1|Madhya 11-1975: The Beda-kirtana Pastimes of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu
2|Chapter 11
3|The Beda-kirtana Pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
4|Bhaktivinoda Thakura summarizes the Eleventh Chapter
>|in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya.
5|When Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya tried his best to arrange a
>|meeting between Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and King
>|Prataparudra, the Lord flatly denied his request. At this
>|time Sri Ramananda Raya returned from his governmental post,
>| and he praised King Prataparudra highly in Lord Caitanya's
>|presence. Because of this, the Lord became a little soft.
>|The King also made promises to Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, who
>|hinted how the King might meet the Lord. During Anavasara,
>|while Lord Jagannatha was resting for fifteen days, Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, being unable to see Lord Jagannatha,
>|went to Alalanatha. Later, when the devotees from Bengal
>|came to see Him, He returned to Jagannatha Puri. While
>|Advaita Acarya and the other devotees were coming to
>|Jagannatha Puri, Svarupa Damodara and Govinda, Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu's two personal assistants, went to receive all
>|the devotees with garlands. From the roof of his palace,
>|King Prataparudra could see all the devotees arriving.
>|Gopinatha Acarya stood on the roof with the King, and,
>|following Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya's instructions,
>|identified each and every devotee. The King discussed the
>|devotees with Gopinatha Acarya, and he mentioned that the
>|devotees were accepting prasada without observing the
>|regulative principles governing pilgrimages. They accepted
>|prasada without having shaved, and they neglected to fast
>|in a holy place. Nonetheless
>|
>|
>|, the King arranged residential quarters for all
>|the devotees and saw to their prasada. Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu talked very happily with Vasudeva Datta and
>|other devotees. Haridasa Thakura also came, and due to his
>|humble and submissive attitude, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|gave him a nice solitary place near the temple. After this,
>|the Lord began performing sankirtana, dividing all the
>|devotees into four divisions. After sankirtana, all the
>|devotees left for their residential quarters.
6|Madhya 11.1
7|TEXT 1
8|TEXT
9|aty-uddandam tandavam gauracandrah
10|kurvan bhaktaih sri-jagannatha-gehe
11|nana-bhavalankrtangah sva-dhamna
12|cakre visvam prema-vanya-nimagnam
13|SYNONYMS
14|ati-very much; uddandam-high jumping; tandavam-very
>|graceful dancing; gaura-candrah-Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; kurvan-performing; bhaktaih-with the devotees;
>|sri-jagannatha-gehe-in the temple of Lord Jagannatha; nana-
>|bhava-alankrta-angah-having many ecstatic symptoms
>|manifested in His transcendental body; sva-dhamna-by the
>|influence of His ecstatic love; cakre-made; visvam-the
>|whole world; prema-vanya-nimagnam-merged into the
>|inundation of ecstatic love.
15|TRANSLATION
16|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu merged the entire world into the
>|ocean of ecstatic love by performing His beautiful dances
>|within the temple of Jagannatha. He danced exquisitely and
>|jumped high.
17|Madhya 11.2
18|TEXT 2
19|TEXT
20|jaya jaya sri-caitanya jaya nityananda
21|jayadvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda
22|SYNONYMS
23|jaya jaya-all glories; sri-caitanya-to Lord Caitanya; jaya-
>|all glories; nityananda-to Nityananda Prabhu; jaya-all
>|glories; advaita-candra-to Advaita Prabhu; jaya-all glories;
>| gaura-bhakta-vrnda-to the devotees of Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu.
24|TRANSLATION
25|All glories to Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu! All glories to
>|Lord Nityananda Prabhu! All glories to Sri Advaita Prabhu!
>|And all glories to the devotees of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu!
26|Madhya 11.3
27|TEXT 3
28|TEXT
29|ara dina sarvabhauma kahe prabhu-sthane
30|abhaya-dana deha' yadi, kari nivedane
31|SYNONYMS
32|ara dina-the next day; sarvabhauma-Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya;
>|kahe-says; prabhu-sthane-in the presence of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; abhaya-dana-the charity of fearlessness; deha'-
>|You give; yadi-if; kari-I do; nivedane-submission.
