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Shri Chaitanya Bhagavata
Antya-khanda
Chapter One
Shri Advaitacarya-grihe
Punah Sammelanam
Meeting Again at Shri
Advaita Acarya's Home
Text 1
avatirnau sa-karunyau
paricchinnau sad-isvarau
shri-krishna-chaitanya-nitya-
nandau dvau bhratarau bhaje
I worship the two brothers, Shri Krishna
Chaitanya and Shri Nityananda, who are the two masters of the devotees, and who
have mercifully descended to this world.
Text 2
namas tri-kala-satyaya
jagannatha-sutaya ca
sa-bhrityaya sa-putraya
sa-kalatraya te namah
O Lord who exists eternally in the three
phases of time, O son of Jagannatha Misra, O Lord accompanied by Your servants,
sons, and wives, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
Text 3 Glory, glory to
Shri Krishna Chaitanya, Goddess Lakshmi's beloved! Glory, glory to Lord
Chaitanya, who is most dear to Nityananda!
Text 4 Glory, glory to
the king of Vaikuntha, who has now become the king of sannyasis! Glory, glory,
glory to the devotees of the Lord!
Text 5 Glory, glory to
Lord Chaitanya, the purifier of the fallen! O Lord, please place Your feet in
my heart.
Text 6 O my brothers,
with one mind please hear this Sesha-khanda, where Lord Chaitanya goes to
Jagannatha Puri.
Text 7 After accepting
sannyasa, the king of Vaikuntha stayed overnight in Kantaka-nagara.
Text 8 After accepting
sannyasa, the Lord ordered Mukunda to sing a kirtana.
Text 9 Saying,
"Chant! Chant!", the Lord began to dance. In the four directions the
Lord's servants sang.
Text 10
The Lord sighed, laughed, perspired, trembled,
and cried out. The hairs on His body stood erect. I do not know all the
limitless symptoms of ecstasy He manifested.
Text 11
He roared like millions of lions. Seeing Him
fall to the ground in ecstasy, everyone became afraid.
Text 12
Throwing somewhere His danda and kamandalu,
the king of Vaikuntha became mad with love for a person who was actually
Himself.
Text 13
The Lord danced and danced. Embracing His
sannyasa-guru, He became very happy.
Text 14
In the Lord's merciful embrace Kesava Bharati
attained ecstati love for Lord Krishna.
Text 15
Overcome with ecstasy, Kesava Bharati threw
his danda and kamandalu far away. Calling out, "Hari! Hari!", saintly
Kesava Bharati danced.
Text 16
His external consciousness now far away,
Kesava Bharati tasted the nectar of ecstati love. He rolled about on the
ground. At the end clothes no longer covered his body.
Text 17
Seeing the mercy Lord Chaitanya had given to
Kesava Bharati, everyone called out, "Hari!" again and again.
Text 18
Lord Chaitanya happily danced with His
sannyasa-guru. Watching, all the Lord's servants happily sang.
Text 19
The great sannyasi Kesava Bharati danced with
a person whom even the four Vedas find difficult to see in the trance of
meditation.
Text 20
Again
and again I bow down before the feet of Kesava Bharati. The master of
the limitless universes became his disciple.
Text 21
For the whole night the king of Vaikuntha
danced with His sannyasa-guru.
Text 22
When sunrise came and He returned to external
consciousness, Lord Chaitanya approached His sannyasa-guru and bid him
farewell.
Text 23
He said, "Entering the forest, I will
find Lord Krishnacandra, the master of My life."
Text 24
His sannyasa-guru said, "I will go with
You. In Your company I will happily perform sankirtana."
Text 25
Lord Chaitanya mercifully went with him. The
sannyasa-guru walked first in the forest, and Lord Chaitanya followed behind.
Text 26
Embracing Candrasekhara Acarya, Lord Chaitanya
loudly wept.
Text 27
He said, "Please return home and tell all
the Vaishnavas that I have gone to the forest.
Text 28
"Please go home and do not be unhappy at
heart. I will always stay as a prisoner in your heart.
Text 29
"You are My father. I am your son. I love
you birth after birth."
