1|Antya 8-1975: Ramacandra Puri Criticizes the Lord
2|Chapter 8
3|Ramacandra Puri Criticizes the Lord
4|The following summary of the Eighth Chapter is given by
>|Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya.
>|This chapter describes the history of the Lord's dealings
>|with Ramacandra Puri. Although Ramacandra Puri was one of
>|the disciples of Madhavendra Puri, he was influenced by dry
>|Mayavadis, and therefore he criticized Madhavendra Puri.
>|Therefore Madhavendra Puri accused him of being an offender
>|and rejected him. Because Ramacandra Puri had been rejected
>|by his spiritual master, he became concerned only with
>|finding faults in others and advising them according to dry
>|Mayavada philosophy. For this reason he was not very
>|respectful to the Vaisnavas, and later he became so fallen
>|that he began criticizing Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu for His
>|eating. Hearing his criticisms, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|reduced His eating, but after Ramacandra Puri left
>|Jagannatha Puri, the Lord resumed His usual behavior.
5|Antya 8.1
6|TEXT 1
7|TEXT
8|tam vande krsna-caitanyam
9|ramacandra-puri-bhayat
10|laukikaharatah svam yo
11|bhiksannam samakocayat
12|SYNONYMS
13|tam-to Him; vande-I offer my respectful obeisances; krsna-
>|caitanyam-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; ramacandra-puri-
>|bhayat-due to fear of Ramacandra Puri; laukika-ordinary;
>|aharatah-from eating; svam-His own; yah-who; bhiksa-annam-
>|quantity of food; samakocayat-reduced.
14|TRANSLATION
15|Let me offer my respectful obeisances to Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, who reduced His eating due to fear of the
>|criticism of Ramacandra Puri.
16|Antya 8.2
17|TEXT 2
18|TEXT
19|jaya jaya sri-caitanya karuna-sindhu-avatara
20|brahma-sivadika bhaje carana yanhara
21|SYNONYMS
22|jaya jaya-all glories; sri-caitanya-to Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; karuna-sindhu-avatara-the incarnation of the
>|ocean of mercy; brahma-siva-adika-demigods, beginning from
>|Lord Brahma and Siva; bhaje-worship; carana-lotus feet;
>|yanhara-whose.
23|TRANSLATION
24|All glories to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the incarnation of
>|the ocean of mercy. His lotus feet are worshiped by
>|demigods like Lord Brahma and Lord Siva.
25|Antya 8.3
26|TEXT 3
27|TEXT
28|jaya jaya avadhuta-candra nityananda
29|jagat bandhila yenha diya prema-phanda
30|SYNONYMS
31|jaya jaya-all glories; avadhuta-candra-to the moon of
>|mendicants; nityananda-Lord Nityananda; jagat-the world;
>|bandhila-bound; yenha-who; diya-by; prema-phanda-the noose
>|of ecstatic love of Krsna.
32|TRANSLATION
33|All glories to Nityananda Prabhu, the greatest of
>|mendicants, who bound the entire world with a knot of
>|ecstatic love for God.
34|Antya 8.4
35|TEXT 4
36|TEXT
37|jaya jaya advaita isvara avatara
38|krsna avatari' kaila jagat-nistara
39|SYNONYMS
40|jaya jaya-all glories; advaita-to Advaita Acarya; isvara-of
>|the Supreme Personality of Godhead; avatara-incarnation;
>|krsna avatari'-inducing Krsna to descend; kaila-did; jagat-
>|nistara-deliverance of the entire world.
41|TRANSLATION
42|All glories to Advaita Prabhu, the incarnation of the
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead. He induced Krsna to descend
>|and thus delivered the entire world.
43|Antya 8.5
44|TEXT 5
45|TEXT
46|jaya jaya srivasadi yata bhakta-gana
47|sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu-yanra prana-dhana
48|SYNONYMS
49|jaya jaya-all glories; srivasa-adi-headed by Srivasa
>|Thakura; yata bhakta-gana-to all the devotees; sri-krsna-
>|caitanya prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; yanra-whose; prana-
>|dhana-life and soul.
50|TRANSLATION
51|All glories to all the devotees, headed by Srivasa Thakura.
>|Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu is their life and soul.
