20200602 Saṅkīrtana Party Reaches Kazi’s House

Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book Compilation by His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on 2^nd May 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

Saṅkīrtana Party Reaches Kazi’s House

Jayapatākā Swami: We have been participating in the kīrtana throughout Navadvīpa for about seven days and now finally we are reaching the Chand Kazi’s house.

The first verse is from the Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta and translation by Śrīla Prabhupāda:

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 17.138

vṛndāvana-dāsa ihā ‘caitanya-maṅgale’
vistāri’ varṇiyāchena, prabhu-kṛpā-bale

Purport by Śrīla Prabhupāda: “By the grace of the Lord, Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has elaborately described this incident in his Caitanya-maṅgala (now Caitanya-bhāgavata).

Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 17,139

kīrtanamukhe navadvīpa -nagara bhramaṇa –

ei mata kīrtana kari’ nagare bhramilā
bhramite bhramite sabhe kājī-dvāre gelā

Jayapatākā Swami: “Performing kīrtana in this way, circumambulating through every nook and corner of the city, they finally reached the door of the Kazi.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 23.358

prabhura kājīra bāḍīra dike agrasara

gaurāṅga-sundara yāya ye-dige nāciyā
sei dige sarva loka calaye dhāiyā

Jayapatākā Swami: The beautiful Lord Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu, whichever way He danced, in that direction, all the people followed.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 23.359

kājīra bāḍīra patha dharilāṭhākura
vādya-kolāhala kājīśunaye prachura

Jayapatākā Swami: The Lord Gaurāṅga, approached the path of Chand Kazi’s house. The Kazi heard the loud sound of the vibration of the musical instruments and chanting of the holy names.

Purport by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura: There is a road from the village of Simuliyā to the present day Vāmana-pukura, where the original house of Kazi was situated, and is situated even now.

Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 17.140

tarja-garja kare loka, kare kolāhala
gauracandra-bale loka praśraya-pāgala

Jayapatākā Swami: “Murmuring in anger and making a roaring sound, the people, under the protection of Lord Caitanya, became mad through such indulgence.

Purport by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura: The Kazi had issued an order not to perform kīrtana, congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord. But when this was brought up to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, He ordered civil disobedience to the Kazi’s order. Lord Caitanya and all His devotees, naturally enthusiastic although agitated, must have made a great noise with their loud cries.

Jayapatākā Swami: Hundreds of thousands of millions of people chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, playing on musical instruments, carrying flaming torches, they must have made a tumultuous sound, so that the Kazi must have apprehended.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 23.360

vādya-kolāhala-śravaṇe kājīra tadviṣayera anusandhānārtha anucara preraṇa—

kājī bale,—“śuna' bhāi, ki gīta-vādana!
kibā kā'ra vibhā, kibā bhūtera kīrtana

Jayapatākā Swami: The Kazi said, “listen brothers, what is this singing and music? Is it someone’s marriage, or is it the kīrtana of ghostly beings?”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 23.361

mora bola laṅghiyā ke kare hinduyāni
jhāṭa jāni' āo, tabe caliba āpani”

Jayapatākā Swami: “Go quickly and see who is transgressing my orders, by following the Hindu rituals? then tell me and then I will go myself.”

Purport by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura: On hearing the sound of Śrī Gaurasundara's kīrtana party, the Kazi sent some people to investigate. He thought that the sound was coming from a marriage party or some joyful party. He said, “I have issued an order to stop the Hindu's kīrtana. If anyone has transgressed my order and engaged in the Hindu's kīrtana, then as soon as I receive such news, I will go myself to stop it.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 23.362

kājīra ādeśe tabe anucara dhāya
saṅghaṭṭa dekhiyā āpanāra śāstra gāya

Jayapatākā Swami: Receiving the Kazi’s order, his servants ran off. When they saw the huge gathering, they remembered their own scriptures.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 23.363

ananta arbuda loke bale,—“kājī māra”
ḍare palāila tabe kājīra kiṅkara

Jayapatākā Swami: Unlimited millions of people, were shouting, “Kill the Kazi! Kill the Kazi!” and the Kazi’s servants hearing this, ran away out of fear.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 23.364

anucara-kartṛka kājī-samīpe prabhura āgamana-vārtā jñāpana—

raḍa diyā kājīre kahila jhāṭa giyā
“ki kara’ calaha jhāṭa yāi palāiyā

Jayapatākā Swami: They quickly ran and told the Chand Kazi the news, what can you do? let us quickly run away!

