20200728 The Lord Hints of Taking Sannyāsa

 

Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book Compilation by His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on 28^th July 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

Introduction: So, we are continuing the compilation of the Caitanya-līlā books. This chapter we are seeing how Lord Caitanya hinted, that He would be taking sannyāsa. So, this is a very long chapter and we were one third of the chapter.

So tomorrow, I think that there is a complete lockdown in West Bengal. So, devotees, public, will not be allowed to come for darśana at least from 6 am to 10 pm. We were giving khichari before in the various nagars, but we received some complaint. So, from tomorrow they will give out rice and dālmā in various nagars, that’s rice with a dāl that is filled with vegetables.

Today, we see that in Bihar, Assam and different places there are floods. We are told that there may be a flood in Bengal. Usually it takes a little time, for the flood waters to come down. But we have to be ready in case of the flood. So, if you are in the ground floor, think in advance, how you will relocate. Maybe not flood, just in case, think ahead.

Today we were distributing prasāda at the Jagannātha temple, and the annadāna temple, sorry, in the Sulabha, annadāna is for devotees, devotee care. Unfortunately, tomorrow it seems we have to close the distribution at the Sulabha. We were talking with the police to find out.

Anyway, so Lord Caitanya, His different devotes were talking of Him.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.35

śuna śuna mahāprabhu gaura bhagavān
tomāre aśakya kichu nāhi pariṇāma

Jayapatākā Swami: “Listen, listen, O Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu! O Supreme Personality of Godhead, nothing is impossible for You to perform.”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.36

thākite calite tumi pāraha sarvathā
tathāpi āmāra bole nā dibe anyathā

Jayapatākā Swami: “You have the power to go anywhere or stay anywhere. In spite of this, my humble request is, You should not go anywhere else.”

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca 2.17.15

tvayā cet kriyate nātha svātantryāt sakalā janāḥ
svātantryeṇa kariṣyanti patiyanty aśucau punaḥ

Translation: “He Nātha! If You act in this way due to your fully independent nature, all people will follow Your example of acting independently and taking sannyāsa. Thus, hey will fall into an impure condition of saṁsāra.”

Jayapatākā Swami: Since the Bhagavad-gītā says, whatever a great man does, the common man follows, so the associates of Lord Caitanya were concerned that if He does this, others may follow His example, and thus be impure.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.37

tumi yadi ekhane calibe deśāntara
svatantra haiba saba vaiṣṇava-antara

Jayapatākā Swami: “If You leave from here to another country, then all the Vaiṣṇavas will also become independent.”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.38

svatantra karira kārya yāra mane laya
punaḥ praveśiba sabhe saṁsāra-ālaya

Jayapatākā Swami: “Whatever their opinion is, they will act independently, for instance, to take sannyāsa, and then again enter into the world of birth and death.”

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca 2.17.16

etan matvā svayaṁ tāta svāśramād āśramāntaram
kartavyaṁ tu tvayā te ke kathayantu mahattamāḥ

Translation: “Dear Lord, You may change from Your present āśrama to another one (sannyasa) but then who will call these people great (if you are not able to protect them from acting independently)?

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca 2.17.17

kṛtvaiva gamanaṁ te’dya kṛtaṁ syāt sarva-dehinām
caitanya-rahitānāṁ ca kiṁ tāvat kathayāmi te

Translation: “Now, simply by your leaving, all embodied beings will become bereft of consciousness and be destroyed. What more can I say to You?”

Jayapatākā Swami: So, devotees were pleading with Lord Caitanya, that He should not consider taking sannyāsa. Whereas, He can do whatever He wants, and He won’t be affected, but others may imitate Him, and they could fall into illusion, by improperly following His example.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.39

yateka karile nātha kichui nā haila
niścaya kariyā ei tomāre kahila

Jayapatākā Swami: “My dear Lord, whatever You have done so far, all will be undone, certainly this will happen, I say to You.”

