SRI GAURA PURNIMA—2010-NECTAR

Krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam sangopangastra-parsadam

yajnaih sankirtana-prayair yajanti hi su-medhasah

 

680803SB.MON-Lord Caitanya appeared--very fair complexion,
very nice, golden color. You have got pictures of Lord Caitanya, very
beautiful. He was very beautiful figure. Krsna-varnam tvisa... Tvisa
means "by His complexion." Therefore His another name is
Gaurasundara. Gaurasundara means "very fair complexion." Sundara means
beautiful, and gaura means fair. The another name is Gaurasundara, or
Gauranga, "whose body is very fair."
   So krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam sangopangastra-parsadam: "He is always
accompanied by some associates," especially Lord Nityananda, Lord
Advaita, Srivasa, Haridasa, like that. You have seen the pictures. He
is chanting and dancing with the associates and others. When Lord
Caitanya was present,  wherever He would go  "Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna
Krsna..." And He was so beautiful and attractive that people would

follow. Thousands and thousands will..., people will follow, chanting
Hare Krsna.... And when He started this movement in Bengal He was a boy of twenty years old. So so many people were following. So Nawab Hussein Shah inquired from his minister,
"Who is this person, that He is chanting Hare Krsna and so many people
are following Him?" So the minister was Hindu. He thought that "He is
Muhammadan king, so he may not like this movement." Therefore he
wanted to hide it: "My Lord, you have misinformed. He is not very
important. Some, I mean to say, people are crazy fellows. They are
following. Not... A few only, not many." The Nawab replied, "No, I
know it certainly, but you don't try to hide the facts. He must be a
great personality. Otherwise so many people are following Him?" That
was his remark.    Similarly, Lord Caitanya, wherever He went, that was...
Sangopangastra-parsadam: "always followed by many associates." These
are the symptoms. And how to worship that Supreme Personality of
Godhead, Krsna, in this age? Yajnaih sankirtana-prayair yajanti hi
su-medhasah: "This form of the Personality of Godhead is worshiped by
the intelligent class of men." Su-medhasah. Su means very good, and
medhasah means brain, brain substance. One who has got very good brain

substance, they will understand this sankirtana movement nicely

 

661216CC.NY--So in this yuga, this Kali-yuga, incarnation is Lord Caitanya, and
the process of worship is this sound vibration. That is mentioned. In
every avatara, every incarnation... Just like Lord Buddha. His name is
also mentioned. And there will be another incarnation, Kalki. That is
also mentioned.[in the sastras] So they are mentioned, yugavatara. And
saktyavesavatara. Saktyavesavatara. All avataras, their mission is to
preach the message of God. Avatara has no other business. The message
of God. Saktyavesavatara. This Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna,
Hare Hare. Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, this is also
considered saktyavesavatara, the incarnation of sound. Incarnation of
sound. It is described by Lord Caitanya that kali-kale nama rupe
avatara: "In this Kali-yuga, in this age, this incarnation of
name--Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare--to give facility
to the conditioned soul." They cannot do anything. It is very
difficult to perform any other religious rituals. This, the best
anywhere, everywhere--you can chant Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna. Namnam
akari bahudha nija-sarva-sakti. Sakti, this word is used, sakti.
from sakti, that energy, saktyavesavatara. So this name is also
saktyavesavatara.

 

Adi 3.52--Lord Caitanya always chants the holy name of Krsna and describes it
also, and because He is Krsna Himself, whoever meets Him will
automatically chant the holy name of Krsna and later describe it to
others.(tell story of Caitanya das-father of Srinivas Thakur) He injects one with transcendental Krsna consciousness, which merges the chanter in transcendental bliss. In all respects,
therefore, He appears before everyone as Krsna, either by personality
or by sound. Simply by seeing Lord Caitanya one at once remembers Lord
Krsna. One may therefore accept Him as visnu-tattva. In other words,
Lord Caitanya is Lord Krsna Himself.
   Sangopangastra-parsadam further indicates that Lord Caitanya is
Lord Krsna. His body is always decorated with ornaments of sandalwood
and with sandalwood paste. By His superexcellent beauty He subdues all
the people of the age. In other descents the Lord sometimes used
weapons to defeat the demoniac, but in this age the Lord subdues them
with His all-attractive figure as Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila Jiva
Gosvami explains that His beauty is His astra, or weapon, to subdue
the demons. Because He is all-attractive, it is to be understood that
all the demigods lived with Him as His companions. His acts were
uncommon and His associates wonderful. When He propagated the
sankirtana movement, He attracted many great scholars and acaryas,