33|TRANSLATION
34|The next day Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya requested Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu to give him permission to submit a
>|statement without fear.
35|Madhya 11.4
36|TEXT 4
37|TEXT
38|prabhu kahe,-kaha tumi, nahi kichu bhaya
39|yogya haile kariba, ayogya haile naya
40|SYNONYMS
41|prabhu kahe-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; kaha tumi-
>|yes, you can speak; nahi-there is not; kichu-any; bhaya-
>|fear; yogya-befitting; haile-if it is; kariba-I shall grant;
>| ayogya-not befitting; haile-if it is; naya-then I shall
>|not.
42|TRANSLATION
43|The Lord gave the Bhattacarya assurance that he could speak
>|without fear, but added that if his statement were suitable
>|He would accept it, and if it were not, He would reject it.
44|Madhya 11.5
45|TEXT 5
46|TEXT
47|sarvabhauma kahe-ei prataparudra raya
48|utkantha hanache, toma milibare caya
49|SYNONYMS
50|sarvabhauma kahe-Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya said; ei-this;
>|prataparudra raya-King Prataparudra of Jagannatha Puri;
>|utkantha hanache-has been very anxious; toma-You; milibare-
>|to meet; caya-he wants.
51|TRANSLATION
52|Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya said, "There is a king named
>|Prataparudra Raya. He is very anxious to meet You, and he
>|wants Your permission."
53|Madhya 11.6
54|TEXT 6
55|TEXT
56|karne hasta diya prabhu smare 'narayana'
57|sarvabhauma, kaha kena ayogya vacana
58|SYNONYMS
59|karne-on the ears; hasta-hands; diya-placing; prabhu-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; smare-remembers; narayana-the holy
>|name of Lord Narayana; sarvabhauma-My dear Sarvabhauma;
>|kaha-you say; kena-why; ayogya vacana-a request that is not
>|suitable.
60|TRANSLATION
61|As soon as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu heard this proposal, He
>|immediately covered His ears with His hands and said, "My
>|dear Sarvabhauma, why are you requesting such an
>|undesirable thing from Me?
62|Madhya 11.7
63|TEXT 7
64|TEXT
65|virakta sannyasi amara raja-darasana
66|stri-darasana-sama visera bhaksana
67|SYNONYMS
68|virakta-unattached; sannyasi-person in the renounced order;
>|amara-My; raja-darasana-meeting a king; stri-darasana-
>|meeting a woman; sama-like; visera-of poison; bhaksana-
>|drinking.
69|TRANSLATION
70|"Since I am in the renounced order, it is as dangerous for
>|Me to meet a king as to meet a woman. To meet either would
>|be just like drinking poison."
71|Madhya 11.8
72|TEXT 8
73|TEXT
74|niskincanasya bhagavad-bhajanonmukhasya
75|param param jigamisor bhava-sagarasya
76|sandarsanam visayinam atha yositam ca
77|ha hanta hanta visa-bhaksanato 'py asadhu
78|SYNONYMS
79|niskincanasya-of a person who has completely detached
>|himself from material enjoyment; bhagavat-the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead; bhajana-in serving; unmukhasya-who
>|is eager to be engaged; param-to the other side; param-
>|distant; jigamisoh-who is desiring to go; bhava-sagarasya-
>|of the ocean of material existence; sandarsanam-the seeing (
>|for some material purpose); visayinam-of persons engaged in
>|material activities; atha-as well as; yositam-of women; ca-
>|also; ha-alas; hanta hanta-expression of great lamentation;
>|visa-bhaksanatah-than the act of drinking poison; api-even;
>|asadhu-more abominable.