52|Antya 8.6
53|TEXT 6
54|TEXT
55|ei-mata gauracandra nija-bhakta-sange
56|nilacale krida kare krsna-prema-tarange
57|SYNONYMS
58|ei-mata-in this way; gauracandra-Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; nija-bhakta-sange-with His own devotees;
>|nilacale-at Jagannatha Puri; krida kare-executes different
>|pastimes; krsna-prema-tarange-in the waves of love of Krsna.
59|TRANSLATION
60|Thus Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, at Jagannatha Puri, performed
>|His various pastimes with His own devotees in the waves of
>|love for Krsna.
61|Antya 8.7
62|TEXT 7
63|TEXT
64|hena-kale ramacandra-puri-gosani aila
65|paramananda-purire ara prabhure milila
66|SYNONYMS
67|hena-kale-at this time; ramacandra-puri-gosani-a sannyasi
>|named Ramacandra Puri; aila-came; paramananda-purire-
>|Paramananda Puri; ara-and; prabhure-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>| milila-met.
68|TRANSLATION
69|Then a sannyasi named Ramacandra Puri Gosani came to see
>|Paramananda Puri and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
70|Antya 8.8
71|TEXT 8
72|TEXT
73|paramananda-puri kaila carana vandana
74|puri-gosani kaila tanre drdha alingana
75|SYNONYMS
76|paramananda-puri-Paramananda Puri; kaila-did; carana-unto
>|the feet; vandana-offering obeisances; puri-gosani-
>|Ramacandra Puri; kaila-did; tanre-unto him; drdha-strong;
>|alingana-embracing.
77|TRANSLATION
78|Paramananda Puri offered respects at the feet of Ramacandra
>|Puri, and Ramacandra Puri strongly embraced him.
79|PURPORT
80|Because Ramacandra Puri was a disciple of Madhavendra Puri,
>|both Paramananda Puri and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu offered
>|him respectful obeisances. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
>|Thakura comments that although Ramacandra Puri was
>|naturally very envious and although he was against the
>|principles of Vaisnavism-or, in other words, against the
>|principles of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His
>|devotees-common people nevertheless addressed him as
>|Gosvami or Gosani because he was superficially in the
>|renounced order and dressed like a sannyasi. In the modern
>|age the title gosvami is used by a caste of grhasthas, but
>|formerly it was not. Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami, for
>|example, were called gosvami because they were in the
>|renounced order. Similarly, because Paramananda Puri was a
>|sannyasi, he was called Puri Gosvami. By careful scrutiny,
>|therefore, one will find that gosvami is not the title for
>|a certain caste; rather, it is properly the title for a
>|person in the renounced order.
81|Antya 8.9
82|TEXT 9
83|TEXT
84|mahaprabhu kaila tanre dandavat nati
85|alingana kari' tenho kaila krsna-smrti
86|SYNONYMS
87|mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kaila-did; tanre-unto
>|him; dandavat nati-offering obeisances; alingana kari'-
>|embracing; tenho-Ramacandra Puri; kaila-did; krsna-smrti-
>|remembrance of Krsna.
88|TRANSLATION
89|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu also offered obeisances unto
>|Ramacandra Puri, who then embraced Him and thus remembered
>|Krsna.
90|PURPORT
91|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu offered obeisances to Ramacandra
>|Puri in consideration of his being a disciple of Srila
>|Madhavendra Puri, the spiritual master of His own spiritual
>|master, Isvara Puri. When a Vaisnava sannyasi meets another
>|Vaisnava sannyasi, they both remember Krsna. Even Mayavadi
>|sannyasis generally remember Narayana, who is also Krsna,
>|by saying om namo bhagavate narayana or namo narayana.
>|Thus it is the duty of a sannyasi to remember Krsna.
>|According to smrti-sastra, a sannyasi does not offer
>|obeisances or blessings to anyone. it is said, sannyasi
>|nirasir nirnamaskriyah: a sannyasi should not offer anyone
>|blessings or obeisances.
92|Antya 8.10
93|TEXT 10
94|TEXT
95|tina-jane istha-gosthi kaila kata-ksana
96|jagadananda-pandita tanre kaila nimantrana
97|SYNONYMS
98|tina-jane-three persons; istha-gosthi-discussion on Krsna;
>|kaila-performed; kata-ksana-for some time; jagadananda-
>|pandita-Jagadananda Pandita; tanre-Ramacandra Puri; kaila
>|nimantrana-invited.
99|TRANSLATION
100|The three of them talked about Krsna for some time, and
>|then Jagadananda came and extended an invitation to
>|Ramacandra Puri.