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca 2.17.18-19

bhaktaiḥ saṁveṣṭito nityaṁ nityānanda-samanvitaḥ
gadādhareṇa gandhādyaiḥ sevito bhakta-go hariḥ
tac chrutvā bhagavāṁs tūṣṇīṁ bhūtvāsīt prema-vihvalaḥ
kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtanānanda-pūrṇa-manorathaḥ svayam

Translation: Lord Śrī Hari who is known as Bhaktagati (who is the goal of His devotees), is always surrounded by His devotees, is accompanied by Nityānanda, is served offerings of scented oils and other pleasing articles by Gadādhara, heard the words of Murāri, but because His heart was overwhelmed by love, He remained silent, being filled by spontaneous desires for the joys of Kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtana as before.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, since Lord Gaurāṅga was absorbed in love of Kṛṣṇa, and He was feeling great separation for Lord Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana, hearing these words of Murāri Gupta, He remained silent.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.40

e bola śuniyā prabhu niḥśavade rahi
khaṇḍite nārilena murārī yāhā kahi

Jayapatākā Swami: Hearing these words of Murāri Gupta, Lord Gaurāṅga remained silent. He could not defeat the statements, whatever Murāri Gupta had spoken.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.41

tabe āra kathodina gela ta kautuke
nayāna bhariyā dekhe nadīyāra loke

Jayapatākā Swami: Then some days passed happily. His eyes filled with tears, Lord Gaurāṅga gazed at the people of Navadvīpa.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.42

jananīra hṛdaya nayana snigdha kari’
viṣṇupriyā saṅge krīḍā kare gaurahari

Jayapatākā Swami: Lord Gaurāṅga, He made the heart and eyes of mother Śacī affectionate. Lord Gaura Hari, enjoyed pastimes in association with Viṣṇu-priyā.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.43

svajana-bāndhava-saṅge āche mahāsukhe
sabhāra santoṣa yata āche navadvīpe

Jayapatākā Swami: In association with His friends and associates, He passed many days in great happiness. He made everyone in Navadvīpa, satisfied.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.44

sakala-vaiṣṇava-sane kīrtana-vilāsa
puranārīgaṇa dekhi’ phelāya hāvāsa

Jayapatākā Swami: With all the Vaiṣṇavas, He enjoyed the pastimes of chanting the holy names in kīrtana. The city’s women gazed at Lord Gaurāṅga, and hopelessly sighed.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.45

trailokya-adbhuta rūpa—tāhe nāgarimā
vinoda-vilāsa-līlā lāvaṇyera sīmā

Jayapatākā Swami: His form is the most wonderful in the three worlds, incomparably beautiful. His pastimes are most entertaining. He is the summit or limit of all elegance.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.46

āra tāhe jhalamala alaṅkāra-śobhā
skandha-vilambita-keśe mālatīra gābhā

Jayapatākā Swami: His ornaments beautifully hung and glistened. His long beautiful hair which reached to His shoulders, was decorated with jasmine flowers.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.47

candanatilaka paripāṭī manohara
raktaprānta vāsa-veśa trailokya-sundara

Jayapatākā Swami: He was decorated with beautiful sandalwood tilaka, which enchanted the mind. His red bordered garments were the most beautiful and graceful in the three worlds.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.48

nija parijana āra purajana saba
sabei dekhaye yāra yei anubhara

Jayapatākā Swami: His associates and citizens of the city, everyone else in the city, all looked at Him, as per their appropriate realizations.

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 11.41

tato’nyedyuḥ śrīmān nayana-jala-dhautaḥ samavadat
dvijaikaḥ svapne me śrutim abhimahā-vākyam avadat
ato hetor hitvā prabhu-caraṇam anyat kim ucitaṁ
mameti krandāmi kṣaṇam api na me nirvṛtir iha

Translation: On another day, the Lord said, “In a dream a brāhmaṇa whispered in my ear the mahā-vākya. Am I to do something else and renounce the Lord’s feet? For this reason, I cry and can have no peace in this place.”