80|TRANSLATION
81|Greatly lamenting, the Lord then informed Sarvabhauma
>|Bhattacarya, " 'Alas, for a person who is seriously
>|desiring to cross the material ocean and engage in the
>|transcendental loving service of the Lord without material
>|motives, seeing a materialist engaged in sense
>|gratification or seeing a woman who is similarly interested
>|is more abominable than drinking poison willingly.' "
82|PURPORT
83|This is a quotation from Sri Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka (8.
>|23). Thus Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu enunciates the principles
>|for a sannyasi renouncing the material world for spiritual
>|advancement. Spiritual advancement is not meant for magic
>|shows and jugglery but for crossing the material world and
>|being transferred to the spiritual world. Param param
>|jigamisoh means desiring to go to the other side of the
>|material world. There is a river called Vaitarani, and on
>|one side of this river is the material world, and on the
>|other side is the spiritual world. Since the Vaitarani
>|River is compared to a great ocean, it is named bhava-
>|sagara, the ocean of repeated birth and death. Spiritual
>|life aims at stopping this repetition of birth and death
>|and entering into the spiritual world, where one can live
>|eternally cognizant and blissful.
84|Unfortunately, the general populace does not know anything
>|about spiritual life or the spiritual world. The spiritual
>|world is mentioned in the Bhagavad-gita (8.20):
85|paras tasmat tu bhavo 'nyo
86|'vyakto ' vyaktat sanatanah
>|
87|yah sa sarvesu bhutesu
>|
>|
>|
>|
88|nasyatsu na vinasyati
89|"Yet there is another unmanifest nature, which is eternal
>|and is transcendental to this manifested and unmanifested
>|matter. It is supreme and is never annihilated. When all in
>|this world is annihilated, that part remains as it is."
90|Thus there is a spiritual nature beyond this material world,
>| and that spiritual nature exists eternally. Spiritual
>|advancement means stopping material activities and entering
>|into spiritual activities. This is the process of bhakti-
>|yoga. In the material world, the via media for sense
>|gratification is mainly a woman. One who is seriously
>|interested in spiritual life should strictly avoid women. A
>|sannyasi should never see a man or a woman for material
>|benefit. In addition, talks with materialistic men and
>|women are also dangerous, and they are compared to drinking
>|poison. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was very strict on this
>|point. He therefore refused to see King Prataparudra, who
>|was naturally always engaged in political and economic
>|affairs. The Lord even refused to see the King despite the
>|request of a personality like Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, who
>|was the Lord's intimate friend and devotee.
91|Madhya 11.9
92|TEXT 9
93|TEXT
94|sarvabhauma kahe,-satya tomara vacana
95|jagannatha-sevaka raja kintu bhaktottama
96|SYNONYMS
97|sarvabhauma kahe-Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya replied; satya-
>|true; tomara-Your; vacana-statement; jagannatha-sevaka-
>|servant of Lord Jagannatha; raja-the King; kintu-but;
>|bhakta-uttama-a great devotee.
98|TRANSLATION
99|Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya replied, "My dear Lord, what You
>|have said is correct, but this King is not an ordinary king.
>| He is a great devotee and servant of Lord Jagannatha."
100|Madhya 11.10
101|TEXT 10
102|TEXT
103|prabhu kahe,-tathapi raja kala-sarpakara
104|kastha-nari-sparse yaiche upaje vikara
105|SYNONYMS
106|prabhu kahe-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied; tathapi-
>|still; raja-the King; kala-sarpa-akara-just like a venomous
>|snake; kastha-nari-a woman made of wood; sparse-by touching;
>| yaiche-as; upaje-arises; vikara-agitation.
107|TRANSLATION
108|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said,"Although it is correct that
>|the King is a great devotee, he is still to be considered a
>|venomous snake. Similarly, even though a woman be made of
>|wood, one becomes agitated simply by touching her form.
109|PURPORT
110|Sri Canakya Pandita in his moral instructions
>|has stated: tyaja durjana-samsargam bhaja sadhu-samagamam.
>|This means that one has to abandon the association of
>|materialistic people and associate with spiritually
>|advanced people. However qualified a materialist may be, he
>|is no better than a venomous serpent. Everyone knows that a
>|snake is dangerous and poisonous, and when its hood is
>|decorated with jewels, it is no less poisonous or dangerous.
