20190125 Explanation of Offense of Mother Śacī (Part-3)

Come join us His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja reads from the Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book on January 25th, 2019 in Chennai, India

Introduction: So today we are continuing on pastimes of Gaurāṅga Māhaprabhu. This morning my physiotherapist did not come because he had to attend some wedding. So Subhāṅga dāsa brahmacāri, he did various exercises with me. Then I went cycling and Ekārani devī dāsī counted the cycles and other devotees also came along. Rāja Rajeśvarī devī dāsī was present. Then I had voice therapy with Lakṣmī Nārāyaṇa and then after lunch made by one of our local devotees, Guru Sevanandīnī mātaji and then took a little rest and this afternoon I did some more therapy. I met the TMC, the Temple Management Council and the initiation committee. So, I was very happy to hear about the Chennai temple almost doubled their books. How they have over hundred Bhakti-vṛkṣa groups and you can get special śuddha-sattva prasāda from Swiggy and Zomato! So very exciting meeting, and how the National Bhakti-vṛkṣa gathering was held in Chennai this year. So, I was able to attend by Skype or Zoom or something. Tomorrow 6 – 7 we should have a special class with a different group of universities around the country. Then we will have the normal class, 8 – 9 pm. So today we will continue.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 22.103

niravadhi viśvarūpa advaitera saṅge

chāḍiyā saṁsāra-sukha goṅāyena raṅge

Jayapatākā Swami: Viśvarūpa, He gave up all the happiness of worldly enjoyment and constantly associated with Advaita Gosain. He was joyfully passing His time!

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 22.104

viśvarūpa-kathā ādi-khaṇḍete vistāra

ananta-caritra nityānanda-kalevara

Jayapatākā Swami: Topics regarding Viśvarūpa were discussed in the Adi khaṇḍa. He is non-different from Nityananda prabhu, therefore His characteristics, His character, is unlimited.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 22.105

īśvarera icchā saba īśvara se jāne

viśvarūpa sannyāsa karila kata-dine

Jayapatākā Swami: The Supreme Lord knows the desire of the Supreme Lord! Viśvarūpa in a few days, He took sannyāsa.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 22.106

jagate vidita nāma `śrī-śaṅkarāraṇya' 
calilā ananta-pathe vaiṣṇavāgragaṇya

Jayapatākā Swami: So He was known in the Vaiṣṇava world as Śrī Śaṅkarāraṇya and He traversed the path of devotional service to Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and He became known as the greatest of all, or the topmost Vaiṣṇava! So, by the association of Sri Advaita Gosāi, Śrī Viśvarūpa left home and traversed the path of devotional service. His sannyāsa names was Śaṅkarāraṇya. Therefore, when mother Śacī saw that her son had left home, He took sannyāsa, she became unhappy with Advaita prabhu. She did not publicly criticize the behavior of Advaita prabhu nevertheless she enacted the pastime of committing of an offence against Advaita prabhu.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 22.107

kari' daṇḍa grahaṇa calilā viśvarūpa 
niravadhi āira vidare śoke buka

Jayapatākā Swami: I think that this pastime of Viśvarūpa taking sannyāsa was covered in the Adī-līlā. Because then Lord Caitanya was still a small boy. Anyway, Viśvarūpa, He took the sannyāsa daṇḍa and left home. So mother Śacī devi’s heart was constantly filled with grief.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 22.108

mane mane gaṇe, āi haiyā susthira 
“advaita se mora putra karila bāhira

Jayapatākā Swami: She thought when she became steady, because of Advaita, my son was induced to leave home.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 22.109

tathāpiha āi vaiṣṇavāparādha bhaye 
kichu nā balaye, mane mahā-duḥkha pāye

Jayapatākā Swami: Yet out of fear of committing a Vaiṣṇava offence mother Śacī did not say anything but She kept her grief within.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 22.110

viśvambhara dekhi' saba pāsarilā duḥkha 
prabhu o māyera baḍa bāḍāyena sukha

Jayapatākā Swami: When She saw her son, Viśvambara, mother Śacī forgot all Her distress! And the Lord, He tried to increase His mother’s happiness.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 22.111

daive kata-dine prabhu karilā prakāśa 
niravadhi advaitera saṁhati vilāsa

Jayapatākā Swami: After the Lord revealed Himself in due course of time, He constantly enjoyed His pastimes with Advaita.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 22.112

chāḍiyā saṁsāra-sukha prabhu viśvambhara 
lakṣmī parihari' thāke advaitera ghara

Jayapatākā Swami: Lord Viśvambara rejected all worldly happiness. He gave up the association of Lakṣmī, Viṣṇupriyā, and He constantly passed His time in the house of Advaita Gosāi. Since Gaurahari rejected the company of His wife, or gave up the association of Viṣṇupriyā, who was non-different from Lakṣmī-devī, He passed His time with Advaita Prabhu, so Śacī devi’s apathy towards Advaita prabhu started to increase.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 22.113

nā rahe gṛhete putra—hena dekhi' āi
 “eho putra nilā mora ācārya gosāṅi”

Jayapatākā Swami: When mother Śacī saw that Her son was not staying at home, she said, Advaita Gosāi has also taken away this son!