Text 30
After speaking these words, Lord Chaitanya
departed. Then Candrasekhara fell unconscious.
Text 31
No one can understand the Lord's inconceivable
potency, the potency that keeps the devotees alive even when they are separated
from the Lord.
Text 32
After a moment regaining consciousness,
Candrasekhara hurried to Navadvipa.
Text 33
Arriving in Navadvipa, Candrasekhara told
everyone, "The Lord has gone to the forest."
Text 34
Hearing these words from Shri Candrasekhara's
mouth, the devotees wept in anguish.
Text 35
Anguished laments came from millions of
mouths. I have no power to describe how everyone lamented.
Text 36
Advaita said, "I will not live."
Hearing Him weep, the dry wood the rocks cracked into pieces.
Text 37
Simply by hearing this news, Advaita became
unconscious and fell to the ground. There was no sign of life in His body.
Text 38
Saci-devi was motionless, stunned with grief.
She stood unmoving, like a puppet.
Text 39
The saintly women devoted to their Vaishnava
husbands fell, weeping, to the ground.
Text 40
Advaita said, "My master has gone away.
What reason have I to stay alive?
Text 41
"Today I will drown in the Ganga. If the
people stop Me during the day, I will drown at night."
Text 42
Separated from the Lord, everyone felt as
Advaita did. All the devotees' hearts were filled with anxiety.
Text 43
No heart was happy. Every devotee yearned to
leave his body.
Text 44
Although every devotee was naturally learned
and peaceful, no one could be peaceful now.
Text 45
Every devotee had decided to leave his body.
Aware of this, a person speaking from the sky stopped them.
Text 46
From the sky came the words, "O devotees
headed by Advaita, do not be unhappy. Each one of you please happily worship
Lord Krishnacandra.
Text 47
"In two or four days the Lord will
return. You will all meet Him again.
Text 48
No one of you should in his heart decide to
leave his body. All of you will enjoy pastimes with the Lord as you did before.
Text 49
Hearing this voice from the sky, in his heart
every devotee abandoned the thought of leaving his body.
Text 50
Taking shelter of Lord Chaitanya's holy names
and qualities, the devotees stayed always around Saci-devi.
Text 51
Meanwhile, always chanting the names of Lord
Hari, Lord Chaitanya, the crest jewel of sannyasis, traveled west.
Text 52
With Him were Nityananda, Mukunda, and
Gadadhara. Kesava Bharati walked in front.
Text 53
Lord Chaitanya walked like a maddened lion.
Thousands and millions of weeping people followed behind.
Text 54
In the four directions weeping followers broke
the forest. With true mercy Lord Chaitanya said to them,
Text 55
"Everyone please return home and chant
Lord Krishna's name. Make Lord Krishna your great wealth. Make Him your very
life.
Text 56
"May the nectar that Brahma, Siva,
Sukadeva, and all the great saints yearn to taste always rest in your bodies.
Text 57
Hearing this blessing, everyone loudly wept.
As if controlled by another, they all returned to their homes.
Text 58
Then Lord Chaitanya entered the place called
Radha-desa. To this day that place is fortunate and holy because of His visit.
Text 59
Radha-desa is very beautiful to see. It is
charming, a a great circle of asvattha trees in the four directions.
Text 60
Seeing how this place was beautiful with many
cows, the Lord at once entered it.
Text 61
Calling out, "Hari! Hari!", the Lord
began to dance. In the four directions His servants made a great sankirtana.
Text 62
The king of Vaikuntha loudly roared. Hearing
His roars, every heart in the universe became pure.
Text 63
In this way Lord Chaitanya sanctified
Radha-desa. Whatever path He traveled, He always danced.
Text 64
The Lord said, "I will go to the forest
where the Vakresvara Deity stays. I will stay in that secluded place."
Text 65
Overcome with love, the Lord spoke these words
and then continued walking. Nityananda and the others followed close behind.
Text 66
The Lord's dancing was wonderful. Hearing the
Lord's wonderful kirtana, everyone followed Him.
Texts Texts 67-68
Even though there had never been sankirtana in
that place, and even though now one had ever seen weeping in ecstati love for
Lord Krishna, when the people saw Lord Chaitanya they began to weep very
wonderfully. Falling to the ground, they offered dandavat obeisances.