>| However qualified a materialist may be, he is no better
>|than a snake decorated with jewels. One should therefore be
>|careful in dealing with such materialists, just as one
>|would be careful in dealing with a bejeweled serpent.
111|Even though a woman be made of wood or stone, she becomes
>|attractive when decorated. One becomes sexually agitated
>|even by touching the form. Therefore one should not trust
>|his mind, which is so fickle that it can give way to
>|enemies at any moment. The mind is always accompanied by
>|six enemies-namely, kama, krodha, mada, moha, matsarya and
>|bhaya-that is, lust, anger, intoxication, illusion, envy
>|and fear. Although the mind may be merged in spiritual
>|consciousness, one should always be very careful in dealing
>|with it, just as one is careful in dealing with a snake.
>|One should never think that his mind is trained and that he
>|can do whatever he likes. One interested in spiritual life
>|should always engage his mind in the service of the Lord so
>|that the enemies of the mind, who always accompany the mind,
>| will be subdued. If the mind is not engaged in Krsna
>|consciousness at every moment, there is a chance that it
>|will give way to its enemies. In this way we become victims
>|of the mind.
112|Chanting the Hare Krsna mantra engages the mind at the
>|lotus feet of Krsna constantly; thus the mind's enemies do
>|not have a chance to strike. Following Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu's example in these verses, we should be very
>|careful in dealing with the mind, which should not be
>|indulged in any circumstance. Once we indulge the mind, it
>|can create havoc in this life, even though we may be
>|spiritually advanced. The mind is specifically agitated
>|through the association of materialistic men and women.
>|Therefore Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, through His personal
>|behavior, warns everyone to avoid meeting a materialistic
>|person or a woman.
113|Madhya 11.11
114|TEXT 11
115|TEXT
116|akarad api bhetavyam
117|strinam visayinam api
118|yathaher manasah ksobhas
119|tatha tasyakrter api
120|SYNONYMS
121|akarat-from bodily features; api-even; bhetavyam-to be
>|feared; strinam-of women; visayinam-of materialistic
>|persons; api-even; yatha-as; aheh-from a serpent; manasah-
>|of the mind; ksobhah-agitation; tatha-so; tasya-of it;
>|akrteh-from the appearance; api-even.
122|TRANSLATION
123|" 'Just as one is immediately frightened upon seeing a live
>|serpent or even the form of a serpent, one endeavoring for
>|self-realization should similarly fear a materialistic
>|person and a woman. Indeed, he should not even glance at
>|their bodily features.'
124|PURPORT
125|This is a quotation from Sri Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka (8.
>|24).
126|Madhya 11.12
127|TEXT 12
128|TEXT
129|aiche bata punarapi mukhe na anibe
130|kaha yadi, tabe amaya etha na dekhibe
131|SYNONYMS
132|aiche bata-such a request; punarapi-again; mukhe-in the
>|mouth; na-do not; anibe-bring; kaha yadi-if you speak; tabe-
>|then; amaya-Me; etha-here; na-not; dekhibe-you will see.
133|TRANSLATION
134|"Bhattacarya, if you continue to speak like this, you will
>|never see Me here again. Therefore you should never let
>|such a request come from your mouth."
135|Madhya 11.13
136|TEXT 13
137|TEXT
138|bhaya pana sarvabhauma nija ghare gela
139|vasaya giya bhattacarya cintita ha-ila
140|SYNONYMS
141|bhaya pana-being afraid; sarvabhauma-Sarvabhauma; nija-own;
>|ghare-to home; gela-returned; vasaya giya-reaching his
>|residential place; bhattacarya-the Bhattacarya; cintita ha-
>|ila-became meditative.
142|TRANSLATION
143|Being afraid, Sarvabhauma returned home and began to
>|meditate on the matter.