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 22.114

sei duḥkhe sabe ei balilena āi 
“ke bale, `advaita',—`dvaita' e baḍa gosāñi

Jayapatākā Swami: Because mother Śacī was in this great grief, She said, who says Advaita, Dvaita is what actually this Gosāi should be called!

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 22.115

candra-sama eka putra kariyā bāhira 
eho putra nā dilena karibāre sthira

Jayapatākā Swami: One of My sons who is like the moon, He induced Him to leave home. And now this son, He is not leaving Him in peace!

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 22.116

anāthinīmore ta' kāhāro nāhi dayā
jagate `advaita', mohe se `dvaita-māyā'”

Jayapatākā Swami: Mother Śacī said I am a widow; no one has compassion on Me. He is known to the world as Advaita but He has bewildered me in the network of duality.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 22.117

sabe ei aparādha, āra kichu nāi 
ihāra lāgiyā bhakti nā dena gosāñi

Jayapatākā Swami: This was Her only offence, nothing else! Because of this reason the Lord did not bestow upon Her devotional service to Kṛṣṇa. So, in an angry mood Śacī devī had said, now I have only one son left in my family! Since by His counsel Advaita prabhu engaged my other son in accepting sannyāsa, I have been deprived of His service. Now He is giving counsel to my other son. Even though Advaita is known as Advaita to the world, He is covering me with the network of illusion. So advaita means non-different and dvaita means duality. So in this way Śacī devī enacted the pastime of being averse to the service of the Supreme Lord as a result of her offence.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 22.118

śrīadvaita o nityānanda bheda-buddhikārī mūḍhagaṇera śikṣārtha prabhura advaita o nityānanda-tattva-nirūpaṇa e-kāle ye vaiṣṇavera `baḍa' `choṭa' bale/ niścinte thākuka, se jānibe kata kāle

Jayapatākā Swami: Let those who consider some Vaiṣṇavas superior and some inferior, remain free from anxiety for now. But they will learn in the future.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 22.119

jananīra lakṣye śikṣā-guru bhagavān 
vaiṣṇavāparādha karāyena sāvadhāna

Jayapatākā Swami: Using His mother as an example, the Lord who is the śikṣā-guru of everyone, cautioned everyone about Vaiṣṇava offence. So the Lord, He was instructing that Advaita should be accepted as a Vaiṣṇava. That He is not Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the original personality of Godhead, He is an expansion. So some people speculate His position compared to Nityānanda prabhu’s. So all these things are offensive. We should refer to the revealed scriptures to understand their position. Hare Kṛṣṇa! So we will stop here and continue tomorrow. Are there any questions on these verses?

Vījaya Rādhā devī dāsī: Did Mother Śacī ever get to see Viśvarūpa after He took sannyāsa?

Jayapatākā Swami: We didn’t hear about it. She saw Viśvambara at Śantipur and maybe some other places as well. But we haven’t read about mother Śacī seeing Viśvarūpa. Lord Caitanya travelled south India on the pretext of looking for His brother.

Phaneshwari Lakṣmī devī dāsī: Yesterday you said that Viśvarūpa went everywhere and there was no devotional service being practiced. Was there no devotional service or chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa before advent of Śrī Māhaprabhu?

Jayapatākā Swami: It was said that people were completely absorbed in material consciousness. If they had money, they would spend on marrying their daughter, and try to show that they could have a bigger marriage festival for their daughter than others. But some got defeated, because they had no more daughter to get married off. He would then marry a male-female dog or male-female cat, just to show that he was a better person!! So, there were all kinds of things.

Question: Generally, how do we understand that why would Lord Caitanya look for His brother particularly after sannyāsa?

Jayapatākā Swami: Why not? He wanted to find out what happened to His brother. Finally, He found His brother’s samādhi in Vīttalā’s place. But that was the excuse to traverse South India and give mercy to the South Indians! Haribol! How many are happy that the Lord came to South India? Haribol! Devotees can raise their hands up (Jayapatākā Swami raised both his hands) 

Haribol! Haribol! Haribol!