especially in Bengal and Orissa. Lord Caitanya is always accompanied
by His best associates like Lord Nityananda, Advaita, Gadadhara and
Srivasa.
   Srila Jiva Gosvami cites a verse from the Vedic literature which
says that there is no necessity of performing sacrificial
demonstrations or ceremonial functions. He comments that instead of
engaging in such external, pompous exhibitions, all people, regardless
of caste, color or creed, can assemble together and chant Hare Krsna
to worship Lord Caitanya. Krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam indicates that
prominence should be given to the name of Krsna. Lord Caitanya taught
Krsna consciousness and chanted the name of Krsna. Therefore, to
worship Lord Caitanya, everyone should together chant the
maha-mantra--Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare. Hare
Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.

 

Caitanya Bhagavat_Vrndavana das Thakur—Visvambhara continued perfoming  sankirtan in the association of His devotees. All the Vaisnavas were very happy to have Him in their association, but none could recognize Him as the Supreme Lord. Every day, the devotees would see Visvambhara become absorbed in ecstatic trance. This was an extraordinary sight and it made them wonder whether Visvambhara might be the Supreme Lord Himself. When the Lord was in a trance of ecstasy, He trembled so violently that thousands of devotees could not keep Him still. Tears streamed from His eyes like rivers and goosebumps appeared on His body, as if it were a ripe jackfruit. From time to time, He would laugh hysterically, being very amused within Himself. At other times, He would fall to the ground unconscious. Then when the Lord would return to external consciousness, He kept repeating Krsna Krsna while embracing the devotees. Sometimes the Lord would shout so loudly that the devotees thought their eardrums were about to break. Sometimes His body would become still like a marble statue, and at other times, soft and pliable like butter. When the Vaisnavas saw these wonderful transformation they became convinced that they were not humanly possible. They would comment to one another in various ways, according to their various levels of realizations. How is it possible to describe Visvambaras condition?

 

Madhya 17.194-203--When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu passed through Vrndavana, herds of

grazing cows saw Him pass and, immediately surrounding Him, began to

moo very loudly.   Seeing the herds approach Him, the Lord was stunned with ecstatic

love. The cows then began to lick His body in great affection.   Becoming pacified, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu began to caress the cows, and the cows, being unable to give up His company, went with Him.   It was with great difficulty that the cowherd men were able to keep

the cows back. Then when the Lord chanted, all the deer heard His

sweet voice and approached Him.    When the does and bucks came and saw the Lord's face, they began to lick His body. Not being at all afraid of Him, they accompanied Him

along the path.   Bumblebees and birds like the parrot and cuckoo all began to sing

loudly on the fifth note, and the peacocks began to dance in front of

the Lord.  Upon seeing Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the trees and creepers of

Vrndavana became jubilant. Their twigs stood up, and they began to

shed tears of ecstasy in the form of honey.   The trees and creepers, overloaded with fruits and flowers, fell down at the lotus feet of the Lord and greeted Him with various

presentations as if they were friends.   Thus all the moving and nonmoving living entities of Vrndavana became very jubilant to see the Lord. It was as if friends were made

happy by seeing another friend.   Seeing their affection, the Lord was moved by ecstatic love. He

began to sport with them exactly as a friend sports with another friend. Thus He voluntarily came under the control of His friends.