Text 69
The lowest and most degraded persons asked,
"Why is there so much weeping?"
Text 70
By the Lord's mercy everyone was overcome with
ecstati love. They wept and they rolled on the ground.
Text 71
All the worlds sang the names of Lord
Chaitanya. Only the ghosts and demons would not sing.
Text 72
Please know that anyone who turns his face
from the holy name of Shri Krishna Chaitanya is ghost or a demon.
Text 73
Accompanied by His devotees, in this way the
king of Vaikuntha tasted the nectar of dancing.
Text 74
At the day's end Lord Chaitanya arrived at a
fortunate village and stayed at the home of a saintly brahmana.
Text 75
After accepting His meal, the Lord lay down
and went to sleep. The devotees slept around Him in the four directions.
Text 76
When perhaps three hours of the night
remained, Lord Chaitanya left and went far away.
Text 77
Not seeing the Lord when they awakened, the
devotees wept.
Text 78
The devotees searched every village and every
grassy field.
Text 79
Tasting the nectar of ecstati love, in a
grassy field the king of Vaikuntha loudly wept.
Text 80
Calling out, "Krishna! My master!
Krishna! My father!", the master of all souls wept.
Text 81
Calling out these words, the crest-jewel of
sannyasi's wept. The sound of His weeping traveled for two miles.
Text 82
From far away the devotees heard the Lord's
wonderful weeping.
Text 83
Following that sound, they found the loudly
weeping Lord.
Text 84
The Lord and the devotees wept. Then Mukunda
began to sing a kirtana.
Text 85
Hearing the kirtana, the Lord began to dance.
Surrounding Him in the four directions, the devotees happily sang.
Text 86
On every path He followed, the Lord danced and
danced. In this way He happily traveled west.
Text 87
When they were eight miles from
Vakresvara-tirtha, Lord Chaitanya turned in a new direction.
Text 88
Dancing as He went, the Lord happily turned
from the west and again went east.
Text 89
Tasting the nectar of dancing, the Lord went
east. Filled with limitless happiness, He loudly laughed.
Text 90
Revealing His thoughts, the Lord happily said,
"I will go to Jagannatha Puri.
Text 91
"Lord Jaagannatha personally ordered Me.
`Hurry to Jagannatha Puri', He said.
Text 92
After speaking these words, Lord Chaitanya
continued east. The devotees very happily followed Him.
Text 93
Only a person who has attained the Lord's
mercy can understand the Lord's desires.
Text 94
Why did the Lord not desire to go to
Vakresvara-tirtha? Only a person who has attained the Lord's mercy has the
power to know.
Text 95
I think the Lord's traveling to
Vakresvara-tirtha was a trick to bless everyone in Radha-desa.
Text 96
Again traveling to the Ganga, the Lord was
overcome with the bliss of ecstati love.
Text 97
The whole country was empty of devotional
service. No one knew anything about kirtana. In no mouth was present the
chanting of Lord Krishna's names.
Text 98
Lord Chaitanya said, "Why do I walk in
this country? I do not hear the name Krishna come from any mouth.
Text 99
"Why do I walk in this country? No longer
will I protect this body. I will give up My life."
Text 100
At that time some boys herding cows came.
Amongst them was one very saintly boy.
Text 101
This boy suddenly began to chant the holy
names of Lord Hari. Hearing this, Lord Chaitanya became very happy.
Text 102
Hearing the words, "Haribol!" from
the boy's mouth, the Lord happily said,
Text 103
"I did not hear the name of Lord Hari
come from any mouth in any of the villages I saw in the past two or three days.
Text 104
"Then I suddenly hear the name of Lord
Hari come from this boy's mouth. What is the reason for that? Please explain,
and I will listen."
Text 105
Then Lord Chaitanya said, "How far is the
Ganga from here?" Everyone said, "It is three hours on this
path."
Text 106
Then the Lord said, "That is the great
glory of the Ganga. She teaches the chanting of Lord Krishna's names.
Text 107
"The breezes from the Ganga blow here.
That is why I hear songs of Lord Krishna's glory."