144|Madhya 11.14
145|TEXT 14
146|TEXT
147|hena kale prataparudra purusottame aila
148|patra-mitra-sange raja darasane calila
149|SYNONYMS
150|hena kale-at this time; prataparudra-King Prataparudra;
>|purusottame-at Jagannatha Puri; aila-arrived; patra-mitra-
>|sange-accompanied by his secretaries, ministers, military
>|officers and so on; raja-the King; darasane-to visit Lord
>|Jagannatha; calila-departed.
151|TRANSLATION
152|At this time, Maharaja Prataparudra arrived at Jagannatha
>|Puri, Purusottama, and, accompanied by his secretaries,
>|ministers and military officers, went to visit the temple
>|of Lord Jagannatha.
153|PURPORT
154|It appears that Maharaja Prataparudra used to live at
>|Kataka, his capital. Later he shifted his capital to Khurda,
>| a few miles from Jagannatha Puri. Presently there is a
>|railway station there called Khurda Road.
155|Madhya 11.15
156|TEXT 15
157|TEXT
158|ramananda raya aila gajapati-sange
159|prathamei prabhure asi' milila bahu-range
160|SYNONYMS
161|ramananda raya-Ramananda Raya; aila-came; gajapati-sange-
>|with the King; prathamei-in the first instance; prabhure-
>|unto Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; asi'-coming; milila-met;
>|bahu-range-with great pleasure.
162|TRANSLATION
163|When King Prataparudra returned to Jagannatha Puri,
>|Ramananda Raya also came with him. Ramananda Raya
>|immediately went to meet Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu with great
>|pleasure.
164|PURPORT
165|All Indian kings are given titles. Sometimes they are known
>|as Chatrapati, sometimes as Narapati, sometimes as Asvapati,
>| and so on. The King of Orissa is addressed as Gajapati.
166|Madhya 11.16
167|TEXT 16
168|TEXT
169|raya pranati kaila, prabhu kaila alingana
170|dui jane premavese karena krandana
171|SYNONYMS
172|raya pranati kaila-Ramananda Raya offered his obeisances;
>|prabhu-the Lord; kaila-did; alingana-embracing; dui jane-
>|both of them; prema-avese-in ecstatic love; karena-did;
>|krandana-crying.
173|TRANSLATION
174|Upon meeting Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Ramananda Raya
>|offered his obeisances. The Lord embraced him, and both of
>|them began to cry in the great ecstasy of love.
175|Madhya 11.17
176|TEXT 17
177|TEXT
178|raya-sange prabhura dekhi' sneha-vyavahara
179|sarva bhakta-ganera mane haila camatkara
180|SYNONYMS
181|raya-sange-with Ramananda Raya; prabhura-of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; dekhi'-seeing; sneha-vyavahara-very intimate
>|behavior; sarva-all; bhakta-ganera-of all the devotees;
>|mane-in the mind; haila-there was; camatkara-astonishment.
182|TRANSLATION
183|Seeing Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's intimate dealings
>|with Sri Ramananda Raya, all the devotees there were
>|astonished.
184|Madhya 11.18
185|TEXT 18
186|TEXT
187|raya kahe,-tomara ajna rajake kahila
188|tomara icchaya raja mora visaya chadaila
189|SYNONYMS
190|raya kahe-Ramananda Raya said; tomara ajna-Your order;
>|rajake kahila-I informed the King; tomara icchaya-by Your
>|grace; raja-the King; mora-my; visaya-material activities;
>|chadaila-gave me relief from.
191|TRANSLATION
192|Ramananda Raya said, "I duly informed King Prataparudra of
>|Your order for me to retire from service. By Your grace,
>|the King was pleased to relieve me of these material
>|activities.
193|PURPORT
194|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu requested Ramananda Raya to retire
>|from his governorship, and according to the Lord's desire,
>|Ramananda Raya petitioned the King. The King was very much
>|pleased to give him relief, and thus Ramananda Raya retired
>|from service and received a pension from the government.
