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Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book Compilation
By His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on 18th June 2020 in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur, India
mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
paramānandaṁ mādhavaṁ śrī caitanya iśvaram
hariḥ oṁ tat sat
Introduction: Today is Thursday, and they said it is the 86 th day of the lockdown, 86 days, wow!
Almost three months! But we are very much affected that His Holiness Bhakti Cāru Swami has been
attacked by the corona virus. We hope that all the devotees pray, that if Kṛṣṇa so pleases, Bhakti Cāru
Swami may recover from this dangerous situation. Apparently, he has been improving, so anyway,
whatever the Lord’s wish, but from our side, if the Lord so pleases, He may allow Bhakti Cāru Maharaj,
to stay with us for some more time. So, he was one of the inspirations for the ‘mercy on wheels’, and
having a worldwide virtual Ratha-yātrā. So, we hope that you are registered. So, we have an idea
minimal, how many people would like to participate. www.mercyonwheel.com, it’s a free registration.
Of course, we are very grateful if anyone gives donations, but basically, it is a free effort by the
Māyāpur temple, to take Jagannātha-deva around the world! Now we are reading about the pastime of
Lord Caitanya, where the son of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura had left his body. So, the chapter is entitled:
Manifestation of Symptoms of Separation by Bhakta-vatsala (Lord Caitanya) Due to the Death of
His Dear Devotee
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 25.37
sabe sthira hailena śrīvāsa-vacane
calilena śrīvāsa prabhura saṅkīrtane
Jayapatākā Swami: So, the ladies, they became pacified by the words of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura, and Śrīvāsa,
he went to join Lord Caitanya’s saṅkīrtana.
Śokaśātana
The Dispelling of Grief – 3
Śrī Gītāmālā 28
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by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
śrīvāsa-vacana, śravaṇa kariyā,
sādhvī pati-vrata-gaṇa
śoka parihari’, mṛta śiśu rākhi’,
hari-rase dila mana
Translation: Hearing these words of Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita, all those chaste and faithful ladies gave up their
lamentation for the dead son, because Śrīvāsa had satisfied their minds by informing them of the
transcendental mellows of Lord Hari.
Jayapatākā Swami: Naturally, mother and ladies if their son dies, they feel some separation, some
sadness. Actually, although officially the parents are the protectors of the children, actually, even the
child is in their arms, they cannot save him, ultimately Kṛṣṇa is the decider of everyone’s fate, and so we
need His mercy to be able to, there is a saying - Kṛṣṇa rākhe kṛṣṇa māre ke, māre kṛṣṇa rākhe ke - if
Kṛṣṇa wants to save someone, who can take him? And if Kṛṣṇa wants take someone, who can save him?
So, since Śrīvāsa’s son left during the kīrtana of Lord Caitanya, then his destination is auspicious, he
will go back to the spiritual world.
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 25.38
parānande saṅkīrtana karaye śrīvāsa
punaḥ punaḥ bāḍe āro viśeṣa ullāsa
Jayapatākā Swami: Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita, he participated with great ecstasy, in the saṅkīrtana. His
exceptional ecstasy increased repeatedly.
Śrī Gītāmālā 28
śrīvāsa takhana, ānande mātiyā,
aṅgane āila punaḥnāce gorā-sane, sakala pāsari',
gāya nanda-suta-guṇa
Translation: Then Śrīvāsa again came out into the courtyard and, overwhelmed with joy, resumed
dancing with Lord Caitanya and loudly sang the glories of the son of Nanda Mahārāja, completely
forgetting about what had just happened.”
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Jayapatākā Swami: Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita was totally absorbed in the transcendental loving ecstasy of
worshiping Lord Kṛṣṇa. Participating in the kīrtana of Lord Gaurāṅga. And so, he completely forgot
about his son having left. In Māyāpur, once we heard that in Kolkata, one of the children, had left his
body drowning in a lake. But then we saw the mother of the boy had come, and she looked totally
pacified. So, we were wondering how was that, because normally a mother would be very much
affected. So, we said, is it true your son left? She said yes, but she realized that although the body dies,
the soul never dies. And she came to Māyāpur to pray to the Lord, for the departed soul of her son. So,
she was very peaceful, and we could see how these devotees are very transcendental. So, this Śrīvāsa
Paṇḍita has shown us, how he can be transcendental, even though there is a loss in the family.
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 25.39
śrīnivāsa paṇḍitera emana mahimā
caitanyera pārṣadera ei guṇa-sīmā
Jayapatākā Swami: Such are the glories of Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita and of all the associates of Lord Caitanya,
he is the most qualified. He has the limit of good qualities.
Śrī Gītāmālā 28
cāri daṇḍa rātre, mārila kumāra,
aṅgane keha nā jāne
śrī-nāma-maṅgale, tṛtīya prahara,
rajanī atīta gāne
Translation: The boy had expired only one and a half hours after dark, but out in the courtyard no one
had known anything due to the loud kīrtana. Then for 9 hours there was continuous chanting of the
auspicious holy names. Thus, the entire night had elapsed in this ecstatic singing.”