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 23.365

koṭi koṭi loka saṅge nimāi-ācārya
sājiyā āise āji kibā kare kārya

Jayapatākā Swami: Millions and millions of people are coming with Nimāi Ācārya, they are fully prepared, who knows today, what they will do!

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 23.366

lākhe lākhe mahātāpa dīpa saba jvale
lakṣa koṭi loka meli' hinduyāni bale

Jayapatākā Swami: Hundreds of thousands of flaming torches are all burning, hundreds of thousands of millions of people are jointly chanting the names of Hindu Gods.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 23.367

duyāre duyāre kalā-ghaṭa-āmrasāra
puṣpa-maya patha saba dekhi nadīyāra

Jayapatākā Swami: We saw at every doorway, banana trees, full water pots and mango leaves, and the pathway was filled with flowers and the streets of Navadvīpa were filled with flowers.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 23.368

nā jāni kateka khai kaḍi phula paḍe
bājana śunite dui śravaṇa upāḍe

Jayapatākā Swami: We could not even imagine how much puffed rice and small conch shells and flowers were strewn on the street; our ears were almost shattered to hear the loud musical instruments.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 23.369

hena mata nadīyāra nagare nagare
rājā āsite o keha emana nā kare

Jayapatākā Swami: Even if the king comes, there is not such an arrangement in Nadia, every town, there is this arrangement.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 23.370

saba bhāvakera baḍa nimāi paṇḍita
sabe cale, se nāciyā yāya yei bhita

Jayapatākā Swami: These sentimental devotees are led by Nimāi Paṇḍita, in whichever way He dances, everyone follows.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 23.371

ye sakala nagariyā mārila āmarā
‘āji kājī māra’ bali’ āise tāhārā

Jayapatākā Swami: “Those townspeople that we once beat, are shouting, ‘Today we will kill the Kazi!’ and they are coming, they are coming! Run! Go!

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 23.372

eko ye huṅkāra kare nimāi-ācārya
sei se hindura bhūta, e tāhāra kārya!”

Jayapatākā Swami: This Nimāi Ācārya, is loudly shouting and making this arrangement, He is their Hindu Prophet, and He is doing everything!”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 23.373

keha bale,—“e vāmanā eta kānde kena!
vāmanera dui cakṣe nadī vahe yena”

Jayapatākā Swami: One said, “I can’t understand why this brāhmaṇa cries so much! This brāhmaṇa’s two eyes seem to be having a river flowing from them.” Gaurāṅga!

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 23.374

keha bale,—“vāmanera ke āche kothāya!
sei duḥkhe kāṅde, hena bujhi ye sadāya”

Jayapatākā Swami: Someone said, “I think this brāhmaṇa is missing someone, He always cries in distress! this is what I think.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 23.375

keha bale,—“vāmana dekhite lāge bhaya
gilite āise yena dekhi kampa haya”

Jayapatākā Swami: Another said, “When I see this brāhmaṇa, Nimāi Paṇḍita, I feel fearful, I tremble to see this form, ready to swallow or devour everything.”

Thus, ends the chapter entitled, Saṅkīrtana Party Reaches Kazi’s House.

So, we see that here the party is arriving at the Chand Kazi’s house. From the distance, he could hear the music and the chanting. He thought maybe there is a marriage party or something, then he sent his servant to check, and they saw the situation and gave the report to the Chand Kazi. So, they couldn’t understand why Lord Caitanya was crying. They estimated with their material experience, when someone dies or leaves then people mourn that person’s departure. So, they thought, maybe like Lord Gaurāṅga is crying because of some distress, they don’t understand anything about love of Kṛṣṇa, and how the Lord is chanting in separation from love of Kṛṣṇa. But seeing the huge assembly of devotees, the people they had prosecuted in the past, were now coming forward and some of those who had been tortured and beaten, they were crying out, “let us kill the Kazi!” So, they wanted to run way, so it was a very tense situation. We are seeing that this situation happens sometimes in the world, when people demonstrate, when they feel that they are being treated with injustice. So, Lord Caitanya, He led this civil disobedience for the right reason 500 years ago. We will see how the demonstration peacefully resolves itself. 