195|Madhya 11.19
196|TEXT 19
197|TEXT
198|ami kahi,-ama haite na haya 'visaya'
199|caitanya-carane rahon, yadi ajna haya
200|SYNONYMS
201|ami kahi-I said; ama haite-by me; na-not; haya-is possible;
>|visaya-government service; caitanya-carane-at the lotus
>|feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; rahon-I may stay; yadi
>|ajna haya-if you kindly give me permission.
202|TRANSLATION
203|"I said, 'Your Majesty, I am now not willing to engage in
>|political activities. I desire only to stay at the lotus
>|feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Kindly give me permission.'
204|Madhya 11.20
205|TEXT 20
206|TEXT
207|tomara nama suni' raja anandita haila
208|asana haite uthi' more alingana kaila
209|SYNONYMS
210|tomara-Your; nama-name; suni'-hearing; raja-the King;
>|anandita-very much pleased; haila-became; asana haite-from
>|his throne; uthi'-standing; more-me; alingana kaila-
>|embraced.
211|TRANSLATION
212|"When I submitted this proposal, the King immediately
>|became very much pleased upon hearing Your name. Indeed, he
>|instantly arose from his throne and embraced me.
213|Madhya 11.21
214|TEXT 21
215|TEXT
216|tomara nama suni' haila maha-premavesa
217|mora hate dhari' kare piriti visesa
218|SYNONYMS
219|tomara-Your; nama-name; suni'-hearing; haila-became; maha-
>|great; prema-avesa-ecstasy of love; mora hate-my hand;
>|dhari'-catching; kare-does; piriti-loving symptoms; visesa-
>|specific.
220|TRANSLATION
221|"My dear Lord, as soon as the King heard Your holy name, he
>|was immediately overwhelmed by great ecstatic love.
>|Catching my hand, he displayed all the symptoms of love.
222|Madhya 11.22
223|TEXT 22
224|TEXT
225|tomara ye vartana, tumi khao sei vartana
226|niscinta hana bhaja caitanyera carana
227|SYNONYMS
228|tomara-Your; ye-whatever; vartana-remuneration; tumi-you;
>|khao-take; sei-that; vartana-pension; niscinta hana-without
>|anxiety; bhaja-just worship; caitanyera-of Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; carana-the lotus feet.
229|TRANSLATION
230|"As soon as he heard my petition, he immediately granted me
>|a pension without reductions. Thus the King granted me a
>|full salary as a pension and requested me to engage without
>|anxiety in the service of Your lotus feet.
231|Madhya 11.23
232|TEXT 23
233|TEXT
234|ami-chara, yogya nahi tanra darasane
235|tanre yei bhaje tanra saphala jivane
236|SYNONYMS
237|ami-I; chara-very much fallen; yogya-fit; nahi-not; tanra-
>|His; darasane-for interviewing; tanre-Him; yei-anyone who;
>|bhaje-worships; tanra-his; saphala-successful; jivane-life.
238|TRANSLATION
239|"Then Maharaja Prataparudra very humbly said, 'I am most
>|fallen and abominable, and I am unfit to receive an
>|interview with the Lord. One's life is successful if one
>|engages in His service.'
240|Madhya 11.24
241|TEXT 24
242|TEXT
243|parama krpalu tenha vrajendra-nandana
244|kona-janme more avasya dibena darasana
245|SYNONYMS
246|parama-very much; krpalu-merciful; tenha-Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; vrajendra-nandana-the son of Maharaja Nanda;
>|kona-janme-in some future birth; more-unto me; avasya-
>|certainly; dibena-will give; darasana-interview.
247|TRANSLATION
248|"The King then said, 'Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna, the
>|son of Maharaja Nanda. He is very merciful, and I hope that
>|in a future birth He will allow me an interview.'
249|Madhya 11.25
250|TEXT 25
251|TEXT
252|ye tanhara prema-arti dekhilun tomate
253|tara eka prema-lesa nahika amate
254|SYNONYMS
255|ye-whatever; tanhara-his; prema-arti-painful feelings of
>|love of Godhead; dekhilun-I saw; tomate-unto You; tara-of
>|that; eka-one; prema-lesa-fraction of love; nahika-there is
>|not; amate-in me.