Text 108
In this way the Lord explaining her glory, the
Lord increased everyone's devotion to the Ganga.
Text 109
Lord Chaitanya said, "Today I will dive
inot the Gnaga." Saying these words, the Lord continued walking.
Text 110
Lord Chaitanya walked like a maddened lion,
and the others were like bumblebees following His feet.
Text 111
Eager to see the Ganga, the Lord quickly
walked. The devotees had no power to keep up with Him.
Text 112
Accompanied only by the lion that was Lord
Nityananda, at sunset Lord Chaitanya happily came to the Ganga's bank.
Text 113
Accompanied by Nityananda, the Lord dove into
the Ganga, chanted, "Ganga! Ganga!", and recited many prayers.
Text 114
Filling Himself, the Lord drank the Ganga's
water. Again and again He offered prayers and obeisances.
Text 115
The Lord said, "Your splendid
transcendental water is ecstati love personified. Lord Siva know all the truth
about you.
Text 116
"Anyone who once hears your name attains
true devotion to Lord Vishnu. How much greater, then, is a person who drinks
your waters.
Text 117
"By your mercy the name
"Krishna!" appears on the people's mouths. There is no other reason
for this.
118-Text 119
"A worm, an insect, a bird, a dog, or a
jackal who lives by your bank becomes very fortunate. A wealthy millionaire who
lives in some other place is not their equal.
Text 120
"To rescue the fallen souls you descended
to this world. No one is your equal."
Text 121
Hearing Lord Chaitanya's prayers, Goddess
Ganga became embarrassed at heart.
Text 122
The Supreme Lord, whose lotus feet are Goddess
Ganga's home, had descended to this world and spoken these prayers.
Text 123
Anyone who hears the Lord's prayers glorifying
Goddess Gan/ga will find in his heart love for Shri Krishna Chaitanya.
Text 124
Accompanied by Nityananda, Lord Chaitanya
passed that night in the home of a saintly devotee.
Text 125
The next day the other devotees found the
Lord.
Text 126
Accompanied by the devotees, the Lord happily
proceeded to Jagannatha Puri.
Text 127
Lord Chaitanya said, "O noble-hearted
Nityananda, please listen. Please quickly go to Navadvipa.
Text 128
"Please rescue Shrivasa and the other
devotees from their sufferings.
Text 129
"Please tell them all that I am going to
see Lord Jagannatha, who is like a moon shining in Nilacala.
Text 130
"I will go to Santipura. I will wait for
them at Advaita's home.
Text 131
"Please quickly bring them. Now I will go
to Haridasa's home in Phuliya-grama."
Text 132
After speaking these words to Nityananda, Lord
Chaitanya walked to Phuliya-grama.
Text 133
On Lord Chaitanya's order, powerful Nityananda
happily went to Navadvipa.
Text 134
Intoxicated by tasting the nectar of ecstati
lovem, Lord Nityananda roared again and again.
Text 135
Overcome with bliss, He became like a maddened
lion. All His pastimes are beyond any order or prohibition.
Text 136
For a moment He stood under a kadmaba tree,
assumed a charming threefold-bending form, and played enchanting melodies on
the flute.
Text 137
Seeing many cows, He began to roll about on
the ground. Becoming like a calf, He drank the cows' milk.
Text 138
Whatever path He took, He always danced. He
was not in external consciousness. He was plunged in an ocean of bliss.
Text 139
Sometimes He would sit down by the road and
weep. Anyone who heard Him felt broken at heart.
Text 140
Sometimes He would loudly laugh. Somwetimes,
tying His garments like a turban around His head, He would be clothed only by
the four directions.
Text 141
Sometimes, accepting the nature of Lord Ananta
Sesha, He would swim like a snake in the Ganga's currents.
Text 142
I have personally seen Him gracefully swim
like Lord Ananta Sesha in the Ganga.
Text 143
Lord Nityananda's glories are inconceivable
and unattainable. In the three worlds there is no second person merciful like
Him.
Text 144
In this way swimming and swimming in the
Ganga, Lord Nityananda finally emerged at Lord Chaitanya's bathing-ghata in
Navadvipa.