Jayapatākā Swami: So, although the boy had left soon after the sunset, since Śrīvāsa did not want to
disturb the kīrtana of Sri Caitanya Māhaprabhu, no one knew that the boy had left. The kīrtana was
going on very ecstatically, the whole night.
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 25.40
prabhura svānubhāvānande nṛtya—
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svānubhāvānande nṛtya kare gauracandra
kata-kṣaṇe rahilena lai' bhakta-vṛnda
Jayapatākā Swami: Lord Gauracandra danced in His own ecstatic mood. After some time, He and the
devotees stopped the kīrtana.
Purport by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura: The word svānubhāvānanda is explained as
follows: In the realm of pure consciousness, the object to be known is experienced in three aspects – the
realization of kṛṣṇa-prema, the persons who realize kṛṣṇa-prema, and the activities for realizing kṛṣṇa-
prema – in other words, the object to be known is experienced through realization of sac-cid-ānanda,
eternal blissful knowledge.”
Jayapatākā Swami: Since Lord Caitanya is Kṛṣṇa Himself, but He came in the role of a devotee, to
understand what love the devotees have for Him. So, He was absorbed in this transcendental mood. The
three aspects of the experience of kṛṣṇa-prema, or love for Kṛṣṇa. This is very esoteric. This deals with
the Lord experiencing the ecstasy of the devotee.
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 25.41
bhaktagaṇera śrīvāsa-putrera paraloka-prāpti-samvāda-śravaṇe ācaraṇa—
paramparāśunilena sarva-bhakta-gaṇa
paṇḍitera putrera haila vaikuṇṭha-gamana
Jayapatākā Swami: Gradually the word had spread amongst all the devotees, that Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita’s son
had departed for Vaikuṇṭha.
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 25.42
tathāpi o keha kichu vyakta nāhi kare
duḥkha baḍa pāilena sabei antare
Jayapatākā Swami: Still, no one disclosed this matter to the Lord. But inside, all kept their feelings of
distress, in their hearts.
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 25.43
sarvajña prabhura jijñāsā o bhaktagaṇera uttara—
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sarvajñera cūḍāmaṇi śrī-gaurasundara
jijñāsena prabhu sarva-janera antara
Jayapatākā Swami: Śrī Gaurasundara, the crown jewel of all the omniscient persons, He asked all the
people present, why He sensed some internal mood.
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 25.44
prabhu bale,—“āji mora citta kemana kare
kona duḥkha haiyāche paṇḍitera ghare”
Jayapatākā Swami: So Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu said, today I cannot explain how I feel. It seems that
some sadness has entered the house of Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita.
Śrī Gītāmālā 28
kīrtana bhaṅgile, kahe gaurahari,
āji kena pāi duḥkha?
bujhi, ei gṛhe, kichu amaṅgala,
ghaṭiyā harila sukha
Translation: Then the kīrtana stopped, and Lord Gaurahari said, “Why am I feeling some unhappiness
today? I can understand that something inauspicious has happened in this house which has robbed Me of
My bliss.”
Jayapatākā Swami: So, the Lord being omniscient, He knows everything that is happening. So, He is
presenting very humbly, that I feel something happened today, which has robbed Me of My
transcendental bliss. So, something inauspicious must have happened, in the house of Śrīvāsa. So, He
was asking what happened? Actually, He knows everything, but still He asks, as if He doesn’t know.
Śrī Gītāmālā 28
tabe bhakta-jana, nivedana kare,
śrīvāsa-śiśura kathāśuni' gorā rāya, bale, hāya hāya,
marame pāinu vyathā
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Translation: Then the devotees related to the Lord the story of the death of Śrīvāsa’s son. Hearing this
news, the Lord loudly exclaimed, “Oh, no! What has happened? Now the core of My heart has become
pierced with so much unbearable pain!”
Jayapatākā Swami: Lord Caitanya is expressing His emotion, and we will see how He is showing
affection for His devotion.
Śrī Gītāmālā 28
kena nā kahile, āmāre takhana,
vipada-saṁvāda sabe
bhakativinoda, bhakata-vatsala,
snehete majila tabe
Translation: “Why didn’t you inform Me of this calamity when it had just happened?” Now,
Bhaktivinoda has completely lost himself in the affection that the Lord shows to His own devotees.”
Jayapatākā Swami: Lord Gaurāṅga, He shows so much affection for His devotees. Actually, the
devotee going back to the spiritual world is all under the influence of Lord Kṛṣṇa. But Lord Gaurāṅga is
showing His feeling of separation, for His devotee. So, this is the transcendental emotion. And naturally
a devotee feels separation for their spiritual master, for other vaisnavas, and Lord Caitanya in the mood
of a devotee, is showing that affection.