256|TRANSLATION
257|"My Lord, I don't think that there is even a fraction of
>|Maharaja Prataparudra's loving ecstasy in me."
258|Madhya 11.26
259|TEXT 26
260|TEXT
261|prabhu kahe,-tumi krsna-bhakata-pradhana
262|tomake ye priti kare, sei bhagyavan
263|SYNONYMS
264|prabhu kahe-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; tumi-you;
>|krsna-bhakata-pradhana-the chief of the devotees of Lord
>|Krsna; tomake-unto you; ye-anyone who; priti kare-shows
>|love; sei-such a person; bhagyavan-most fortunate.
265|TRANSLATION
266|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then said, "My dear Ramananda Raya,
>|you are the foremost of all the devotees of Krsna;
>|therefore whoever loves you is certainly a very fortunate
>|person.
267|Madhya 11.27
268|TEXT 27
269|TEXT
270|tomate ye eta priti ha-ila rajara
271|ei gune krsna tanre karibe angikara
272|SYNONYMS
273|tomate-unto you; ye-that; eta-so much; priti-love; ha-ila-
>|was; rajara-of the King; ei gune-for this reason; krsna-
>|Lord Krsna; tanre-him; karibe angikara-will accept.
274|TRANSLATION
275|"Because the King has shown so much love for you, Lord
>|Krsna will certainly accept him.
276|PURPORT
277|King Prataparudra requested an interview with Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu through the Bhattacarya, who duly submitted the
>|request. The Lord, however, immediately refused this
>|interview. Now when Ramananda Raya informed the Lord how
>|eager the King was to see Him, the Lord was immediately
>|pleased. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu requested Ramananda Raya
>|to retire from his government post and come to Sri
>|Purusottama-ksetra (Jagannatha Puri) to live with Him. When
>|this proposal was submitted to King Prataparudra, he
>|immediately accepted it and also encouraged Ramananda Raya
>|by allowing him a full pension. This was very much
>|appreciated by the Lord, and this confirms the fact that
>|the Lord is more pleased when one serves the servant of the
>|Lord. In ordinary parlance it is said, "If you love me,
>|love my dog." To approach the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead, one has to go through His confidential servant.
>|This is the method. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu clearly says, "
>|Because the King loves you, Ramananda Raya, he is very
>|fortunate. Krsna will certainly accept him due to his love
>|for you."
278|Madhya 11.28
279|TEXT 28
280|TEXT
281|ye me bhakta-janah partha
282|na me bhaktas ca te janah
283|mad-bhaktanam ca ye bhaktas
284|te me bhakta-tama matah
285|SYNONYMS
286|ye-those who; me-My; bhakta-janah-devotees; partha-O Partha;
>| na-not; me-My; bhaktah-devotees; ca-and; te-those; janah-
>|persons; mat-bhaktanam-of My devotees; ca-certainly; ye-
>|those who; bhaktah-devotees; te-such persons; me-My; bhakta-
>|tamah-most advanced devotees; matah-that is My opinion.
287|TRANSLATION
288|"Lord Krsna told Arjuna , 'Those who are My direct
>|devotees are actually not My devotees, but those who are
>|the devotees of My servant are factually My devotees.'
289|PURPORT
290|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu quotes this verse from the Adi
>|Purana. The verse is also included in the Laghu-
>|bhagavatamrta (2.6).
