of Advaita
>|Acarya. Thus there was a meeting with Advaita Acarya, who
>|later had a vision of the Lord's universal form.
115|PURPORT
116|One day Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was sitting on the throne
>|of Visnu in the house of Srivasa Prabhu, and in a mood of
>|His own He said, "My mother has offended the lotus feet of
>|Advaita Acarya. Unless she nullifies this offense at the
>|lotus feet of a Vaisnava, it will not be possible for her
>|to achieve love of Krsna." Hearing this, all the devotees
>|went to bring Advaita Acarya there. While coming to see the
>|Lord, Advaita Acarya was glorifying the characteristics of
>|mother Sacidevi, and thus upon arriving He fell down on the
>|ground in ecstasy. Then, under the instruction of Lord
>|Caitanya, Sacidevi took advantage of this situation to
>|touch Advaita Acarya's lotus feet. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|was very much pleased by His mother's action, and He said, "
>|Now My mother's offense at the lotus feet of Advaita Acarya
>|has been rectified, and she may have love of Krsna without
>|difficulty." By this example Lord Caitanya taught everyone
>|that although one may be very much advanced in Krsna
>|consciousness, if one offends the lotus feet of a Vaisnava
>|his advancement will not bear fruit. We should therefore be
>|very much conscious not to offend a Vaisnava.
>|Caitanya-caritamrta has described such an offense as
>|follows:
117|yadi vaisnava-aparadha uthe hati mata
118|upade va chinde, tara sukhi' yaya pata
119|(Cc. Madhya 19.156)
120|As a mad elephant may trample all the plants in a garden,
>|so by committing one offense at the lotus feet of a
>|Vaisnava one may spoil all the devotional service he has
>|accumulated in his life.
121|After this incident, one day Advaita Acarya Prabhu
>|requested Caitanya Mahaprabhu to display the universal form
>|He had very kindly shown Arjuna. Lord Caitanya agreed to
>|this proposal, and Advaita Prabhu was fortunate enough to
>|see the universal form of the Lord.
122|Adi 17.11
123|TEXT 11
124|TEXT
125|prabhura abhiseka tabe karila srivasa
126|khate vasi' prabhu kaila aisvarya prakasa
127|SYNONYMS
128|prabhura-of the Lord; abhiseka-worship; tabe-after that;
>|karila-did; srivasa-of the name Srivasa; khate-on the cot;
>|vasi'-sitting; prabhu-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kaila-
>|did; aisvarya-opulence; prakasa-manifestation.
129|TRANSLATION
130|Srivasa Thakura then worshiped Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu by
>|the process of abhiseka. Sitting on a cot, the Lord
>|exhibited transcendental opulence.
131|PURPORT
132|Abhiseka is a special function for the installation of the
>|Deity. In this ceremony the Deity is bathed with milk and
>|water and then worshiped and given a change of dress. This
>|abhiseka function was especially observed at the house of
>|Srivasa. All the devotees, according to their means,
>|worshiped the Lord with all kinds of paraphernalia, and the
>|Lord gave benedictions to each devotee according to his
>|desire.
133|Adi 17.12
134|TEXT 12
135|TEXT
136|tabe nityananda-svarupera agamana
137|prabhuke miliya paila sad-bhuja-darsana
138|SYNONYMS
139|tabe-thereafter; nityananda-svarupera-of the Personality of
>|Godhead Nityananda; agamana-appearance; prabhuke-Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; miliya-meeting; paila-obtained; sat-
>|bhuja-darsana-a vision of the six-armed Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu.
140|TRANSLATION
141|After this function at the house of Srivasa Thakura,
>|Nityananda Prabhu appeared, and when He met with Lord
>|Caitanya He got the opportunity to see Him in His six-armed
>|form.
142|PURPORT
143|The form of Sad-bhuja, the six-armed Lord Gaurasundara, is
>|a representation of three incarnations. The form of Sri
>|Ramacandra is symbolized by a bow and arrow
>|, the form of Lord Sri Krsna is symbolized by a
>|stick and flute like those generally held by a cowherd
>|boy, and Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu is symbolized by a
>|sannyasa-danda and kamandalu, or waterpot.