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca 2.18.1

tataḥ kiyad dine prāha bhagavān kārya-māṇuṣaḥ
svapne dṛṣṭo mayā kaścid āgatya brāhmaṇottamaḥ

Jayapatākā Swami: After a few days, Bhagavān, who had accepted the pastime of a human being, said, “In a dream, I saw a certain exalted brāhmaṇa come to Me.”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.49

henamate nijajana-saṅge āche pahuṁ
svapna kahe sabhākāre hāsi, lahu lahu

Jayapatākā Swami: In this way, in the company of His associates, gently smiling, Lord Gaurāṅga told everyone smilingly, that He had seen a dream. He said,

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.50

śuna sarvajana svapna dekhila rajanī
ācambite mora ṭhāṁi āilā dvijamaṇi

Translation: “Listen everyone, in a dream I saw at the end of the night, suddenly a jewel of the brāhmaṇa, came before Me.”

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca 2.18.2

sannyāsa-mantraṁ mat-karṇe kathayām āsa susmitaḥ
tac chrutvā vyathito rātrau divā cāhaṁ virodimi

Translation: “Brightly smiling, he spoke the sannyāsa mantra into My ear. After hearing it I became troubled, and thus I weep by day and night.”

Jayapatākā Swami: Lord Caitanya is revealing, how a brāhmaṇa came and spoke the sannyāsa mantra in His ear. So, it is like He is being called away, to take sannyāsa.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.51

mora karṇe kahila sannyāsa-mantra eka
ekhana āmāra mane āche parateka

Jayapatākā Swami: In My ear, He spoke the sannyāsa mantra. And now in My heart, that mantra is manifested.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.52

yāvat hṛdaye mora praveśila mantra
se avadhi mora hiyā nā haya svatantra

Jayapatākā Swami: After that mantra entered into My heart, from that moment, My heart is not able to maintain its independence.

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca 2.18.3-4

kathaṁ priyaṁ hariṁ nāthaṁ tyaktvānyad ucitaṁ mama
murāriḥ prāha tac chrutvā tan-mantre bhagavan svayam
ṣaṣṭhī-samāsaṁ manasā vicintya tvaṁ sukhī bhava

Translation: “How can I abandon Śrī Hari, the Lord of My life and accept other activity?” Hearing this, Murāri replied, “He Bhagavān, You are Yourself the original Supreme Lord, You can contemplate the sannyāsa-mantra – ‘tat tvam asi’ - in terms of the sixth form of Sanskrit compound words, ‘You are His (Kṛṣṇa's),’’ and thus Be happy!”

Caitanya Maṅgala Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.53

kemane chāḍiba āmi priyaprāṇanātha
tāhāre chāḍiyā vā sādhiba kona kāja

Jayapatākā Swami: “How can I give up My dear Master of My life? By giving Him up, what am I going to achieve?”

Caitanya Maṅgala Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.54

indranīlamaṇi jini paramasundara
mora bakṣaḥsthale basi’ hāse nirantara

Jayapatākā Swami: “He is Supremely beautiful, His luster defeats the sapphire, He is always staying in My heart, and always smiling.”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.55

śuniñā murārīgupta kahila uttara
se mantrera ṣaṣṭhīsamāsa tumi kara

Jayapatākā Swami: Now hearing these words, Murāri Gupta replied as follows: “You can do the mantra ṣaṣṭhī, in other words, “I am His, Kṛṣṇa’s”, rather than I am He.”