101|Antya 8.11
102|TEXT 11
103|TEXT
104|jagannathera prasada anila bhiksara lagiya
105|yathesta bhiksa karila tenho nindara lagiya
106|SYNONYMS
107|jagannathera prasada-remnants of the food of Lord
>|Jagannatha; anila-brought; bhiksara lagiya-for feeding;
>|yathesta bhiksa karila-ate sumptuously; tenho-he; nindara
>|lagiya-to find some fault.
108|TRANSLATION
109|A large quantity of the remnants of food from Lord
>|Jagannatha was brought in for distribution. Ramacandra Puri
>|ate sumptuously, and then he wanted to find faults in
>|Jagadananda Pandita.
110|Antya 8.12
111|TEXT 12
112|TEXT
113|bhiksa kari' kahe puri,-"suna, jagadananda
114|avasesa prasada tumi karaha bhaksana"
115|SYNONYMS
116|bhiksa kari'-after finishing the lunch; kahe puri-
>|Ramacandra Puri began to speak; suna, jagadananda-my dear
>|Jagadananda, just hear; avasesa prasada-the remaining
>|prasada; tumi-you; karaha bhaksana-eat.
117|TRANSLATION
118|After finishing the meal, Ramacandra Puri requested,"My
>|dear Jagadananda, please listen. You eat the food that is
>|left."
119|Antya 8.13
120|TEXT 13
121|TEXT
122|agraha kariya tanre vasi' khaoyaila
123|apane agraha kari' parivesana kaila
124|SYNONYMS
125|agraha kariya-with great eagerness; tanre vasi'-seating him;
>| khaoyaila-he fed; apane-personally; agraha kari'-with
>|great eagerness; parivesana kaila -administered the
>|prasada.
126|TRANSLATION
127|With great eagerness Ramacandra Puri seated Jagadananda
>|Pandita and personally served him prasada.
128|Antya 8.14
129|TEXT 14
130|TEXT
131|agraha kariya punah punah khaoyaila
132|acamana kaile ninda karite lagila
133|SYNONYMS
134|agraha kariya-with eagerness; punah punah-again and again;
>|khaoyaila-fed; acamana kaile-when he had washed his hands
>|and mouth; ninda karite lagila-began to criticize.
135|TRANSLATION
136|Encouraging him again and again, Ramacandra Puri fed him
>|sumptuously, but when Jagadananda had washed his hands and
>|mouth, Ramacandra Puri began criticizing him.
137|Antya 8.15
138|TEXT 15
139|TEXT
140|"suni, caitanya-gana kare bahuta bhaksana
141|'satya' sei vakya,-saksat dekhilun ekhana
142|SYNONYMS
143|suni-I have heard; caitanya-gana-the followers of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kare bahuta bhaksana-eat more than
>|necessary; satya-true; sei vakya-that statement; saksat-
>|directly; dekhilun-I have seen; ekhana-now.
144|TRANSLATION
145|"I have heard," he said,"that the followers of Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu eat more than necessary. Now I have directly
>|seen that this is true.
146|Antya 8.16
147|TEXT 16
148|TEXT
149|sannyasire eta khaoyana kare dharma nasa
150|vairagi hana eta khaya, vairagyera nahi 'bhasa' "
151|SYNONYMS
152|sannyasire-unto a sannyasi; eta-so much; khaoyana-feeding;
>|kare dharma nasa-destroys the regulative principles;
>|vairagi hana-being in the renounced order; eta-so much;
>|khaya-eats; vairagyera nahi bhasa-there is no trace of
>|renunciation.
153|TRANSLATION
154|"Feeding a sannyasi too much breaks his regulative
>|principles, for when a sannyasi eats too much, his
>|renunciation is destroyed."
155|Antya 8.17
156|TEXT 17
157|TEXT
158|ei ta' svabhava tanra agraha kariya
159|piche ninda kare, age bahuta khaoyana
160|SYNONYMS
161|ei-this; ta'-certainly; sva-bhava-characteristic;
>|tanra-his; agraha kariya-with great eagerness; piche-
>|afterward; ninda kare-criticizes; age-at first; bahuta-much;
>| khaoyana-feeding.
162|TRANSLATION
163|The characteristic of Ramacandra Puri was that first he
>|would induce someone to eat more than necessary and then he
>|would criticize him.