Thus, ends the chapter, Manifestation of Symptoms of Separation by Bhakta-vatsala (Lord Caitanya)
Due to the Death of His Dear Devotee.
So, the pastimes of the Lord are something very confidential. And sometimes the Lord is in the mood as
the Lord, sometimes in the mood as a devotee, so it is very hard to understand Lord Gaurāṅga. But now
He is in the mood of separation from His devotee. And also, we see that He has so much appreciation for
Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita. Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita, he didn’t tell the sad news, because he didn’t want disturb Lord
Caitanya’s kīrtana. So, this itself shows that Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita is such a selfless devotee. So, many things
we learned about this pastime, and how Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Thakura, he wrote some verses. Actually,
this pastime is very deep. So, it shows the selflessness of Śrīvāsa. At the same time, it reveals some
qualities of the Lord. That He is Bhakta-vatsala, He is very affectionate to His devotees. Hare Kṛṣṇa!
Questions?
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Question: Dear most Guru Mahārāja! Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Śrīla
Prabhupāda. You had mentioned before yesterday, about Bharata Mahārāja, who even though he was
very advanced in spiritual life, he took birth as a deer. In the Bhagavad-gītā 2.40, it is mentioned that
any advancement in this path can protect us from most dangerous type of fear, and Śrīla Prabhupāda
said, at least we will have a chance to be born as human being. Could you kindly explain about this?
Thank you very much.
Your insignificant servant,
Ojasvinī Rādhikā devī dāsī
Jayapatākā Swami: See, Bharata Mahārāja had given up his position, being the emperor of the world,
and he was meditating on Kṛṣṇa in the forest. But somehow, he became attached to a deer, and when he
was leaving his body, the deer was licking his face and he was thinking, who will take care of the deer?
Rather than thinking about Kṛṣṇa. So as a result, next birth he took as a deer, but he remembered his
previous life as emperor of the world. So, in effect, he could understand that he had blown it! He had
made a very big mistake! So Kṛṣṇa protected him, by giving him the memory of his previous birth.
When he took birth as Jada Bharata, and he became the guru of the great King Rahūgaṇa. So, in this
way, ultimately, he achieved Kṛṣṇa. So, he was saved by Kṛṣṇa. And, this is a very specific case, where
he had gotten very affectionate to this pet deer, and at the time of death he thought of the deer rather
than Kṛṣṇa. But he didn’t lose his memory, and then he realized his mistake. So, I don’t see this an
example. Normally we either go back to Godhead if we think of Kṛṣṇa, or we can be born in a family of
devotees.
Question: Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja! Please accept my respectful obeisances! All glories to Śrīla
Prabhupāda! I heard you want your disciples to have a good sādhana? What is considered to be a good
sādhana for a lady with a little child, as it is difficult to get up early, and I have to finish my rounds
throughout the day, not early in the morning.
Your spiritual daughter,
Ekapriyā Mādhavī devī dāsī, Russia.
Jayapatākā Swami: Chelyabinsk. Somehow, we should chant our 16 rounds in the day. And we should
eat kṛṣṇa-prasāda. Naturally mother with a little child, has to take care of the child. That is also your
service to Kṛṣṇa. So, engaging in service to Kṛṣṇa all day long, so part of that is taking care of your
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child. So, you want to give a nice example to your child. If possible, you may do some kīrtana, ārati, for
your home Deities, or if you can go to the temple, that is also nice. But in this way, somehow or other,
we should be active in our devotional service, and inspire our child also to chant, dance.
Last question.
Question: How does karma work for those who commit suicide? Is it their free will or is it because of
their previous karma? Raṅgavallī Gopī devī dāsī.
Jayapatākā Swami: Those who commit suicide, if they are a normal person, then they have to stay in a
ghostly body, for their remaining period of their life. So, you don’t gain anything. If one is second
initiated then if they commit suicide, they become a brahma-rākṣasa. Because as a second initiated
devotee, they should know better than to commit suicide. Our body, we are offering it to Kṛṣṇa, and we
use it in the service of Kṛṣṇa, so we have no right to take our life, which we have already given to Kṛṣṇa.
So, thank you again, and don’t forget to register on mercyonwheel.com.
Also, there is a Zoom prayer going on for Śrīla Bhakti Cāru Swami Mahārāja, so they want to connect
me on this Zoom call.
Hare Kṛṣṇa! If Kṛṣṇa so pleases, please heal Bhakti Cāru Swami, from this dangerous disease because
we need his association, and his Kṛṣṇa consciousness in the world. Hare Kṛṣṇa!
Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare
śrī kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu nityānanda
śrī advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda
Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare
hari ’haraye namaḥ, kṛṣṇa yādavāya namaḥ
gopāla govinda rāma śrī-madhusūdana’
Haribol!
Transcribed by Jayarāseśvarī devī dāsī -18th June 2020
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Verified by JPS Archives team -19th June 2020