Text 145
Again clothing His body, he first went to Lord
Chaitanya home.
Text 146
He saw that Mother Saci had been fasting for
twelve does. Only by the power of Her pure devotion to Lord Krishna did she
still breathe.
Text 147
She was overwhelmed with the emotions of
Mother Yasoda. From her eyes flowed and unending tears of love.
Text 148
Whomever she saw, she asked, "Are you
from Mathura?
Text 149
"How are Krishna and Balarama? Please
tell me. Please tell." Then she would fall unconscious to the ground.
Text 150
Sometimes Mother Saci would say, "The
flutes and horns sound. Does Akrura return to Vraja?"
Text 151
In this way Mother Saci was plunged in an
ocean of separation from Lord Krishna. External consciousness was not manifest
in her body.
Text 152
Lord Nityananda at once offered dandavat
obeisances ot Mother Saci's feet.
Text 153
Seeing Lord Nityananda, the devotees embraced
Him and loudly wept.
Text 154
Saying, "Son! Son!", Mother Saci
fainted. The devotees could not understand. They did not know in what direction
they were being thrown.
Text 155
Lord Nityananda embraced everyone. Everyone's
body He sprinkled with tears of love.
Text 156
To everyone Lord Nityananda sweetly said,
"Quickly come to see the Lord.
Text 157
"The Lord went to Advaita Acarya's home
in Santipura. I have come to bring you all there."
Text 158
Separated from Lord Chaitanya all the devotees
were devastated. Hearing Lord Nityananda's words, they again became filled with
happiness.
Text 159
Everyone was overcome with bliss. A blissful
tumult of Lord Krishna's names suddenly rose.
Text 160
From the day the Lord left to take sannyasa,
Mother Saci had fasted.
Text 161
For twelve days she had not eaten. It was only
by Lord Chaitanya's power that she remained alive.
Text 162
Very sad at heart by seeing her, Lord
Nityananda consoled her with sweet words.
Text 163
He said, "What secret of Lord Krishna do
you not already know? What do I know that I can tell anything to you?
Text 164
"Please do not keep even half a sesame
seed of grief in your heart. How will even the Vedas Personified attain the
mercy you have already attained?
Text 165
"The Supreme Personality of Godhead, whom
the Vedas always seek, has become your son. He is life of all souls.
Text 166
"Placing His hand on His chest, the Lord
vowed always to protect and maintain you.
Text 167
"Again and again the Lord said to you,
`Your activities are the most exalted kind of devotional service. All that I
own is yours. You inherit it.'
Text 168
"The Lord knows what is best for
everyone. Surrender to Him and be happy.
Text 169
"Mother, please quickly go and cook for
Lord Krishna. Then all the devotees will become happy.
Text 170
"Everyone wishes to eat the food you have
cooked with your own hand. But if you fast, then Lord Himself will fast also.
Text 171
"Cook, and then offer the food to Lord
Krishna. I wish to eat what you have cooked."
Text 172
Hearing Lord Nityananda's words, Mother Saci
forgot about her separation from the Lord. She quickly went to cook.
Text 173
Saintly Mother Saci first offered the food to
Lord Krishna and then placed it before Lord Nityananda.
Text 174
Then she offered the food to all the
Vaishnavas. Everyone happily ate.
Text 175
When everyone was completely satisfied, Mother
Saci ended her twelve-day fast.
Text 176
Then, accompanied by Lord Nityananda, all the
devotees made ready to visit Lord Chaitanya.
Text 177
Everyone in Navadvipa had heard the words,
"The Lord became a sannyasi."
Text 178
Hearing that His wonderful new name was
"Shri Krishna Chaitanya", everyone called out, "Hari!
Hari!" and "Glorious! Glorious!"
Text 179
Hearing that the Lord was in Phuliya-grama,
everyone happily went to see Him.
Text 180
Chanting, "Hari! Hari!", young, old,
men, and women, all happily went to see the Lord.
Text 181
Even they who had been blasphemers also went
with the devotees.
Text 182
"Hiding His true nature, the Supreme Lord
took birth in Navadvipa. Unaware of this, we blasphemed Him.