164|Antya 8.18
165|TEXT 18
166|TEXT
167|purve yabe madhavendra karena antardhana
168|ramacandra-puri tabe aila tanra sthana
169|SYNONYMS
170|purve-formerly; yabe-when; madhavendra-Madhavendra Puri;
>|karena antardhana-was about to die; ramacandra-puri-
>|Ramacandra Puri; tabe-at that time; aila-came; tanra sthana-
>|to his place.
171|TRANSLATION
172|Formerly, when Madhavendra Puri was at the last stage of
>|his life, Ramacandra Puri came to where he was staying.
173|Antya 8.19
174|TEXT 19
175|TEXT
176|puri-gosani kare krsna-nama-sankirtana
177|'mathura na painu' bali' karena krandana
178|SYNONYMS
179|puri-gosani-Madhavendra Puri; kare-was performing; krsna-
>|nama-sankirtana-the chanting of the holy name of Lord Krsna;
>| mathura na painu-I did not get shelter at Mathura; bali'-
>|saying; karena krandana-was crying.
180|TRANSLATION
181|Madhavendra Puri was chanting the holy name of Krsna, and
>|sometimes he would cry, "O my Lord, I did not get shelter
>|at Mathura."
182|Antya 8.20
183|TEXT 20
184|TEXT
185|ramacandra-puri tabe upadese tanre
186|sisya hana guruke kahe, bhaya nahi kare
187|SYNONYMS
188|ramacandra-puri-Ramacandra Puri; tabe-then; upadese tanre-
>|instructed him; sisya hana-being a disciple; guruke kahe-
>|said to his spiritual master; bhaya nahi kare-without fear.
189|TRANSLATION
190|Then Ramacandra Puri was so foolish that he fearlessly
>|dared to instruct his spiritual master.
191|Antya 8.21
192|TEXT 21
193|TEXT
194|"tumi-purna-brahmananda, karaha smarana
195|brahmavit hana kene karaha rodana?"
196|SYNONYMS
197|tumi-you; purna-brahma-ananda-full in transcendental bliss;
>|karaha smarana-you should remember; brahma-vit hana-being
>|fully aware of Brahman; kene-why; karaha rodana-are you
>|crying.
198|TRANSLATION
199|"If you are in full transcendental bliss," he said,"you
>|should now remember only Brahman. Why are you crying?"
200|PURPORT
201|As stated in Bhagavad-gita, brahma-bhutah prasannatma:
>| a Brahman realized person is always happy. Na
>|socati na kanksati: he neither laments nor aspires for
>|anything. Not knowing why Madhavendra Puri was crying,
>|Ramacandra Puri tried to become his advisor. Thus he
>|committed a great offense, for a disciple should never try
>|to instruct his spiritual master.
202|Antya 8.22
203|TEXT 22
204|TEXT
205|suni' madhavendra-mane krodha upajila
206|'dura, dura, papistha' bali' bhartsana karila
207|SYNONYMS
208|suni'-hearing; madhavendra-of Madhavendra Puri; mane-in the
>|mind; krodha-anger; upajila-arose; dura dura-get out;
>|papistha-you sinful rascal; bali'-saying; bhartsana karila-
>|he chastised.
209|TRANSLATION
210|Hearing this instruction, Madhavendra Puri, greatly angry,
>|rebuked him by saying, "Get out, you sinful rascal!
211|PURPORT
212|Ramacandra Puri could not understand that his spiritual
>|master, Madhavendra Puri, was feeling transcendental
>|separation. His lamentation was not material. Rather, it
>|proceeded from the highest stage of ecstatic love of Krsna.
>|When he was crying in separation, "I could not achieve
>|Krsna! I could not reach Mathura!" this was not ordinary
>|material lamentation. Ramacandra Puri was not sufficiently
>|expert to understand the feelings of Madhavendra Puri, but
>|nevertheless he thought himself very advanced. Therefore,
>|regarding Madhavendra Puri's expressions as ordinary
>|material lamentation, he advised him to remember Brahman
>|because he was latently an impersonalist. Madhavendra Puri
>|understood Ramacandra Puri's position as a great fool and
>|therefore immediately rebuked him. Such a reprimand from
>|the spiritual master is certainly for the betterment of the
>|disciple.
213|Antya 8.23
214|TEXT 23
215|TEXT
216|'krsna na painu, na painu 'mathura'
217|apana-duhkhe maron-ei dite aila jvala
218|SYNONYMS
219|krsna-Lord Krsna; na painu-I did not get; na painu-did not
>|get; mathura-Mathura; apana-duhkhe-in my own unhappiness;
>|maron-i am dying; ei-this person; dite aila jvala-has come
>|to give more pain.