144|Srila Nityananda Prabhu was born in the village of
>|Ekacakra in the district of Birbhum as the son of
>|Padmavati and Hadai Pandita. In His childhood He played
>|like Balarama. When He was growing up, a sannyasi came to
>|the house of Hadai Pandita , begging to have the
>|pandita's son as his brahmacari assistant. Hadai Pandita
>|immediately agreed and delivered his son to him, although
>|the separation was greatly shocking, so much so that Hadai
>|lost his life after the separation. Nityananda Prabhu
>|traveled on many pilgrimages with the sannyasi. It is said
>|that for many days He lived at Mathura with him, and at
>|that time He heard about Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's
>|pastimes in Navadvipa. Therefore He came down to Bengal to
>|see the Lord. When Lord Nityananda came to Navadvipa, He
>|was a guest at the house of Nandana Acarya. Understanding
>|that Nityananda Prabhu had arrived, Lord Caitanya sent His
>|devotees to Him, and thus there was a meeting between Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu.
145|Adi 17.13
146|TEXT 13
147|TEXT
148|prathame sad-bhuja tanre dekhaila isvara
149|sankha-cakra-gada-padma-sarnga-venu-dhara
150|SYNONYMS
151|prathame-at first; sat-bhuja-six-armed; tanre-unto Him;
>|dekhaila-showed; isvara-the Lord; sankha-conchshell; cakra-
>|disc; gada-club; padma-lotus flower; sarnga-bow; venu-flute;
>| dhara-carrying.
152|TRANSLATION
153|One day Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu exhibited to Lord
>|Nityananda Prabhu a six-armed form bearing a conchshell,
>|disc, club, lotus flower, bow and flute.
154|Adi 17.14
155|TEXT 14
156|TEXT
157|tabe catur-bhuja haila, tina anga vakra
158|dui haste venu bajaya, duye sankha-cakra
159|SYNONYMS
160|tabe-thereafter; catuh-bhuja-four-armed; haila-became; tina-
>|three; anga-body; vakra-curved; dui haste-in two hands;
>|venu bajaya-blowing the flute; duye-in two (hands); sankha-
>|cakra-conchshell and disc.
161|TRANSLATION
162|Thereafter the Lord showed Him His four-armed form,
>|standing in a three-curved posture. With two hands He
>|played upon a flute, and in the other two He carried a
>|conchshell and disc.
163|Adi 17.15
164|TEXT 15
165|TEXT
166|tabe ta' dvi-bhuja kevala vamsi-vadana
167|syama-anga pita-vastra vrajendra-nandana
168|SYNONYMS
169|tabe-thereafter; ta'-certainly; dvi-bhuja-two-handed;
>|kevala-only; vamsi-flute; vadana-on the mouth; syama-bluish;
>| anga-body; pita-vastra-yellow dress; vrajendra-nandana-the
>|son of Nanda Maharaja.
170|TRANSLATION
171|Finally the Lord showed Nityananda Prabhu His two-armed
>|form of Krsna, the son of Maharaja Nanda, simply playing on
>|His flute, His bluish body dressed in yellow garments.
172|PURPORT
173|Sri Caitanya-mangala vividly elaborates upon this
>|description.
174|Adi 17.16
175|TEXT 16
176|TEXT
177|tabe nityananda-gosanira vyasa-pujana
178|nityanandavese kaila musala dharana
179|SYNONYMS
180|tabe-thereafter; nityananda-of the name Nityananda;
>|gosanira-of the Lord; vyasa-pujana-worshiping Vyasadeva or
>|the spiritual master; nityananda-avese-in the ecstasy of
>|becoming Nityananda; kaila-did; musala dharana-carrying a
>|plowlike weapon called a musala.
181|TRANSLATION
182|Nityananda Prabhu then arranged to offer Vyasa-puja, or
>|worship of the spiritual master, to Lord Sri Gaurasundara.
>|But Lord Caitanya carried the plowlike weapon called musala
>|in the ecstasy of being Nityananda Prabhu.
183|PURPORT
184|By the order of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Nityananda Prabhu
>|arranged for Vyasa-puja of the Lord on the night of the
>|full moon. He arranged for the Vyasa-puja, or guru-puja,
>|through the agency of Vyasadeva. Since Vyasadeva is the
>|original guru (spiritual master) of all who follow the
>|Vedic principles, worship of the spiritual master is called
>|Vyasa-puja. Nityananda Prabhu arranged for the Vyasa-puja,
>|and sankirtana was going on, but when He tried to put a
>|garland on the shoulder of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, He saw
>|Himself in Lord Caitanya. There is no difference between
>|the spiritual positions of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and
>|Nityananda Prabhu, or Krsna and Balarama. All of Them are
>|but different manifestations of the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead. During this special ceremony, all the devotees of
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu could understand that there is no
>|difference between Lord Caitanya and Nityananda Prabhu.