Text 183
"Now we must go and surrender at His
feet. Only then will our offenses be broken into pieces."
Text 184
Speaking words like those, they happily
followed the devotees. I do not know how many people traveled on that path.
Text 185
Countless millions of people came to the
ferry-ghata. The ferrymen did not know how to carry them all across.
Text 186
Some people made improvised rafts. Some tied
great waterjugs to their chests. Some floated across on banana-tree trunks.
Text 187
How many people could not cross? In whatever
way they could, everyone crossed.
Text 188
Breathing heavily and chanting Lord
Chaitanya's name, many pregnant women crossed.
Text 189
The blind and the lame all crossed. By the
power of Lord Chaitanya's name, they all saw the way.
Text 190
Thousands and thousands of people piled into
one boat. How far did that boat go before it sank?
Text 191
Even so, the passengers did not become unhappy
at heart. Loudly chanting, "Hari!", they all swam to the other side.
Text 192
Spiritual bliss took birth in everyone's
heart. Everyone swam in a great ocean of bliss.
Text 193
They who did not know how to swim somehow swam
anyway. By the power of the Supreme Lord they crossed without trouble to the
other bank.
Text 194
How many people crossed to the other bank? I
do not know. In the four directions "Hari!" was the only sound anyone
heard.
Text 195
Forgetting hunger, thirst, home, duty, and
troubles, everyone happily traveled.
Text 196
The sound touching the borders of the
universe, everyone loudly chanted, "Hari!" In this way they arrived
at Phuliya-grama.
Text 197
Hearing this unprecedented tumult of the sound
"Hari!", Lord Chaitanya, the crest-jewel of sannyasis, came outside.
Text 198
What was the unprecedented and wonderful glory
and splendor and handsomeness of the Lord like? No one can describe it. He was
like millions of moons rising together.
Text 199
With His graceful mouth again and again He
chanted, "Hare! Krishna! Hare! Hare!" From Him flood of bliss flowed
without stop.
Text 200
In the four directions everyone offered
dandavat obeisances. Who fell on whom? No one fell.
Text 201
No one was afraid of brambles on the ground.
Filled with bliss, everyone offered dandavat obeisances.
Text 202
Raising their hands, all the people called
out, "Save me! Save me!" At this Lord Chaitanya became very pleased.
Text 203
Countless millions of people had come to that
place. They filled the village and all the nearby grassy fields.
Text 204
From many different towns and villages they
had come. Anyone who saw the Lord's face no longer wished to return to his
home.
Text 205
There were great crowds. Phuliya-grama, as
well as all the nearby towns and forests, was filled with people.
Text 206
Seeing Lord Chaitanya's charming face,
everyone felt fulfilled within and without.
Text 207
Lord Chaitanya cast His merciful glance on
everyone. Then He proceeded to Advaita Acarya's home in Santipura.
Text 208
With great excitement Adviata gazed at the
master of His life. Falling at the Lord's lotus feet, He offered dandavat
obeisances.
Text 209
Making a piteous sound, He wept. He would not
take His two arms from the Lord's lotus feet.
Text 210
With tears of love Advaita bathed the Lord's
glorious feet. Lifting Him with both hands, Lord Chaitanya embraced Advaita.
Text 211
Advaita Acarya floated in tears of love for
the Lord. Fainting in ecstasy, He fell at the Lord's feet.
Text 212
After some moments Lord Chaitanya pacified
Advaita. Then the Lord sat down. Great bliss arose in Advaita's home.
Text 213
Advaita had had a small son named Acyutananda,
an effulgent son at that moment clothed only by the four directions.
Text 214
That boy was very wise. He knew everything.
His power was beyond conception. He was very fortunate and glorious. He was a
worthy son of Advaita Acarya.
Text 215
His every limā was covered with dust. Laughing
and laughing, he came to see Lord Chaitanya's feet.
Text 216
He fell down before the Lord's feet. Dust and
all, Lord Chaitanya placed the boy on His lap.
Text 217
Lord Chaitanya said, "Acyuta, Advaita
Acarya is My father. That means that you and I are two brothers."
Text 218
Acyutananda replied, "You are the Supreme
Lord. You are the friend of all souls. You are everyone's father. That is
written in the Vedas."
