20181209 Śrī Krishna Caitanya Book

Nama Om…

Mukham karoti vaachalam…

Today we will continue with the compilation of the Krishna Caitanya Book. Today is Sunday so our physiotherapist he gets off on Sundays. We usually have voice therapy but our voice therapist came on Friday and he went to Amritsar today. So this morning we had our TOVP exhibits meeting and that lasted about three hours with people from Australia, India, England and America. For some people it was very early in the morning and for some people it was late at night. Otherwise I spent the rest of the day with physical therapies and chanting and little rest. So now we will continue with the reading. 

Lord Caitanya was Nimai Pandit when He left Navadvip. When He came back from Gaya He was fully Krishna conscious. His students were bewildered and thought He had some disease and had some displaced airs in His body. So now Lord Caitanya is meeting His Sanskrit teacher, we consider teacher a kind of guru. His diksha guru was Ishwara Puri, His Sanskrit guru was Gangadas Pandit. So how He went to visit Gangadas Pandit and His students had also come to see what would happen.

Lord Vishwambhar took the dust from the lotus feet of His Sanskrit guru and He placed it on His head. The guru gave Him a blessing that may You achieve transcendental knowledge. 

The Lord’s teacher said, my dear Son, Vishwambhar, listen to my words. The brahmana’s study of the scriptures is not because of some small fortune. 

Your maternal grandfather is Nilambhar Chakravarti and You are the student and You are the son of Jagannath Mishra Purandhar. 

Both of Your forefathers’ dynasties do not have any fools in them and You are supremely qualified to explain all the commentaries of the scriptures.

If by giving up studies one becomes a devotee, my dear child, were Your father and grandfather not devotees?

Knowing this You should study properly. Only by study can one become a vaishnava brahmana. So Gangadas Pandit is instructing Vishwambhar that He should stop His detailed explanation of devotional service and take to the study of the Vedas and Vedic literature. As a result of studying the shaastras, even Your students will actually become vaishnava brahmanas. Simply by studying the Vedas and Vedic literatures one can become a vaishnava brahmana. If one does not undergo the purificatory processes under the guidance of an acharya and becomes indifferent to study of the Vedic literatures, then he will realize disturbances in the devotional service of Lord Vishnu. The Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya Lila 22.65 describes that one who is expert in logic argument and revealing scriptures, and one who has firm faith in Lord Krishna is classified as a uttama adhikari or topmost devotee. He can deliver the whole world. Similar quote is found in the Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu. 

How will an uneducated brahmana or a twice born know what is proper and what is improper? Knowing this, chant Hare Krishna and continue with Your studies. So Gangadas Pandit was requesting Lord Caitanya that if He did not have His students study, then they will not be able to distinguish what was to be done and what was not to be done. So they have to study the Vedas and Vedic literature and chant, both. Otherwise they will create some disturbance. 

So You should go and You should teach the meaning of the scriptures properly. And promise me You will do this. Don’t give any different meanings. 

The Lord said by the mercy of your lotus feet, nobody can stand before Me in debate in Navadvip. 

Whatever I refute by the commentaries, who in Navadvip is a person who can establish a conclusion different from Mine?

Who in Navadvip can refute My explanations of the commentaries? I will sit in the middle of the city and will teach publicly. Let Me see. Who has the power to challenge Me?

Gangadas Pandit became pleased hearing the words of Lord Caitanya. So Vishwambhar, He left that place, touching the lotus feet of His teacher. 

I offer my obeisances at the lotus feet of Gangadas Pandit who’s disciple is the Lord of the Vedas and the Master of the Goddess Saraswati, Goddess of learning. 

What more can be achieved by Gangadas Pandit, his student is worshipped throughout the 14 planetary systems?

Lord Vishwambhar He went along with His students; He was like a moon surrounded by many stars. 

Vishwambhar whose lotus feet are kept on the heart of Lakshmi devi, He came and sat at the doorway of the residence of Navadvip. 

He tied His cloth in the way a sanyasi ties His cloth. Vishwambhar explained the commentaries or sutras and refuted others with His arguments. 

Lord Vishwambhar said, a combination of the Sanskrit words, who does not know this science, in Kali yuga, he is given the title Bhattacharya. 

Those who have no knowledge of grammar, they are explaining logic, but none of them are able to defeat Me.

When I refute, who can challenge? Let Me see! So that was My refute and that was what I established, let Me see anyone who can prove anything wrong that I am saying!

In this way Vishwambhar Vishwanath spoke. Vishwanath means the Lord of the Universe. Who has the power to answer His challenge?

Those teachers who went on their path to the Ganges, when they heard this challenge, their pride was smashed. 

Who in Navadvip has the power to establish a conclusion before Vishwambhar? 

In this way Vishwambhar, He was absorbed in giving His explanations. He continued to give His explanations well into the night. Still there was no end. 

Alright, we stop here. We will continue tomorrow night.