Hare Kṛṣṇa! Any question?

Question: Hare Kṛṣṇa, daṇḍavat praṇāma Guru Mahārāja, how come even an atheist be so hard hearted that even on seeing Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu dancing, their heart didn’t melt? – Kamalendra Singh Rathore.

Jayapatākā Swami: Some of the atheists’ hearts melted when they saw Lord Caitanya dancing. It says that some rolled on the ground and started to sing and dance. But some were very envious, and they could not appreciate the saṅkīrtana. Whether they actually saw Lord Caitanya or not was not clear, but they were saying many envious things. From this it is understood, some personally saw Lord Caitanya, and their hearts melted, others, for some reason, their heart was so hard, they were so envious, that they spoke various envious things. So, some people in this material world are such that, they are very much against the Lord. Just like Jarāsandha, he attacked Kṛṣṇa so many times. So, some of the demons, they are against Lord Kṛṣṇa, like Kaṁsa. So, some envious people are there, and they maintain their enviousness, even when they see the Lord face to face. Kṛṣṇa came in the assembly of Duryodhana, as a messenger of the Paṇḍavas. He tried to broker-peace, but instead breaking the etiquette of respect of the messenger, they tried to arrest Kṛṣṇa, and even He showed the universal form, they didn’t accept Kṛṣṇa, although they could not capture Him. So, some people are there, they are demons and even if they see the Lord, they don’t accept. Lord Caitanya, most of the people even the hard-hearted atheists; He killed their atheistic, demonic propensity and kept their devotion.

So today is the Pāṇḍava Nirjalā-Ekādaśī, Bhīma had requested Vyāsadeva, He told him that he was a very hungry person, he had a fire burning in his stomach, and he had to eat something everyday. So, he couldn’t follow Ekādaśī twice a month. He wanted to know what Ekādaśī, one day he could for the whole year. Then Vyāsadeva advised him that on this day, he could fast, without even taking water, and he could do ācamana, but the water should be just a drop, enough that one mustard seed could be floated in. You can take carāṇāmṛta of the Lord, but just one drop. If he took more than that and did not stay up the whole night, then his Ekādaśī would be a failure. Before eating he should give some charity, he should feed the brāhmaṇas, and that is why we are having this devotee care, food for life donations.

On 4^th we are observing the ciḍā-dadhi-mahotsava, If, want to participate and you are doing the Nirjalā-Ekādaśī, or otherwise if you want to participate, you can send in donations at www.mayapur.com, and so far, they say that www.mayapur.com has collected 70 thousand rupees, for the ciḍā-dadhi festival. One of the names of this festival is Daṇḍa-mahotsava, Lord Nityānanda is very humorous, so He told Raghunātha dāsa, I want to punish you. So, He said, “Your punishment is that you have to feed Me and My associates, yogurt, flat rice and fruits, feast!” So, what was Dāsa Raghunātha’s crime, why was he being punished?

Mahā Varahā dāsa: Stay tuned, and we will tell you on the 4^th.

Jayapatākā Swami: Why? And what was the result of receiving Lord Nityānanda’s punishment? and if you want to help Dāsa Raghunātha being punished, if you are in Māyāpur, you can take some of the ciḍā-dadhi. Otherwise, in Māyāpur or anywhere you can donate some flat rice, yogurt or fruits. Those who are not in Māyāpur, they can send to mayapur.com, and those in Māyāpur, they can sponsor some flat rice, yogurt, etc.

I am making a special pot called the “Mādhavendra Purī Bhoga”, We have many pots which have special recipes made this year, but standard recipes like Salty Italian, Salty South India, Hot and spicy, salty traditional Bengali, here you have mangoes, jackfruits and lychees. So, we are having a special traditional pot, Sweet Yogurt – mmm! which we hope to offer to Lord Nityānanda and Lord Caitanya.

Thank you very much! Hare Kṛṣṇa!