Madhya 17.25-43--When the Lord passed through the solitary forest chanting the holy

name of Krsna, the tigers and elephants, seeing Him, gave way.     When the Lord passed through the jungle in great ecstasy, packs of tigers, elephants, rhinoceros and boars came, and the Lord passed right through them.   Balabhadra Bhattacarya was very much afraid to see them, but by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's influence, all the animals stood to one side.    One day a tiger was lying on the path, and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, walking along the path in ecstatic love, touched the tiger with His feet.   The Lord said, "Chant the holy name of Krsna!" The tiger

immediately got up and began to dance and chant,"Krsna! Krsna!"     Another day, while Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was bathing in a river, a herd of maddened elephants came there to drink water.   While the Lord was bathing and murmuring the Gayatri mantra, the

elephants came before Him. The Lord immediately splashed some water on

the elephants and asked them to chant the name of Krsna.    The elephants whose bodies were touched by the water splashed by the Lord began to chant,"Krsna! Krsna!" and dance and sing in ecstasy.   Some of the elephants fell to the ground, and some screamed in

ecstasy. Seeing this, Balabhadra Bhattacarya was completely astonished.    Sometimes Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu chanted very loudly while passing through the jungle. Hearing His sweet voice, all the does came near Him.   Hearing the Lord's great vibration, all the does followed Him left and right. While reciting a verse with great curiosity, the Lord patted them.   "Blessed are all these foolish deer because they have approached the son of Maharaja Nanda, who is gorgeously dressed and is playing on His flute. Indeed, both the does and the bucks worship the Lord with

looks of love and affection."   While Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was passing through the jungle, five or seven tigers came. Joining the deer, the tigers began to follow the Lord.   Seeing the tigers and deer following Him, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu immediately remembered the land of Vrndavana. He then began to recite a verse describing the transcendental quality of Vrndavana.

"Vrndavana is the transcendental abode of the Lord. There is no hunger, anger or thirst there. Though naturally inimical, both human beings and fierce animals live together there in  ranscendental friendship."    When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said,"Chant Krsna! Krsna!" the tigers and deer began to dance and chant, "Krsna!"   When all the tigers and does danced and jumped, Balabhadra Bhattacarya saw them and was struck with wonder.   Indeed, the tigers and deer began to embrace one another, and, touching mouths, they began to kiss. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw all this fun, He began to smile. Finally He left the animals and continued on His way.

Antya 14.60-72-- After some time, Svarupa Damodara could no longer hear Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu chanting. When he entered the room, he found the three doors locked, but Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had gone.   All the devotees were very anxious when they saw that the Lord was not in His room. They wandered about searching for Him with a warning lamp.   After searching for some time, they came upon Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu lying in a corner by the northern side of the Simha-dvara gate.   At first they were overjoyed to see Him, but when they saw His condition, all the devotees, headed by Svarupa Damodara Gosvami, were

very anxious.   Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was lying unconscious, and His body had

become elongated to five or six cubits [eight or nine feet]. There was no breath from His nostrils.

Each of His arms and legs had become three cubits long; only skin connected the separated joints. The Lord's body temperature, indicating life, was very low. All the joints in His arms, legs, neck and waist were separated by at least six inches.   It appeared that only skin covered His elongated joints. Seeing the Lord's condition, all the devotees were very unhappy.   They almost died when they saw Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu with His mouth full of saliva and foam and His eyes turned upward.   When they saw this, Svarupa Damodara Gosvami and all the other

devotees began to chant the holy name of Krsna very loudly into Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's ear.

Antya 10.62-80--The congregational chanting made a tumultuous roar that filled the

sky. All the inhabitants of Jagannatha Puri came to see the kirtana.   Accompanied by his personal staff, the King also came there and watched from a distance, and all the queens watched from the elevated parts of the palace.   Due to the forceful vibration of kirtana, the entire world began trembling. When everyone chanted the holy name, they made a tumultuous

sound.   In this way the Lord had congregational chanting performed for some time, and then He Himself desired to dance.    The seven groups began chanting and beating their drums in seven

directions, and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu began dancing in the center in great ecstatic love.   Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu remembered a line in the Orissan language and ordered Svarupa  Damodara to sing it.   "Let my head fall at the feet of Jagannatha in the kirtana hall known as Jagamohana."