220|TRANSLATION
221|"O my Lord Krsna, I could not reach You, nor could I reach
>|Your abode, Mathura. I am dying in my unhappiness, and now
>|this rascal has come to give me more pain.
222|Antya 8.24
223|TEXT 24
224|TEXT
225|more mukha na dekhabi tui, yao yathi-tathi
226|tore dekhi' maile mora habe asad-gati
227|SYNONYMS
228|more-to me; mukha-face; na dekhabi-do not show; tui-you;
>|yao-go; yathi-tathi-anywhere else; tore-you; dekhi'-seeing;
>|maile-if I die; mora habe asat-gati-I shall not get my
>|destination.
229|TRANSLATION
230|"Don't show your face to me! Go anywhere else you like. If
>|I die seeing your face, I shall not achieve the destination
>|of my life.
231|Antya 8.25
232|TEXT 25
233|TEXT
234|krsna na painu muni maron apanara duhkhe
235|more 'brahma' upadese ei chara murkhe"
236|SYNONYMS
237|krsna-Krsna; na painu-could not get; muni-I; maron-I die;
>|apanara duhkhe-in my own unhappiness; more-to me; brahma-
>|Brahman; upadese-instructs; ei-this; chara-condemned;
>|murkhe-fool.
238|TRANSLATION
239|"I am dying without achieving the shelter of Krsna, and
>|therefore I am greatly unhappy. Now this condemned foolish
>|rascal has come to instruct me about Brahman."
240|Antya 8.26
241|TEXT 26
242|TEXT
243|ei ye sri - madhavendra sri - pada upeksa
>| karila
244|sei aparadhe inhara ' vasana ,
>| janmila
245|SYNONYMS
246|ei-this; ye-that; sri-madhavendra sri-pada-His
>|Lordship Madhavendra Puri; upeksa karila-neglected or
>|denounced; sei aparadhe-because of the offense; inhara-of
>|Ramacandra Puri; vasana-material desire; janmila-arose.
247|TRANSLATION
248|Ramacandra Puri was thus denounced by Madhavendra Puri. Due
>|to his offense, gradually material desire appeared within
>|him.
249|PURPORT
250|The word vasana ("material desires") refers to dry
>|speculative knowledge. Such speculative knowledge is only
>|material. As confirmed in Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.14.4), a
>|person without devotional service who simply wants to know
>|things (kevala-bodha-labdhaye) gains only dry speculative
>|knowledge but no spiritual profit. This is also confirmed
>|in the Bhakti-sandarbha (111), wherein it is said:
251|jivan-mukta api punar
252|yanti samsara- vasanam
253|yady acintya-maha-saktau
254|bhagavaty aparadhinah
255|"Even though one is liberated in this life, if one offends
>|the Supreme Personality of Godhead he falls down in the
>|midst of material desires, of which dry speculation about
>|spiritual realization is one."
256|In his Laghu-tosani commentary on Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.2.
>|32), Jiva Gosvami says;
257|jivan-mukta api punar
258|bandhanam yanti karmabhih
259|yady acintya-maha-saktau
260|bhagavaty aparadhinah
261|"Even if one is liberated in this life, he becomes addicted
>|to material desires because of offenses to the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead."
262|A similar quotation from one of the Puranas also appears in
>|the Visnu-bhakti-candrodaya:
263|jivan-muktah prapadyante
264|kvacit samsara -vasanam
265|yogino na vilipyante
>|
>|
>|
266|karmabhir bhagavat-parah
267|"Even liberated souls sometimes fall down to material
>|desires, but those who fully engaged in devotional service
>|to the Supreme Personality of Godhead are not affected by
>|such desires."
268|These are references from authoritative revealed scriptures.
>| If one becomes an offender to his spiritual master or the
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead, he falls down to the
>|material platform to merely speculate.
269|Antya 8.27
270|TEXT 27
271|TEXT
272|suska-brahma-jnani, nahi krsnera 'sambandha'
273|sarva loka ninda kare, nindate nirbandha
274|SYNONYMS
275|suska-dry; brahma-jnani-impersonalist philosopher; nahi-
>|there is not; krsnera-with Lord Krsna; sambandha-
>|relationship; sarva-all; loka-persons; ninda kare-
>|criticizes; nindate nirbandha-fixed in blaspheming.