185|Adi 17.17
186|TEXT 17
187|TEXT
188|tabe saci dekhila, rama-krsna-dui bhai
189|tabe nistarila prabhu jagai-madhai
190|SYNONYMS
191|tabe-thereafter; saci-mother Sacidevi; dekhila-saw; rama-
>|krsna-Lord Krsna and Lord Balarama; dui bhai-two brothers;
>|tabe-thereafter; nistarila-delivered; prabhu-the Lord;
>|jagai-madhai-the two brothers Jagai and Madhai.
192|TRANSLATION
193|Thereafter mother Sacidevi saw the brothers Krsna and
>|Balarama in Their manifestation of Lord Caitanya and
>|Nityananda. Then the Lord delivered the two brothers Jagai
>|and Madhai.
194|PURPORT
195|One night Sacidevi dreamt that the Deities in her house,
>|Krsna and Balarama, had taken the forms of Caitanya and
>|Nityananda and were fighting one another, as children do,
>|to eat the naivedya, or offering to the Deities. On the
>|next day, by the will of Lord Caitanya, Sacidevi invited
>|Nityananda to take prasada at her house. Thus Visvambhara (
>|Lord Caitanya) and Nityananda were eating together, and
>|Sacidevi realized that They were none other than Krsna and
>|Balarama. Seeing this, she fainted.
196|Jagai and Madhai were two brothers born in Navadvipa in a
>|respectable brahmana family who later became addicted to
>|all kinds of sinful activities. By the order of Lord
>|Caitanya, both Nityananda Prabhu and Haridasa Thakura used
>|to preach the cult of Krsna consciousness door to door. In
>|the course of such preaching they found Jagai and Madhai,
>|two maddened drunken brothers, who, upon seeing them, began
>|to chase them. On the next day, Madhai struck Nityananda
>|Prabhu on the head with a piece of earthen pot, thus
>|drawing blood. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu heard of this,
>|He immediately came to the spot, ready to punish both
>|brothers, but when the all-merciful Lord Gauranga saw Jagai'
>|s repentant behavior, He immediately embraced him. By
>|seeing the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face and
>|embracing Him, both the sinful brothers were at once
>|cleansed. Thus they received initiation into the chanting
>|of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra from the Lord and were
>|delivered.
197|Adi 17.18
198|TEXT 18
199|TEXT
200|tabe sapta-prahara chila prabhu bhavavese
201|yatha tatha bhakta-gana dekhila visese
202|SYNONYMS
203|tabe-thereafter; sapta-prahara-twenty-one hours; chila-
>|remained; prabhu-the Lord; bhava-avese-in ecstasy; yatha-
>|anywhere; tatha-everywhere; bhakta-gana-the devotees;
>|dekhila-saw; visese-specifically.
204|TRANSLATION
205|After this incident, the Lord remained in an ecstatic
>|position for twenty-one hours, and all the devotees saw His
>|specific pastimes.
206|PURPORT
207|In the Deity's room there must be a bed for the Deity
>|behind the Deity 's throne. (This system should immediately
>|be introduced in all our centers. It does not matter
>|whether the bed is big or small; it should be of a size the
>|Deity room can conveniently accommodate, but there must be
>|at least a small bed.) One day in the house of Srivasa
>|Thakura, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu sat down on the bed of
>|Visnu, and all the devotees worshiped Him with the Vedic
>|mantras of the Purusa-sukta, beginning with sahasra-sirsa
>|purusah sahasraksah sahasra-pat. This veda-stuti should
>|also be introduced, if possible, for installations of
>|Deities. While bathing the Deity, all the priests and
>|devotees must chant this Purusa-sukta and offer the
>|appropriate paraphernalia for worshiping the Deity, such as
>|flowers, fruits, incense, arati paraphernalia, naivedya,
>|vastra and ornaments. All the devotees worshiped Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu in this way, and the Lord remained in
>|ecstasy for seven praharas, or twenty-one hours. He took
>|this opportunity to show the devotees that He is the
>|original Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, who is the
>|source of all other incarnations, as confirmed in the
>|Bhagavad-gita (10.8): aham sarvasya prabhavo mattah sarvam
>|pravartate. All the different forms of the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead, or visnu-tattva, emanate from the
>|body of Lord Krsna. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu exposed all
>|the private desires of the devotees, and thus all of them
>|became fully confident that Lord Caitanya is the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead.