Simply because of this line, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was dancing in greatly ecstatic love. People all around Him floated in the water of His tears.    Raising His two arms, the Lord said, "Chant! Chant!" Floating in transcendental bliss, the people responded by chanting the holy name

of Hari.   The Lord fell to the ground unconscious, not even breathing. Then suddenly He stood up, making a loud sound.   The hairs on His body constantly stood up like the thorns on a

simula tree. Sometimes His body was swollen and sometimes lean and thin.   He bled and perspired from every pore of His body. His voice faltered. Unable to say the line properly, He uttered only, "jaja gaga pari mumu."   All His teeth shook, as if each were separate from the others. Indeed, they seemed about to fall to the ground.   His transcendental bliss increased at every moment. Therefore even by midafternoon the dancing had not ended.   The ocean of transcendental bliss overflowed, and everyone present forgot his body, mind and home.

Then Lord Nityananda found a way to end the kirtana. He gradually stopped all the chanters.

Thus only one group continued chanting with Svarupa Damodara, and they chanted very softly.   When there was no longer a tumultuous sound, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu returned to consciousness. Then Nityananda Prabhu informed Him of the fatigue of the chanters and dancers.

Understanding the fatigue of the devotees, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu stopped the congregational chanting. Then He bathed in the sea, accompanied by them all.

 

Madhya 25.62-70-- Upon reaching the temple of Bindu Madhava, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

seeing the beauty of Lord Bindu Madhava, became overwhelmed in ecstatic love. He then began to dance in the courtyard of the temple.   There were four people accompanying Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and these were Candrasekhara, Paramananda Puri, Tapana Misra and Sanatana

Gosvami. They were all chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra in the following way.   They chanted, "Haraye namah krsna yadavaya namah gopala govinda rama sri-madhusudana."

In all directions, hundreds and thousands of people began to chant "Hari! Hari!" Thus there arose a tumultuous and auspicious sound filling the entire universe.   When Prakasananda Sarasvati, who was staying nearby, heard this tumultuous chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, he and his disciples immediately came to see the Lord.   When Prakasananda Sarasvati saw the Lord, he and his disciples also joined the chanting with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Prakasananda Sarasvati was charmed by the Lord's dancing and ecstatic love and by

the transcendental beauty of His body.   Ecstatic spiritual transformations began to take place in the Lord's body. His body trembled, and His voice faltered. He perspired, turned pale and wept a constant flow of tears, which wet all the people standing there. The eruptions on the Lord's body appeared like kadamba flowers.    All the people were astonished to see the Lord's jubilation and humility and to hear Him talk in ecstasy. Indeed, all the residents of Benares [Kasi] saw the bodily transformations and were astonished.    When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu regained His external consciousness, He saw that many Mayavadi sannyasis and other people were gathered there. He therefore suspended His dancing for the time being.

 

Adi 7.20-21 -The characteristics of Krsna are understood to be a storehouse of transcendental love. Although that storehouse of love certainly came with Krsna when He was present, it was sealed. But when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu came with His other associates of the Panca-tattva, they broke the seal and plundered the storehouse to taste transcendental love of Krsna. The more they tasted it, the more their thirst for it grew.

 

Purport-   Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is called maha-vadanyavatara because

although He is Sri Krsna Himself, He is even more favorably disposed

to the poor fallen souls than Lord Sri Krsna. When Lord Sri Krsna

Himself was personally present He demanded that everyone surrender

unto Him and promised that He would then give one all protection, but

when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu came to this earth with His associates,

He simply distributed transcendental love of God without

discrimination. Sri Rupa Gosvami, therefore, could understand that

Lord Caitanya was none other than Sri Krsna Himself, for no one but the Supreme Personality of Godhead can distribute confidential love of the Supreme Person.