291|Madhya 11.29-30
292|TEXTS 29-30
293|TEXT
294|adarah paricaryayam
295|sarvangair abhivandanam
296|mad-bhakta-pujabhyadhika
297|sarva-bhutesu man-matih
298|mad-arthesv anga-cesta ca
299|vacasa mad-guneranam
300|mayy arpanam ca manasah
301|sarva-kama-vivarjanam
302|SYNONYMS
303|adarah-respect, care; paricaryayam-in service; sarva-angaih-
>|by all the parts of the body; abhivandanam-offering
>|obeisances; mat-bhakta-of My devotees; puja-worshiping;
>|abhyadhika-very high; sarva-bhutesu-in all living entities;
>|mat-matih-realization of having a relationship with Me; mat-
>|arthesu-for the sake of My service; anga-cestah-engaging
>|the bodily energy; ca-and; vacasa-by words; mat-guna-iranam-
>|describing My glories; mayi-unto Me; arpanam-dedicating; ca-
>|and; manasah-of the mind; sarva-kama-all material desires;
>|vivarjanam-giving up.
304|TRANSLATION
305|" 'My devotees take great care and respect in rendering Me
>|service. They offer obeisances to Me with all their bodily
>|limbs. They worship other devotees and find all living
>|entities related to Me. For Me they engage the entire
>|energy of their bodies. They engage the power of speech in
>|the glorification of My qualities and form. They also
>|dedicate their minds unto Me and try to give up all kinds
>|of material desires. Thus My devotees are characterized.'
306|PURPORT
307|These two verses are quoted from Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.19.
>|21-22). They were spoken by the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead, Lord Krsna, who was answering Uddhava's inquiry
>|about devotional service.
308|Madhya 11.31
309|TEXT 31
310|TEXT
311|aradhananam sarvesam
312|visnor aradhanam param
313|tasmat parataram devi
314|tadiyanam samarcanam
315|SYNONYMS
316|aradhananam-of varieties of worship; sarvesam-all; visnoh-
>|of Lord Visnu; aradhanam-worship; param-the most exalted;
>|tasmat-and above such worship of Lord Visnu; parataram-of
>|greater value; devi-O goddess; tadiyanam-of persons in
>|relationship with Lord Visnu; samarcanam-rigid and firm
>|worship.
317|TRANSLATION
318|"Lord Siva told the goddess Durga , 'My dear Devi,
>|although the Vedas recommend worship of demigods, the
>|worship of Lord Visnu is topmost. However, above the
>|worship of Lord Visnu is the rendering of service to
>|Vaisnavas, who are related to Lord Visnu.'
319|PURPORT
320|The Vedas are divided into three divisions-karma-kanda,
>|jnana-kanda and upasana-kanda. These are activities dealing
>|with fruitive work, empiric philosophical speculation and
>|worship. There are recommendations in the Vedas for the
>|worship of various demigods as well as Lord Visnu. In this
>|quotation from the Padma Purana, Lord Siva answers a
>|question posed to him by the goddess Durga. This verse is
>|also included in the Laghu-bhagavatamrta (2.4), by Srila
>|Rupa Gosvami. The words visnor aradhanam refer to the
>|worship of Lord Visnu, or Krsna. Thus the supreme form of
>|worship is the satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead Sri Krsna. It is further concluded that the
>|worshiper of Lord Visnu renders better service by
>|worshiping the devotee of Lord Krsna. There are different
>|types of devotees-those in santa-rasa, dasya-rasa, sakhya-
>|rasa, vatsalya-rasa and madhurya-rasa. Although all the
>|rasas are on the transcendental platform, madhurya-rasa is
>|the supreme transcendental mellow. Consequently it is
>|concluded that the worship of devotees engaged in the Lord'
>|s service in madhurya-rasa is the supreme spiritual
>|activity. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His followers mainly
>|worship Lord Krsna in madhurya-rasa. Other Vaisnava acaryas
>|recommended worship up to vatsalya-rasa. Therefore Srila
>|Rupa Gosvami in his Vidagdha-madhava (1.2) describes Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu's cult as supreme:
321|anarpita-carim cirat karunayavatirnah kalau
322|samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasam sva-bhakti-sriyam
323|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared in this Age of Kali to
>|exhibit the superexcellence of madhurya-rasa, a gift never
>|previously bestowed by any acarya or incarnation.
>|Consequently Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is accepted as the
>|m