Text 219
Lord Chaitanya and the devotees smiled at
Acyutananda's words. Great wonder took birth in the hearts of all.
Text 220
The devotees said, "Children never speak
like that. What great soul has taken birth here? I do not know."
Text 221
At that moment Lord Nityananda-Ananta Sesha
came from Nadiya with all the devotees.
Text 222
Seeing the Lord, Shrivasa and the devotees made
a great tumult of "Hari!"
Text 223
All the devotees offered dandavat obeisances.
Grasping the Lord's graceful feet, they all wept.
Text 224
The Lord embraced everyone. Everyone
considered the Lord as dear as life.
Text 225
Making a piteous sound, the devotees wept.
Hearing that sound, all the worlds became purified.
Text 226
Filled with the bliss of love for Lord
Krishna, the saintly devotees wept. Simply by hearing the sound of their
weeping, everyone became free of all material bondage.
Text 227
By Lord Chaitanya's mercy a great spiritual
wealth was manifest there. Everyone tasted a spiritual nectar that even Brahma
and the demigods find difficult to attain.
Text 228
Seeing the devotees, Lord Chaitanya joyfully
began to dance. He tasted the nectar of love for a person who was actually
Himself.
Text 229
At once the devotees began to sing. Thundering
like a cloud, the Lord demanded, "Chant! Chant!"
Text 230
Grasping Lord Chaitanya, Nityananda danced.
Unnoticed, Advaita touched the dust of the Lord's feet.
Text 231
Tears, trembling, hairs standing erect,
roaring, and uproarious laughter came like wonderful waves on the Lord's limbs.
Text 232
How graceful were His steps! How gloriosu were
the motions of His hands and limbs!
Text 233
How will I describe the sweetness of the
nectar love He felt? Joyfully raising His arms, He chnated, "Hari!
Hari!"
Text 234
Seeing the Lord's nectar dancing, and hearing
His wonderful words, the devotees were plunged in great bliss.
Text 235
First the Lord disappeared from the devotees.
Now the Lord allowed them again to see Him.
Text 236
Whose body was not overflowing with bliss?
Surrounding the Lord, everyone joyfully danced.
Text 237
Who fell on whose body? Who held whom? Who
placed whose feet on his chest?
Text 238
Who embraced whom and wept? Who said what? No
one knew. Everyone was wild with the bliss of spiritual love.
Text 239
In this way the king of Vaikuntha danced with
His associates. Wonderful pastimes like this had never before happened on the
earth.
Text 240
"Haribol! Haribol! O my brothers,
Haribol!" No one could hear any sounds but these.
Text 241
What bliss had come to Advaita's home! Only
Lord Nityananda, whose was thousand-mouthed Ananta Sesha Himself, knew the
heart of what was happening.
Text 242
One by one, the devotees embraced the Lord.
The Lord lovingly embraced all the devotees.
Text 243
Embraced by the king of Vaikuntha, the
devotees became wild with bliss.
Text 244
"Hari!", the devotees roared like
lions. They became wilder and wilder.
Text 245
Accompanied by His associates, the king of
Vaikuntha danced. The earth trembled under Their steps.
Text 246
Now become very wild, effulgent Nityananda
danced with Lord Chaitanya.
Text 247
Advaita joyfully danced. He roared. Everyone
touched each other's feet.
Text 248
The bliss was like the bliss of Navadvipa. The
singing, dancing, and pastimes were all the same.
Text 249
For some moments manifesting His true nature,
Lord Chaitanya sat on the throne of Lord Vishnu.
Text 250
In the four directions the devotees
respectfully folded their hands. Now the Lord had revealed His own nature.
Text 251
He declared, "I am Krishna. I am Rama. I
am Narayana. I am Matsya. I am Kurma, Varaha, and Vamana.
Text 252
"I am Buddha, Kalki, and Hamsa. I am
Balarama. I am Prisnigarbha, Hayagriva, and Siva.
Text 253
"I am Jagannatha, Kapila, anmd Nrisimha.
Whether they know it or not, all beings are like bumblebees at My lotus feet.
Text 254
"All the Vedas sing My glories.