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 11.42

iti śrutvā guptaḥ sapadi sa murāriḥ samavadat
prabho tat ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa-vacanaṁ tatra kuru bhoḥ
tathā śrutvā nāthaḥ samudita-manāḥ sāmpratam abhūt
tathā te ca śrutvā vyathita-manaso gāḍham abhavan

Translation: Hearing this, Murāri Gupta immediately said, “O Lord! Make this statement ‘tat tvam asi’ into a possessive tat-puruṣa compound, meaning ‘I am yours’ instead of ‘I am he.’” Hearing this, the Lord was overjoyed, thinking that it was the proper meaning. But the devotees, hearing the conversation, became deeply worried.

Jayapatākā Swami: The Māyāvādīs, they take the meaning of ‘tat tvam asi’, as meaning, “I am He”. But Murāri Gupta said, take that meaning as, “I am His or, I am Yours”, meaning “I am Kṛṣṇa’s” So this gave Lord Caitanya great joy. He was happy to hear this meaning. But since He was talking about taking sannyāsa, the devotees became very worried, fearing the separation from the Lord.

Caitanya Maṅgala Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.56

e vela śuniẏā prabhu kahila vacana
tomāra vacane mora sthira nahe mana

Jayapatākā Swami: Lord Gaurāṅga said, “Your words don’t pacify My heart.”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.57

yata sthira kari-tata uṭhaẏe rodana
nā baliha more kichu—śunaha vacana

Jayapatākā Swami: “As much as I try to become pacified, this much increases My crying! Do not say anything to Me, listen to My words.”

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca 2.18.5

tatrovāca prabhur vācaṁ tathāpi khidyate manaḥ
śabda-śaktyā kariṣyāmi kim ity uktvā ruroda saḥ

Translation: Then the Master spoke, “My mind is still depressed. What shall I accomplish by the power of sound?” So saying, He wept.

Caitanya Maṅgala Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.58

śabdaśakti kare hena-ki kariba āmi
laṅghite nā pāri punaḥ yata kaha tumi

Jayapatākā Swami: “What will I do by the power of your sound? I cannot resist crying, whatever you may say.”

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca 2.18.6

tac chrutvā vyathitāḥ sarve kṛṣṇa-viśleṣa-kātarāḥ
yathā bhāvini māthure viklavā vraja-subhrūvaḥ

Translation: Hearing this, all the bhaktas were perturbed. Their hearts felt anguish at the thought of separation from Gaura Kṛṣṇa, like the enchanting-eyebrowed gopīs of Vraja when their beloved Kṛṣṇa departed for Mathurā.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.59

e bola śuniyā sabhe antara cintita
kahaye locanadāsa hṛdaya vyathita

Jayapatākā Swami: Hearing the words of Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu, everyone became in anxiety in their heart. With a sorrowful heart, Locana dāsa speaks these words.

Thus ends the chapter, The Lord Hints of Taking Sannyāsa

So, it is predicted that Lord Gaurāṅga will spend 24 years as a gṛhastha, and 24 years as a sannyāsī. Since He banished Sītā to the forest, so in reciprocation, He is banning Himself to the forest. As one of the synonyms for taking sannyāsa, is gṛhe thāko vane thāko– vane thāko means, those who live in the forest. This is what the renounced order is. Although the present renounced order is staying in āśramas. The previous name was to stay in the forest. So sometimes sannyāsa āśrama is called vane thāko or living in the forest.

So, in reciprocation with His having banished Sītā to the forest, to show the example of an ideal king, who treated His subjects as His own children, He banished His wife Sītā to the forest. And so then in this līlā, He is reciprocating by banishing Himself to the forest. In His previous līlā as Rāmacandra, He worshipped a golden form of Sītā-devī. He was in constant separation from Sītā-devī, and in this līlā, Viṣṇu-priyā worships a golden form of Lord Caitanya. That form is still visible in Navadvīpa dhāma. He is called as Dhāmeśvara. So, we take our parikramā party there every year to see the deity worshipped by Viṣṇu-priyā. But the devotees in Navadvīpa are already feeling extreme anxiety, fearing their separation from their dear Lord Gaurāṅga.