208|Some devotees call this exhibition of ecstasy by the Lord
>|sata-prahariya bhava, or "the ecstasy of twenty-one hours,"
>|and others call it mahabhava-prakasa or maha-prakasa. There
>|are other descriptions of this sata-prahariya bhava in the
>|Caitanya- bhavagata , Chapter Nine, which
>|mentions that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu blessed a maidservant
>|named Duhkhi with the name Sukhi. He called for Kholaveca
>|Sridhara , and showed him His maha-prakasa. Then He called
>|for Murari Gupta and showed him His feature as Lord
>|Ramacandra. He offered His blessings to Haridasa Thakura,
>|and at this time He also asked Advaita Prabhu to explain
>|the Bhagavad-gita as it is (gitara satya-patha) and showed
>|special favor to Mukunda.
209|Adi 17.19
210|TEXT 19
211|TEXT
212|varaha-avesa haila murari-bhavane
213|tanra skandhe cadi' prabhu nacila angane
214|SYNONYMS
215|varaha-avesa-the ecstasy of becoming Varahadeva; haila-
>|became; murari-bhavane-in the house of Murari Gupta; tanra
>|skandhe-on the shoulders of Murari Gupta; cadi'-riding;
>|prabhu-the Lord; nacila-danced; angane-in the yard.
216|TRANSLATION
217|One day Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu felt the ecstasy of the
>|boar incarnation and got up on the shoulders of Murari
>|Gupta. Thus they both danced in Murari Gupta's courtyard.
218|PURPORT
219|One day Caitanya Mahaprabhu began to cry out, "Sukara!
>|Sukara!" Thus crying out for the boar incarnation of the
>|Lord, He assumed His form as the boar incarnation and got
>|up on the shoulders of Murari Gupta. He carried a small
>|gadu, a small waterpot with a nozzle, and thus He
>|symbolically picked up the earth from the depths of the
>|ocean, for this is the pastime of Lord Varaha.
220|Adi 17.20
221|TEXT 20
222|TEXT
223|tabe suklambarera kaila tandula-bhaksana
224|'harer nama' slokera kaila artha vivarana
225|SYNONYMS
226|tabe-thereafter; suklambarera-of Suklambara Brahmacari;
>|kaila-did; tandula-raw rice; bhaksana-eating; harer nama
>|slokera-of the verse celebrated as such; kaila-did; artha-
>|of the meaning; vivarana-explanation.
227|TRANSLATION
228|After this incident the Lord ate raw rice given by
>|Suklambara Brahmacari and explained very elaborately the
>|import of the "harer nama" sloka mentioned in the Brhan-
>|naradiya Purana.
229|PURPORT
230|Suklambara Brahmacari resided in Navadvipa on the bank of
>|the Ganges. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was dancing in
>|ecstasy, he approached the Lord with a begging bag
>|containing rice. The Lord was so pleased with His devotee
>|that immediately He snatched the bag and began
>|to eat the raw rice. No one forbade Him, and thus He
>|finished the entire supply of rice.
231|Adi 17.21
232|TEXT 21
233|TEXT
234|harer nama harer nama
235|harer namaiva kevalam
236|kalau nasty eva nasty eva
237|nasty eva gatir anyatha
238|SYNONYMS
239|hareh nama-the holy name of the Lord; hareh nama-the holy
>|name of the Lord; hareh nama-the holy name of the Lord; eva-
>|certainly; kevalam-only; kalau-in the Age of Kali; na asti-
>|there is none; eva-certainly; na asti-there is none; eva-
>|certainly; na asti-there is none; eva-certainly; gatih-
>|destination; anyatha-otherwise.
240|TRANSLATION
241|" 'In this Age of Kali there is no other means, no other
>|means, no other means for self-realization than chanting
>|the holy name, chanting the holy name, chanting the holy
>|name of Lord Hari.'
242|Adi 17.22
243|TEXT 22
244|TEXT
245|kali-kale nama-rupe krsna-avatara
246|nama haite haya sarva-jagat-nistara
247|SYNONYMS
248|kali-kale-in this Age of Kali; nama-rupe-in the form of the