Numberless millions of universes serve Me.
Text 255
"I appear as Time Personified before
everyone but the devotees. By remembering Me, one breaks all calamities into
pieces.
Text 256
"I rescued Draupadi from embarrassment. I
rescued the five Pandavas from the house of lac.
Text 257
"Killing Vrikasura, I rescued Siva. I
rescued My servant Gajendra.
Text 258
"I delivered Prahlada. I protected the
gopas.
Text 259
"I churned wonderful nectar. Cheating the
demons, I protected the demigods.
Text 260
"I killed Kamsa, the enemy of My
devotees. I killed the demon Ravana's family.
Text 261
"In My left hand I held Govardhana Hill.
I subdued the Kaliya snake.
Text 262
"In Satya-yuga I preach the path of
austerity. In Treta-yuga I descend and teach the path of yajna.
Text 263
"In Dvapara-yuga I descend and teach
everyone the path of Deity worship.
Text 264
"Even the Vedas do not know all My
incarnations. Now I have come to teach sankirtana.
Text 265
"By beginning the sankirtana movement I
enjoy pastimes of pure love and devotion. That is why I have come to this
Kali-yuga.
Text 266
"All the Vedas and Puranas pray that I
give them shelter. I am the eternal shelter of My devotees.
Text 267
"My devotees are not different from Me.
My devotees are My father, mother, friend, son, and brother.
Text 268
"Although I am independent, and I enjoy
pastimes as I like, I am still under the control of My devotees.
Text 269
"You are all My personal associates birth
after birth. When I descend to this world, I take all of you with Me.
Text 270
"I will not leave you even for a half a
sesame seed's worth of time. Please know that is the truth."
Text 271
In this way the Lord mercifully revealed the
truth. Hearing His words, all the devotees wept aloud.
Text 272
Again and again everyone offered dandavat
obeisances. Again and again they fell, rose, spoke prayers in voices trembling
with emotion, and wept.
Text 273
What bliss was in Advaita's home! The same
nectar present before in the towns of Nadiya was also present there.
Text 274
The devotees desires were all fulfilled. Their
sufferings were all broken to pieces.
Text 275
The Lord knows how to break His devotees'
sufferings into pieces. Why do the suffering conditioned souls not worship a
master like Him?
Text 276
Lord Chaitanya is an ocean of kindness. The
Lord does not see others' faults. He thinks only of their virtues.
Text 277
After some moments the Lord concealed His
divine opulences. Returning to external consciousness, He became peaceful.
Text 278
Taking everyone with Him, the Lord went to the
Ganga to bathe. In many ways He played in the Ganga's waters.
Text 279
After bathing, He returned with everyone. He
watered and circumambulated Tulasi.
Text 280
He circumambulated the temple of Lord Vishnu,
bowed down, and, taking everyone with Him, sat down to eat.
Text 281
In the middle Lord Chaitanya sat down with
Nityananda. In the four directions around Them, Their associates happily sat.
Text 282
The Lord's face blossomed with happiness.
Sandal paste anointed His every limbs. With His devotees around Him in the four
directions, He happily ate.
Text 283
It was as if, accompanied by the gopas in the
midst of Vrindavana forest, Krishna and Balarama were enjoying pastimes of
eating lunch.
Text 284
As He ate, the Lord conversed with everyone.
Again and again He joked and He laughed.
Text 285
Who has the power to describe all these
pastimes? Only a person who has attained the Lord's mercy can say anything
about them.
Text 286
Finishing His meal, the Lord left. Then the
devotees ate what He had left on His plate.
Text 287
Even the old men became like children. That is
the power of devotion to Lord Vishnu.
Text 288
Saintly devotees who hear all these stories
will some day meet Lord Chaitanya.
Text 289
The devotees saw the Lord again, the Lord
revealed His divine opulences, and then they enjoyed sankirtana.
Text 290
Then the Lord ate lunch with all the
Vaishnavas. Anyone who hears these pastimes will attain a great treasure of
ecstatic love.
Text 291
The two moons Shri Krishna Chaitanya and Shri
Nityananda are my life and soul. I, Vrindavana dasa, sing the glories of Their
feet.