276|TRANSLATION
277|One who is attached to dry speculative knowledge has no
>|relationship with Krsna. His occupation is criticizing
>|Vaisnavas. Thus he is situated in criticism.
278|PURPORT
279|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura has explained in
>|his Anubhasya that the word nirbandha indicates that
>|Ramacandra Puri had a steady desire to criticize others.
>|Impersonalist Mayavadis who have no relationship with
>|Krsna, who cannot take to devotional service and who
>|simply engage in material arguments to understand Brahman
>|regard devotional service to Krsna as karma-kanda, or
>|fruitive activities. According to them, devotional service
>|to Krsna is but another means for attaining dharma, artha,
>|kama and moksa. Therefore they criticize the devotees for
>|engaging in material activities. They think that devotional
>|service is maya and that Krsna or Visnu is also maya.
>|Therefore they are called Mayavadis. Such a mentality
>|awakens in a person who is an offender to Krsna and His
>|devotees.
280|Antya 8.28
281|TEXT 28
282|TEXT
283|isvara - puri gosani kare sri - pada
>|-sevana
284|svahaste karena mala-mutradi marjana
285|SYNONYMS
286|isvara-puri-Isvara Puri; gosani-Gosvami; kare-performs;
>|sri-pada-sevana-service to Madhavendra Puri; sva-haste-
>|with his own hand; karena-performs; mala-mutra-adi-stool,
>|urine, and so on; marjana-cleaning.
287|TRANSLATION
288|Isvara Puri, the spiritual master of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, performed service to Madhavendra Puri, cleaning
>|up his stool and urine with his own hand.
289|Antya 8.29
290|TEXT 29
291|TEXT
292|nirantara krsna-nama karaya smarana
293|krsna-nama, krsna-lila sunaya anuksana
294|SYNONYMS
295|nirantara-always; krsna-nama-the name of Lord Krsna; karaya
>|smarana-was reminding; krsna-nama-the holy name of Krsna;
>|krsna-lila-pastimes of Krsna; sunaya anuksana-was always
>|causing to hear.
296|TRANSLATION
297|Isvara Puri was always chanting the holy name and pastimes
>|of Lord Krsna for Madhavendra Puri to hear. In this way he
>|helped Madhavendra Puri remember the holy name and pastimes
>|of Lord Krsna at the time of death.
298|Antya 8.30
299|TEXT 30
300|TEXT
301|tusta hana puri tanre kaila alingana
302|vara dila-'krsne tomara ha-uka prema-dhana'
303|SYNONYMS
304|tusta hana-being pleased; puri-Madhavendra Puri; tanre-him;
>|kaila alingana-embraced; vara dila-gave the benediction;
>|krsne-unto Krsna; tomara-your; ha-uka-let there be; prema-
>|dhana-the wealth of love.
305|TRANSLATION
306|Pleased with Isvara Puri, Madhavendra Puri embraced him and
>|gave him the benediction that he would be a great devotee
>|and lover of Krsna.
307|Antya 8.31
308|TEXT 31
309|TEXT
310|sei haite isvara-puri-'premera sagara'
311|ramacandra-puri haila sarva-nindakara
312|SYNONYMS
313|sei haite-from that; isvara-puri-Isvara Puri; premera
>|sagara-the ocean of ecstatic love; ramacandra-puri-
>|Ramacandra Puri; haila-became; sarva-nindakara -critic
>|of all others.
314|TRANSLATION
315|Thus Isvara Puri became like an ocean of ecstatic love for
>|Krsna, whereas Ramacandra Puri became a dry speculator and
>|a critic of everyone else.
316|Antya 8.32
317|TEXT 32
318|TEXT
319|mahad-anugraha-nigrahera 'saksi' dui-jane
320|ei dui-dvare sikhaila jaga-jane
321|SYNONYMS
322|mahat-of an exalted personality; anugraha-of the blessing;
>|nigrahera-of chastisement; saksi-giving evidence; dui-jane-
>|two persons; ei dui-dvare-by these two; sikhaila-instructed;
>| jaga-jane-the people of the world.
323|TRANSLATION
324|Isvara Puri received the blessing of Madhavendra Puri,
>|whereas Ramacandra Puri received a rebuke from him.
>|Therefore these two persons, Isvara Puri and Ramacandra
>|Puri, are examples of the objects of a great personality's
>|benediction and punishment. Madhavendra Puri instructed the
>|entire world by presenting these two examples.
325|Antya 8.33
326|TEXT 33
327|TEXT
328|jagad-guru madhavendra kari' prema dana
329|ei sloka padi' tenho kaila antardhana
330|SYNONYMS
331|jagat-guru-the spiritual master of the entire world;
>|madhavendra-Madhavendra Puri; kari' prema dana-giving
>|ecstatic love of Krsna as charity; ei sloka padi'-reciting
>|this verse; tenho-he; kaila antardhana-passed away from
>|this material world.
332|TRANSLATION
333|His Divine Grace Madhavendra Puri, the spiritual master of
>|the entire world, thus distributed ecstatic love for Krsna.
>|While passing away from the material world, he chanted the
>|following verse.
334|Antya 8.34
335|TEXT 34
336|TEXT
337|ayi dina-dayardra natha he
338|mathura-natha kadavalokyase
339|hrdayam tvad-aloka-kataram
340|dayita bhramyati kim karomy aham
341|SYNONYMS
342|ayi-O my Lord; dina-on the poor; daya-ardra-compassionate;
>|natha-O master; he-O; mathura-natha-the master of Mathura;
>|kada-when; avalokyase-I shall see you; hrdayam-my heart;
>|tvat-of You; aloka-without seeing; kataram-very much
>|aggrieved; dayita-O most beloved; bhramyati-becomes
>|overwhelmed; kim-what; karomi-shall do; aham-I.
343|TRANSLATION
344|"O my Lord! O most merciful master! O master of Mathura!
>|When shall I see You again? Because of my not seeing You,
>|my agitated heart has become unsteady. O most beloved one,
>|what shall I do now?"
345|Antya 8.35
346|TEXT 35
347|TEXT
348|ei sloke krsna-prema kare upadesa
349|krsnera virahe bhaktera bhava-visesa
350|SYNONYMS
351|ei sloke-in this verse; krsna-prema-love of Krsna; kare
>|upadesa-instructs; krsnera virahe-by feeling separation
>|from Krsna; bhaktera-of the devotee; bhava-visesa-
>|transcendental situation.
352|TRANSLATION
353|In this verse Madhavendra Puri instructs how to achieve
>|ecstatic love for Krsna. By feeling separation from Krsna,
>|one becomes spiritually situated.
354|Antya 8.36
355|TEXT 36
356|TEXT
357|prthivite ropana kari' gela premankura
358|sei premankurera vrksa-caitanya-thakura
359|SYNONYMS
360|prthivite-within this material world; ropana kari'-sowing;
>|gela-went; prema-ankura-the seed of ecstatic love for Krsna;
>| sei prema-ankurera-of that seed of ecstatic love for Krsna;
>| vrksa-the tree; caitanya-thakura-Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu.
361|TRANSLATION
362|Madhavendra Puri sowed the seed of ecstatic love for Krsna
>|within this material world and then departed. That seed
>|later became a great tree in the form of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu.
363|Antya 8.37
364|TEXT 37
365|TEXT
366|prastave kahilun puri-gosanira niryana
367|yei iha sune, sei bada bhagyavan
368|SYNONYMS
369|prastave-incidentally; kahilun-i have described; puri-
>|gosanira-of Madhavendra Puri; niryana-the passing away; yei-
>|one who; iha-this; sune-hears; sei-he; bada bhagyavan-very
>|fortunate.
370|TRANSLATION
371|I have incidentally described the passing away of
>|Madhavendra Puri. Anyone who hears this must be considered
>|very fortunate.
372|Antya 8.38
373|TEXT 38
374|TEXT
375|ramacandra-puri aiche rahila nilacale
376|virakta svabhava, kabhu rahe kona sthale
377|SYNONYMS
378|ramacandra-puri-Ramacandra Puri; aiche-in this way; rahila
>|nilacale-remained at Jagannatha Puri; virakta-renounced;
>|sva-bhava-as is the custom; kabhu-sometimes; rahe-he
>|remained; kona sthale-at a particular place.
379|TRANSLATION
380|Thus Ramacandra Puri stayed at Jagannatha Puri. As
>|customary for those in the renounced order, he would
>|sometimes stay someplace and then go away.
381|Antya 8.39
382|TEXT 39
383|TEXT
384|animantrana bhiksa kare, nahika nirnaya
385|anyera bhiksara sthitira layena niscaya
386|SYNONYMS
387|animantrana-without being invited; bhiksa kare-accepts food;